Beckingham Hall Farm, Tolleshunt Major, Maldon, Essex

Beckingham Hall Farm Tolleshunt Major, Maldon, Essex CM9 3EH

A first class irrigated arable farm close to the Essex coast

Maldon 4 miles, Witham (rail to London Liverpool Street) 7 miles, Chelmsford 14 miles

About 437 acres (177 ha) in total

For sale as a whole or in up to eight lots

Lot 1 – Beckingham Hall with 7.43 acres (3.01 ha)

Lot 2 – Farm buildings with 5.30 acres (2.14 ha)

Lot 3 – The Lodge with 0.74 acres (0.30 ha)

Lot 4 – No 3 Beckingham Hall Cottages with 0.13 acres (0.05 ha)

Lot 5 – No 4 Beckingham Hall Cottages with 0.13 acres (0.05 ha)

Lot 6 – 233.64 acres (94.55 ha) arable land

Lot 7 – 72.16 acres (29.19 ha) arable land and woodland

Lot 8 – 117.71 acres (47.63 ha) arable land and lakes The Property Situation Beckingham Hall Farm is a first class irrigated Beckingham Hall Farm is situated close to the arable farm. The principal house is an attractive Essex Coast near the River Blackwater attractive period property offering comfortable east of Maldon. In a quiet particularly rural accommodation with a historic walled garden. location, the nearby villages of Tolleshunt The farm buildings include several traditional Major and Tolleshunt Major have a small range brick and slate buildings which offer grain of everyday needs whilst the market town of storage and scope for alternative uses, whilst Maldon is about 4 miles away and has a wide the more modern buildings are suitable for range of shopping, recreation and schooling. potato and general storage aswell as livestock. From Witham, about 7 miles away, there are The detached Lodge and the pair of regular trains to London Liverpool Street with semi-detached cottages offer further an average time of about 40 minutes. The River accommodation which adds to the flexibility Blackwater is a popular sailing destination and of the farm. The arable land is Grade 2 and the amongst many other yacht classes there is soils are of a nature that allows the growing historic barge racing at Maldon. This part of the of both combinable crops as well as higher Essex coast is steeped in history and for the value root crops such as potatoes. All but a wildlife enthusiast there is a particularly diverse few small areas of the farm has been subject to range of wader birds along its tidal marshes with land drainage which functions and is enhanced the RSPB reserve at Old Hall Marshes nearby. by regular mole draining. The abstraction licence extends to 51,000 cubic metres of Historical Note water per annum (approximately 11,460,000 Beckingham Hall Farm is a property of great gallons or 500 acre inches per annum) and history and has been held by the present the reservoirs provide water storage adding owners for a little over 300 years. The house considerably to the productive capacity of the and walled garden with its turreted gatehouse farm. In all, Beckingham Hall Farm offers a rare are believed to date from circa 1545 when chance to acquire a complete arable farm with the manor was granted by King Henry VIII to opportunities for diversification. Stephen Beckingham. The manor remained in the Beckingham family until 1636 when it passed to Sir Thomas Adams, and in 1711 it was bequeathed to the present owners.

Lot 1 Beckingham Hall, gardens and grounds 7.43 acres (3.01 ha) Beckingham Hall is Listed Grade II and is believed to date from 1545. The original house was altered and reduced in size in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and the property is constructed of brick walls, the majority of which are rendered beneath slate roofs. The main elevation benefits from a southerly aspect and the gardens extend away to the west and north. The internal accommodation extends to a hall with several store rooms and stairs to the first floor and doors to some fine reception rooms including a dining room (with corner cupboard), a drawing room (with tiled fireplace) and a sitting room (with fireplace and deep cupboard to one side). The kitchen is a superb size with a two-oven oil fired Aga and range of units with Belfast sink and offers room for a large kitchen table. To the rear there is a utility room with doors to a game larder, log store, boiler room and garage. There is a further small room from which steps rise to two stores at first floor. At first floor the main bedroom has a dressing room and shower room. There are five further bedrooms, a family bathroom and shower room.

Outside there is a brick and tiled outhouse and a double garage. Within a sizeable brick garden wall which is Listed Grade II, there is an original turreted gatehouse which is Listed Grade II* both of which are believed to date back to the time of the original house. The gardens lie within this wall and are largely laid to lawn with a terrace adjacent to the house and a number of mature broadleaf trees interspersed. To the east of the house there is a private drive leading from a gravel sweep near the front door which passes the back door and leads to Tolleshunt D’Arcy Road, a minor public highway about 100 yards away to the north.

Outside the wall is a paddock extending to about 5 acres with a mature pond to one side. This provides scope for further gardens or it can be used for grazing.

