LAURA AND ERIK ROWTON, of Rowtons’ Museum of the Paranormal and Spirituality, “aim to show historical responses to death and the afterlife.”
The move has been frowned upon by the vendors, Penuel Church, who stated that they hadn’t realised what was in store for the building.
Distancing themselves from the proposals, they deemed it “not in keeping with the church’s ethos, values and beliefs” and was in “no way associated with the museum.”
However, no conditions were placed on the sale of the large Grade II property, which had been on the market at a price of £150,000 for some time.
The church, which has since moved to another venue in the town, published a statement claiming it was told the building was to be used as a “historical museum,” but had since become “sadly aware of some other intentions.”