Large AONB farmstead with development potential, paddocks and extant stable conversion consent.
Substantial seven-bedroom Victorian farmhouse with four reception rooms
Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, New Farmhouse is a substantial seven-bedroom period home with extensive outbuildings, farmland, paddocks and woodland. The farmhouse offers four reception rooms, wine cellars, generous roof space and a large partially walled rear garden with southerly views over farmland towards the River Pang. A two-bedroom Gardeners Cottage lies in the yard and is currently let under an assured shorthold tenancy.
The holding includes modern and traditional farm buildings and an extant planning consent for conversion of a stable block to a two-storey cottage (external works started; internal works remain). The land is divided into paddocks with post-and-rail and mixed fencing, a minor stream runs through part of the paddock, and the plot is of substantial size suitable for private equestrian use, small-scale farming or redevelopment (subject to consents).
Practical services include mains electricity with 3-phase available, private bore hole with UV water treatment feeding a reservoir (mains supply also connected to the reservoir if required), and oil-fired central heating. New Farmhouse and Gardeners Cottage share a septic tank. Note the vendors will retain a 40-year overage on farm buildings (34% uplift above agricultural value on change of use).
This holding will suit a family seeking rural space and rural lifestyle, a buyer wanting equestrian or smallholding potential, or a purchaser prepared to complete conversions and landscaping. Key positives are the AONB setting, substantial plot, extant planning and excellent transport links to Didcot and Newbury. Considerations include tenant in situ in the cottage, shared septic and oil heating, unfinished internal work to the stable conversion, and the long-term overage on buildings.