Floorplans Lot 1, Beckingham Hall internal area 4,582 sq ft (426 sq m) Garage internal area 410 sq ft (38 sq m) Total internal area 4,992 sq ft (464 sq m) For identifi cation purposes only.

Ground Floor First Floor Lot 2 Beckingham Hall Farm Buildings 3 Brick barn and cart lodge (25m x 5.20m and yard 5.30 acres (2.14 ha) and 13m x 3.70m) of brick walls and With access over a private drive from Church slate roofs. Road, the buildings comprise a substantial range situated around concrete yards. The traditional 4 Brick building (23m x 7m) of brick walls buildings are of brick walls beneath timber lined and slate roof with roller shutter door. slate roofs and include a large barn, cart lodges 5 General purpose building (22m x 12.50m) and former cowsheds extending to circa 1,340 of steel portal frame. sqm (14,400 sqft). They offer opportunities for changes of use (subject to planning). The more 6 Potato store (37m x 16m) of concrete portal modern portal frame buildings extend to circa frame with spray insulation and refrigeration. 1,625 sqm (17,500 sqft) and the cow cubicle shed extends to circa 1,000 sqm (10,750 sqft). The 7 Potato store (19m x 18.50m) of steel portal buildings are shown numbered on the yard plan; frame with spray insulation and refrigeration.

1 Cart lodge (27m x 5m) of brick walls and 8 Former dairy parlour and workshop slate roof. (18.80m x 13.50m and 18m x 8.50m).

2 Traditional cowshed, barn and stores – 9 Cow cubicle shed (37m x 27m) of portal frame. (27m x 5.50m, 27m x 18.50m and 31m x 7m) of brick walls and state roofs. The barn has a Around the buildings are several areas of grass and central wind tunnel with fan and timber grain concrete hard standings including a silage clamp. drying floors either side. Total capacity circa 700 tonnes grain. Lot 3 The Lodge, gardens and grounds 0.74 acres (0.30 ha) Floorplans The Lodge is a detached cottage situated at Lot 3 The Lodge Cottage internal area 1,087 sq ft (101 sq m) the head of the drive to the farm buildings. For identifi cation purposes only. The property is constructed of rendered elevations beneath a tiled roof, and has accommodation extending to a utility room, cloakroom, kitchen/breakfast room (with oil fi red Rayburn Heatranger 499K providing cooking, heating and hot water) and a living room at ground fl oor, with three bedrooms and a bathroom at fi rst fl oor.

Outside there is a garage with parking area and a fenced garden, beyond which there is an area of grass and a small wood adjacent to the Church.

Ground Floor

First Floor Floorplans Lot 4, 3 Beckingham Hall Cottages internal area 991 sq ft (92 sq m) For identifi cation purposes only.

Lot 4 No 3 Beckingham Hall Farm Cottage 0.13 acres (0.05 ha) Forming the northern semi-detached cottage situated on Church Road, the property is of rendered walls beneath slate roofs with UPVC Ground Floor First Floor double glazed windows. The accommodation extends to two reception rooms (one with a tiled fi replace) kitchen (with range of units and Thermecon oil fi red boiler), lobby and Floorplans Lot 5, 4 Beckingham Hall Cottages cloakroom at ground fl oor, with three bedrooms internal area 1,102 sq ft (103 sq m) and a bathroom on the fi rst fl oor. There is a For identifi cation purposes only. garden to the front with a garage and parking area, whilst to the rear there is a further garden laid to lawn.

