Chingford United Reformed Church

The Chingford United Reformed Church, originally built as a Congregational church, dates from 1910 and was designed by J D and S J Mould. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings, featuring machine tile roofs. The building’s plan combines a rectangular block with an octagonal interior; a set-back tower is also present.

The west front is centred by square buttresses that terminate in stone-panelled pinnacles. Triple entrance doors are set under segmental stone heads, with carved tympani, the central tympanum bearing the date 1910. A 5-light window in the Perpendicular style is located above. Recessed 2-storey extensions are on either side, the north extension deeply recessed, with one lancet window on each floor.

The south-west tower is of two stages and has clasping corner buttresses rising to panelled pinnacles, with short open balustrades between them. A double-leaf timber door is set under a segmental stone arch with carving. Two trefoil-headed lancet windows are on the north and south faces. Stone string courses are below single-light, louvred belfry openings with 2-light tracery heads; pointed relieving arches are above. An octagonal copper spire tops the tower. The side elevations feature a central 3-light Perpendicular window flanked by single-light windows, all set under embracing segmental relieving arches. Pilasters are on the right and left. Recessed side bays contain a 2-light casement on the ground floor and a 2-light Perpendicular window above. The central octagon of the roof rises above. A 2-storey choir vestry is situated to the south-east, and a single-storey pastor's vestry on the north-east. A 3-light Perpendicular east window is flanked by single 2-light Perpendicular windows on either side.

Internally, the west doors lead into a rectangular vestibule, screened from the main octagonal preaching space by a glazed timber screen. The main central area is octagonal with a radial timber roof. The east and west ends have tall, pointed arches, the east arch facing the sanctuary and featuring a panelled dado. Lower arches to each corner define the octagonal plan. An organ loft is in the south-east chapel. The roof structure consists of principals, two tiers of purlins, and a central boss.

Furnishings include a stone pentagonal pulpit carved with shields and a plaque.