57 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NL. Tel: 01803 863888 Email: [email protected] REF: DRO1219 Woolcombe Farm, East Allington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 7QN
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITH OUTBUILDINGS , TOGETHER WITH A VALUABLE BLOCK OF INVESTMENT LAND WITH THE BENEFIT OF A RENTAL INCOME.
BRIEFLY COMPRISING:- HOUSE EXTENDING TO ENTRANCE PORCH, LAUNDRY ROOM, SIDE HALL, LOUNGE. KITCHEN, GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM AND SEPERATE W.C., STUDY/DINING ROOM, SIDE PORCH, WITH THREE BEDROOMS AND W.C. ON FIRST FLOOR. TOGETHER WITH A RANGE OF OUTBUILDINGS, FARM BUILDINGS WITH 47.88 ACRES (19.38 HECTARES).
* * * Offers in excess of £500,000 * * *
www.rendells.co.uk Woolcombe Farm, East Allington, Totnes,
SITUATION The property lies within the heart of the South Hams to the north-west of East Allington village but conveniently close to the western side of the A381 Kingsbridge to Totnes Trunk Road and lying within its own valley.
The property is within easy travelling by car to Kingsbridge and Totnes and there is a mainline railway station link in both Totnes and Ivybridge. The property is well placed for easy accessibility to the coastlines of the South Hams and Torbay, with Dartmoor National Park an easy car journey away.
CONSTRUCTION The house was constructed in 1926 and is of traditional masonry walls rendered under a slated roof. In recent times UPVC windows have been installed. The farm buildings are a mixture of styles and ages with a traditional stone barn surrounded by more recent framed buildings.
ACCOMMODATION:
THE FARMHOUSE:
The farmhouse comprises:
Entrance Porch: 8' 6'' x 5' 2'' (2.6m x 1.6m) with doors to:
Laundry Room: 9' 10'' x 5' 11'' (3.02m x 1.81m) with water and power.
Side Hall: 24' 3'' x 2' 4'' (7.4m x 0.722m) with radiator and doors to bathroom and W.C.
Lounge: 13' 4'' x 17' 10'' (4.09m x 5.46m) with corner fireplace with multi-fuel inset grate, two radiators, power points, windows on two aspects and door to Staircase Hall.
Kitchen: 13' 3'' x 7' 10'' (4.04m x 2.40m) (with doors from Hall and from previously described Lounge) with oil-fired Rayburn, Formica worktops with base cupboards, wall cupboarding and door to rear.
Side Hall with doors to:
Bathroom: 8' 2'' x 5' 9'' (2.51m x 1.77m) with panelled bath and hand-wash basin. Separate W.C. with low level flush.
Study/Dining Room: 11' 10'' x 10' 0'' (3.62m x 3.07m) with corner fireplace, windows on two aspects and radiator.
Side Porch 8' 9'' x 13' 4'' (2.68m x 4.08m)
Staircase to First Floor Landing with doors to:
Bedroom One: 13' 11'' x 11' 6'' (4.26m x 3.51m) with radiator, power points and airing cupboard with copper cylinder immersion.
Bedroom Two: 7' 4'' x 11' 1'' (2.26m x 3.39m) with radiator and power points.
Woolcombe Farm, East Allington, Totnes,
Bedroom Three: 12' 7'' x 10' 9'' (3.84m x 3.3m) with pedestal hand-wash basin, radiator and power points. Built-in cupboard.
W.C. 6' 3'' x 2' 7'' (1.91m x 0.81m)
OUTSIDE To the rear and side of the house is a lawned Garden Area which backs onto the open farm land of the tenanted holding. To the front of the house is a Yard Area linking to the Private Drive that leads down from the road. N.B. There is a right of way down the drive for the tenanted land.
SERVICES Drainage to Septic tank, mains electricity and water supply via a spring which rises below the farmhouse and main sections of the buildings which is pumped to a reservoir at the top of the hill and then fed by gravity down across the farm.
