Fieldside Farm

Quainton, Buckinghamshire

A ring fenced grassland farm with charming country house and significant

income from let buildings

Fieldside Farm, Quainton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 4DQ

Quainton 1 mile, Aylesbury 8 miles (London Marylebone 60 minutes), Central London 49 miles

SituationFieldside Farm is located to the west of the attractive village of Quainton, three miles north of the A41 near Waddesdon. The village is a mix of traditional and modern homes and at the heart a pretty village green surrounded by a church, a pub, a village shop and café. There are tennis courts which are part of Quainton Tennis Club.

Quainton Church of England combined school is in the village and has a “good” Ofsted report. The village also lies within the catchment area of the highly regarded Waddesdon Secondary School. There is a wide selection of secondary schools within a 20 mile radius including Aylesbury Grammar School (boys) and Aylesbury High School (girls) both classified as “outstanding” by Ofsted, about 8 miles away. Stowe School and

Features:

A detached four bedroom farmhouse with potential for extension

Agricultural buildings converted into let units of varying sizes

Significant income under full occupation

130 acres of fenced grassland

About 143 acres (57 ha) in total

For sale as a whole

Wycombe Abbey are 16 miles and 23 miles respectively.

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire and has a full range of shops and recreational facilities including The Waterside Theatre about 8 miles away. Bicester Village is about 13 miles away. Waddesden Manor and National Trust Park is about 4 miles from the farm.

Local rail links can be found approximately five miles away at Aylesbury Vale Parkway and Aylesbury Railway station with regular services to London Marylebone (1 hour) is located about 8 miles away.

Junction 9 of the M40 is approximately 14 miles away giving excellent road links to both London and the wider motorway network.

Fieldside Farm The farm entrance is located on the opposite side to the village of Quainton. Approached down a long tree-lined drive the house and buildings are situated centrally with land surrounding.

Fieldside Farmhouse The unlisted farmhouse is positioned at the heart of the farm and enjoys far reaching views over its own land. It is constructed of red brick under a tile hung roof and offers considerable scope for expansion.

A porched doorway leads into a good sized hall with wooden fl oor. On the left of the hall is a drawing room with large open fi re and French doors leading onto the south facing garden. Off the hall is a sitting room with wood burner and doors leading out to the eastern patio. A rear passage way leads past the dining room, through a walk through cloak

room and a convenient utility area. Two steps take you down into the delightful sunken kitchen with exposed beams, four door oil fi red Aga, integral electric hob and ample built in cupboard storage. A small fl ight of stairs leads back up to a dining room with French doors out onto the patio and back through to the hall.

An open tread staircase leads upstairs with a spacious master bedroom with ensuite, three further good sized bedrooms and a family shower room. All the upstairs rooms have high ceilings and large windows creating wonderful light suggesting the potential to extend into the attic and out over the single storey parts of the ground fl oor, which could create wonderful increased living and sleeping accommodation, subject to the necessary consents.

First Floor

Stables

Garages & Sheds

Ground Floor

OutsideThe house is surrounded by carefully maintained lawns and herbaceous borders with mature shrubs, fruit trees and hedges. Past the immediate patio and garden to the south lies a large lawned area.

On its eastern side this lawned area is fl anked by a traditional six bay stable block, of timber construction with weather boarding and a concrete fl oor. The stables have a recently refurbished corrugated roof. Most of the stables are currently used for extra storage, a log store and at one end a former tack room. There is a well-kept free standing greenhouse adjacent. To the west side the lawned area is protected by the back of some of the let units. Together with the stables this creates a “walled garden/courtyard” effect. There is a large, well-tended vegetable garden to the rear of this area.

There is a further traditional brick building with slated roof adjacent to the gravel parking area. It is divided into a potting shed, two open fronted car ports and a tractor shed.

To the back of the house is an attractive rear patio area with an outside gardener’s WC with basin.

Approximate gross internal area: 2,149 sq ft = 199.7 sq mStables: 920 sq ft = 85.5 sq mGarages & Sheds: 802 sq ft = 74.50 sq m

Illustration for identifi cation purposes only. Not to scale.

The land Fieldside Farm totals 143 acres consisting of approximately 130 acres of grassland with the remaining being small copses of woodland and ponds. All the fi elds are exceptionally well kept with hedged and/or recently fenced boundaries and excellent multiple accesses to almost every fi eld. Some of the fi elds have good access from the public highways with a considerable stretch of road frontage and those that do not, have access

BuildingsThere are two sets of former agricultural buildings all of which have been converted to form a number of commercial storage units which provide a substantial income stream.

On the left of the drive, as the house is approached are a pair of former poultry sheds, part block construction, timber clad with corrugated roof. These buildings are divided into four commercial units let out as shown in the table and plan opposite. They also house the farm offi ce and a general store for garden machinery and workshop.

The drive bends round to the right, past the hedged garden of the farmhouse and into a traditional courtyard of former stable blocks, brick built with concrete fl oor and corrugated roof.

Beyond are two former grain stores and cattle yards. None of the buildings are currently used for agriculture but there is scope for a change of use again should this be required.

