Property: Three To View Holy Orders
THE 1858 Old Chapel in Pitt, three miles from the centre of Winchester in Hampshire, was converted to a private home in the Eighties. The Grade II-listed former school and chapel has a vaulted ceiling and two galleries, three bedrooms, a 25ft kitchen, dining area and a sitting room with double arched doors, vaulted ceiling and stained glass windows. The gardens are enclosed. Offers around pounds 260,000 to Penyards, on 01962 860300.
THE BELL House Chapel in Alton, Hampshire, was the location for the film of Ruth Rendell's Achilles Heel. The main area is open with a 56ft barrel-vaulted ceiling and was a photography studio, with plans for a mezzanine floor. Grade II-listed, and built by WD Caroe in 1913, it has a darkroom, vaulted kitchen area with gas Aga, a bedroom in the former vestry and a gallery used as an office. Price pounds 350,000, John D Wood, on 01252 737115.
THE CONVERSION of Boltby Chapel, five miles from Thirsk in Yorkshire, includes a service lift linking the three levels. It has a security system, four bedrooms, two bathrooms and two shower rooms, an open-plan 33ft living-room, and dining and kitchen areas on the top floor which make the most of the exposed truss beams. Priced at pounds 275,000 from Strutt & Parker (01423 561274).
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