Preliminary particulars of sale of:

BECKSIDE FARM DISTINGTON , CA14 4QY

Sole Agents:

Land Agency Department Solicitor: Mitchells Auction Company Waugh & Musgrave Lakeland Livestock Centre 1 Main Street, Cockermouth Cockermouth, , CA13 0QQ Cumbria CA13 9LE Tel: 01900 822016 Tel: 01900 823127 [email protected]

An opportunity to acquire a desirable smallholding. Traditional 3 bedroom farmhouse Substantial attached barn Outbuildings and garden Agricultural land in all about 3.19 hectares (7.88 acres)

For sale in two lots and as a whole

Guide Price £250,000 as a whole

Workington 4 miles - 6 miles - Penrith M6 south 40 miles – Carlisle M6 north 34 miles (all distances are approximate)

For those using ‘Sat Nav’ systems input the postcode CA14 4QY. The property is marked with a ‘For Sale’ board. Its grid reference is NY010237.

DESCRIPTION Beckside Farm is an attractive smallholding with development potential located on the edge of the quiet village of Distington. Whilst Beckside Farm provides a rural setting, there are services in the village including a primary school, Post office and GP surgery.

This is a rare opportunity to renovate and develop the property to individual taste, with planning permission to Alter and extend the farmhouse and to convert the attached barn into a dwelling. There is also planning permission for a workshop and an agricultural building.

LOCATION

LOT 1 BECKSIDE FARMHOUSE, BUILDINGS and GARDEN:

Beckside Farmhouse comprises 3 bedrooms over two storeys with substantial attached barn plus outbuildings and a small conservatory/boot room. It is need of complete renovation. The farmhouse is constructed from solid stone with roughcast render under a main twin pitched slated roof with 2 no. chimney stacks incorporated into the ridge. Floors are stone to the ground floor and suspended timber to the first floor. The property occupies a sloping site with a northerly aspect down from the road to Distington beck, this provides views of the surrounding farm land and Distington village from its front elevation.

Ground floor accommodation extends to approximately 70.9 square meters (763 square feet) comprising; Conservatory 1.69m x 4.84m Kitchen 3.05m x 2.50m Living room 4.00m x 3.68m Hall Sitting room 4.05m x 2.79m Pantry 3.05m x 1.87m Cold room 2.97m x 2.10m Shower room 4.02m x 2.56

First floor accommodation extends to approximately 43.7 Square Meters (470 Square Feet), comprising;

Bedroom 1 3.06m x 3.20m Bedroom 2 4.06m x 4.21m Bedroom 3 4.03m x 2.76m Box room 3.08m x 1.87m

Services: Mains water is available on site, electricity is available on the road side, sewerage is connected. No BT telephone line.

Council Tax: Beckside Farm has been placed in ‘Band B’ by Copeland Borough Council.

Outside: The farmstead and surrounding gardens and land extend in all to approximately 0.51 hectares (1.26 acres).

Attached barn: Attached bank barn, of stone construction, part rendered under a main twin pitched slated roof; with concrete floors, with three byres on ground floor (4.84m x 5.37m, 4.88m x 2.67m and 4.77m x 3.68m and attached lean-to garage with double timber doors (3.28m x 2.58m). The first floor comprises of a main barn (6.76m x 12.54m) with attached workshop area (6.76m x 3.27m).

Detached former milking byre with lean-to’s; constructed from solid stone with part rendering, under a main twin pitched slated roof with concrete floor, and lean-to’s to both sides and rear with hay loft and timber doors. Total external area approx. 44m2.

To the rear of the byre there is an area cleared and levelled. There is planning permission for the erection of a workshop and store with associated parking and forecourt service area.

LOT 2 2.68 ha (6.62 Acres) of Agricultural Land The land extends in all to approximately 6.62 acres. It is divided into two parcels with roadside access off the B5306. The land is bound by Distington Beck which also affords a constant supply of water. The land is currently grassland.

There is currently planning permission under the General Permitted Development for the erection of a steel framed agricultural building to store Agricultural implements and feed.

GENERAL IMFORMATION

VIEWING: Strictly by appointment with the Sole Agents: Land Agency Dept., Mitchell’s Auction Co. Ltd., Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0QQ. Tel: 01900 822016. Email: [email protected]

HEALTH AND SAFETY: Given the potential hazards of the condition of the farmhouse and buildings, we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when inspecting the property, for your own personal safety.

METHOD OF SALE: The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty in two lots and as a whole. If sold separately the purchaser of lot 2 is responsible for erecting a stock proof fence along the boundary of lot 1 along Distington Beck.

TITLE: The property has freehold title and vacant possession will be given on completion.

The property is affected by an overhead electricity line which runs along the southerly boundary with a spur off for the property itself. The property is affected by an underground gas and water supply which cross the land. A right of access for maintenance of these lines will be reserved by the vendor.

The property is sold subject to all existing burdens (covenants, wayleaves, rights of way, easements, quasi-easements, rights of access, ancient monuments, etc.) whether public or private and whether constituted in the title deeds or not. The purchasers will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such burdens and are advised to contact the Vendor’s solicitor in order to do so:

MINERAL & SPORTING RIGHTS: Mineral rights are excepted. Insofar as the sporting rights are owned by the Vendor, they are included in the sale at no extra charge.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME (BPS): The land is classified as Non-SDA by the Rural Payments Agency/DEFRA and has been registered for the BPS. There are no entitlements included in the sale.

BOUNDARIES: Responsibility for the maintenance of boundaries is indicated by inward facing ‘T’ marks on the Sale Plan and is from information provided by the Vendor. Where no mark is shown no further information is available.

ENVIRONMENT: In so far as the Vendor is aware, the property is not affected by any other environmental, historical, archaeological or other statutory designation.

VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT): VAT will not be charged on the sale.

DATE OF PREPARATION: June 2019.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of these particulars, all interested parties should note:

1. The description and photographs are for guidance only and are not a complete representation of the property. Photographs were taken June 2019. 2. Plans are not to scale, are for guidance only and do not form part of a contract. 3. Services and appliances referred to have not been tested and cannot be verified as being in working order. 4. No survey of any part of the property has been carried out by the Vendor or the Sole Selling Agent. 5. All measurements have been taken using the following: Ordnance Survey data; the RPA Rural Land Registry maps; Promap mapping software; from scaled plans and by tape measure and therefore may be subject to a small margin of error. 6. Only those items referred to in the text of these particulars are included. 7. Nothing in these particulars or any related discussions forms part of any contract unless expressly incorporated within subsequent written agreement. These particulars do not form, nor form any part of, any offer of contract. Any contract relating to the sale of the property shall only be capable or being entered into by the Vendor’s solicitor. 8. These particulars have been prepared in good faith and in accordance with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 to give a fair overall view of the property, but neither Mitchell’s Auction Company Ltd nor the Vendor accepts any responsibility for any error that they may contain, however caused. Any intending purchaser must therefore satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness. 9. Neither Mitchell’s Auction Company Ltd nor any of their employees has any authority to make or give any further representation or warranty in relation to the property.