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Thanks to everyone who visited Warksburn Old Church during the Passivhaus Trust Open Day event from 08 – 10 November. This followed on from the June Open Day event, when we were overwhelmed with interest, with people from all over the country coming to Wark to view the building works in progress during the our world-first project to convert a former church into a home meeting Passivhaus standards.

The autumn 2024 PHT Open Days event, from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th November 2024 enabled us to show visitors around stunning home that resulted from the rebuild, which is now open for bookings as a unique and spectacular holiday rental property, inviting guests to experience Passivhaus living in Net Zero Luxury for themselves.

Ahead of the Open Day, we had had some great media coverage, so visitors could take a look at the TV documentary which followed the conversion project, and read the Sunday Times article. All the project certifications were also completed before the event, so visitors could check out Warksburn Old Church on the Passivhaus Trust website and the International Passive House Association database.

Or you can simply browse the stylish accommodation the property offers, perhaps taking a 3D tour if you wish.

Yesterday afternoon was one of those glorious days of autumn sunshine. With the sun low in the afternoon sky, that’s perfect conditions for the stained glass windows at the west end of Warksburn Old Church. The close up face at the top of this post represents Lady Helen Norah, wife of Sir George Barclay Bruce, in one of the feature windows by the eminent Victorian stained glass masters, Charles Eamer Kempe. The image below represents their daughter, Anne Louisa.

We have had many enquiries about the upcoming Derelict Rescue TV documentary about Warksburn Old Church, which will be broadcast on Monday 21 October 2024 at 9pm on HGTV. Please feel free to share the information below on your socials.

We’re pleased to release this little ‘sneak preview’ video slideshow, showing some of the details of the interior design and artwork at Warksburn Old Church. The video embedded below is in .mov format. If you wish to open or download a copy in .m4v format, please click here to open the video in a new window.

We were delighted that Homebuilding & Renovating published a news article about the Passivhaus conversion of Warksburn Old Church which you can read by clicking the logo below.

Entitled Church converted into net-zero Passivhaus home in Northumberland could be a world-first the article was written by Joseph Mullane. It article explores some of the pioneering technologies and techniques we have employed on this first-in-world project to convert a former church to a luxury Net Zero home which complies with the ultra-demanding Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency, insulation and airtightness.

We’re delighted to announce that Warksburn Old Church was formally certified by the Passive House Institute on 19 September 2024. It is a great pleasure to see all the hard work of the project team rewarded with this official confirmation that this truly unique place to stay now meets the ‘gold standard’ benchmark for energy efficient buildings. All the details are here.

We’re delighted to invite you to take a 3D tour of the newly-finished spectacular interiors at Warksburn Old Church, the world’s first conversion of a former church into a Net Zero home which meets Passivhaus standards.

Personally, I am delighted that we’re now completing this major project, and that Warksburn Old Church will be able to welcome our first holiday rental guests from 24 September. So take a tour and see where you’ll be staying!

This link will take you inside the building.

We are delighted to announce that all the main interior spaces at Warksburn Old Church have now been completed, bringing Anne’s interior design vision to life, within the ultra-efficient Net Zero building which has been Alan’s major focus.

A major update of the website has also been completed, which now has the detailed images of the completed interiors in all the rooms, and a 3D walkthrough of the finished property.

We look forward to welcoming the first guests from 24 September 2024.