Christ Church is a landmark on the South Circular Road. It is also a landmark in the history of architecture. It is the most important surviving work of James Wild and Owen Jones. It contains the work of later artists such as John Hayward, J.F.Bentley and Walter Crane, as well as fine Italian mosaics. Christ Church is a Grade I listed building and is world famous among architectural historians.

Christ Church was the first example in modern times of the use of different coloured bricks to create the patterning. This colour blended with all the other influences into a simple coherent whole, is the genius of Wilds design. Sir John Summerson and Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Wild as an early modernist and it is clear that when, at the beginning of the 20th century designers became fed up with rehashing he English Gothic style, it was to rare buildings like Christ Church that they looked for inspiration. Christ Church was included in the first lists of buildings of special architectural or historic interest were made in 1955 and is now a Grade I listed building.

One of the most noticeable designs to the outside of the building is the “star of David”. It is not known why this design was incorporated. In the original plans it is described as “the Rose window”. Its design predates its widespread use as a Jewish symbol. It provides a very striking West front to the building.

The striking main entrance is enhanced by the wording over the doors:

“I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord”

This text is from Psalm 121.

To the interior on the north wall can be seen two Walter Crane windows. The windows are considered rare examples of Cranes work in this medium. The windows are dated 1891. One of the windows shows Our Lord speaking to the widow of Nain. “Weep not”. The other exhorting Peter to “feed my sheep”. Both windows bare the artists mark.