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Wales Online
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Joanne Ridout

Loft-style home hidden inside an old Sunday school within walking distance of Barry's beaches

If a home with unique character is top of your wish list, then a converted church or chapel, if done with care and thought, can offer some intriguing design ideas and inspiration to create a charming place to live.

But maybe that is just too routine for you now - there are many converted churches and chapels at any one time on the market - so how about a converted Sunday school that was sold with the empty and disused church next door and was converted at the same time as part of an impressive development?

Back in 2008 this Sunday school was an uninspiring and functional building hiding behind huge trees and a drab pebbledash facade. It was built in 1889, and used as a chapel whilst the main church was built next door.

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