Divine pairing: converted church and school building listed side by side

After the wedding chapel for the parents of one of the most creative families in Australia, this old church was surprisingly renovated, and the original school building next door was also for sale.

The historic Wesleyan church in the 18a Barkly Street, Ballarat East, was built around 1860 and beautifully revised in a modern home and retained original features such as high -flying ceilings, Baltic pine floors and colored glass windows, which bathe the house in color light.

The former church of the former Gothic Revival Style was associated in history in history and was associated with many remarkable people during its time, including the parents of Norman Lindsay, the famous artist and author, who wrote the magic pudding in 1918.

Noran's parents, the surgeon Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay from Ireland, and Jane Elizabeth, daughter of a Wesleyan missionary, married in the church in May 1869, reported the Ballarat Star.

Five of the couple's ten children became artists and writers who, according to the Australian dictionary of the biography, have contributed to the Australian cultural life.

With the once high church walls, which were organized in five contemporary bedrooms, four bathrooms, an inner courtyard and a self-contained studio, buyers are invited to invest in this life story for $ 1.988 million.

The neighboring original school house in the 18b Barkly Street can be bought together or separately.

Belle Property Agent Ashlee McKee said that both properties are unloaded by the same owner who lived in the school building while completing the breathtaking renovation of the church.

“As you can see from the church, you have passed everything with the renovations and really changed this room in order to keep it as far as possible on his original fame,” she said.

“It is only stunning if you go in. The sliding door that she brings into the courtyard is really spectacular and when buyers can get through, you have just been astonished.”

By tasteful separation of rooms over two levels, the former church exudes a “cozy and warm” feeling – a contrast to the typical conversion of the church, which creates a storage room with limited bedrooms.

With five bedrooms, the residence can be directed for a family and even a downsizer, she said.

In the meantime, buyers are invited to add their own flair to the school building from 1910, with original pine floors, high -flying ceilings and wooden walls.

The non -renovated property with three bedrooms on 469 m² has a price guide of 750,000 to 825,000.

“Ballarat has with the church and the way it was designed, and then with the school building that has not seen for someone who wants to take over a project,” said Ms. McKee.

“They are two very unique properties – not their usual houses, which they see on their land block with four rooms and one roof. It requires a special buyer.”