TENURE Woolcombe Farmhouse, gardens and yard area to the north and east of the farmhouse as well as the access track/drive is freehold with vacant possession upon completion.
The other outbuildings, farm buildings and land is subject to an Agricultural Protected Tenancy which commenced in 1992. The Agricultural Tenant has a right of access over the drive and track.
THE HOLDING The buildings and land, subject to the above Tenancy, are detailed as follows.
Situated to the lower side of Woolcombe Farmhouse are the following: a) Traditional Stone Barn 42’7 x 16’4 (13m x 5m)
A two storey traditional stone barn under a slated roof. N.B. In need of repair and renovation. b) General Purpose Building 60’ x 30’ (18.29m x 9.14m)
Four bay timber frame building with part compacted earth floor under a galvaprime roof with barge boarding with 12’ height to eaves with power/electric. c) Former Shippen 48’ x 18’ (14.63m x 5.49m)
Five bay building with concrete block walls under a G.I. corrugated sheet roof with concrete frame, concrete floor, water and power/electric. d) Former Shippen 30’ x 22’ (9.14m x 6.71m)
Concrete block construction under a G.I. sheet roof with concrete floor and power/electric.
Woolcombe Farm, East Allington, Totnes, e) Storage Building/Shed 30’ x 15’ (9.14m x 4.57m) (approx)
G.I. clad and roofed building with concrete floor. f) Modern General Purpose Building 45’ x 40’ (13.72m x 12.19m)
Building constructed 2008 being metal clad, 14’ to eaves and situated to eastern end of farm at top of drive entrance. g) General Purpose Livestock Building 120’ x 30’ (36.58m x 9.14m) (approx)
Metal frame under a sheeted roof with cladding to sides (situated to lower end of farm below farmhouse and buildings).
(Buildings a) to e) are Landlords and buildings f) and g) are Tenant’s fixtures.
SCHEDULE
OS Numbers Description Field Name Acreage Hectarge OS0830/9931/1625 Arable/Ley/Building Dutch Barn 5.63 2.28 Field OS8530 Arable/Ley Reservoir 10.54 4.27 Field OS0721/9216 Permanent Pasture Pathfield 7.37 2.98 OS7406/7197 Arable/Ley Homer 7.56 3.06 Centre Close OSPt7918 Farmhouse and 0.55 0.22 Gardens OS7814 Orchard/Rough 0.51 0.21
OS6415 Permanent Pasture Bottom 3.37 1.36 Centre Close OS6722 Permanent Pasture 3.06 1.24 OS6925 Copse 1.13 0.46 OS5724 Woodland/Copse/Pond Woolcombe 2.26 0.91 Wood OS5135 Woodland/Copse/Pond Woolcombe 0.45 0.18 Wood OS5337 Woodland/Copse/Pond Woolcombe 0.19 0.08 Wood OS5741 Permanent Pasture Garden Plot 0.32 0.13 OS6337 Arable/Ley Smithy 2.35 0.95 Brake OS5241 Permanent Pasture Bottom 2.59 1.05 Orchard 47.88 ac 19.38 ha
Woolcombe Farm, East Allington, Totnes,
THE LAND Woolcombe Farm is set in its own valley extending in total 47.88 acres (19.38 hectares) comprised of 26.08 acres (10.55 hectares) of arable/grass leys, 16.71 acres (6.76 hectares) of permanent pasture and meadows with the remainder being Woolcombe Wood, pond, yards and farm buildings.
The majority of the arable land is situated to the northern side of the farm with the remainder to the south-east with the mid-section being permanent pasture running down the valley with a generally westerly facing aspect towards Woolcombe Wood. The land is predominately free draining although sections of the pasture land to the east are wetter lying in places.
The land is predominately well fenced and bordered by solid Devon hedge banks. Some internal boundaries are solely fenced.
SINGLE PAYMENT
The land is believed to be registered for the Rural Payments Agency’s Single Payment Scheme by the Agricultural Tenant but these are not included in the sale.
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Woolcombe Farm, East Allington, Totnes,
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