Lot 5 No 4 Beckingham Hall Farm Cottage 0.13 acres (0.05 ha) Forming the southern semi-detached cottage situated on Church Road, the property is of rendered walls beneath slate roofs with UPVC double glazed windows. The accommodation extends to two reception rooms (one with a tiled fi replace) kitchen (with range of units and Warmfl ow oil fi red boiler), lobby, conservatory and cloakroom to the ground fl oor, with three bedrooms and a bathroom on the fi rst fl oor. There is a garden to the front with a garage and parking area whilst to the rear there is a further garden with hard standing and several small sheds. Ground Floor First Floor Lot 6 Arable land at Beckingham Hall Services: Beckingham Hall is connected to Land Drainage: Plans are available for inspection Chancel Repair Liabilities: There are chancel Farm 233.64 acres (94.55 ha) mains water, electricity and private drainage. at the offices of the vendor’s agent. repair liabilities over about 9 acres of arable land With frontage and access to Tolleshunt D’Arcy in Lot 8. These are referred to on the Title and Road and Church Road, there are 228.38 acres The Lodge is connected to mains water, Basic Payments: The Entitlements to the copies are available from the vendor’s agent. arable and 5.26 acres to grass/woods/tracks. electricity and private drainage. Basic Payment are presently held by the Farm The soils are Grade 2 and are of the Efford Business Tenant. Reasonable endeavours will be Ancient Monument: Within OS 7694 (Lot 6) 2 Series being a well drained fine loam over The farm buildings are connected to mains water, employed to transfer these to the purchaser(s) there is an Ancient Monument mill mound. gravel and clay, capable of growing both private drainage and both single and three phase after completion of the sale as the transfer rules Details are available from the vendor’s agent. combinable and root crops. electricity. allow. In the event that the property is sold in lots the Entitlements will be included with the Overage: Over part of Lot 1 and the whole of Lot 7 Arable land and Woodland at Nos 3 and 4 Beckingham Hall Farm Cottages are eligible land on a pro-rata basis at the discretion Lots 2, 6, 7 and 8 the vendor shall retain a 25% Beckingham Hall Farm 72.16 acres connected to mains water and electricity and of the vendor or their representatives. share in uplift in value due to any planning (29.19 ha) shared private drainage. permission for change of use from agricultural With frontage and access to Tolleshunt D’Arcy Holdover: The Farm Business Tenant may use. This shall endure for a period of 50 years Road, there are 64.44 acres to arable and 7.72 All of the residential properties have oil fired require holdover over some of the land and from the date of completion of the sale. acres to woodland. The soils are Grade 2 and are central heating. buildings following completion of the sale. Details are available from the vendor’s agent. of the Efford 2 Series being a well drained fine Details will be available from the vendor’s agent. loam over gravel and clay, capable of growing Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way: Local authority: Essex County Council, County both combinable and root crops. The property is being sold subject to and with Early Entry: Early Entry may be permitted to Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH. 03457 430430 the benefit of all rights including; rights of the purchaser(s) on to fields that have been Lot 8 Arable land and lakes at way whether public or private, light, support, harvested at the purchasers own risk following Maldon District Council, Princes Road, Beckingham Hall Farm 117.71 acres drainage, water and electricity supplies, other exchange of contracts. Maldon, Essex CM9 5DL. 01621 854477 (47.63 ha) rights and obligations, easements, quasi- With frontage and access to Tolleshunt D’Arcy easements, restrictive covenants and all existing Sporting, timber and mineral rights: Sporting VAT: Any guide price quoted or discussed is Road and Church Road, there are 111.82 acres and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, timber and mineral rights are included in the exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the arable, 4.75 acres lakes and 1.14 acres to wood/ stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other freehold sale in so far as they are owned. property or any part of it or any right attached to track. The soils are Grade 2 and are of the pipes whether referred to in these particulars it becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes Efford 2 Series being a well drained fine loam or not. Fixtures and fittings: All items usually regarded of VAT such tax will be payable in addition. over gravel and clay, capable of growing both as tenant’s fixtures and fittings and equipment combinable and root crops. Water Abstraction Licence: The farm has the including fitted carpets and curtains together Health and Safety: Given the potential benefit of a water abstraction licence allowing with garden ornaments and statuary are hazards of a working farm it is important General up to 51,000 cubic metres (approximately specifically excluded from the sale. to be as vigilant as possible when making Method of sale: Beckingham Hall Farm is 11,460,000 gallons or 500 acre inches) to be your inspection for your own personal safety offered for sale as a whole or in up to eight lots abstracted between 1st November and 31st Drainage Rates: These are charged by The particularly around the farm buildings and by private treaty, subject to the occupancies March each year and thereafter used for summer Environment Agency and details are available machinery. outlined below. Further details are available spray irrigation. Details are available from the from the vendor’s agent. from the vendor’s agent. vendor’s agent. Solicitors: Gepp and Sons, 58 New London Road, Chelmsford CM2 0PA Farm Business Tenancy: The farmland, buildings EPC’s and Council Tax: Postcode: CM9 3EH and The Lodge are subject to a Farm Business Property EPC Band Council Tax Band 2016/17 payment Tenancy which terminates on 28 September 2017. Beckingham Hall Listed E £1,910.37 Directions: See the road plan within these Assured Shorthold Tenancies: Beckingham Hall particulars of sale. The Lodge F (potential B) D £1,563.04 is subject to an Assured Shorthold Tenancy which terminates on 13 September 2017. No 3 Beckingham Hall Cottage F (potential A) B £1,215.69 Viewing: Strictly by confirmed appointment with the vendor’s agents Strutt & Parker in No’s 3 and 4 Beckingham Hall Farm Cottages No 4 Beckingham Hall Cottage F (potential A) B £1,215.69 Chelmsford FAO Tim Fagan 07702 199588 are subject to Assured Shorthold Tenancies which are now monthly periodic tenancies.

Beckingham Hall

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright (ES763454). NOT TO SCALE

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