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27.93 acres, Plumpton, Towcester, NN12, Northamptonshire
For Sale - Guide Price £1,375,000

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• 5 bedroom farmhouse in need of renovation
• Traditional farm buildings
• Range of livestock buildings and grain store
• Arable and pasture
• About 650.02 acres

Residential mixed farm in an attractive setting

Location

Oakley Bank Farm is situated near the hamlet of Plumpton in south Northamptonshire, and is found equidistance between the popular villages of Weston and Blakesley.

The local area enjoys a variety of services and amenities including: Browns (village shop), Chapel & Co (café) and the Bartholomew Arms pub in Blakesley;The Crown Inn at Weston; Forge Coffee (café), Mumford’s Butchers and The Red Lion in Culworth; Medical Centre, Post Office, the Butcher’s Arms pub and Hunt’s butchers in Green’s Norton.

More extensive shopping, services and cultural experiences can be found in the nearby towns of Towcester and Banbury, and further afield at Northampton, Milton Keynes, Oxford and Stratford upon Avon. A variety of sports facilities and clubs exist in the area offering rugby, tennis, football, cricket, padel, hockey and netball, along with motorsport at Silverstone.

There are a wide choice of schools in the area with primary schools in nearby Blakesley, Lois Weedon, Culworth and Green’s Norton and secondary schools in Towcester and Middleton Cheney. Independent preparatory schools include Winchester House and Beachborough at Brackley and senior schools include Stowe, Tudor Hall and Bloxham.

The wider area benefits from good communication links by road and rail. The farm is situated near the A5 at Towcester which gives good access to Milton Keynes Railway Station (London Euston from 32 minutes) and the A43 which links the M1 and M40 motorways.

Description

An attractive residential mixed farm with a 5 bedroom farmhouse in need of renovation, traditional farm buildings, an extensive range of livestock buildings and grain store, pasture and woodland.

Please note that that VAT is payable on the purchase price.

LOT 1A – OAKLEY BANK FARMHOUSE - 27.93 acres (11.3 hectares)

An attractive ironstone built farmhouse under a slate roof, Oakley Bank Farmhouse enjoys a private setting with south facing views out over the farm.

The farmhouse is accessed via a private drive that goes past the farm buildings and arrives in a semi-courtyard setting to the west of the house where a range of traditional farm buildings provide a mixture of garaging, storage and stabling. Surrounded by gardens, the house has a south facing partly walled lawn which extends to a ha-ha with a field of pasture beyond.

To the rear of the farmhouse, the courtyard-style garden provides a sheltered garden and terrace dining area. The front door opens into a generous entrance hall. The reception rooms lead off the entrance hall and comprise a dining room and drawing room, both with open fireplaces. From the hallway is also a cellar. To the rear and side of the house is the sitting room, kitchen, downstairs bathroom and former dairy which has been used as a larder and store room. Stairs lead to the first floor with five bedrooms, some with open fireplaces, and a family bathroom. There is an open landing space which could accommodate a study or be enclosed to provide an additional bedroom or bathroom.

Accessed via an external staircase is a loft area at first floor level. Currently accessed via a ladder is the second floor which has been boarded out and could, subject to installing a proper staircase, provide an additional two bedrooms or useful storage space.

The former dairy, adjoining stores/outhouses and loft area could, subject to planning, be incorporated into the house more efficiently to provide better living space and accommodation.

It should be noted that the farmhouse has not been occupied since Autumn 2020.

OUTBUILDINGS
Adjacent to the farmhouse is a former threshing barn of ironstone under a fibre cement roof construction with a mezzanine floor at one end. There are also adjoining red brick stores, former piggery, stabling and garaging. Subject to securing the necessary planning permission, these buildings lend themselves to conversion to ancillary uses including secondary accommodation, party barn, home office or gym.

FARM BUILDINGS
Set away from the farmhouse are an extensive range of livestock buildings, originally forming part of a dairy, and a grain store.

FARMLAND
The land within Lot 1 comprises predominately permanent pasture and split into a number of fields by mature hedges and fenced for cattle.

Oakley Bank Farm is available as a whole or in four Lots. This listing is for Lot 1a with 27 acres.


Acreage: 27.93 Acres

Directions

Post Code: Oakley Bank Farm, NN12 8SE

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