A nondescript exterior and a yard dominated by headstones give no indication of the residential nature of this historic church in Kyloe, Northumberland. A couple decided to purchase and readapt the structure, investing nearly three times the purchase price into renovations over the course of several years. The exterior remains mostly untouched, save for skylights running the length of the roof. Inside, the owners took a similar approach. Restoration is more prevalent than renovation, with original stained glass windows throughout, and repurposed church fixtures abounding. Much of the original seating in the church was refinished and placed throughout the home, and unused wood and building materials were fashioned into a dramatic staircase leading from the main living space to an upper level library. The choice to live in a church is an unorthodox one, but this home’s owners managed to salvage a structure that might have otherwise been doomed to deterioration.
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Source: Desire to Inspire
How big is the church in sq or sq m?
That is kinda creepy
yeah, that is sort of creepy. pretty but creepy.
Whoa, I’m not religious at all but that is freakin awesome. I would live there for sure. Wonder if I can find a 400 year old church to move in to in Phoenix, AZ? Oh, thats right, nothing here is 400 years old, except the dirt.
I’m pretty freaked out by the fact that there is a cemetery right outside. Also, it would feel wrong to live in a church. omg… and the cemetery.
That is so awesome! Beautiful!
That is beautiful. i want some stained glass in my casa
wow… that is insanely creepy. and that cemetary outside. does not get any creepier. i would be so scared to even go there.
When the real church (Gods People) literally collapse from within under the strain of Sin, what you see above happens every time…
Houses of worship should remain ..Houses of Worship…whats worshipped here is .??….May God continually grow the kingdom with new saints and new churches
Gods people shouldn’t require brick and mortar to do their thing. Its nice to see someone taking care of a building that Gods People chose to let go. Seems odd the cemetery wasn’t relocated.
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Why would you have a bed beyond your dining table?
today is the first time I can see pictures of the dream of my life… don’t know if I must cry because of jealousy or continue to watch these pictures again and again… absolutely wonderful. how lucky are the owners…
I love it! The bed in the holy-of-holies – awesome
The place looks stunning.
Great! take a place..contain its soul and use it for something else
Their sex life must suck.
Heh.
This is beautiful, and the fact that the outer facets have remained intact makes the dynamic must more satisfying!
Hopefully, they do all sort of debaucherous type stuff, there.
Bedlam, ftw!
This is horrible !
Wow! This is amazing! Would love to live here!
This is gorgeous! What lovely use of open space and natural light.
Beautiful to look at. Seems strange to look through the living room, and dining room to a bedroom.I didn’t notice much in the way of storage for clothing, towels, linen, etc.
not a huge fan of vintage but there is definitely space for that.
What a wonderful place to live, but don’t talk to loud.
There are a lot of these empty churches here that are sold off cheap,usually the headstones are removed before hand though!!
Kui peaksid kirikut hakkama sisustama, siis siit saab ideid…
Ma ei ole kunagi varem kuulnud, et keegi endale kirikust elumaja on teinud….
High-class decoration
Score 9/10
very nice
I have no problem with resuing the church, but this decoration is bad taste and creepy. Straight coming from Architectural Digest.
resuing = mis-spell. it should’ve been re-using.
Again, that’s only my personal opinion. I think the deco could be more modern within a gothic space.
I have mixed feelings about this place…I admire the way they used the space and renovated the whole “holy place” applying some nice ideas, but at the same time, whenever I look at some of the holy symbols, especially the windows and the stone floors, I just can’t help it…it is creepy indeed..especially the last picture- “surprise, there is a cute tiny cemetery in front”…
I saw this church on a HGTV show and I thought it was awesome! They had the church “decommissioned” before they moved in. There is an empty Scientology church near me that would be awesome as a home! I wish I had the money to buy it!
This is how renovation should be done — take the original spirit of a place and add to it, not destroy it. This is gorgeous.
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I agree…while I have a made crush on the space, I think the decor and styling could use more vintage-modern pieces and I could totally see some Gothic Grunge case pieces + Vanity Fair Vintage Decor floating around the space… ~s
To the moron lucas who wrote on Jun 27 09:
“Whoa, I’m not religious at all but that is freakin awesome. I would live there for sure. Wonder if I can find a 400 year old church to move in to in Phoenix, AZ? Oh, thats right, nothing here is 400 years old, except the dirt.”
Really? you’ve just excluded thousands of years of human presence and artifacts in the area now called Arizona.
That’s so cool. And I like the cemetery outside. Somehow I think it would be less creepy living in it than outside of it. Like I’m the king of the undead or something. Goth, I know.
PS needs a big cast iron stove that weighs like 4 tons. That shiny thing looks like it would break if I kicked it, and I’m not that strong.
What’s next? Sleeping in a coffin?
sex on the alter,… spooky
So much for having a hot sex life.
lol. definitely not a bachelor pad.
I love this. I would live there just to preserve the building. I used to have a graveyard in my back yard it’s not that bad( they are all dead,so they are not real noisy ). I would love to buy an old church and fix it up! If it’s abandon already I am sure God would understand.
Whoa, worse than ceiling cat … baby Jesus is watching you …
To everyone who is making comments regarding the bedroom being beyond the dining area, look again and note the large velvet drapes that are drawn. Obviously, they can close the curtains if they have company or want privacy or whatever. Also, to anyone who is unfamiliar, when a church is converted into a residential or commercial property, there is a ceremony performed to remove the “holy sanctioning” that the church was originally christened with…so it’s not exactly disrespectful or anything to live there. Though it -is- odd that they left the headstones in the cemetery.
Fabulous, I love the stained glass windows!
Leeann
absolutely great pictures
Pretentious and ridiculous.
I think I’d find that a tad too noisy, any kind of noise would echo around the interior. You couldn’t really bring up kids there, the noise would just give you a headache. What about in the depth og winter? Northumberland can be very, very cold in winter and a big open place like that would be hard to keep warm.
Nice exercise in interior design, but probably more for show that real day to day living.
Given this is in Northumberland, that means the church is almost certainly Church of England… which in turns means there’s probably a vicarage on site, and families have been living there next to the “creepy” cemetery for hundreds of years. (I’ve seen just such a vicarage next to just such a parish church with a cemetery in Haworth, in Yorkshire.)
As to the use of “holy symbols” — hey, it’s not much different than doing a place in Greek or Roman motif. Sooner or later they’ll all be seen as “those weird things our ancestors had superstitions about — can you imagine?!”
Overall, I’d say this is fairly well done.
I peed in a horse once.
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