4 bedroom house

A unique opportunity to acquire a 13.5 acre former poultry farm with planning consents for a number of residential and commercial development projects.

Old Brickyard Farm is the 3rd of four brickyards established by the Westminster Estate who resided at Motcombe House (Port Regis School) in the 19th Century. Kimmeridge Clay deposits were used to make bricks marked with a W to build houses and farm buildings on the Motcombe Estate. The premises were sold in 1927 to the Gillingham Brick Company.  In 1948 it was sold to a retired Naval Captain who milked Dexter Cattle before selling it onto the current owner in 1980. 

Comprising an attractive painted brick four bedroom farmhouse adorned with climbing wisteria and clematis with delightful established private gardens and a large vegetable plot.  The house features spacious accommodation over two floors with a modern, farnhouse style kitchen fitted with powder blue cabintes and a large conservatory that enjoys an outlook over the garden. There is an implemented planning consent (PA 2/2002/0492) to convert the single storey brick and tile barn into a farm shop and holiday cottage with the circular drive to the front.  Behind is a small farmyard with two agricultural storage and livestock barns.

SITUATION
The property lies a stone’s throw from the historic, hilltop, Saxon town of Shaftesbury. The town 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

Most of the land is in three main enclosures along with a 1 acre paddock housing solar panels, and a wooded copse.  There are 3 former poultry houses, one having permission to convert into 4 residential dwellings under Class Q of the 2015 Permitted Development Order (P/PAAC/2020/00197), one having commercial storage consent and one retained for agricultural use but having potential for other uses.  There is an implemented planning consent for a 4th poultry house (2/90/0942/41) and potential to improve the various planning permissions, dependent upon the purchaser’s intentions.  The poultry house with storage use is successfully run as a car storage facility with potential for growth.

COUNCIL TAX
Dorset Council Tax Band F
EPC: E

SERVICES
Mains gas, electricity and water are connected to the property. The house has private drainage.

DIRECTIONS
From Shaftesbury take the B3081 towards Gillingham. Old Brickyard farm will be found on the left, after 1 mile and immediately before the entrance to Port Regis School.

Solar Panels
The solar park comprises 256 panels in two schemes started in 2012 and 2013 generating approximately £23,000 per annum.

216 panels subject to 25 year annual inflation linked Feed In Tariff currently paying 42.07p per KW/hr
40 panels subject to 20 year annual inflation linked Feed in Tariff currently paying 13.12p per KW/hr plus an Export Tariff of 5.5p per KW/hr on half the output.

Marketed by: Woolley & Wallis, Shaftesbury