Chapel with its own graveyard to be turned into a house
A 19th century chapel with its own graveyard could get a new lease of life as a family home, if plans are approved.
Coton Methodist Church, near Whitchurch, was put up for sale last year with a guide price of just £35,000.
A planning application has now been lodged with Shropshire Council revealing the building’s new owners, Mr and Mrs Dennis of Cross Houses, want to extend the chapel to turn it into a two-bed house.
As a condition of the purchase, the graveyard will remain untouched, and will be separated from the residential areas by a new fence.
Mr and Mrs Dennis will be responsible for the upkeep of the graveyard under a 999-year lease, but people visiting the graves will retain a right of access.
A statement prepared in support of the application by planning agents MossCo LLP says the chapel, which was constructed in 1888 and is considered a non-designated heritage asset, will be sensitively restored.
