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A mortuary and church hit the market for almost £1m in the final stage of a former hospital’s long-awaited overhaul. The Grade-II listed 1882 chapel and mortuary at Margate’s Royal Seabathing Hospital went up for sale with a £900k pricetag, The chapel has been empty for 25 years and is the last undeveloped section of hospital, founded in 1791 under the patronage of George III. With it is the adjacent former mortuary, which already has permission to be turned into a home. A planning application for the church’s conversion is awaiting a decision from Thanet District Council. Estate agents Moore …

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