Lower Liston Farm

A superb, picturesque farm with diversified income streams, available as a whole or in three lots.

Lot 1 £1,800,000
House, barns, equine facilities, touring caravan park and 29.6 acres
Lot 2 £350,000
31.8 Acres including woodland and PP for a barn
Lot 3 £100,000
6.6 Acres with stunning views.

Lower Liston Farmhouse is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) and was built in 2003 by the current owners.  Planning permission was granted for a large extension, this has now lapsed but drawings are available for inspection.  Permission has also been granted and materially started for a barn housing an indoor pool, located in the garden and there is recent permission for an agricultural barn to be built on a site near the road at the top of lot 2.  The house is constructed in a traditional style from brick and green sandstone within a large garden plot in an idyllic and private location surrounded by its land, in all, extending to about 68 acres.  There are three large barns serving the agricultural and equestrian needs of the farm and an impressive workshop with single phase power, an inspection pit and mezzanine office.  There are 6 loose boxes in a barn and a purpose-built timber frame stable yard with wash down area, grooms’ accommodation, electric hydraulic powered horse walker and manège, 55m x 35m.  The farm has an established touring caravan site that has successfully been operating for 11 years. With 16 pitches marketed exclusively through the Caravan and Motor Home Club for their members, it is awarded an AA 4* rating.

OUTBUILDINGS
• Equestrian lean-to barn 60ft x 35ft housing 6 loose boxes and the campsite reception
with separate entrance, concrete floor.  Attached central hay barn 60ft x 30ft with
stone floor and partly divided by concrete wall panels from the Covered Yard 60ft x
25ft, concrete floor and gates onto a concrete yard.
• General purpose barn 60ft x 60ft with stone floor.
• Workshop 60ft x 30ft with inspection pit and mezzanine office 12ft x 10ft.
• Stable Yard six 12ft x 12ft stables and one 12ft x 10ft stable and tack room 15ft x 12ft.
• Feed store, power and light, wash down area and rainwater harvesting butts.
• Attached Grooms accommodation 36ft x 12ft bedroom, storage cupboard, sitting
room, kitchen and bathroom.
• Horse walker; electric hydraulic powered for 4 horses.
• Manège 55m x 35m.
• Shed 12ft x 12ft ( currently used as a dog grooming salon )

AOC CONDITIONS
The occupation of the dweling shall be limited to a person soley or mainly working, or last working in the locality in agriculture or in forestry ( or a widow or widower of such a person ), and to any resident dependants.

SITUATION
Semley Hollow is located just 2 miles north of the historic, hilltop town of Shaftesbury. The town itself, offers a vibrant High Street with a variety of national and independent retailers for your everyday needs including opticians, dentist, doctors and a cottage hospital. There are a selection of supermarkets nearby including Tesco, Asda and Waitrose. Communications are excellent with the A350 running from north to the south coast through the town and the A303 to London can be reached in around 10 minutes by car. The nearby towns of Gillingham and Tisbury include a mainline railway station with services from London Waterloo to the West Country. The area is well known for the large choice of good State and Independent primary and secondary schools and a variety of outdoor and countryside activities including golf, cycling, shooting and horse riding.

COMMON LAND
The land includes 3.8 acres of unfenced common land running alongside the A350.
In addition there are 10 leazes ( commoners grazing rights ) permitting the owners of Lower Liston Farm to graze the common land in and around Semley.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME
The land is registered for the basic payment scheme. The 2022 payment will be retained by the Vendor, however upon completion of the sale all BPS entitlements relating to the land will be transferred to the new owner.

LAND
The land is classified as slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils and mostly suited to grass production for dairying or beef; some cereal production often for feed. Timeliness of stocking and fieldwork is important, and wet ground conditions should be avoided at the beginning and end of the growing season to avoid damage to soil structure. Land is tile drained and periodic moling or subsoiling will assist drainage.

The land is ring fenced with good sized field enclosures and track access through the lower fields, before the land rises up steeply towards Shaftesbury from where there are superb far reaching views over the holding and Blackmore Vale beyond. The fields are stock proof with mature hedgerow boundaries, sprinkled with mature Oak trees and the woodland is native broadleaf.

There is excellent out riding across the A350 with quiet lanes and bridle lanes meandering through the Nadder Valley.

NOTE: A public footpath runs along the northern boundary of Lot 1 along side the single track railway.

COUNCIL TAX
Dorset Council Tax Band E
EPC: to be confirmed

SERVICES
Mains water and electricity are connected to the property. Drainage is private.

DIRECTIONS
From Shaftesbury, continue north on the A350 towards Warminster. After descending through the hollow, the entrance to the property will be found on your left immediately before the bridge and the turning to Semley.

Marketed by: Woolley & Wallis, Shaftesbury