GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS Chenies, Near Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire
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Suite 8, Rectory House Thame Road, Haddenham Buckinghamshire HP17 8DA Tel: 01844 291384 email: [email protected] GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS Chenies, near Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire 12.80 Hectares / 31.62 Acres Lot 1: Old Hanging Wood Lot 2: Walk Wood Lot 3: Coney Wood & Naylors Spring Wood 6.81 hectares/16.82 acres 3.54 .hectares/8.75 acres 2.45 hectares/6.05 acres Guide price: £115,000 Guide price: £65,000 Guide price: £45,000 FREEHOLD FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE OR IN THREE LOTS www.johnclegg.co.uk GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS GREATGREAT HOUSE HOUSE FARM FARM WOODLAND WOODLANDSS Amersham 5 miles Rickmansworth 6 miles Berkhamsted 9 miles (all distances are approximate) DIRECTIONS SPORTING RIGHTS From junction 18 of the M25 follow the A404 west The sporting rights are owned and included in the sale. They towards Chorleywood and Amersham. After 1¾ miles are not let. there is a turning on the right to Latimer and Chenies. Continue past this turn and the access to Lot 1 is on the MINERAL RIGHTS left shortly after a layby, after two-thirds of a mile (point A These are owned and included in the sale except as reserved on the sale plan). The right of way to the wood is over the by statute. track marked AB on the sale plan. The entrance is shared with adjoining farmland so please take care not to block FENCING the entrance when viewing. The woodland owner is responsible for the maintenance of stock-proof fences on the boundaries shown with inward To reach Lot 2 follow the A404 west for a further half a fencing ‘T’ marks on the sale plans. mile before turning right into Stony Lane towards Latimer and Flaunden. The entrance to Lot 2 (point C on the sale RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS plan) is on the right after quarter of a mile. There is a The woodlands are sold subject to and with the benefit of all parking area on the opposite side of the road. rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water, gas and electricity supplies and any To reach Lot 3 continue north past Lot 2 for about other easements. 300 metres to a crossroads. Turn right towards Chenies and the wood adjoins the road on the left after nearly half WAYLEAVES a mile. There is currently a bund across the access at The woodlands are sold subject to all existing wayleaves and point E on the sale plan. The easiest access for viewing is purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to to park at the crossroads (point H on the sale plan) and use the routes thereof. the public footpath marked with a broken black line before entering the wood at point G. OS 1:50,000 Map 166 PLANS AND AREAS Ref. Lot 1 TQ011975, Lot 2 TQ006983 and Lot 3 These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference TQ010985. Nearest postcode: (Lot 1) HP8 4AH. only. The purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to their accuracy and any error or mis-statement shall not VIEWING annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect Viewing is possible without appointment at any time thereof. during daylight hours so long as prospective purchasers are in possession of a set of these sale particulars. Please be TENURE AND POSSESSION aware of hazards within the woodland when viewing. Freehold. Vacant possession will be given on completion. TAXATION METHOD OF SALE After two years ownership, commercially managed woods Great House Farm Woodlands is offered for sale by Private qualify for 100% relief from Inheritance Tax. Timber sales Treaty as a whole or in 3 lots. Prospective purchasers should are free of all Income Tax and do not attract Capital Gains register their interest with the Selling Agents to whom offers Tax. In certain circumstances it is possible to roll-over should be submitted. Please contact our Haddenham office Capital Gains into the proportion of the purchase price on 01844 291384. attributable to the value of the land. GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS GENERAL DESCRIPTION LOT 2: WALK WOOD The three woods are situated in rural Buckinghamshire 3.54 hectares / 8.75 acres countryside close to the historic Chenies Manor visited by both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The woods are easily Walk Wood is broadly rectangular in shape and situated on a accessible being only a few minutes drive from the north facing slope. The woodland was originally planted in M25 (junction 18). the early 1950s and has since been managed for timber production. There is a crop of mature larch with the odd The woodlands, with the exception of the small area of Scots pine mixed with semi-mature broadleaves species. Lot 1, are designated by Natural England as Ancient These include beech, ash, sycamore, hornbeam, birch and Replanted Woodland. This is an indication of woodland cherry. On three sides the woodland borders farmland and on origins dating to before 1600 AD. Although continuously the west side Stoney Lane forms the boundary. Access for woodland the replanted designation denotes the areas have timber work is relatively easy along the track, which is also a had the original tree cover replaced with newer plantings, public footpath, on the southern boundary. Timber could be usually within the last century. Whilst woodlands of this extracted to this from all parts of the woodland. type may have had a greater level of disturbance than a wood which has not been replanted they should still retain Rights of Way many of the plant species characteristics of ancient The wood is sold subject to a right of way at all times and for woodlands even if only dormant in the seed bank in the all purposes over the track marked CD on the sale plan, soil. running parallel to the wood’s southern boundary subject to making good any damage caused. LOT 1: OLD HANGING WOOD OFFERS AROUND £65,000 ARE INVITED 6.81 hectares / 16.82 acres FOR LOT 2 Old Hanging Wood, the largest block of woodland within this group, is situated to the north of the main Amersham to London railway line. The wood slopes facing north and LOT 3: CONEY WOOD AND contains a good mixture of cherry, oak, ash, beech, NAYLORS SPRING WOOD hornbeam, birch, sycamore and sweet chestnut along with 2.45 hectares / 6.05 acres the remains of the larch crop planted in the 1950s. This woodland contains a good crop of hardwood trees which Coney Wood and Naylors Spring Wood is situated to the east should yield substantial quantities of firewood and sawlogs of Lot 2 on the same north facing slope. This wood adjoins a in the future. Access is along an old green lane between minor road which runs between Chesham and Chenies. There the points AB on the attached plan. This lane is is a similar mix of species to Lot 2 with maturing ash, understood to be surfaced although it has seen little use in sycamore, beech, hornbeam, cherry and birch. There will be recent years but should be adequate for extracting timber opportunities shortly for thinning to be undertaken to yield to the main road. There is a steel barrier between the lane large quantities of firewood. There is a right to stack timber and the main road to prevent unauthorised access. on the land shown hatched which can be accessed along the track shown marked EF. This stacking area cannot be used Rights of Way when the field is under arable cultivation or with grass laid for Old Hanging Wood has the benefit of a right of way at all mowing and must be full reinstated following completion of times for forestry purposes, subject to making good all works. Temporary fences are to be erected around the area damage caused, over the route marked AB on the sale when in use. plan. Rights of Way OFFERS AROUND £115,000 ARE INVITED The wood is sold with the benefit of a right of way at all times FOR LOT 1 for forestry purposes, subject to making good all damage caused, over the route marked EF on the sale plan. This route is not currently fenced. OFFERS AROUND £45,000 ARE INVITED FOR LOT 3 IMPORTANT NOTICE John Clegg & Co for themselves and for the vendors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: (1) These particulars do not constitute nor constitute any part of an offer of a contract (2) All statements contained in these particulars as to the property are made without responsibility on the part of John Clegg & Co or the vendor. (3) None of the statements contained in these particulars as to this property are to be relied on as statements or representations of fact. (4) Any intending purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars. (5) The vendor does not make or give, and neither John Clegg & Co nor any person in their employment has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to this property. Particulars prepared August 2016. John Clegg & Co is a trading name of Strutt & Parker LLP, a limited liability partnership, registered in England and Wales with registered number OC334522. Its registered office is at 13 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London W1J 5LQ. GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS GREAT HOUSE FARM WOODLANDS be correct, its accuracy is notThis guaranteed plan and is does only for not form the part guidance of of any intending purchasers.