4 bedroom detached house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

The property occupies an unusual setting, with unspoilt rural views over the adjoining meadows to the River Avon, and yet within a short walk of the centre of the town. The main house was built in the 1950's, with a later extension, and comprises a detached family house with a large kitchen/breakfast room, two reception rooms and four bedrooms. The house would now benefit from a little updating but offers great scope and potential to alter or extend the property (subject to any necessary consents) to suit a purchaser's own requirements.

Delmont sits within a good sized garden, contained within mature hedging and high fencing. It is laid mainly to lawn, with mixed borders and a number of fruit trees. There is a vehicular entrance from Holloway Hill and a timber garage with a small garden store to one side. On the far side of the garden are two further useful timber store sheds.


Malmesbury is a charming market town, reputed to be the oldest borough in England. The town, which is dominated by the fine 12th century Abbey, has an excellent range of shops and services. Other local towns include Cirencester, Tetbury and Chippenham. There is a popular Catholic primary school, St Joseph's, which is very close by. Malmesbury School is particularly well regarded and recently converted to Academy status. The main regional centres are Bath, Bristol, Swindon, Gloucester and Cheltenham, all of which are within daily commuting distance. Direct rail services to London Paddington from either Chippenham Station (about 8 miles) or Kemble (about 6 miles) scheduled to take from c.75 minutes.


Accessed via a separate entrance from the road is the forge. This is built partly of red brick, with a large rendered blockwork extension having tall double doors at one end. Steps lead up to a first floor loft at one end. Beyond the Forge is a good-sized parking area and some former pigsties. A bridge leads over a stream to an attractive and unspoilt meadow, with the River Avon forming the eastern boundary.

Planning: Interested parties' attention is drawn to the following consents and agreements, copies of which are available on request:

- Planning permission was granted in July 2011 for 'the re-use and extension of existing building to form one new dwelling following demolition of modern storage barn' (ref: N/10/03394/FUL).
- Conservation Area Consent was granted in February 2011 (ref: N/10/03396/CAC) for the 'demolition of existing modern storage barn'.
- A Section 106 agreement was entered into in July 2011, stating that the owner (i.e. the owner at the time the new dwelling is constructed) will be responsible for a contribution of £5,800 towards the cost of upgrading off-site public open space facilities in the town prior to the first occupation of the new dwelling.

Rights of Way: there is a public footpath running along the side of the stream in the paddock. A neighbouring owner has a private vehicular right of way down the drive to the Forge and along the southern boundary of the property for access to their field.

Restrictive Covenant: there is a restrictive covenant on the paddock preventing any building or temporary structures being erected thereon.