5 bedroom house

Lot 1 - edged red

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Scargill Farm

offers the opportunity of a blank canvas to various buyer types. The 5 bedroom detached farmhouse is constructed from stone under a slate roof and a pebble dash render finish. The Georgian style farmhouse sits in an elevated position off the public highway with smaller stonebuilt outhouses to both gable ends and retains its attractive original features. There is a front garden area and small paddocks to both sides of the property. Access is provided into the yard via trackways to the left and right. The traditional farm buildings form a horseshoe around the yard area giving a spacious well positioned feel. The buildings are mostly stonebuilt under corrugated sheet roofs and appear in good structural condition. Further to the traditional buildings are a small range of wood framed building, polytunnel, slurry lagoon and midden area.

Farmhouse

The detached 5 bedroom farmhouse comprises as follows:

Kitchen

3.79m x 4.0m (12' 5" x 13' 1") A traditional farmhouse kitchen fitted with solid wood wall and base units with Belfast sink. Large windows to the front and side elevations, solid timber floorboards and Aga 4 door stove. The kitchen has two centre light fittings, panel radiator and 2 single plus 2 double electric sockets.

Lounge

3.7m x 3.5m (12' 2" x 11' 6") Located to the rear of the property off the hallway the lounge has an open solid fuel fireplace with slate hearth and stonebuilt surround. Two alcove shelves to either side, picture rail, centre light fitting and solid timber floorboards, TV point and two double and 2 single sockets.

Living Room

4.3m x 3.9m (14' 1" x 12' 10") The living room is located to the front of the property featuring a large bay window over the front garden. The room contains a solid fuel open grate fire with cast iron surround and marble hearth/mantle. The room has a panel radiator, TV point, centre light fitting and 3 single electric sockets.

Dining Room

4.3m x 3.9m (14' 1" x 12' 10") Located to the front of the property off the hall again with large bay window over the front garden. The room features a brick built solid fuel fireplace, two panel radiators, centre light fitting and 3 single electric sockets.

Hallway

A central vestibule area with solid wood parquet floor, centre light fitting, panel radiator and return stairs to first floor.

Bedroom 1

4.0m x 3.7m (13' 1" x 12' 2") A double room to the rear of the property with sink to the corner. The room has a centre light fitting, panel radiator and 3 single sockets.

Bedroom 2

4.2m x 4.0m (13' 9" x 13' 1") A double room to the front of the property having the benefit of panel radiator, centre light fitting and two single electric sockets.

Bedroom 3

3.2m x 2.5m (10' 6" x 8' 2") A single room to the front of the property with the benefit of a centre light fitting, panel radiator and a double plug single electric socket.

Bedroom 4

4.2m x 3.5m (13' 9" x 11' 6") A double room positioned to the front of the property with centre light fitting, panel radiator and double plug single electric sockets.

Bedroom 5

3.3m x 2.1m (10' 10" x 6' 11") A single room to the side elevation with small range of fitted wardrobes, centre light fitting and single electric socket.

Family Bathroom

3.7m x 1.68m (12' 2" x 5' 6") A 3 piece suite to the rear of the property to include airing cupboard and hot water cylinder. The room has tiled walls with panel radiator and solid timber floorboards.

2nd Floor Attic

9.7m x 6.1m (31' 10" x 20' 0") A large 2nd floor area with return stairs and skylight over. A useful space with exposed roof trusses, carpeted floor and 4 double electric sockets.

Cellar

6.8m x 4m (22' 4" x 13' 1") A traditional 2 room stonebuilt cellar housing a Worcester oil fired boiler.

Externally

To the outside of the farmhouse is a stone walled front garden with mature trees and lawned area. The rear of the farmhouse allows for a large stone flagged patio area before stepping down stone steps to the yard and parking area.

Services

Mains water, mains electric, oil fired central heating.

Farmbuildings

None

Traditional Stonebuilt Barn

24m x 12.5m (78' 9" x 41' 0") A large traditional stonebuilt agricultural barn with corrugated cement sheet roof. The barn is combined with a brick built lean to shippon in all covering a footprint of 300 sq m or 3228 sq ft. The agricultural barn appears structurally sound with concrete floor cubicles for 40 and loft over.

Milling Barn

6.5m x 7.5m (21' 4" x 24' 7") A stonebuilt traditional milling barn with external stone steps to first floor. The barn has a concrete floor with sliding double doors to the front currently providing garaging/workshop facilities, is stonebuilt and tiled roof over. Appearing in good structural order the barn covers 48 sq m or 525 sq ft of floor space.

Single Storey Shippon

32m x 5m (105' 0" x 16' 5") To the north side of the courtyard is a long single storey shippon originally a smaller stonebuilt building now extended using concrete block with corrugated roof sheets over. The building has a large footprint to cover 160m2 or 1722 sq ft with concrete floor and cubicles for 20.

4 Bay Timber Framed Building

13.5m x 7.5m (44' 3" x 24' 7") Constructed from timber pole bays with corrugated sheet roof and sides and earth floor.

Polytunnel

21m x 9m (68' 11" x 29' 6") Livestock housing facility with earth floor in good order.

Lagoon & Midden

A recently purpose built 23m x 10.5m slurry lagoon. Constructed from concrete and safety fencing to the external.

Farmland

None

Lot 1 - edged red 9.75 acres

Sits in 9.75 acres benefitting from two smaller paddocks to the left and right hand sides of the main farmhouse. Surrounding the buildings and milling barn are a further two paddocks shown on the attached plan edged red. The fields have good yard access with a mains water supply and sound boundary walls/fences.

Lot 2 - edged blue 73.03 acres

Shown on the attached plan edged blue extending to over 74 acres of good quality meadow and pastureland with some woodland. The land is situated opposite the Farmhouse, buildings and yard with access directly on to Scargill Road. The land rises up to the east with far reaching views from the north easterly boundary and OS trig point of 144m or 480ft above sea level. Split into 9 parcels with good external boundary walls/hedges with good internal stock fencing the field parcels benefit from both mains and natural water supplies. The majority of the permanent pasture grassland is capable of mowing for forage purposes twice yearly with the remainder good grazing pasture. Approximately 20 acres of historic classified mixed species woodland benefits the acreage namely Pikethorn Wood and Scargill Wood providing ever increasing environmental interests.

Lot 3 - edged green 14 acres

Shown on the attached plan edged green extending to precisely 14 acres of good quality meadowland capable of twice yearly cropping. This lot is split in to two parcels with roadside access on the Scargill Lane good external and internal boundaries and gated access to lots 2 & 4. The land has a small pond area to the easterly boundary.

Lot 4 - edged yellow 3.02 acres

Shown on the attached plan edged yellow this handy sized block of agricultural land will attract many different buyer types. Access is gained roadside off Laverick Road or via Lot 3. Currently permanent meadowland/pasture the land is capable of cropping for forage twice a year with livestock grazing after. Boundaries are in good sound order either hedge or stockproof netting with the benefit of a mains water supply.

Tender Deadline

03rd March 2023. All tenders to be received by noon 3rd March 2023 either by post clearly marked “Tender Scargill Farm” to Old Sawley Grange, Sawley, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4LH. Please note, Lots 2, 3 & 4 will not be sold prior to Lot 1.

Local Authority

Lancaster City Council

Subsidies and Grants

There are currently no schemes or subsidies attached to the land.

Tenure

Freehold with vacant possession given on completion.