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This converted church, where presenter Aled Samuel once sang as a boy soprano, is now a comfortable family home which also offers bed & breakfast to visitors. It was an ambitious undertaking to transform the building, and a tricky task to complete without running contrary to its original atmosphere.

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Fact file
owner: Alice Douglas
location: Gwynedd
style: The church has been transformed without compromising the building’s original features
best feature: The marvellous kitchen in the gallery, which looks out through the graceful stained glass windows

Aled Sam says “Alice has succeeded in creating something truly unique and magnificent here. I don’t think that anyone raised in the Welsh religious tradition would have been capable of achieving anything this radical with an old place of worship, but Alice’s transformation has been very successful because she’s treated the building as an interesting open space, a blank canvas, if you like.”

Entering the building - through one of the original oak doors - you are faced with a number of tastefully decorated rooms before entering the open space that once greeted church-goers. Sand-blasting the original brick has given it a warmth, and many of the original features remain to give the room a visual splendour. There are tiles leading up to where the altar used to be, an intricate mosaic in the cupola and two original stained glass windows, which all remind the visitor of the building’s former use. However, this is a room for relaxing and living in, as the pool table in the middle of the open space reminds us.

The original features also crop up in the guest rooms: one of which has an ornately carved pulpit jutting out of one of the walls. For more information, or to book your stay, visit www.stcurigschurch.com