Closed church buildings available for disposal

Offers in excess of £45,000 are sought for the freehold of Bollingham St Silas church. The property is in the village of Eardisley which is located approximately 2.5 miles south of Kington.

Bollingham St Silas is a building of moderate significance. A simple chapel in an attractive rural setting, it retains some medieval fabric but was largely rebuilt in 1865–67 by the leading local church architect of the time, Thomas Nicholson.

Bollingham St Silas is Grade II* Listed and constructed of local sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and there are a series of windows. There are decorative stained glass east and west windows to the structure whilst the sides of the building have plain windows.

Expressions of interest should be made direct to the agent detailed below.

https://www.sunderlands.co.uk/commercial/property/bollingham-kington-herefordshire-6953 

Name: Bollingham St Silas

Diocese: Hereford

Location: Bollingham, Eardisley, Herefordshire HR5 3LE

Grid Reference: 

Contact: Tim Reed

Contact Address: Offa House,

                            St Peters Square,

                            Hereford

                            HR1 2PQ

Contact Number: 01432 356 161

Contact Email Address: [email protected]

The attractive former church of St Michael & All Angels, Dulas, Herefordshire is Grade II listed and constructed of sandstone under a pitched stone tile roof.  It is situated on a minor road 2 km north-west of Ewyas Harold (opposite Dulas Court) and close to the well-known tourist destination, the Golden Valley. Internally, the building comprises nave, chancel, vestry and porch with a total accommodation of some 122 square metres (1,318 sqft). Part of the churchyard and the access drive will be included in the sale. A successful planning application for partial change of use to holiday residential use can be found on Herefordshire Council’s planning portal (refs.: P164098/F and P164099/L). Sold freehold with vacant possession. Information pack available from Sunderlands.

Diocese: Hereford               

Location: Dulas (near Ewyas Harold)      

OS grid reference: SO 371 294                

Contact details   

Agent: Sunderlands, 5a St Peter’s Square, Hereford, HR1 2PG

Tel.: 01432 276 202

Email: [email protected]

www.sunderlands.co.uk 

St Andrew's church, Great Fencote is a charming stone building, built in the late 1840's. It is not Listed and is not within a Conservation Area. St Andrew's Church stands at the north west corner of the village at the junction between Fleetham Lane and Todd Lane. There is mains electricity and water to the property, though no WC or mains sewerage. Heating is provided by electric heaters and there is no gas connection to the property. Parking is available on the public highway but there is currently no off street or allocated parking spaces available for the church. Offers are invited for viable alternative uses.

Diocese: Leeds

Location: GREAT FENCOTE, NORTH YORKSHIRE, DL7 0RT

Agent Contact details
Chris Thyer GSC Grays
12 The Bank, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, DL12 8PQ
01833 694 934
gscgrays.co.uk

https://www.gscgrays.co.uk/property/todd-lane-great-fencote-north-yorkshire/

Offers are invited for the freehold of the church of All Souls, Hastings. The property is located on the corner of Athelstan Road and Berlin Road in the Clive Vale area of Hastings, approximately one and a half miles north east of the town centre.  

All Souls is listed Grade II*. The church is a large building designed by the prominent Victorian Architect, Sir Arthur Blomfield and dates from 1889-91. It consists of a five bay nave with north and south aisles, chancel and south-east chapel and a north-east vestries. The church was constructed of red brick with clay tile roofs. There are no burials at the site. The building contains stained glass and interior fittings dating from 1890.

Expressions of interest should be made direct to the agent detailed below.

Diocese: Chichester  

Location: Athelstan Road, Clive Vale, Hastings, TN35 5JE.

Agent Contact details:

Alex Hobbis, Dyer and Hobbis

T: 01424 423656

E: [email protected]

St Michael’s is not a listed building but is in a conservation area. The church was built in the mid-1960s to designs by Laurence King, a renowned post World War 2 church architect. It has been unused for some years and closed on safety grounds. The building is decagonal in plan, with a central glazed lantern, topped by a short spire. It is built of brick around a steel and concrete framed structure. Many of the Church’s original interior features remain but the property is in need of repair and upgrading. The Church is a prominent structure, situated at the southern end of Broadway Gardens; the community and civic focus of the town of Letchworth. The property is within some 600 metres of the mainline railway station. The Parish Hall and car park may also be available for disposal with the closed church.

