The Three Tuns
3 Association Street, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 1EF
Assessment
Pilgrimage Score
An artistic and experiential assessment, not a feasibility verdict.
Acquisition cost, restrictions, availability, intervention freedom, access and practical risk will be assessed separately.
Judgement
The Clerk's Assessment
A strong Clerky candidate because it combines scale, price and genuine transformation potential within the core search area. At around 2,701 sq ft for a £60,000 auction guide, it offers far more spatial possibility than conventional residential stock at this budget. Its weaknesses are equally clear: the setting is urban, architectural distinction is moderate rather than exceptional, and the building requires full refurbishment. Auction costs, structural condition and planning feasibility could materially alter the economics. Worth a closer look and suitable as Case 002, but not yet a pilgrimage-level find.
Structured Record
Property
Commercial
- Asking / Guide Price
- £60,000
- Estimated Acquisition
- —
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Status
- Investigating
- Auction / Closing
- —
Building
- Type
- Chapel
- Use
- —
- Floor Area
- 2,701 sq ft
- Land
- —
- Date / Period
- —
- Listed
- Not Listed
- Condition
- Good
Geography
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Search Area
- Willington / County Durham
- Distance
- 6 miles
- Setting
- Town
- Nearest Settlement
- Shildon
Due Diligence
Practical
Planning Position
Commercial / mixed-use former public house with development potential. Historic marketing has suggested conversion potential, including residential subdivision, subject to planning permission and all necessary consents.
Immediate Risks
Modern method of auction; additional auction fees and reservation terms likely apply. Full refurbishment required. Structural condition, services, title, exact outside space and planning feasibility require investigation.
Context
Place & Access
Landscape / Setting
Central Shildon urban setting rather than open countryside. Strong industrial-town character but limited direct landscape relationship.
Rail / Transport
Shildon has its own railway station. Willington is approximately 6 miles away in straight-line terms and roughly 7 miles by road.
Evidence
Images, Plans & Documents
Property photographs and site images will live here.
Floor plans, site plans and sketches will live here.
Sales particulars, heritage records and supporting documents will live here.
Provenance
Source Material
- Agent / Auctioneer
- My Property Box, Darlington
- Date First Seen
- 11/09/2026
- Original Listing
- Open source listing
Working Record
Case Notes
Former public house with accommodation above in central Shildon. A substantial freehold building offered by modern method of auction with a guide price of £60,000. The property is in need of full refurbishment and offers strong live/work or conversion potential, subject to planning and other consents.
Clerky view: a genuine oddity within budget – large for the money, close to Willington and with significantly more transformation potential than a conventional low-cost house. Main concerns are condition, auction costs, planning risk and limited landscape quality.