Dead Maids, Chapmanslade, BA13

For sale by public auction. Thursday 24th April 2025, 12pm. The Theatre, The Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet. Bidding available in person, by proxy or online via livestream. Auction guide price £385,000 to £425,000* A super, versatile block of approximately 42.19 acres of pasture land together with a useful range of buildings. Adjoining 7.79 acres of land available as a separate lot.

Description

A versatile and conveniently sized block of pasture land located on the outskirts of the village of Chapmanslade that extends in total to approximately 49.98 acres together with a range of modern agricultural buildings. To be offered for sale in two lots.

Lot A: Approx 42.19 acres with a range of outbuildings. Guide price £385,000 to £425,000

As coloured red on the sale plan.

Accessed directly from the road to the south via a hard core access track leading to the buildings and then beyond to the land.

The buildings comprise a steel frame Dutch Barn with a lean to to each side and then a further concrete framed barn to the west. Both barns are in need of some repair.

The land lies beyond the buildings and is laid to pasture. It is level to sloping in aspect, quite steeply in places and is bound and divided by a combination of stock fencing and hedges.

Lot B: Approx 7.79 acres.

Guide price £60,000 to £65,000

As coloured blue on the sale plan

A versatile parcel of pasture land adjoining Lot A to the north but accessed independently from the access track to the north which leads from Black Dog Hill. The land is level to sloping in aspect and includes a small back of copse along the northern boundary.

Subject to gaining any of the necessary consents the land would be ideally suited to a conversation, small holding, agricultural or equestrian use.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone

Lot A does fall within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone

Possession

A small area of land extending to approximately 0.6 acres has been let on an FBT which has expired and is now, therefore, subject to an annual periodic tenancy. Full details are contained within the auction pack.

Completion

Completion has been set for Thursday 22nd May 2025 or earlier by arrangement.

Uplift Clause

Lot A will be sold subject to an uplift clause that will be triggered on the grant of consent for residential or commercial development, save for a single dwelling. The terms will be 25% to last for a period of 25 years. Full details will be contained in the auction pack.

Local Council

Wiltshire Council

Services

There is mains water connected to Lot A. However, potential purchasers must rely on their own enquiries with regard to the location of any services and making any connection into them.

Tenure: Freehold and vacant possession.

Rights of Way: There are public footpaths than cross both lots as shown by the broken green line on the sale plan.

Easements and Wayleaves: The land will be sold subject to any existing easements and wayleaves. Full details will be contained in the legal pack.

VAT: The purchase price is not subject to VAT

Viewing: At any reasonable time on foot with a set of the sale details.

Solicitors

DAC Beachcroft LLP, Bristol, Kevin Hawthorn acting Tel:

Registering to bid and Administration fee

Cooper and Tanner require all bidders who wish to bid at our Auction to register beforehand, whether you are intending on bidding in the room, by proxy or online. As part of the registration process, you will be asked to provide card details in order that the Buyer’s Administration Fee of £1395 inc VAT can be paid if you are successful. A week before the auction a hold will be placed on your account for this sum, which will then be released if you are unsuccessful. This fee will only be taken if you are the successful buyer. The fee is retained by Cooper and Tanner and does not form part of your deposit or completion settlement. Please also be aware that the Buyer’s Administration fee is payable per lot purchased. If you are successful in purchasing more than one lot, we will contact you following the auction to take subsequent payments for additional lots bought. All checks required by current anti-money laundering legislation must be satisfactorily completed, as part of the registration process before prior approval to bid will be granted; this will include providing proof of funds.

Deposit

Successful bidders will be required to pay to the Cooper and Tanner Client Account the deposit of 10% of the purchase price within 24 hours of the auction. The account details will be provided to the successful bidder on conclusion of the auction. Once funds are cleared, they will be transferred on to the account of the solicitor acting for the seller. Please ensure that funds are in an account suitable to be able to make an Electronic Transfer from.

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