Lot 4 – The Bapton Manor Estate, Bapton Manor, Bapton, Warminster, BA12 0SB

A classic English Agricultural and Sporting Estate in Wiltshire’s rolling Downland

Location

The Bapton Manor Estate is situated in the Wylye Valley and has excellent communication links being just one mile from the A303/A36 junction, providing easy access to London (via the M3), the south west (via the A303) and the Cathedral City of Salisbury (via the A36), with a regular train service to London Waterloo (from 88 minutes).

Close to the World Heritage Site of Stonehenge, the Estate also forms part of the Cranborne Chase National Landscape (formerly termed an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), known for its chalk streams and beautiful unspoilt countryside.

Heathrow Airport is about 82 miles distant, while Southampton Airport and Yeovilton are each around 35 miles and both can accommodate private aircraft.

The general area is well renowned for its excellent choice of schools including Chafyn Grove, Dauntsey’s, Godolphin, Marlborough College, Port Regis, Salisbury Cathedral School, Sandroyd, Bryanston, Sherborne, St Mary’s Shaftesbury and Warminster.

Race meetings at Salisbury, Wincanton and Newbury. Hunting with the South & West Wiltshire Hunt and Polo at Tidworth Polo Club and Druids Lodge. There is a good network of bridleways and national trails across the county.

Description

Lot 4 comprises a former dairy farm, with a range of buildings, a cottage and adjacent farmland, with direct road frontage, as well as its own drive.

The farm buildings were formerly used in association with a dairy farming operation and are now largely vacant. In addition to the farm buildings there is a Digestate storage tank and three silage clamps. Subject to gaining the necessary planning consents the buildings may have potential for alternative uses.

Cowleaze Bungalow

Cowleaze Bungalow lies at the entrance to Cowleaze Dairy Buildings with its own private parking area and small garden. The property is of (stone cladding) construction under a tile roof and consists of a spacious kitchen / breakfast room, living room, utility with WC, study, four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The property to extends to approximately 1,571 square foot in total and is believed to be subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition.

Land

The arable farmland land lies between the railway line and Bapton. It is currently farmed under a Contract Farming Agreement on a traditional crop rotation.

A bridge crosses the railway line from the farm buildings to Lot 5 which has a 3 tonne weight limit.

Acreage: 61.09 Acres

Directions

Postcode: BA12 0SB