Month: November 2024

Warksburn Old Church is a spectacular and stylish holiday rental, for up to six guests, close to Hadrians Wall in beautiful rural Northumberland. It is also one of the greenest buildings in the UK, and is the world’s first ever conversion of a former church into a Passivhaus ultra-energy-efficient home. It generates more energy than it consumes over the course of year.

Celebrating the opening of the property in Autumn 2024, we have a great deal for EV drivers: free charging for your car whilst you enjoy a stay in Net Zero Luxury at Warksburn Old Church. We have three 7kW chargers (and several Tesla Powerwalls fed by large solar arrays) on site, and we’re delighted to offer EV drivers completely free charging during all stays between 12 November 2024 and 11 April 2025. Just book a stay using the button below. We’ll sort the free charging when you arrive.

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We’re delighted and honoured that Warksburn Old Church is now listed on the “Stay in a Passivhaus” page published by the International Passive House Association. We’re thrilled to be listed alongside some amazing properties spanning the globe from New Zealand to Sweden (and all points in between).

We’re now also listed on the Passivhaus Trust directory of UK Passivhaus properties offering guest stays. The “Looking for a Passivhaus Holiday?” page is a great initiative, enabling people considering making their own investment in an energy efficient home to experience living in a Passivhaus for themselves. Big hat tip to PHT for publishing this resource. As the Passivhaus Trust webpage puts it:

“Booking your next trip? Take a look at beautiful places and beautiful buildings to stay at in the UK. Relax in a certified Passivhaus, and experience first-hand the comfort provided by the leading international low energy building standard.”

Click here to book your stay in Net Zero Luxury at Warksburn Old Church.

We’re delighted that the Sunday Times has published a major feature article on our trailblazing conversion of Warksburn Old Church into an ultra-efficient Passivhaus home.

Written by Jayne Dowle, one of the UK’s most experienced property journalists, with photography by Charlotte Graham, the article presents a very comprehensive overview of technologies and techniques employed in the conversion project and highlights one of our key motivations for undertaking it.

Alan acknowledges that many people considering making Passivhaus or other low-energy investments into their own homes are put off because it’s hard to imagine what the result will be: “So, in part, Warksburn Old Church is about offering those people a “try before you buy” opportunity to live in a Passivhaus, not just read about it.”