Land & Property Experts NEW BARN FARM BOX LANE · OSPRINGE · FAVERSHAM · KENT ME13 0RU LOCATION NEW BARN FARM New Barn Farm is situated in an elevated position in the North Downs approximately 4 miles from Faversham town centre that is able to provide all the day to day facilities and amenities if required, along with main line BOX LANE stations serving London and Dover and connections to the national motorway network via Junctions 6 & 7 of OSPRINGE the M2. The other towns of Canterbury, Ashford and Sittingbourne are all within a 15 mile radius and can provide further services and amenities if required along with links to the national motorway network and national rail FAVERSHAM service. KENT ME13 0RU Please see the Location Plan below showing the exact location of the property in relation to the surrounding towns and villages. Painters Forstal - 1 mile Faversham - 4 miles DIRECTIONS Challock - 7 miles From Faversham, turn off the A2 and follow the Brogdale Road south for about a mile. In the centre of Painters Charing - 9 miles Forstal, continue onto Eastling Road for approximately a mile. At the T junction, turn left onto Box Lane and Ashford - 13 miles after 300ft, the property can be found on the left hand side. A small holding extending to a total of From Challock, head north on A251 towards Faversham for approximately 4 miles. At Shelwich, turn left onto 17.01 acres with a detached house, Old Badgins Road and take the next right onto Wilgate Green Road. After approximately 1 mile at the T junction, significant range of general purpose turn right onto Throwley Road and continue on for about a quarter of a mile. Take the sharp left onto Stalisfield buildings, annex and south facing Road and then take the next right onto Box Lane. The property can be found on the right hand side. agricultural land all with fantastic access to mainline stations and motorways. LOCATION PLAN • A detached five bedroom chalet bungalow. • A significant range of general purpose agricultural and equestrian buildings. • A detached single bedroom annex. • South facing paddock land extending to approximately 15 acres. • In all extending to approximately 17.01 acres. GUIDE PRICE: - £850,000 VIEWING: - Strictly by appointment via the sole agents: BTF Partnership, Canterbury Road Challock, Ashford Kent TN25 4BJ 01233 740077 [email protected] GENERAL DESCRIPTION New Barn Farm comprises a detached chalet style house standing in its own garden adjacent to a significant farmyard and buildings that leads through to fenced and grassed paddocks that are predominantly south facing and extend to approximately 15 acres. The land is currently grazed by the Vendor’s horses and has far reaching views to the south and east over the North Downs. The property has a range of component parts that provide an incoming purchaser with various opportunities and potential for additional income or building lets with the security of additional land. The component parts of the property are as follows:- House A detached house in an elevated position with private access into the residential curtilage directly off Box Lane. The original dwelling was converted from a farm building in the pre-war period and extended later in the 1980s, including the loft conversion which provides two first floor bedrooms. External elevations are mainly rendered and colour washed, with boarded roof gables with the main roof pitched with a tiled roof covering. The accommodation is as follows: - The Front Door opens to Entrance Hall with doors to Bedroom 1 (double) with patio doors to boarded deck and Downstairs Bathroom with W/C, wash basin & shower. A door leads through to the Rear Hall with further doors to the Sitting Room/Reception Hall in an L shape, Dining Room, Bedroom 2 (double) and Bedroom 3 (single) with door through to Conservatory with door to Rear Garden. A door leads from the Dining Room to the Kitchen with a full range of wall and floor units with worktops and hob, Potterton Oil Fired Boiler, Breakfast Bar, cupboard housing hot water cylinder with immersion heater, further storage cupboard and back door. Stairs lead up to the First Floor Landing from the Reception Hall where there is Bedroom 4 (double) with range of built in cupboards, WC with wash basin and Bedroom 5 (double). Outside There are lawned and bedded gardens and ample space for off road parking with other significant features such as a concreted yard to the rear of the house with Greenhouse, a paved Terrace to the front of the bungalow with parking area, Workshop Building of brick construction under a pitched clay tiled roof with Workshop on the ground floor, Car Port with veranda above which has potential for conversion. To the east of the house, there is a Swimming Pool, Pool House clad in timber boarding along with a Vegetable Garden. The only other residential elements on the farm that are situated further south