Buildings at Horseford Farm, East Worlington, Crediton, Devon, EX17

A useful range of buildings with associated land and large areas of hardstanding, which may offer potential for alternative uses (subject to planning). Around 1.02 acres in total.

SITUATION
The property is situated in an attractive rural location between the popular towns of Crediton, Tiverton and South Molton, none more than 14 miles from the property. In addition, the village of Witheridge a little over 3 miles to the south offers local amenities including village shop, primary school, pub and medical practice.

VIEWING
Strictly by accompanied appointment with the agents. Greenslade Taylor Hunt, 5 Fore Street,
Tiverton Devon, EX16 6LN
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Email: residential.

DESCRIPTIONS
This sale represents an excellent opportunity to acquire an adaptable range of buildings and hard standing which may offer some potential for alternative uses, subject to all necessary planning permission/s and approvals. Benefiting from direct road access, the property is accessed over a concreted yard area providing parking for several vehicles and adjacent to which are situated a useful and adaptable range of former agricultural buildings. These are understood by the vendor to have been constructed in the 1940’s and 1950’s and lie within the curtilage of the Grade II Listed Horseford Farm. The buildings briefly comprise the following:

Building 1— 18.06m x 7.23m, 4-bay corrugated iron clad building with concrete stanchions, pitched corrugated asbestos roof with timber roof structure and compacted earth floor. Accessed by sliding door to side, power and light connected.

Building 2—block built former milking parlour, externally rough rendered and colour washed beneath pitched asbestos roof with softwood fascias, uPVC rainwater goods, external lean-to store (3.35m x 2.87m) to rear of same construction and single glazed windows. Internally, the building has concrete floors, power and light is connected, and the smaller rear rooms are plaster boarded.
Pedestrian door to side opens to:

Office—5.63m x 3.04m, part-carpeted floor, wood-burner last swept in 2022, and fuseboard. Ceiling supported in part by Acrow props. Doors to:
Kitchen—2.06m x 1.74m, work surface, stainless steel single drainer sink unit, and door to:
Lobby—2.03m x 1.21m, with door to outside and door to:
WC and Shower—1.61m x 1.37m, shower cubicle, low-level WC and pedestal washbasin, tiled walls and boarded access to workshop.
Rear Hall—3.18m x 1.52m, with door to outside, double doors to Garage, and opening to:
Store—3.19m x 2.94m, with stairs up to mezzanine storage (3.18m x 2.19) with further access to partially boarded loft space.
Accessed from Rear Hall or by sliding metal vehicular doors to front:
Former Milking Parlour / Workshop —9.46m x 4.63m, 1.69m x 1.59m, 3.21m x 3.06m, with former milking pit.

Buildings 3 and 4—both 22.85m x 6.6m, former cubicle houses, timber built with concrete floor and pitched corrugated iron roofs.

Silage Clamp—22.85m x 6.6m, block walls and concrete floor.

Slurry Store—12.29m x 11.59m, block walls and concrete floor.

In addition to the buildings is a small lawned area to the north, measuring just short of 0.3 acres in total. The caravan pictured is included in the sale.

SERVICES
The property benefits from a mains electricity supply though it is unknown when this was last serviced. The property has a UV filtration for filtering rainwater collected from the roof. iWe understand that there is a historic cesspit, however it is assumed that this system would not be deemed compliant under the General Binding Rules and a new system would need to be installed if required.

DESIGNATIONS
The property lies within the curtilage of the Grade II Listed third party owned Horseford Farmhouse.

COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS & RIGHTS OF WAY
We understand the neighbouring Horseford Farm benefits from a right of access over the ground to the rear of Building 2 for maintenance purposes.
The property is offered for sale subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the property charges register of the registered title together with all public and private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way whether these are specifically referred to or not.

TENURE
The property is of freehold tenure with vacant possession available upon completion, unless agreed otherwise between the parties.

METHOD OF SALE
The property will be offered for sale by private treaty as a whole.

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
All fixtures and fittings, unless specifically referred to within these sale particulars are otherwise expressly excluded from the sale of the freehold and will be removed by the vendors or their agents prior to completion.

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING
The current lawful use of the farm buildings is understood to be agricultural although there may be scope for prospective purchasers to consider alternative uses within the buildings, subject to obtaining the necessary planning consent/s from North Devon Council.

MEASUREMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION
All measurements are approximate. The attached plans and red lined photographs are for identification purposes only and not to scale.
Whilst we endeavour to make our sales particulars as accurate and reliable as possible, if there are any point which is of particular importance to you please contact the office, especially if you are contemplating travelling some distance to view the property. We have not tested any of the equipment, appliances, central heating or services.

FARM PROPERTIES HEALTH & SAFETY NOTICE
All persons wishing to view the property do so entirely at their own risk. Neither the Vendors or their Agents will be held liable for any damage or injury that may occur when interested parties are visiting the property. A farm is a potentially hazardous environment and for prospective purchasers own personal safety, please be vigilant when viewing the farm. All potential purchasers are asked to observe the country code and close all gates. We would further note that it is suspected, although impossible to determine without expert assistance and analysis, that the fibre cement sheets used in the construction of some of the buildings may contain asbestos.

v.2.1 - prepared 28/06/2024