Every now and then my spouse sends me some really fun “email forwards” and I like to share them. Here is a really great one that he sent me this week…
It says:
A couple purchased an old church in Kyloe, Northumberland, PA. They invested a lot of money on the interior, but left the exterior almost completely intact. They did more of a restoration than a renovation, which would have cost them 3 times as much. If they had not purchased the old church, who knows what would have happened to it, as it was in very bad shape.
The couple adapted the interior while leaving the outside with the minimum appearance of a house.
TAKE A LOOK…
Amazing, huh!
Not sure where the Church is located – but I will be the first to admit that doing yardwork on the grounds surrounding this home, I would find somewhat depressing.
This house is not in Pennsylvania but in the North of England (Kyloe Northumberland) quite close to Scotland.
It even mentions the church/house on it’s wikipedia page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyloe
amazing !!!!
“In 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his American land holdings to William Penn to satisfy a debt the king owed to Penn’s father. This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware.”
– Wikipedia
As if you thought that was in the US. Look at it, that building is older than your country.
“As if you thought that was in the US. Look at it, that building is older than your country.”
No it’s not. It was built in 1792. The U.S. is 15 years older than that.
FAIL.
Oh my,knowing a bit of history,eh?
Do you really think that the first settlers from the european continent had nothing better to do than build such a fine piece of architecture? If that would be the case,don’t you think the United States would be full of beautiful old buildings like this?
There is a ton of evidence in the pictures to confirm that they were taken in the United States. Take the “Laundry, 15 cents” sign or the Navajo blanket on the bed in the last interior shot. Consider also the cemetery, devoid of crypts or Celtic crosses yet full of vegetation common to the Northeast and complete with a pond lined with what is probably Pennsylvanian limestone. I see absolutely no evidence to conclude that this church is not located exactly where the description says it is.
Some churches in the United States were actually transported from the old world and reconstructed. The most recent of these relocations is St. Mary Aldermanbury, originally a 12th century building, in Fulton, MO. We also have buildings in this country that were constructed here as early as the fifteenth century and Native American structures, most notably the Pueblos, that are even older. Therefore, even if this church were older than the United States, which it is not, does not mean it is not located here. And you think people outside of the U.S. had a better grasp of history.
http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/completedprojects/converted-georgian-church it’s in US huh ? bloody fool…
I am impressed about your answer, agreed its not older but i don’t think i was being literal in my point I was simply expressing the fact that this is unlikely. yeah building did get taken over but more likely in the UK. We might not have better history now but defiantly geography, just google the name of the town its in northumberland, uk. Northumberland in US seems like a pretty small area to have another town, pretty simple really, no need for the investigation.
but thank you learnt a couple of things
The guy is a pilot.Pilots go places.So he got some cool stuff during one of his trips like…oh,I don’t know…a fake old Laundry sign and a Navaho blanket.DUH!
Amateur Sherlock Holmes……
While I have respect for all the work and attention to detail this couple have invested in this project, it just seems so boring and uninspired. So Cliché and… just boring! Blue puffy sofas?! So many opportunities missed. Sorry.
I want to go buy a stone church now.
“Richard” – you are a turd.
This fascinated me, as I love architecture. A little digging and I found that they’re in England. More pictures and a detail of the work this couple put into the restoration: http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/completedprojects/converted-georgian-church. It is quite impressive.
ooh, thankyou!! I looked it up and could not find it, so I appreciate it.