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A converted chapel is for sale in the UK town of Harrogate, Yorkshire, and it comes with a plethora of original features, including an old pulpit and a bible.
Built in 1896 as a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, the Grade II-listed structure has been converted into a sprawling six-bedroom home by owner Mark Hinchliffe. He spent four years masterminding the building’s adaptive reuse as his home and a B&B, restoring period mouldings, stained glass and woodwork.
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‘It looks like a Roman temple and it is very ornate for a chapel,’ says Hinchliffe. ‘My idea was to preserve as much as I could rather than carve it up.’
An Italianate portico leads into the property’s tiled and wood-panelled entrance hall via a set of double doors. Inside, the converted church has four reception rooms, the biggest of which is the old amphitheatre, which now serves as the main reception room.
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Churches are meant to inspire awe, and the jaw-dropping 50-ft ceiling does just that. Adding to the effect is decorative marble flooring, wood panelling and the old pulpit which has been reclaimed as a feature in the space.
In a throwback to Victorian propriety, there’s a so-called ‘gentleman’s room’ and a ‘ladies boudoir’ off the main hall, which could be turned a large office space or another reception room. Old pews have been ‘upcycled’ as rugged kitchen cabinets.
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Up on the first floor of the 7,000 sq ft Harrogate church conversion – on the market via Strutt & Parker for £1.5m – you’ll find a gallery dining room with views over the living room, and a library with floor-to-ceiling book shelves.
Most of the six bedrooms can also be found at the front of the dwelling on this level. The most interesting among them is the double-height master bedroom, which has two huge stained glass windows and a private balcony.
‘I honestly don’t know how much I’ve spent,’ Hinchliffe says. ‘I just know it’s been worth it. It’s exactly what I wanted.’