Transforming buildings with a former use into a home has become more and more achievable and can create a truly one-off home. From agricultural buildings to former banks, village shops to redundant lighthouses, every building has the potential to become a new home with planning consent in place, an appropriate budget and imagination.
And one chapel conversion that appears to have got the balance just right between respecting the old and introducing the new is the new lease of life given to Sully Hospital's former chapel and morgue. Nestled within the grounds of the Vale of Glamorgan seaside village's former historic hospital, the home is surrounded by trees and pathways that meander through the grounds and lead to coastal views from well-placed benches.
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