Abbey Lofts
Talk about divine design. This 2,700-square-foot penthouse sits inside the bell tower of a historic Toronto church, a 100-year-old Medieval Revival masterpiece that was converted into the Abbey Lofts in 2008.
Nick’s Church
Radio DJ and comedy talk-show host Nick Abbot has converted the top two floors of a former Victorian church in Hampstead into a wow-factor flat.
Converted in NY
It would be real hard to imagine that someone living in the heart of a city as modern as New York can actually live in a green sanctuary that exudes both environmental values and eco-friendly design. But that’s exactly the pleasant surprise that you’ll find when you step into Dominique Camacho (owner of Sustainable NYC) and Gary Hirschkron’s home.
Tattykeeran Church
A small Fermanagh church – which has been painstakingly restored as a family home – has to be one of the county’s more unusual houses. Tattykeeran church, Tempo – which is currently on the market – was bought as a derelict property in the mid nineties by Limavady couple, Jimmy and Mollie Armstrong, who didn’t embark on its conversion until about a decade later.
Castle on the Park
They call it a castle on the park but actually ait was a church. Today’s home is a Gothic Revival building overlooking Dolores Park in San Francisco. It started off as a church back in 1909 and is now renovated into a three-bedroom home with plenty of stained glass and open spaces including the main hall on the ground floor.
WoonkerkXL
If yesterday’s Holy home was not enough, here is another church, also from the Netherlands, also from Utrecht. (Dutch architects really do know something!) This house, what house the Saint Jakobus Church in Utrecht was built in 1870.
Zecc Architecten converted a great old church to a gorgeous home, providing more than 450 sq meters of living space and high ceilings.