Diocese: St. Albans

Location: Broadway, Letchworth, SG6 3QJ

Agent Contact details:

Alastair Woodgate

58 St Peter's Street

St Albans

AL1 3HG

Tel: 01727 519140

Email: [email protected]

The Grade II Listed former church of St Mary's, South Hylton dates back to the 1820s and is set in grounds of approximately 0.4 acres. The church sits in a prominent position on Church Road and is enclosed by a stone wall. The property stands within a rectangular plot of approximately 0.4 acres, the church itself extends to circa 3,735 sq. Ft (346 sq. M). The accommodation briefly comprises of chancel, nave, aisle, organ chamber and tower. The property benefits from mains electricity, water and gas. There is no mains sewage or WC within the property.  Access is directly off Church Street, parking is available on the adopted highway but there is no designated parking allocated at the church.

Diocese: Durham  

Location:  Church Road, South Hylton, Sunderland SR4 0QJ

Agent Contact details
GSC Grays
12 The Bank, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, DL12 8PQ
01833 637000
https://www.gscgrays.co.uk/property/south-hylton-sunderland/

Offers in the region of £500,000 are invited for the freehold of the former church of St Leonard, which is situated along the seafront at St Leonards on Sea, just to the west of Hastings and enjoys far-reaching views over the English Channel.

St Leonard’s is a Grade II listed building standing at the foot of the cliff between West Hill Road and Undercliff. The property includes the small churchyard at the top of the cliff and an area of land to the east of the building.

The church was built in 1953-61 to designs by Sir Giles and Adrian Gilbert Scott replacing a previous church dating from 1834 which was destroyed in the Second World War. It consists of a 5 bay nave, chancel, prominent west tower, vestry and extension containing various ancillary rooms and was built of buff brick on a concrete frame with sandstone dressings. It has a gross internal area measuring some 10,221ft2. The majority of the furnishings and fittings are contemporary with the building.

Expressions of interest should be made direct to the agent detailed below.

Diocese: Chichester 

Location: Marina, St Leonards, TN38 0BE

Agent Contact details

Oliver Dyer - [email protected] 

Alex Hobbis - [email protected] 

Dyer and Hobbis Commercial Property - www.dyerandhobbis.com

01424 423626

St Hilda’s Church, Thurnscoe is an attractive stone building constructed in 1938 using traditional methods and materials.  It is unlisted. The building is of a typical pattern and stands within its own grounds, which are mainly laid to grass with a hard surfaced area used for vehicle standing. The building has closed for formal worship and is being brought forward for sale in the open market. Planning consent has not been sought and we are seeking expressions of interest from potentially interested parties. It is understood that the building has mains electricity, water, gas and sewerage.  The interior is spacious and the building would lend itself to a variety of uses including sports, community, and meeting space

Diocese: Sheffield

Location: HANOVER STREET, THURNSCOE, ROTHERHAM, S63 0HH 

The property stands within a residential area on Hanover Street, within the village of Thurnscoe and lies approximately 800 metres north of Thurnscoe Station

Agent Contact Details:

Jason White 

White & Co Property Advisory Limited 

0114 279 2806

07714 154 437

[email protected]

www.whiteandcosurveyors.com

St John’s church, Skipton on Swale, Thirsk,  is a charming stone building, built in the early 1840's. The Grade II listed building is small village church set in an attractive medium-sized church yard. It is bounded on the south by the former A61 Ripon-Thirsk road, now a quiet village street, on the east  and north sides by the driveway to the (former) vicarage and on the west by the former vicarage garden. The boundaries are marked by stone walls. 

