Features

  • Heatherwold House with 3 reception rooms, orangery, and gym. 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms
  • Gardens, ponds and parkland
  • Modern office complex with 4 offices, staff rooms and 2 flats
  • 3 cottages
  • Extensive stud buildings with 70 boxes, horse walker lunge ring and utility barns
  • 124 acres of superbly railed paddocks

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Tenure: Freehold

 

INTRODUCTION

Heatherwold has been a stud farm for many years producing thoroughbreds of consistent quality. As a stud farm it has its own mares and boards high quality mares and young stock for French and Irish breeders, not only due to its central location, but also due to the quality of its facilities and staff. Heatherwold has a good reputation for consigning and preparing young stock for the sales.

In addition to its status as a stud farm, it has some excellent flat land, and its accessibility makes it eminently suitable for a polo or sport horse centre. In addition to its trading potential, there is a fine principal house in a good location, approached by a long drive and surrounded by its own land.

LOCATION

Extremely well placed in central southern England, on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, close to the junction of the M4 and A34, Heatherwold Stud has quick access to London. It is an hour from Heathrow, Portsmouth, and various polo clubs and under 2½ hours from Newmarket. Due to its central location, it attracts boarding mares visiting stallions, and acts as a staging post for mares between Ireland and France.

HEATHERWOLD HOUSE

Approached by a long woodland driveway from the Newtown Road, south of Newbury and a mile from the A34, Heatherwold House is a substantial house of about 7,000ft² built on two floors. Although extended and modernised in 2003, it does now need updating. It is in a lovely setting looking south over lawns with mature trees.

With three excellent reception rooms, and in particular a big orangery by the kitchen, the house is designed for entertaining. In addition to cloakrooms and stores there is a gym and garaging.

On the first floor, accessed by two staircases and a lift, are 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a games room, with its own conservatory. Five of the bedrooms face south overlooking the lawns.

On the north side of the drive are the garden stores and utility buildings. The gardens are mostly lawn, with some fine beech and cedar trees, a parterre, and some attractive brick walling. To one side is the base of a tennis court, surrounded by mature trees.

THE OFFICES AND FLATS 1 & 2

Near the house is an excellent office and accommodation complex, suitable for the stud farm or an independent business, built in 2004. There are 2 office rooms, a meeting room, a kitchen, WC's and a store on the ground floor and an extensive first floor.

The flats include one with living room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms and a bathroom; the other with living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.

THE COTTAGES - these are either side of the back gate to Ox Drove and Burghclere.

Heatherwold Lodge

Approximately 1,485 ft² with hall, kitchen, sitting room, 3 bedrooms and a garage and a garden.

Heatherwold Cottage & Annex

The right hand part: 3 bedrooms, bathroom, wc, Utility Room, Kitchen, bedroom and sitting room. The left hand part: Kitchen, Bathroom and bedroom. Garage and Garden.

THE STUD BUILDINGS

Substantial and extremely practical, the stud buildings consist of:

The main barn and foaling unit containing four large foaling boxes and 34 further boxes. All have automatic drinkers and corner mangers. The foaling boxes are fitted with CCTV. There is also a veterinary examination room with a stock.

A second barn of 32 identical boxes, all fitted with automatic drinkers and corner mangers. Adjoining this barn is a tack room and feed room.

Between the two main barns there is a 5 horse Claydon horse walker and covered 14m lunge pen with viewing platform.

There is a third open-fronted barn used for storage of machinery, hay and straw as well as two large turnout pens.

THE LAND

With total paddock area of approximately 124 acres, the free-draining land is primarily flat or gently sloping. The 25 paddocks range from under an acre to 14 acres in size. Most have field shelters and are well fenced with post and rail throughout.

There are eight smaller turnout paddocks by the stud buildings, each of less than half an acre.

The southern seven paddocks have a tarmac road for access purposes, with well managed Italian Alder trees creating an attractive avenue.

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GENERAL REMARKS

Method of Sale 

The sale is of the property and fixtures and fittings.

Tenure and Possession

The freehold is available with vacant possession subject to occupancies described below.

EPC's and Council Tax

Heatherwold House: EPC Band - E. Council Tax Band - H (£3,739.28 payable 2022/23)

Heatherwold Lodge: EPC Band - E. Council Tax Band - E (£2,285.12 payable 2022/23)

Heatherwold Cottage: EPC Band - E. Council Tax Band - E (£2,285.12 payable 2022/23)

Heatherwold Cottage Annex: EPC Band - E. Council Tax Band - B (£1,454.16 payable 2022/23)

Flat 1 Heatherwold Stud: EPC Band - D. Council Tax Band - A (£1,246.43 payable 2022/23)

Flat 2 Heatherwold Stud: EPC Band - D. Council Tax Band - A (£1,246.43 payable 2022/23)

Services

Electricity - All the accommodation and buildings have mains electricity.

Water - Mains water throughout

Drainage - Heatherwold Lodge and Heatherwold Cottage are on mains. The office, flats and main house are on a septic tank.

Central heating - All accommodation and office buildings have oil fired central heating.

Sporting, mineral and timber

The sporting rights, the minerals and timber in so far as they are owned are included in the sale.

Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)

There are BPS entitlements for 50.82 hectares.

Local Authority

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Civic Offices, London Road, Basingstoke. RG21 4AH

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Business Rates

Rateable value £33,750. Rates payable of £17,280 in 2022/23.

Boundaries, plans, areas, schedules, and disputes

The Boundaries are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The Purchaser will be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and any error or mistake shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points arise on the general remarks and stipulations, particulars, schedules, plan on the interpretation of any of them, such questions shall be referred to the selling agents whose decisions acting as an expert shall be final.

Easements, covenants, rights of way and restrictions

The property is sold subject to, or with the benefit of, all existing wayleaves, easements, quasi-easements, rights of way, covenants, and restrictions, whether mentioned in the particulars or not. There is a wayleave payment from SSE of £280.95 for several poles around the property. Note that a footpath passes between paddocks in the southern part of the stud.

Employees

Where appropriate, the Purchaser will be responsible for complying with statutory provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulation 2006 (TUPE) in relation to employees at the property.

VAT

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

Stud Farm Name

The purchaser may continue to use the name Heatherwold Stud.

Fixtures and Fittings

The fixtures, fittings and equipment may be available to purchase at a reasonable valuation; however, they are not necessarily included in the sale of the property.

Development Uplift

A development uplift covenant applies to the southern part of the property. This expires in June 2023.

Solicitors

Knights PLC, Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 0PH.

Richard Pinney [use Contact Agent Button] [use Contact Agent Button] Reference RPIN1/HEA7060/1

Data Room

A data room is available on . Those wishing to access it will need to obtain login details from the agents.

Viewing

Strictly by appointment with the sole agents Windsor Clive International. [use Contact Agent Button].

Directions

From the M4 take Junction 13 (A34 south). From the A34, take the exit for Tot Hill. At the roundabout, take the second exit signposted for Burghclere. At the next T-junction, turn left. Follow Harts Lan through Burghclere, then turn left onto Wells Street. At the crossroads just after the village, turn left onto Ox Drove and the entrance to Heatherwold Stud will be on the right.

Postcode

RG20 9DU

Photographs taken October 2021 and April 2022

 

Last Modified 25/11/2022

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