An opportunity to purchase an attractive, detached, Grade ll Listed, four-bedroom farmhouse with scope for modernisation along with an extensive range of Grade II Listed buildings and land to create a smallholding or utilise for alternative uses (Subject to planning).
Strawberry Hill Farmhouse is set in private grounds in a desirable rural location. in the hamlet of Knotting Green.
There are a range of traditional buildings adjacent where a pre-application was submitted. Further details are available from the selling agent. There is also land adjcent to the farmhouse extending to approximately 4.20 acres.
The whole property extends to approximately 6.57 acres in all.
Strawberry Hill Farmhouse extends to approximately 3,868 sq ft (359.38 sq m) and comprises three reception rooms and kitchen on the ground floor and four bedrooms, bathroom and WC on the first floor.
The property is in need of complete renovation and restoration.
There is an ongoing insurance claim due to subsidence to part of the farmhouse.
In addition, there is a small traditional outbuilding directly adjacent to the farmhouse extending to approximately 1,104 sq ft (105.55 sq m).
The traditional Grade II Listed farm buildings, dating back to 1872, consist of several red brick structures characteristic of Bedford Estate Model Farm Buildings. The buildings are arranged around three courtyards and feature both single and two-story construction. The property includes several modern portal-framed structures, including two open-sided Dutch barns and a general-purpose building.
These historic farm buildings offer a substantial opportunity for conversion to residential or commercial use, subject to obtaining the necessary planning permissions and listed building consents. A pre-application was submitted to Bedford Borough Council in December 2020, proposing the conversion of the traditional buildings into two options, either four or six dwellings. Copies of the plans and the council's response are available upon request.
There is an existing overage provision across the farm buildings, which provides for a 30% uplift in value for any change of use with 28 years remaining.
For more information please contact the selling agent, Bidwells.
The property is adjacent to Strawberry Hill Farm, a 150-hectare former arable farm which has been rewilded creating flower-rich mosaic meadows and young woodland providing habitat for a diversity of species and which is now managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
