Conversion
Our old house is attached to what was originally a cattle-byre, then used as a school until 1904 when a new bigger school was built in the village. After that the little building was used as a Mission Room before becoming an offshoot of the Parish Church in the nearby town. It was known as St James' Chapel, but after about 80 years of use with minimal maintenance the place had deteriorated so much that it was dangerous, and the current vicar decided to hand it back to us. (The rent had originally been set at 6d a year, £1.00 every 20 years, and never raised, so the landlords couldn't afford to patch it up either.)
So we decided to make it into a little house, and the work is progressing nicely. This is the upstairs floor, just installed (having been removed when the Chapel conversion happened). For ODC Natural Light
Conversion
Our old house is attached to what was originally a cattle-byre, then used as a school until 1904 when a new bigger school was built in the village. After that the little building was used as a Mission Room before becoming an offshoot of the Parish Church in the nearby town. It was known as St James' Chapel, but after about 80 years of use with minimal maintenance the place had deteriorated so much that it was dangerous, and the current vicar decided to hand it back to us. (The rent had originally been set at 6d a year, £1.00 every 20 years, and never raised, so the landlords couldn't afford to patch it up either.)
So we decided to make it into a little house, and the work is progressing nicely. This is the upstairs floor, just installed (having been removed when the Chapel conversion happened). For ODC Natural Light