English Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard!

church turned into home has its own graveyard

Be still our history-architecture-decor-loving hearts!

This centuries-old converted church is located in the quaint village of Chilcompton, Somerset, England.

Complete with stain-glass windows, vaulted ceilings, and yes, your very own historic graveyard.

Chilcompton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England

This beautiful former chapel is currently for sale for £725,000 (approximately $947,000 USD).

Chilcompton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England

It was renovated and converted in the mid-1980s into a luxurious family home by architectural historian Warwick Rodwell.

Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard

Architectural historians should do more projects like these – it’s phenomenal!

Rodwell named his conversion “Downside Old Church”.

Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard

Check out the fabulous & highly functional kitchen!

Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard

Stunning!

This church-turned home has three bedrooms and one bathroom.

Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard

The bedrooms are creatively carved out under the sloped roof with gable windows for exceptional light.

Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard

Perhaps the most intriguing thing about this ultra-fascinating property are the headstones in the yard that span back over 200 years!

Church Converted To Charming Home Comes With A Graveyard

Prospective buyers would have to be ok with grilling and picnicking next to the long-departed.

Sure it’s not for everyone, but for us archaeological, architectural loving historians, this place is complete divinity!

 

Source:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/18014834/family-home-sale-somerset-graveyard-church/

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/converted-chapel-for-sale-garden-graveyard-125523155.html

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