Neasham Rd - St Johns Church 6,713 SF Specialty Building Offered at £150,000 in Darlington DL1 4AD

The former St John’s Church at Neasham Road provides a striking building and landmark feature dating back to circa 1849.

The church was constructed from sandstone under a pitched slate roof with a 20th century brick vestry extension, built behind the original, to provide a kitchen, meeting room, and water closets. The structure, measuring approximately 6,713 square feet, is of traditional construction, as expected of a church building of this age, and has cast iron guttering and downpipes and stone framed single glazed windows throughout. The property has a maximum cleared height of 17.5m to the apex of the roof and an eaves height of 12.05m. Externally, we understand that the site contains no burials or graves and benefits from ample parking provision with direct road access from Neasham Road. The main access is shared with a right of way existing to provide access to the scout building to the rear and residential flats to the east front elevation.

Darlington is situated in the Northeast of England and lies approximately 16 miles west of Middlesbrough and 37 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne providing excellent road links to the A1(M) and A66. Darlington is a historic market town located in the County of Durham with a resident population of approximately 106,000. The town lies on the river Skern, a tributary of the River Tees, being essentially developed in the Victorian times with the influence of the local Quaker families and is famous as the terminus of the first passenger railway.

The subject property is in an elevated position to the east, which many of the local community will know as Bank Top, commanding a prominent position with the clock tower being visible from 360-degree angles. The property is situated within a regeneration zone directly opposite Darlington Train Station of which works started in Spring 2023 with a view to being completed in Spring 2025. Improvements to the station will include a new platform and station building, new footbridge and a multi-story car park. In addition to the rail station development, St John’s is also located just outside (south) of Business Central Darlington and the Central Park Enterprise Zone site.

The former St. John’s Church is for sale without a designated use. Any changes of use to the site to be discussed with the local Council (Darlington Borough Council) before a formal offer is put forward. The former St John’s Church is Grade II Listed and located in the Parkgate Conservative Area, therefore any proposed use will need to take this into consideration as well as the property’s location, setting and condition. The Church Commissioners approval will also be required for any proposed use.