The buildings and their tenancies are shown on the buildings plan and further described in table opposite. The buildings are rated.

Unit Lease Start (P) if presumed

Term (HO) if held over Rent (pa)

1 10/09/2004 1 year (HO) £18,000

2 01/08/2014 2 years £4,680

3 17/10/2013 (P) 1 year (HO) £6,000

4 25/02/2016 (P) 2 years £12,000

5 01/08/2014 3 years £18,225

6 17/03/2015 (P) 2 years £4,656

7 VACANT

8 01/05/2014 1 year (HO) £3,600

9 12/03/2016 2 years £12,000

9a VACANT

9b 2016 TBC 2 years £2,400

10 2016 TBC 1 year £3,000

11 2007 (P) 1 year (HO) £3,600

12 2016 TBC 2 years £4,740

12b 18/04/2013 1 year (HO) £1,680

Total £94,581

via internal tracks leading from the farmyard. The land is classifi ed predominantly as Grade 3. All fi elds have water troughs. One fi eld to the south of the farm is ridge and furrow.

FarmingThe land is all in grass and is cut for silage and grazed by sheep and cattle. Two to three cuts of silage are taken during the summer months straight off the farm.

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Mezzanine

Mezzanine

OutbuildingsApprox gross internal areas

Unit 1: 5,454 sq ft = 506.7 sq m

Unit 2: 1,366 sq ft = 126.9 sq m

Unit 3: 1,972 sq ft = 183.20 sq m

Unit 4: 2,325 sq ft = 216 sq m

Unit 5: 4,888 sq ft = 454.1 sq m

Unit 6: 723 sq ft = 67.2 sq m

Unit 7: 489 sq ft = 45.4 sq m

Unit 8: 467 sq ft = 43.4 sq m

Unit 9: 2,912 sq ft = 270.6 sq m

Unit 9a: 283 sq ft = 26.3 sq m

Unit 9b: 354 sq ft = 32.9 sq m

Unit 10: 526 sq ft = 48.9 sq m

Unit 11: 377 sq ft = 35 sq m

Unit 12: 547 sq ft = 50.8 sq m

Unit 12a: 108 sq ft = 10 sq m

Offi ce: 107 sq ft = 9.9 sq m

Not Let: 656 sq ft = 60.9 sq m

NB table correct at the time of print and subject to change.

Not shown in actual location/orientationIllustration for identifi cation purposes only. Not to scale.

GeneralMethod of sale: Fieldside Farm is offered for sale as a whole by private treaty subject to the leases, licenses and agreements outlined in these particulars. Further details are available from the vendor’s agent.

Services: Fieldside Farmhouse has mains water and electricity to the property. There is a private septic tank.

All of the farm buildings have three phase electricity and each unit is metered separately. There is a separately metered mains water supply to the farm buildings and separate private drainage to a septic tank. There is also a free standing Portaloo which drains to a separate klargester unit. Separate oil tanks serve Units 5 and 12.

A cottage which was formerly part of the farm, to the north is supplied water by the vendors, with a meter read by the vendors and invoiced accordingly.

Wayleaves, easements and rights of way: The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

There are two public footpaths over the land. Further details are available from the vendor’s agent.

EPCs and Council Tax:

Property EPC Band Council Tax Band 2016/17 paymentFieldside Farmhouse F G £2,610.96

Basic Payment: There is no Basic Payment claimed on the land.

Sporting, timber and mineral rights: All sporting timber and mineral rights are included in the freehold sale, in so far as they are owned. The sporting rights are in hand but are not currently exercised.

Planning: A consent was granted in 1992 (Application No: 92/2095/APP) for change of use on the buildings from agriculture to industrial and storage use. Further information is available from the vendors agent.

Fixtures and fittings: All items usually regarded as tenant’s

fixtures and fittings and equipment, including fitted carpets and curtains, together with garden ornaments and statuary, are specifically excluded from the sale. These may be available to the purchaser by separate negotiation.

Local authority: Aylesbury Vale District Council, The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury HP19 8FF. Tel: 01296 585 858.

VAT: Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property, or any part of it, or any right attached to it, becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable in addition.

Health and safety: Given the potential hazards of a working farm we ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making your inspection for your own personal safety, particularly around the farm buildings and machinery.

Solicitors: Horwood & James LLP, 7 Temple Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2QB. Tel: 01296 487 361

ViewingStrictly by confirmed appointment with the vendor’s agents, Strutt & Parker in London 020 7629 7282.

Postcode: HP22 4DQ

Directions From Aylesbury take the A41 towards Banbury and Oxford. Continue along the A41 until turning right in the village of Waddesdon onto the Quainton Road. Follow the road, crossing the railway and Fieldside Farm will be found on the right hand side.

From Bicester take the A41 towards Aylesbury. In the village of Waddesdon turn left onto Quainton Road. Follow this road, crossing the railway and Fieldside Farm will be found on the right hand side.

Fieldside Farm

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright (ES763454). NOT TO SCALE

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