Bishops Castle

Grade II Listed Detached Farmhouse Requiring Renovation

Situation - Lower Lea Farm is set to the north-east of the historic market town of Bishops Castle, on the edge of the Shropshire Hills, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Bishops Castle itself provides a good range of everyday amenities and services. For a wider selection, the larger market towns of Shrewsbury, approximately 21 miles away, and Craven Arms, around 9 miles away, both offer extensive shopping, leisure and educational facilities together with excellent transport links to the wider region. The property is therefore well-placed for those seeking a rural setting with strong connections to larger amenities and robust transport links.

Description - Lower Lea Farmhouse is a Grade II listed detached farmhouse that has been unoccupied for approximately 30 years. The property is situated next to the remains of Lea Castle, a scheduled monument, which adjoins its northern end. The Farmhouse has its own private water supply, and despite requiring significant modernisation, the property offers considerable scope for renovation and development.
The accommodation comprises of:

4 Ground floor reception rooms
Family kitchen
Storerooms
5 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
Former Servants’ Quarters
Cellar

Land - Lower Lea Farmhouse comes with an extensive garden, in total just over a quarter of an acre. In addition, the property also comes with 2 conveniently located paddocks totalling almost 2.5 acres, one of which still holds the farmhouse’s old orchard.
Please see attached brochure for Land Schedule.

Outbuildings - Lower Lea Farmhouse includes 2 outbuildings, a Grade II listed timber and stone outbuilding which includes a loft above it, located to the north of the property and a timber framed store shed at the rear. Both outbuildings are connected to mains electricity and are not connected to a water supply at this moment in time.
Please see attached brochure for a schedule.

Listed Buildings - There are 2 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument on the property, all of which can be located by their corresponding ‘SO’ numbers.

•Lower Lea farmhouse (SO ), Grade II listed.
•Building 1, ‘Remains of Lea Castle adjoining Lower Lea Farmhouse to North’ (SO ), Grade II listed
•Tower keep castle at Lower Lea (SO ), Schedule Monument, the remains of a tower keep castle at Lower Lea.

Tower keep castle at Lower Lea includes a 5-metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument’s support and preservation (outlined in blue on the plan)

Council Tax - No current council tax band.

Services - The property has a private water supply from a well located to the rear left of the Farmhouse. There is single phase mains electricity and private drainage via a cess pit. Purchasers are recommended to verify these services themselves.

Tenure - The property is freehold, and vacant possession will be granted upon completion.

Local Authority - Shropshire Council, The Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ
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Directions - From Bishops Castle follow the A488 (Love Lane) North for 0.6 miles before turning right opposite the United Pack Kennels. Continue 1.5 miles down the C6197 from A488 Kennel Yards to Upper Lea Junction before turning left onto Lower Lea Farm. Coming from Shrewsbury take the A488 through Pontesbury and Minsterley towards Bishop’s Castle. Join the A489 at Lydham following the road straight, over a small bridge, and taking the first right on to Upper Lea Junction Lane to the property.

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Rights Of Way, Easements And Wayleaves - The property will be sold subject to any wayleaves, public or private rights of way, easements and covenants and all outgoings whether mentioned in these sales particulars or not.

Boundaries, Fences And Roads - The Purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and neither the Vendors nor their Agents will be responsible for defining any ownership of boundaries, hedges or fences. They will however provide whatever assistance they can to ascertain the ownership of the same.

Planning - The property will be sold subject to any development plan, tree preservation order, town planning schedule, resolution or notice which may be or come to be in force, subject to any road or widening or improvement schemes, land charges and statutory or provisional by-laws, without any obligation on the Vendors to specify them.

Viewing - Viewings will be accompanied and are strictly by prior appointment with the selling Agents, Halls.

Method Of Sale - The property is for sale as a whole, by Private Treaty

Anti-Money Laundering (Aml) Checks - We are legally obligated to undertake anti-money laundering checks on all property purchasers. Whilst we are responsible for ensuring that these checks, and any ongoing monitoring, are conducted properly; the initial checks will be handled on our behalf by a specialist company, Movebutler, who will reach out to you once your offer has been accepted. The charge for these checks is £30 (including VAT) per purchaser, which covers the necessary data collection and any manual checks or monitoring that may be required. This cost must be paid in advance, directly to Movebutler, before a memorandum of sale can be issued, and is non-refundable. We thank you for your cooperation.

Solicitor - Rachel Williams, Harrisons Solicitors LLP, 30 Broad Street, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7RR.
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Sole Agents - Peter Willcock FRICS FAAV Email:
Henry Evans Email: