A Methodist chapel built in 1895 in Snainton, North Yorkshire, with eight members and four or five regular worshippers, is to become a three-bedroom house after the circuit said spending far exceeded income and planners approved the conversion.

The Alpha Mercy Historical Centre, a $100 million museum funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund, opened on the Alpha campus in Kingston to record about 150 years of the Sisters of Mercy’s work, with officials calling it an investment in heritage tourism.

More than two years after Hurricane Beryl, a Union Island resident says the island’s historic Anglican church still lacks a roof and its Catholic church remains rubble, and he is asking church leaders to commit to rebuilding.

About 75 Dutch churches close every year, and Arnhem’s former Sint-Jozefkerk is now a padel court, but a survey found two-thirds of Dutch people would rather see closed churches become libraries, cultural centres or homes.

Kingston Parish in Mathews County, Virginia, is converting its vacant historic rectory into two rental homes for teachers and other moderate-income workers, at a cost of about $360,000 funded by grants and donations.

A church’s deal to buy Cape Town’s heritage-listed Good Hope Centre collapsed, and a mosque has emerged as the proposed buyer, though the city has not disclosed the price or conditions.

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Lima spent 45.1 million soles restoring six historic churches over four years, including 9.8 million on Santo Domingo, using city funds and a share of sales tax from its historic centre.

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St Catherine councillors say mould and poor air in their 1762 Spanish Town building are harming their health, and Mayor Norman Scott says a replacement is in the works.