The layout of this church is generally described as
cruciform or "cross-in-square". As a result, it is frequently grouped with other churches with the same floor plan; namely
Abreha we Atsbeha and
Mikael Imba. Although the structure's interior is divided into three or five aisles -- "depending on how one describes the intermediary supports in the transverse section" according to
Ruth Plant -- its cruciform layout is emphasized by the
barrel vault in line with the
apse and the sanctuary containing the
tabot. Plant identified
Axumite detail acting as
frieze above the columns in the three arms of the crossing. The column shafts are
chamfered, rising from bases upon the floor, and the capitals of the smaller columns are squared with elliptical chamfered edges. Plant wrote that the bracket
capitals of the columns at the crossing are not as refined as the corresponding columns of Abreha we Atsbeha. Like the other Ethiopian cruciform churches mentioned above, the entrance porch of Wukro Chirkos is distinguished by a central pillar that forces the priests and congregants to enter on either side, rather than a direct line. == History ==