TENURE & POSSESSION
Hackthorne Farm is offered for sale as a whole or in 5 lots by private treaty with vacant possession.

DESCRIPTION
Hackthorne Farm is a unique opportunity to purchase a farm which has been occupied by the same family for over 80 years and within the family ownership for the last 52 years.

Permission was granted in October 2023 under Class Q for the change of use of an existing agricultural building to a two bedroom dwelling house. There is also a useful range of farm buildings which could be used for a wide variety of purposes.

The level pasture land is classified as base-rich loamy and clayey soils, and is divided into manageable sized enclosures with mature hedgerows. All the land is down to grass with good road access and has been used to graze sheep and cut silage from.

LOT 2 HACKTHORNE FARM BUILDINGS – Approximately – 7.85 acres
Lot 2 is accessed from Camp Road via a separate access to the south of Hackthorne Farmhouse.

Permission was granted in October 2023 under Class Q for the change of use of the characterful red brick Old Piggery to a single storey two bedroom dwelling house (Application No 23/02107/PAMB). There is also a useful range of farm buildings which could be used for a wide variety of purposes.

The planning for the conversion of the Old Piggery, is for a large open plan Kitchen with Dining Area and Lounge, Master Bedroom with an ensuite Bathroom, a second Bedroom and a Shower Room. A spiral staircase leads to a Mezzanine floor above the Lounge. Total gross internal area 129.5 m².

Under the planning one bay of each of the adjoining barns and the lean-to structures attached to the barn are to be demolished.

Adjacent to the Old Piggery is a useful 3 bay steel framed general purpose barn with a concrete floor.

Concrete Yard with single storey timber framed barn used for stabling and as a general store.

5 bay open sided pole barn with corrugated roof and lean-to.

The land lies to the south and west of the buildings and is a level pasture field enclosed by mature hedgerows.

Adjacent to Camp Road close to the entrance of Lot 2 is a Pole Barn and an area of woodland running along the road boundary.


RIGHTS OF WAY & RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
Hackthorne Farm is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights of way whether public or private, including wayleaves, easements, covenants, restrictions and obligations whether referred to specifically in these sale particulars or not. The purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and the ownership thereof.


TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS
There are Tree Preservation Orders on two trees growing in the western boundary hedgerows of Lots 2 and 3, identified as an Oak and a Field Maple. Further details are available from the vendors agents.

Hackthorne Farm is located within the Blackmore Vale, on the Somerset Dorset border in an easily accessible position, south of the A30. The thriving village of Henstridge lies to the west of the farm and benefits from the popular Virginia Ash Pub, a primary school, church, village shop and Post Office. Henstridge Golf Resort lies to the west of the farm with a nine hole golf course, touring park and stocked fishing lake. Henstridge Trading Estate and Airfield lies to the east of the farm.

The picturesque towns of Shaftesbury and Sherborne are both within easy reach. Sherborne and nearby Templecombe both have main line railway stations to London or the West Country. The A303 lies approximately 8 miles to the north.

The area is well known for its stunning countryside with excellent riding and walking. The Dorset Coastline is also within easy reach.

Hackthorne Farmhouse – Oil fired central heating, mains water and electricity, septic tanks, solar panels, Wessex Internet.

Holiday cottages – mains water and electric, a shared septic tank, electric heating and solar panels.

It should be noted that the current drainage is unlikely to meet all the current regulations. If the farm is sold in Lots the purchaser of Lot 1 will be required to put in a new sewage treatment(s) plant for the house, games room and cottages on the land within Lot 1, with 6 months of purchase.

Lots 4 and 5 have their own separate metered mains water metered.

From Shaftesbury head west on the A30, after approximately 8 miles turn left off the A30 on to Camp Road, sign posted to Henstridge Gibbs Marsh & Stalbridge Trading Estates and the Golf Course. Hackthorne Farm is then the second property on the right hand side, after approximately quarter of a mile.

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