Wat Worachetharam is located directly west of the Royal Palace. It is situated within a protected park that includes Wat Lokaya Sutharam and Wat Rakhang (also known as Wat Worapho). It is easiest to access this site via the western side of Khlong Tho. There is a small road leading toit. It can also be accessed from a second road running behind the park, leading to Wat Tuk and U-Thong Road. Wat Worachetharam is a large restored ruin with many architectural structures in situ. One of its primary features is a large bell-shaped chedi that is constructed in the classic Middle-Ayutthaya period style. The spire contains about 25 rings, and its harmika is fully intact - including spire-supporting colonnade. The chedi sits upon a reconstructed platform. In front of the chedi is a sermon hall. This viharn has been rebuilt to the basic foundation layer, which includes some partial walls and column stubs. A large Buddha image sits on the altar in the Taming Mara pose. The ubosot lies north of the viharn. This roofless building has all its walls intact, and there is evidence that ceramic plates were once placed within the stucco of the gable. A second Buddha image sits on the altar in the Taming Mara pose inside the ubosot. A gallery of fragmented Buddha images can be seen on a small platform along the walls. A third sermon hall is north of the ubosot, but this is only the reconstruction of the basic foundation layer.
(นนทญา) There are other structures in situ as well. A square structure stands on the northeastern corner of the ubosot. This looks like a former mondop or possibly a bell tower. Near this is a rectangular platform containing two chedi. Both of these chedi have multiple indented corners, which is suggestive of a late-Ayutthaya period prang. However, the upper portions are missing, including the relic chamber. In addition there are two structures in situ that consist only foundations at the ground level. A stub of a small chedi can also be seen on monastery grounds. There are also traces of a moat that once created an island for this temple to rest upon.
Wat Worachetharam is often confused with a monastery sharing a similar name that is located west of the city island. This has led to many complications when interpreting history as it relates to the two monasteries. The same facts are sometimes mistakenly attributed to both temples. To be clear, this temple is referred to only as Wat Worachetharam because that is how it is named on Phraya Boran Rachathanin’s 1926 map. The temple situated west of the city will be mentioned as Wat Worachet, since Royal Chronicles specifically mention a temple in the west with this name. Both monasteries are listed as possible sites for containing King Naresuan’s ashes.