GARDEN COTTAGE AND THE WALLED GARDEN LANWADES PARK, KENTFORD, SUFFOLK GARDEN COTTAGE AND THE WALLED GARDEN DISTANCES LANWADES PARK, KENTFORD, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK, CB8 7UU KENNETT STATION 1 MILE NEWMARKET 4 MILES BURY ST EDMUNDS 9 MILES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN ATTRACTIVE COTTAGE AND CAMBRIDGE 18 MILES SUBSTANTIAL WALLED GARDEN WITH PREVIOUS COMMERCIAL USE AND STANSTED AIRPORT 38 MILES LONDON 72 MILES EXCITING POTENTIAL (SUBJECT TO PLANNING) LOT 1: GARDEN COTTAGE & PADDOCK FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR IN 2 LOTS - Entrance Porch - Hall - Sitting Room - Dining Room - Kitchen - Shower Room and Cloakroom - 3 Double Bedrooms - Driveway with Parking - Established Garden and Attractive Paddock - 0.73 acres (sts) LOT 2: THE WALLED GARDEN - Attractive Former Walled Garden - Extensive Range of Former Kennel and Cattery Buildings together with Associated Ancillary Units - Exciting Potential for Alternative Uses in a Stunning Setting (Subject to Planning) - 1.76 acres (sts) TOTAL PROPERTY AREA 2.48 acres in all (sts) THE PROPERTY Garden Cottage and The Walled Garden form part of the historic Lanwades Park Estate. Lanwades Hall, formerly owned by the Animal Health Trust and sold by Jackson-Stops and Merrifields in 2016 was built in 1907, two impressive Gate Lodges form the main entrance to the Hall. Garden Cottage and The Walled Garden is located adjacent to what is now the main entrance to Lanwades Park, home of The Animal Health Trust. There is now an exciting and unique opportunity to purchase the property, either as a whole or in two separate lots with potential for further enhancing an attractive residential property and alternative uses for The Walled Garden (subject to obtaining the necessary planning consents). LOT 1 – GARDEN COTTAGE & PADDOCK Garden Cottage is built of solid red brick construction under a predominantly pitched peg tiled roof. The accommodation includes an entrance porch, hall, two reception rooms, kitchen, shower room, cloakroom and three bedrooms to the first floor. There is vehicular access to the rear, gardens to the front and side. To the front of Garden Cottage is a fenced paddock of about 0.45 acre adjoining the prestigious main entrance to Lanwades Park. LOT 2 – THE WALLED GARDEN INDICATIVE BLOCK PLAN OF WALLED GARDEN BUILDINGS Adjoining to the west is The Walled Garden. Built of ornate red brick construction with a number of former garden outbuildings built into the wall, this once comprised the formal kitchen gardens to Lanwades Hall and enjoys the backdrop of the magnificent wider setting of Lanwades Park. In more recent times, the Animal Health Trust have converted the existing buildings and further developed part of site creating around 4,300 sq ft (GIA) of operational buildings comprising kenneling, catteries, storage and ancillary service areas. The site is ideally suited to a continuation and expansion of the recent or similar use, but also exciting potential for alternative uses subject to obtaining the necessary planning consents. The approximate Gross Internal Floor Areas (GIA) and site area are as follows: Buildings (GIA) 398.05 sq m (4,285 sq ft) Walled Garden 4,067 sq m (1 acre) Site area 6,541 sq m (1.76 acres) USES AND PLANNING COUNCIL TAX (Garden Cottage) DIRECTIONS CB8 7UU Garden Cottage was originally constructed as the Band E - Current annual charge: £2,018.55 From the Clock Tower roundabout in Newmarket gardener’s cottage for residential use but more recently proceed up the Bury Road. At the traffic lights has been used for staff accommodation. It is most COSTS turn right towards Bury St Edmunds on the B1056. likely that the property will be used in the future as a The purchaser will undertake to pay any abortive Continue along this road for approximately two private residence with gardens and an attractive legal costs incurred by the vendor, should a sale not and a half miles and the entrance to Lanwades amenity paddock. proceed. Park is on your right with the entrance to Garden Cottage and The Walled Garden immediately on The Walled Garden was originally constructed for the SERVICES the right when turning into the Park. production of plants and vegetables for the Hall. It has It is understood the prospective purchasers would most recently been used as kennels and catteries, with be required to provide their own services in respect associated exercise and training areas. The Walled of water, electricity and drainage where they are not LOCATION currently available. The central heating within Garden has exciting potential for a number of Garden Cottage and the adjacent Walled Garden Garden Cottage is oil fired. alternative uses, subject to obtaining planning are located at the entrance to Lanwades Park in permission. The key issues influencing a change of use Kentford on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border. PRE-EMPTION AGREEMENT are: the Listed status of the adjacent Lanwades Hall The villages of Kentford and Kennett provide local There is a right of pre-emption in place for the and how an alternative use may impact on adjoining amenities including two public houses, church, property. Please contact the office for more details. uses. The Walled Garden has however been used for village store/post office, petrol station, commercial use but in conjunction with the Trust’s use recreational field, primary school and railway LOCAL AUTHORITY of the ‘Park’. The site and buildings are located in the station. Kentford is a linear village with Forest Heath District Council ‘Countryside’ so Town Centre uses are unlikely to be expanding numbers of residential units being Tel: 01638 719000 considered as appropriate. We believe the local constructed and a number of commercial planning authority would be supportive of uses within concerns. Newmarket is approximately four miles VIEWING Class B1 or other small scale uses perhaps within Class to the west and provides a good range of Strictly by appointment only with joint sole agents: D1 of the Use Classes Order, all reviewed on their amenities including schools, shops, supermarkets, Jackson-Stops – 01638 662231 merits. The buildings are not Listed by English hotels, restaurants, leisure facilities and health Merrifields – 01284 700 700 Heritage, but may be considered to be within the clubs. Kentford has good access to the A14, A11 curtilage the Hall which is Listed Grade II. and M11. The local train station provides a ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE branch line service to Cambridge in the west and METHOD OF SALE Ipswich in the east, where there are direct rail The property is available for sale by private treaty as a links to London and the national railway network. whole or in two lots. VAT The property is not opted for VAT. BUSINESS RATES The Rateable Value of the Walled Garden is currently assessed with the land and buildings to be retained by Garden Cottage the vendor. The Rateable Value will be re-assessed once split from the retained land and buildings. Walled Garden – To be provided GARDEN COTTAGE AND THE WALLED GARDEN LANWADES PARK, KENTFORD, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK, CB8 7UU Important Notice: 1. These particulars have been prepared in good faith as a general guide, they are not exhaustive and include information provided to us by other parties including the seller, not all of which will have been verified by us. 2. We have not carried out a detailed or structural survey; we have not tested any services, appliances or fittings. Measurements, floor plans, orientation and distances are given as approximate only and should not be relied on. 3. The photographs are not necessarily comprehensive or current aspects may have changed since the photographs were taken. No assumption should be made that any contents are included in the sale. 4. We have not checked that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation approval, statutory or regulatory permissions or consents. Any reference to any alterations or use of any part of the property does not mean that necessary planning, building regulations, or other consent has been obtained. 5. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves by inspection, searches, enquiries, surveys, and professional advice about all relevant aspects of the property. 6. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact; we have no authority to make or give any representation or warranties in relation to the property. If these are required, you should include their terms in any contract between you and the seller. JACKSON-STOPS MERRIFIELDS 01638 662231 01284 700700 [email protected] [email protected] jackson-stops.co.uk www.merrifields.co.uk .