Church conversions don’t come more covetable than this Gothic bolthole in the UK’s Kent, which has an ‘explosive’ origin story…
The Grade II-listed Faversham chapel was built in 1881 and funded by the widow of a gunpowder manufacturer. It’s since been turned into a one-bedroom home, but it retains its ecclesiastical features and dramatic volumes.
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Soaring barrel-vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows loom above living spaces inside the converted church which are loosely organised around the original floorplan and crossed by colossal stone colonettes.
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The 1,000 sq ft nave is now a reception room while a modern kitchen has been tucked next to where an alter would have been, juxtaposing the building’s historic leaded lancet windows.
Two woodburning stoves heat the vast Kent property – on the market via the Modern House for £825,000 – while the bedroom is tucked at the rear.
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