Grittenham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15

Property Description

Lidats Meadow Farm is a delightful and very private rural smallholding with consent to convert an agricultural barn into a stylish modern 4 bedroom family home set in about 26 acres.


Town & Country Planning
Consent was granted on 16th June 2020 for the conversion of the existing 5 bay steel portal framed agricultural barn into a single residential dwelling. Consent was granted under Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order. The development must be finished before 16th June 2023 being 3 years after Prior Approval. The application is available to view on the Wiltshire Council website under the reference: 20/02300/PNCOU.

Internally the house will offer a light and spacious interior, comprising a 60’ long entrance hall, kitchen/breakfast room, dining and living rooms, each with doors out onto the garden plus a full height games room. Upstairs there will be a Master bedroom with en-suite facilities and dressing room, a guest double bedroom with en-suite facilities, a family bathroom and two further bedrooms.

The area of the proposed house is 4,929 sq ft (458 sq metres) giving well proportioned family living over two floors.
Outside there will be a generous sized parking area and landscaped gardens. There are superb views from the barn stretching across the open countryside and up to the Brinkworth escarpment beyond.

The Land
The land extends to about 25.01 acres (10.13 ha) is divided into a serious of useful paddocks, some are used for producing sweet meadow hay for feeding to livestock. The land is level and the soil is a productive and fertile clay loam. The property is contained within a ring fence and the land has been managed to a high standard over recent years. A small freshwater pond attracting a wide variety of flora and fauna, contributing to a diverse range of wildlife on the farm. The northern boundary of the property is the Grittenham Brook.

There is a partly completed 4 bay steel portal framed barn 60’ x 30’, once finished this would provide ideal livestock accommodation, storage or workshop facilities when finished.

Services
Mains water is connected to the farm buildings and the land. Private drainage. Single phase mains electricity.

Tenure & Possession
The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession upon completion.

Lidats Meadow Farm is situated on the outskirts of Royal Wootton Bassett (4 miles) with easy access to the commercial and retail town of Swindon (8 miles) with a mainline railway station serving London (Paddington 51 minutes) and the west country. There is easy access to both M4 junctions 16 and 17 as well as the A419 northwards to the Cotswolds and M5. The area benefits from a series of public footpaths and bridleways appealing to walkers and riders alike.

Lidats Meadow Farm is accessed from the main highway down a long private drive leading into a spacious farmyard and the agricultural land beyond. Consent has been granted by Wiltshire Council to convert a 5 bay steel barn into a contemporary 4 bedroom dwelling. The property extends to 26.83 acres (10.86 ha) of meadowland and is bordered by the meandering Grittenham Brook to the north.

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Mains water is connected to the farm buildings and the land. Private drainage. Single phase mains electricity.

From M4 Junction 16 follow the A3102 to the Coped Hall roundabout at Royal Wootton Bassett. Continue west on the B4042 for about 4 miles into Brickworth Village. At the church and Three Crowns public house, turn left towards Grittenham, following the road round to the left at the next junction and the property will be found as indicated by the Woolley & Wallis for sale board on the left hand side.

Floorplans

Proposed Floorplan

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