A tin Methodist chapel built for worshipers for £140 more than a century ago has gone on the market for almost £400,000.

But the building in Patrixbourne Road, Bridge, is a far cry from the austere space it used to be after an extensive two-year conversion to turn it into a unique, luxury home.

It retains its period oak floorboards but the nave has been transformed into a huge open plan kitchen and main reception room with a large over-looking mezzanine, which could either be used as an extra bedroom or office.

At the back of the building, there are two further bedrooms, one ensuite, and a family bathroom.

It is being sold through Strutt and Parker and agent Edward Church said: "These chapels were very simply built with the focus on space to congregate. They were not ostentatious buildings.

"Often built in the late 1800s, when there was a move towards Arts and Crafts, the simplicity of the build is their saving feature.

"They don't have lots of memorials like you would find in a Church of England parish church, and they don't tend to have heavy stained glass windows or other heavy ornamentation.

"This one is open to the full height, allowing for a generous feeling of space, and being a simple building it will take whatever style you like to put into it.

"The Bridge Chapel was not given funding centrally as they wanted it to be a brick building. The locals raised the £140 to build it, and built it of tin.

"These chapels were one of the original kit buildings, and the corrugated ones were erected in large numbers but few survive.

"The appeal of a building like this is the simplicity, the location in a small village and the charm - they look wonderful.

"So far as I am aware they tend not to have graveyards which removes another of the obstacles to selling a converted church."