Category Archives: Victoriana

The “visionary task” of redeveloping The Chapel HG1 now available in book form

Posted on 11 Jul 2019 by The Chapel HG1

◼ Today The Chapel HG1 hosted a launch party for its own coffee-table book telling of the redevelopment of this Victorian building into a private house and art gallery offering boutique B&B accommodation. The Chapel Harrogate by its owner Mark … Continue reading →

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“It’s about discovering the world, the curiosity of random things,” Hinchliffe tells the Observer Magazine

Posted on 4 Feb 2018 by The Chapel HG1

◼ The owner of The Chapel Harrogate gives his first appreciative interview about his audacious conversion to today’s Observer Magazine, supported by thoughtful interior photography. The writer appears impressed by his being a “Yorkshireman” and he in turn gives full … Continue reading →

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Harrogate chapel reborn: Channel 4 updates the Hinchliffe saga, while Yorkshire Post has the pictures

Posted on 13 May 2017 by The Chapel HG1

Channel 4 at 7pm, Saturday 13 May – Methodist Church Revisit 2017, and afterwards on demand online – George catches up with Mark Hinchliffe in his spectacular Methodist church and Sunday school conversion project in Harrogate, now officially renamed The Chapel HG1 … Continue reading →

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Thanks from Chapel House to “one of the best” on TV, George!

Posted on 28 Jan 2016 by The Chapel HG1

Channel 4, 9pm, Thursday 28 January 2016: The Restoration Man … You can catch up for another month at 4oD via this link GEORGE CLARKE’S VERDICT TONIGHT ON THE FINISHED SUNDAY SCHOOL, NOW A FOUR-BEDROOM HOME ON TWO FLOORS “What’s … Continue reading →

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Stray FM trails tonight’s TV show on Chapel House

Posted on 28 Jan 2016 by The Chapel HG1

◼ Click to play today’s 5pm bulletin on StrayFM when developer Mark Hinchliffe recalls past uses for the Grove Road premises he is renovating in Harrogate.

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Today’s Hgt Advertiser raises curtain on Mark’s new home

Posted on 28 Jan 2016 by The Chapel HG1

◼ Tonight’s 60-minute Channel 4 television programme, The Restoration Man, follows the three-year renovation of the Grove Road Chapel and its Sunday School in Harrogate, Yorkshire, by their owner Mark Hinchliffe.

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“One of the best design episodes yet” says Channel 4’s George Clarke about tomorrow’s Restoration Man

Posted on 27 Jan 2016 by The Chapel HG1

“Mark is a natural project manager and has such a passion for this building” – George Clarke, C4’s Restoration Man ◼ A flurry of media activity this week has revealed new glimpses of what Channel 4’s next episode of The … Continue reading →

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C4 follows the Hinchliffe dream of a ‘for-ever home’

Posted on 24 Jan 2016 by The Chapel HG1

◼︎ The Restoration Man airs from 9pm GMT, Thursday 28 January 2016, and is then viewable for a further month on demand via the All 4 web player ◼︎ Property developer Mark Hinchliffe says of George Clarke, Channel 4’s Restoration … Continue reading →

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This is now a legacy website

Posted on 21 Jan 2016 by The Chapel HG1

This is a legacy website that went live in January 2016. As such, the main pages and this topical blog have documented the background to the four-year renovation of The Chapel HG1 previously known as Chapel House Harrogate +++ +++ Copyright … Continue reading →

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