Mains electricity is via an overhead cable and mains water via lead pipes but the property has no gas or foul drainage (it is understood that there is no mains drainage in village). Heating is currently via wall-mounted infra-red electric heaters.

Parking is available on the public highway but there is currently no off street or allocated parking spaces available for the church. Please note that the exact amount of churchyard to be included in the disposal will require careful consideration and negotiation, and may depend on the proposed new use.

Offers are invited for viable alternative uses. Expressions of interest from those with a viable alternative community use are especially welcome.

Diocese: York 

Location: SKIPTON ON SWALE, THIRSK, NORTH YORKSHIRE

Agent Contact details: Simon Manthorpe

Northallerton Auctions Limited  

Applegarth Mart, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8LZ

T: 01609 772034   M: 07809 545907

E: [email protected]

https://www.northallertonestateagency.co.uk/property/property.asp?p_id=2890

Offers invited for the freehold of the church of St Paul’s, Boughton, Chester. The property is located within close proximity of Chester City Centre (1.5 miles), Chester mainline railway station (1 mile) and Chester racecourse (1.5 miles). This is a substantial Grade II* Listed Building with potential for alternative uses subject to planning and listed building consent and has a guide price of £100,000.

Expressions of interest should be made direct to the Agent.

Diocese: Chester

Location: Boughton, Chester, CH3 5BR

Agent Contact Details: Andy Thornton, MBRE

T: 07949 119951

E: [email protected] 

Link to marketing brochure/website: St. Paul’s Church, Chester - MBRE

Offers invited for the freehold of the church of Bedford Leigh St Thomas and associated churchyard/grounds. The property is located within the Bridgwater canal conservation area in close proximity to Leigh District Centre. This is a substantial Grade II Listed Building with associated grounds (c.0.75 acres) with potential for alternative uses and redevelopment subject to planning and listed building consent. The property has a guide price of £275,000.

Expressions of interest should be made direct to the Agent.

Diocese: Manchester

Location: St Thomas Church, Chapel Street, Leigh, Wigan

Agent Contact Details: Andy Thornton, MBRE

T: 07949 119951

E: [email protected]

Link to marketing brochure/website: St. Thomas Church, Chapel Street, Leigh - MBRE

Offers invited for the freehold of the church of Carlisle Holy Trinity together with adjoining parish hall. The property is unlisted and not within a conservation area with potential for alternative uses and redevelopment subject to planning and listed building consent. The property has a guide price of £250,000.

Expressions of interest should be made direct to the Agent.

Diocese: Carlisle

Location: Carlisle, CA2 7BH

Agent Contact Details: Hugh Hodgson, Edwin Thompson

T: 07909 224367

E: [email protected]

Link to marketing brochure/website: Holy Trinity Church, Carlisle, CA2 7BH - Edwin Thompson

Offers in the region of £175,000 are invited for the freehold of the former church of St James, which is located in the small village of Holt approximately two miles north of Wimborne Minster in Dorset. The church is located with a cluster of public buildings consisting of The Old Inn Public House, the Village Hall and Parish Hall. It stands in an elevated position within a churchyard bounded by a stone wall. The churchyard contains many burials. It is listed Grade II.

The current building was built in 1834-6 to the designs of John Tulloch of Poole in red brick with slate roofs in a simple Lancet style. It was refurnished 1875 and the chancel and transepts were added in 1889. It consists of a nave, chancel and shallow north and south transepts. There is a two-bell bellcote at the west end. The interior is a large, relatively plain, open space. There is stained glass in the east window and some in the nave dating from 1889 and 1912.

The church is suitable for a variety of alternative uses. Expressions of interest should be made direct to the agent detailed below. The closing date for offers is Friday 15 September 2023.

Diocese: Salisbury

Location: Holt, nr Wimborne BH21 7DJ

Grid Reference: SU 03071 04012

Agent Contact Details: Symonds and Sampson

Agent Address: Wimborne Minster Office, 5 West Street, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1JN

T: 01202 843190

E: [email protected]

W: www.symondsandsampson.co.uk