are the former Mobile Home which is no longer occupied and a small Annex that was built approximately 6 years ago with no planning consent. We are of the opinion that works would be lawful under the Four Year Rule. The Annex is timber framed over dwarf brick walls clad in timber weather boarding under a pitched slate roof with Sitting Room, Bedroom, Kitchenette and Shower/WC. HOUSE FLOOR PLANS YARD AND BUILDINGS To the south of the farmhouse is the yard and buildings that has its own access directly from Box Lane to the west. The majority of these buildings have been used for either agricultural or equestrian purposes over the years and a breakdown of the individual buildings is as follows:- 1. Mobile Home – this is currently unoccupied but is connected to all services. 2. Kennel Buildings – block built kennels with concrete floor. 3. Former Piggery – a former piggery building previously used as part of the small holding but no longer in occupation. 4. Stable Building – a timber framed, boarded and tin clad stable building containing two loose boxes. 5. Open Fronted Store – timber framed and tin clad with tiled rear roof with a concrete floor throughout with Tack Room in one corner. 6. Workshop – a timber frame workshop clad in corrugated steel sheeting under a corrugated steel roof with concrete floor throughout. 7. Barn – a steel portal framed barn with lean to clad in corrugated steel sheeting under a corrugated steel roof. 8. Goat Shed – a small detached building used for general agricultural purposes. Please see the Detailed Buildings Plan opposite identifying all of the individual buildings and their locations within the yard area. All of the buildings mentioned above are in reasonable order throughout and are continuing to be used for agricultural or equestrian purposes. There is a significant footprint of buildings which will provide an incoming purchaser with potential to convert or create an additional income stream with change of use through to commercial, industrial or residential all subject to the necessary consents. DETAILED BUILDINGS PLAN THE LAND Beyond the curtilage of the house and outbuildings is the gazing land that extends to approximately 15 acres and is laid out on chalky banks typical of those of the North Downs. These banks comprise a thin loamy topsoil over chalk and are free draining with a growing season which will be restricted in the dry years. The fencing onsite requires some attention in certain sections and we have confirmation that a subsidy is claimed under the Basic Payment Scheme. The land is classified as Grade III on the Agricultural Land Classification Plan for England and Wales and has a southerly aspect and we believe it would be well suited for vines. WORKSHOP & ANNEX FLOOR PLAN BOUNDARY PLAN SERVICES METHOD OF SALE PURCHASER IDENTIFICATION New Barn Farm is connected to mains electricity and The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty as a In accordance with Money Laundering Regulations, mains water with connections to both the house and whole. The vendor reserves the right to take the we are now required to obtain proof of identification the outbuildings. Drainage is to a septic tank system property to formal tender, informal tender or auction for all Purchasers. BTF employs the services of with central heating via an oil-fired boiler unit. The at a later date if required. The Vendor also reserves the Smartsearch to verify the identity and residence of Annex is not connected to drainage. There is a roof purchasers. right not to accept any offer. mounted PV solar array producing a feed in tariff TENURE ACREAGES which helps with electricity charges. In addition, there New Barn Farm is registered under two Land Registry The acreages quoted are for guidance purposes only is also a burglar alarm and a CCTV security system in Title Numbers K380489 & K146732. Copies of the Office and are given without responsibility. Any intending place. PLEASE NOTE: None of these services have Copy Entries and Title Plans are available from the purchasers should not rely upon these as statements been checked or tested. or representations of fact and must satisfy themselves selling agents on request. PLANNING by inspection or otherwise as to the area being sold. LOCAL AUTHORITY Due to the location of the farm within the Kent Downs Kent County Council, Invicta House, County Hall, AGENT’S NOTE Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, there are no Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ We wish to inform prospective purchasers that we permitted development rights available for Swale Borough Council, Swale House, East Street, have prepared these sale particulars as a general conversion of agricultural buildings to residential Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3HT guide and none of the statements contained in these dwellings on New Barn Farm.