When 70-year-old retired designer Geoff Bolam and his wife left London for a fresh start in the Cotswolds, he had no idea he was about to tackle the biggest design project of his entire career.
But in only three years, he bought and successfully renovated the derelict, 160-year-old Old Mission Church, purchased at auction for £175,000, into a contemporary property, now worth £700,000.
Tucked away in the picturesque Cotswold village of Paxford in Gloucestershire, the historic building first opened its doors as a children’s school in 1866. Within a year, it became an official house of prayer, serving generations for over a
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