A historic Welsh church is up for auction with approved plans to be converted into a five-bedroom house, but the planning consent also covers the opportunity to build an additional luxury home within its extensive grounds.
The former All Saints Church, at Kilvey Road, St Thomas, Swansea dates from 1845 and was built by the celebrated copper industrialist Grenfell family, who were from St Thomas and also constructed a school and houses for workers. The unused church contains memorials and windows dedicated to them and another prominent family called the Gwynnes.
The church was closed in December 2015 by the Church in Wales and sold to the current owner and auction vendor in 2017. A previous planning application submitted in 2018 for conversion into a home and two extra homes in the grounds was turned down.
