Boundary Farm, Orton on the Hill, Warwickshire, CV9 3NLA well situated compact arable farm with potential to add value

Boundary Farm Orton on the Hill Warwickshire CV9 3NL

A well situated compact arable farm with potential to add value.

Features• Comprising; Farmhouse with entrance hall, kitchen, utility room, inner

hall, dining room, living room, master bedroom with en-suite, three further bedrooms, family bathroom, landing with loft storage, gardens, Dutch barn with lean-to, brick and tile traditional building, steel framed general purpose building and further timber pole barns, arable land and woodland.

Mileages• Atherstone - 4 miles• Ashby de la Zouch - 9.5 miles• Tamworth - 5.5 miles• Leicester - 18 miles• Nuneaton - 8.5 miles• Birmingham - 17 miles

Approximately 78.69 acres (31.85 hectares) or thereabouts

LocationBoundary Farm offers a rare opportunity to acquire a compact farm with residential appeal and potential to add value, in an attractive and convenient rural location.

The farm is situated midway between the villages of Warton and Orton on the Hill on the border between Leicestershire and Warwickshire. The market town of Atherstone offers a good range of everyday amenities including banks and shopping and Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Tamworth are also convenient. The A444 is approximately 2.5 miles to the north east at Twycross and from there Junction 11 of the M42 is a further 2.5 miles. Alternatively, Junction 10 of the M42 is about 5 miles to the south west. The A5 is approximately 4 miles south of the property which offers east/west road links between the M42, M69 and M1. The nearest mainline railway stations are at Tamworth, which has regular services to both London and Birmingham, and also Nuneaton which has a service to London Euston taking just over an hour. There are also stations at Polesworth (2.5 miles) and Atherstone (4 miles) which have more limited services on the West Coast mainline. Commuting therefore is easily possible to Birmingham, London and also other cities such as Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Derby. East Midlands Airport is about 20 miles to the north and Birmingham Airport is approximately 17 miles to the south.

DescriptionThe farmhouse was built in the early 1960’s and is of brick under a tile roof. Offering good family accommodation with three main bedrooms and a smaller single bedroom, it would now benefit from some rationalisation and has excellent scope for improvement or extension. The vendor advises that foundations have been laid for an extension off the current kitchen.

The main access to the property is presently through the large garage to the side, although this could easily be re-configured.

The buildings are believed to have been built in the early 1960’s and comprise:

• Four Bay Dutch Barn (8.84m x 18.20m) with steel sheet curved roof, brick infilled walls, sliding timber door to one end, earth floor and mezzanine hayloft (9.32m x 8.72m)

• Lean-to (18.09m x 5.30m) of steel frame construction, with fibre cement roof and concrete floor

• Two bay steel framed lean-to (4.36m x 8.64m) with concrete floor and brick walls

• Brick and tile traditional building (4.82m x 19.78m) with concrete floor, hipped tile roof, sliding timber doors to one end and further personnel doors

• Three bay steel truss roof general purpose building (15.03m x 5.70m) with fibre cement roof and earth floor

• A range of low roofed timber pole barn lean-tos attached to the above

• Two bay pole barn workshop (5.95m x 8.96m) with part brick and part corrugated iron walls, together with a pole barn lean-to (7.49m x 9.17m)

LandAs detailed in the schedule below, the land comprises at present three principal fields, although most of the land could be managed in a single enclosure if required.

Adjacent to the house is a single smaller field of 3.82 acres and to the north of that adjoining the road is a very pleasant small lake stocked with coarse fish which in the past has been run as a day ticket fishery.

The land is primarily of the Whimple 3 soil series and is predominantly classified as grade 3 on the agricultural land classification maps. The land is primarily south east facing and has separate access and road frontage to Orton Road.

Within the land there is a block of mature principally broad leaf woodland of approximately 1.41 acres.

OS No. Field No.

Use Area (acres)

Area (Ha)

SK2903 6918 House, Buildings & Track 1.21 0.49SK2903 6437 Pond 1.15 0.47SK2903 6525 Arable 3.82 1.55SK2902 7374 Wood 1.41 0.57SK2902 5892 Arable 58.27 23.58SK2902 8580 Arable 12.83 5.19

Total 78.69 31.85

Please note that the above field numbers have not been taken from the latest Basic Payment Scheme data, and the eligible areas and field numbers for BPS may be different to the above.

