Property description
Lifestyle and business opportunity. Over 17 acres with a 3 bedroom house, fishing lakes, caravan park, paddocks and woodland. Planning consent for a managers house and four log cabins. As a whole or in lots.
DESCRIPTION Cuckoo's Rest is set on the outskirts of the village between Dilton Marsh and Brokerswood. It has been lovingly maintained and built up over the years to provide a well presented family home, covered swimming pool, and a range of outbuildings suitable for a variety of uses. Adjoining this is a well presented touring caravan park with 20 pitches with electric hook up, toilet block and tackle shop. There is planning consent to replace the existing mobile home with a three bedroom manager's house and consent for an additional four log cabins.
This is all set in mature grounds of just over 8 acres with four fishing lakes. Further to this there is an additional parcel of land and woodland totaling about 7 acres and an additional steel portal frame barn with 1.65 acres of paddock and woodland. The property is offered for sale as a whole or in lots and represents an outstanding and rare opportunity to continue the foundations laid by the current owners and, if desired, develop the business further, whilst living in a super rural location not far from Frome and Westbury.
LOT 1: THE HOUSE (EDGED BLUE ON THE PLAN) A well-presented and spacious Victorian semi-detached house with pretty gardens backing onto open countryside with a covered indoor swimming pool and ample parking. The house has been extended over the years and provides well planned and comfortable living space with many rooms enjoying a dual aspect and countryside views. The property has an entrance hall with inner hall leading into the sitting room with wood burning stove and has windows to the front and side with patio doors to the rear which lead onto a useful covered entertaining space. Adjacent to this is a study/bedroom four. The dining room is at the front of the house and has an exposed wooden floor, fireplace and has room for a dining room table to seat twelve. The kitchen and breakfast room is fitted with a range of wall and floor cabinets and has a multi fuel Rayburn cooker as well as an electric double oven and hob. There is a larder cupboard, built in fridge and a 1 ½ bowl sink with draining board. Leading from the kitchen is a snug/lounge with cast iron fireplace with brick hearth and window to the front. A part glazed conservatory/sun room enjoys views of the pretty well stocked gardens and swimming pool to the rear. There is also a utility room, cloakroom, and boiler room with oil fired boiler.
On the first floor there are three double bedrooms, one with a shower room, and a family bathroom with white suite.
THE GARDENS To the rear of the property is a pretty, enclosed garden, mainly laid to lawn with mature borders and fruit trees. There is a covered patio and entertaining space with a seating area and access to the indoor swimming pool. There is ample parking to the side.
LOT 2: CARAVAN SITE WITH FISHING LAKES (EDGED RED ON THE PLAN) Having been run as a successful caravan site with fishing lakes the owners have maintained an attractive and well run site. In total there is planning permission for 15 caravan pitches with electric hook up and additional 5 Caravan Club CL (Certified location) pitches. There is a toilet and shower block and a licensed tackle shop. The site enjoys good rates of occupancy even during the quieter months of the year and offers visitors a quiet site in a the Wiltshire countryside with a varied range of other attractions on the doorstep. The fishing lakes were created about ten years ago and comprise two fishing lakes; one with 40 pegs and the other with 10 pegs supported by two stock ponds. The lakes are stocked with a variety of course fish including carp, bream, roach, tench, perch, rudd, chub and pike.
MANAGER'S ACCOMMODATION Currently the managers accommodation is in the form of a 2/3 bedroom mobile home. However there is planning consent to build a detached three bedroom manager's dwelling for the fishing lake and caravan site. 'The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely working, or last working, in association with the fishing lakes and recreational business currently known as "Cuckoo's Rest Fishing Lakes," or a widow or widower of such a person, and to any resident dependants'
LOG CABINS There is also consent for four log cabins that have yet to be built.
BUILDINGS There is a block built former calf pen (6.479x6.630m) with corrugated tin roof. It has a concrete floor and power and light. Additionally, there is a further mono-pitch (13.047mx4.915m) metal framed tractor store with concrete floor, power and light.
LOT 3: BARN AND 1.65 ACRES OF PADDOCK/WOODLAND (EDGED GREEN ON THE PLAN) Accessed from a track further along the lane there is a detached 7 bay steel portal framed barn set in about 1.65 acres of paddock and woodland. The barn is currently divided into six stables but could suit a variety of uses subject to any necessary consent.
LOT 4: PASTURE AND WOODLAND (EDGED PURPLE ON THE PLAN) Accessed again from the track further along the lane a block of t 6.99 (estimated) acres of pasture and woodland. This land could suit a variety of uses.
LOCATION Dilton Marsh offers various shops, a pub and two schools. The towns of Warminster and Trowbridge are all easily accessible, with nearby Westbury and Frome having a main line station for a direct service to London (Paddington). The cities of Bath and Bristol are both within commuting distance, and there are excellent private schools at Warminster and Bath.
Property Features :
- Well Presented Family Home
- Three/Four Bedrooms, Four Reception Rooms
- Gardens, Indoor Pool
- Quiet, Rural Location
- Caravan Site, Fishing Lakes