BBC Antiques Roadshow expert buys chapel for £60k and transforms it into home and workshop
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn Antiques Roadshow expert has taken on the challenge of converting a former chapel he purchased for £60,000 into a home and workshop - and is urging others to help preserve such historic buildings.
Wayne Colquhoun, 60, purchased Capel Salem in Corris, Wales, which came complete with an original pulpit and Bible. He says he immediately fell in love with the charm of the 1868 slate structure which had become derelict.
The Grade II listed buildings' upkeep became too expensive for the small congregation, and was put on the market in 2017. Across Wales, chapels are often said to be left falling into disrepair, demolition, or undergoing conversions that don't do justice to their heritage. READ MORE: First-time buyers find secret 10ft well hidden in living room whilst renovating Wanting to save the piece of history, Wayne has since transformed the upper gallery into a three-bed apartment, whilst adding floorboards covering half the gallery.
Wayne said: "When I bought it the bible was still on the pulpit, as though the congregation had walked out and closed the door.
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