The Church that became a house

The Church of St. Jacob, a Christian Church built in 1870 which is located in Utrecht (Netherlands), is currently for sale. The architect, Gerard Gerritsen, undertook the challenging task of transforming the church into a modern house. The pictures show how he succeeded.

He tried to combine the natural light with the functional aspect of a normal, rich, house. The exterior has remained untouched as have the windows which date back from 1911.

"The residential Church XL" as its called, is currently listed in the local auction and has been given the astronomical evaluation of 2.5 million euros.

If you ask me I believe it is wrong to transform a Church into a house..If it had to become something else then a more suitable function for it would have been a school, even a community hall. This of course is not the first time where Churches have transformed into houses in the West. I have seen many Churches becoming Mosques, flats, halls, community halls and restaurants in England

This practice is totally alien to the mind of an Eastern Christian, but it seems that secularism and wealth have no boundaries in the West.