COTW Clerk of the Works The Pilgrimage Project
Property Case File v0.2
CASE 005 Investigating

1-5 Springwell Buildings, Horden

1-5 Springwell Buildings, Horden, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 4SD

Not Listed Chapel 1,248 sq ft Freehold

Assessment

Pilgrimage Score

An artistic and experiential assessment, not a feasibility verdict.

Sense of Place
5/10
Architectural Character
4/10
Landscape Relationship
2/10
Transformation Potential
7/10
Great Room Potential
6/10
Grounds / Exterior Potential
Emotional Pull
5/10
Feasibility Score Reserved for v0.3

Acquisition cost, restrictions, availability, intervention freedom, access and practical risk will be assessed separately.

Judgement

The Clerk's Assessment

A more experimental Clerky candidate. At about 1,248 sq ft and £55,000 it satisfies the basic scale and price tests, and its broad single-storey footprint could permit a radical studio-house intervention. It is not beautiful and has little landscape presence, but the corner position, frontage and low entry cost make it worth retaining in the register as a deliberately different typology.

Structured Record

Property

Commercial

Asking / Guide Price
£55,000
Estimated Acquisition
Tenure
Freehold
Status
Investigating
Auction / Closing

Building

Type
Chapel
Use
Floor Area
1,248 sq ft
Land
Date / Period
Listed
Not Listed
Condition
Good

Geography

Country
United Kingdom
Search Area
Willington / County Durham
Distance
22 miles
Setting
Town
Nearest Settlement
Horden

Due Diligence

Practical

Planning Position

Suitable for a variety of commercial or redevelopment uses subject to planning. Layout has potential to subdivide into up to five units; residential/artistic conversion would require specific planning investigation.

Immediate Risks

Single-storey building with limited intrinsic architectural drama. Intended residential/artistic use may require significant planning and design intervention.

Context

Place & Access

Landscape / Setting

Urban Horden setting on a prominent roadside junction, close to the East Durham coast but without a direct landscape relationship.

Evidence

Images, Plans & Documents

Gallery Ready for v0.3

Property photographs and site images will live here.

Plans Ready for v0.3

Floor plans, site plans and sketches will live here.

Source PDFs Ready for v0.3

Sales particulars, heritage records and supporting documents will live here.

Provenance

Source Material

Agent / Auctioneer
Align Property Partners / Pattinson Auction
Date First Seen
12/09/2026
Original Listing
Open source listing

Working Record

Case Notes

Clerky Case 005. Commercial redevelopment candidate in Horden.