Tenure & PossessionThe property is freehold. The land is currently subject to two farm business tenancies which will both terminate on the 29th September 2018. The vendors are happy for completion to take place after vacant possession is obtained if this is desirable to the purchasers.

Completion and HoldoverThe seller (on behalf of the current farm tenants) may reserve the right of holdover to harvest the current crop.

Energy Efficiency Rating

58

87

ServicesThe house and buildings are connected to mains water and electricity. Foul sewerage is to a private septic tank located in the field to the west of the house. The central heating is oil fired and there is no mains gas to the property.

Fixtures and FittingsOnly those items in the nature of fixtures and fittings mentioned in these particulars are included in the sale. Other items are specifically excluded including live and dead stock.

Rights of WayThe property is crossed by a public footpath as shown by the blue line on the plan. There are no electricity lines crossing the property except those which serve the farmstead. The property is crossed by an underground gas pipeline, further details are available from the agents.

PlanningPlanning permission was granted for an extension off the current kitchen in 1995 (planning ref: 95/00604/FUL). The vendor believes that this was implemented, so it may be possible to complete this without a further application. Alternatively, there is scope and space for a significant enlargement of the property via either permitted development rights or a full planning application.

The house was built with an agricultural occupancy condition, but the vendors have successfully applied for a Certificate of Lawful Use (CLUED) for the house to be occupied in the future without the need to comply with the agricultural occupancy condition. The planning reference for the CLUED is 17/00849/CLUE, and is available to view on the local authority website.

There may be scope for conversion of some of the current farm buildings to residential use under Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order.

Local AuthorityHinckley and Bosworth Borough Council - 01455 238141 www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.ukSevern Trent Water - 024 7771 5000 www.stwater.co.ukWestern Power Distribution - 0800 6783105 www.westernpower.co.uk

Council TaxBand E

Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432.

Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432.

Basic Payment SchemeBasic Payment Scheme applications are likely to be made by the tenants for the 2018 scheme year and the purchaser will be required to abide by the BPS and Cross Compliance rules for the remainder of the 2018 scheme year, if applicable. The BPS entitlements are due to come back to the seller at the end of the two farm business tenancies and the seller will make every effort to obtain these and transfer them to the successful purchaser if required. Otherwise the seller reserves the right to sell the entitlements.

Environmental StewardshipThe property is not entered into any Environmental Stewardship Agreements.

Plan , Area & DescriptionThe plan, area and description are believed to be correct in every way, but no claim will be entertained by the vendor or their agents in respect of any error, omissions or misdescriptions. The plan is for identification purposes only.

Method of SaleThe property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole.

Energy RatingThe current EPC Energy Rating for the Farmhouse is D.

Viewing ArrangementsStrictly by prior appointment via the agents on 01827 721380 or by email to james.collier@howkinsandharrison.co.uk

IMPORTANT NOTICE 1. These particulars have been prepared in all good faith to give a fair overall view of the property. If any points are particularly relevant to your interest in the property please ask for further information. 2. Nothing in these particulars shall be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good structural condition or otherwise, nor that any services, appliances, equipment or facilities are in good working order. Purchasers should satisfy themselves on such matters prior to purchase. 3. The photograph/s depict only certain parts of the property. It should not be assumed that any contents, furnishings/furniture etc. photographed are included in the sale. It should not be assumed that the property remains as displayed in the photograph/s. No assumptions should be made with regard to parts of the property that have not been photographed. Please ask for further information if required. 4. Any areas, measurements or distances referred to are given as a GUIDE ONLY and are not precise. If such details are fundamental to a purchase, purchasers must rely on their own enquiries or those which can be performed by the appointed advisers. 5. Where reference is made to planning permissions or potential uses such information is given in good faith. Purchasers should however make their own enquiries into such matters prior to purchase. 6. Descriptions of the property are subjective and are used in good faith as an opinion and not as a statement of fact. Please make further specific enquiries to ensure that our descriptions are likely to match expectations you may have of the property. 7. The information in these particulars is given without responsibility on the part of the sole Agents or their Clients. The particulars do not form any part of an offer or a contract and neither the sole Agents nor their employees have any authority to make or give any representations or warranty whatever in relation to this property.

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