Property description

For sale by public auction. Tuesday 31st March 2015, 7pm. Wells Golf Club, Wells. (unless sold prior). Auction guide £285,000 to £300,000*. A superb small holding of approximately 18.69 acres set in the shadow of King Alfred's Tower with a mobile agricultural worker's dwelling and purpose built livestock building. Suited to a variety of other uses including equestrian or horticulture.

DESCRIPTION Swanton Farm in a versatile holding that offers a wealth of opportunities and would suit a wide variety of uses and requirements including an agricultural holding, equestrian facility or a horticultural use Nestled in the shadow of King Alfred's Tower, on the edge of the Stourhead Estate, it comprises an agricultural worker's dwelling, on a temporary consent, outbuilding and about 18 acres of land.

THE LODGE Accommodation is provided by a well presented timber lodge with wooden steps leading to a veranda to the front. Glazed double doors open into an open plan kitchen and sitting room. The kitchen area has a range of base and wall units, electric cooker point, and window overlooking the garden and land beyond. The sitting area is a lovely light space with dual aspect windows. An inner hallway leads from the kitchen and has doors leading to the two bedrooms and bathroom. The main bedroom is a good sized double bedroom with the second bedroom being a little smaller. The bathrooms is well appointed with a WC, wash hand basin and bath with shower over.

To the rear of the lodge is a timber shed which has been set up as a utility room with plumbing for a washing machine and electric sockets connected. To the side is a further timber shed and two dog kennels.

There are two areas of garden to the side and rear each enclosed by a combination of stock proof post and rail fencing and hedges and both laid to lawn.

OUTBUILDING The holding was set up by the current owners to run their flock of sheep from but the building provides a great deal of versatility to suit other requirements, subject of course to gaining any relevant consents. The main part of the building is approximately 75' x 45' and is of a steel portal framed construction with an earth floor. It is open on two sides and enclosed by concrete panels and spacing boards on the other two. At the far end a 15' extension has recently been added with a view to create a workshop space. The floor in this area has been laid to concrete.

LAND The land lies to the north of the farmstead and is level in aspect. It is divided into seven separate parcels, each with good gated accesses and well maintained boundaries. Three of the fields benefit from a mains water supply with the potential to extend this throughout the holding if required. A brook runs along the western boundary with access points for livestock if required.
A hardcore track runs along the eastern boundary from Street Lane giving access to the furthest fields.

* Guide Price: An indication of the seller's current minimum acceptable price at auction. The guide price or range of guide prices is given to assist consumers in deciding whether or not to pursue a purchase. It is usual, but not always the case, that a provisional reserve range is agreed between the seller and the auctioneer at the start of marketing. As the reserve is not fixed at this stage and can be adjusted by the seller at any time up to the day of the auction in the light of interest shown during the marketing period, a guide price is issued. This guide price can be shown in the form of a minimum and maximum price range within which an acceptable sale price (reserve) would fall, or as a single price figure within 10% of which the minimum acceptable price (reserve) would fall. A guide price is different to a reserve price (see separate definition). Both the guide price and the reserve price can be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction.

Reserve Price: the seller's minimum acceptable price at auction and the figure below which the auctioneer cannot sell. The reserve price is not disclosed and remains confidential between the seller and the auctioneer. Both the guide price and the reserve price can be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction.

Property Features :

• Auction - 31st March 2015, 7pm
• Small Holding
• Approx 18.69 acres
• Timber lodge home subjec to AOC
• Purpose built agricultural building