Church Farm. Fulmer, Buckinghamshire

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1 Church Farm Fulmer, Buckinghamshire

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3 Church Farm Fulmer, Buckinghamshire Muschamp Stud Unique opportunity to purchase a pocket stud and stables in the centre of an historic village Gerrards Cross 2.8 miles M40 (J1) 4.2 miles High Wycombe 13.8 miles London 21 miles (Distances and times approximate) House with annex and staff flat, offices, 20 stable yard, facilities and store, manege and about 25 acres of pasture Accommodation House and annex Reception hall Sitting room Family room Kitchen Utility room Boot room Double bedroom 2 further bedrooms Family bathroom Ensuite shower room Annex with bedroom kitchen and ensuite shower room Courtyard style garden 2 bed staff flat with living room and kitchen Office suite over two floors Kent House, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross Bucks SL9 7DP sales@trevorkent.com Stable yard 18 stables in three yards with stores and tack rooms 2 foaling boxes and vet room Sand manege and lunge ring Small indoor school now used as a store Office Visitors/staff room Pasture and paddocks For sale Freehold Total sq ft of house and annex: 2,296 sq ft (212 m 2 ) In all about 29.3 acres Baker Street London W1U 8AN country.houses@knightfrank.com Old Mulberry Yard, London End Beaconsfield HP9 2JH beaconsfield@knightfrank.com

4 Buckinghamshire Fulmer is one of the most sought-after and exclusive addresses within South Buckinghamshire and the Home Counties. Surrounded by rolling Chilterns countryside, it offers a seamless combination of town and country living. The nearby town of Gerrards Cross offers a broad selection of local amenities, day-to-day shopping including a Tescos along with a selection of specialist retailers, boutiques and an inviting choice of cafés and restaurants. The educational system in Buckinghamshire is renowned and there is a wide variety of schools available in both the public and private sectors, including Grammar schools. Independent schooling is at nearby Gayhurst, Thorpe House and Kingscote for boys, and Maltmans Green and St Marys for girls. There is an infant school and pre-school in the village. For the commuter there is a main line railway station in Gerrards Cross offering frequent and fast trains into London Marylebone (approximately 30 mins). Junction 1 of the M40 is approximately 4 miles away, while junction 16 of the M25 is approximately 4 miles away, both offering wider access to the national motorway network. The South Buckinghamshire countryside offers a diverse range of country inns and local sporting facilities including golf at Gerrards Cross, Denham, Beaconsfield and the Stoke Park complex, which includes a fitness centre. Other facilities include an active tennis club as well as cricket, hockey, rugby and equestrian centres. Patchetts is the largest nearby competition centre, and there is excellent hacking very close by in Black Park or Stoke Common, and Windsor Great Park is 20 minutes away. Church Farm For Sale Freehold Church Farm has been run as a successful private stud on about 25 acres of paddocks in the centre of the village. It is accessed off Windmill Road, to a large parking area adjacent to the yard and stables. The main house is set back from the yard and is accessed either directly off Windmill Road or through the yard. The house consists of a large kitchen and living room off a large central hallway. There is one downstairs bedroom with an ensuite shower room. Upstairs there are two further bedrooms and a family bathroom. There is a separate stairway to the annex with bedroom, shower room and kitchenette. The garden is to the back of the house leading out to the yard which is cobbled and contains a kennel/dog run and an attractive wooden garden house with a patio deck. Adjacent to the house is a staff flat and which in turn is beside a suite of good offices over two floors with access both to the front and Windmill Road and to the yard. Adjacent to the house and with direct access to Windmill Road only is a further 3 bedroom house which is available subject to separate negotiation. Please contact the agents for further details. Further grazing land available by separate negotiation. Church Farm The renowned Muschamp Stud was established on the site about 40 years ago. It is currently let as a going concern on a short term basis and the tenant runs a yard for about 15 private client horses and broodmares. The paddocks are adjacent to the yard and are well fenced with post and rails and good hedging interspersed with mature trees. The tranquillity of the valley offers peace and quiet for the grazing horses. Stables and Barns There are a selection of barns providing stabling and storage. The main Atcost barn is adjacent to the car park and houses 4 outwards facing stables, small and large tack

5 rooms and visitors/staff room. There is a mezzanine floor over for hay and feed storage. In the past loose pens have been used for young stock and these are now used for storage. Opposite the Atcost barn are the lean-to workshops on the side of the former indoor school. Beside the Atcost barn is the sand lunging arena and beyond a 60m x 20m sand and rubber manege in good order, with lighting. Adjacent to this are a run of six wooden Harlow boxes with tackroom and stores. The farm has primarily been used for horse breeding and there is a purpose built foal barn, with two spacious foaling boxes and an office or sitting up room situated between them. On the end of the barn is a small vets laboratory and wc and shower room. At the rear of the yard are a further 8 Lodden boxes with a tack room in the middle. The last one in the row has direct access to the paddock at the back. Paddocks and pasture The 25 acres are all in permanent mature sheltered pasture. The 7 watered paddocks are interspersed with mature hedging and some fine trees. This gives an unsurpassed feeling of peace and tranquillity, shelter and horizon for the horses. Further land and accommodation There is further land and a separate house available. Please contact the agents for further details. General remarks and stipulations Tenure and possession The Farm is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession. Easements, wayleaves and rights of way Church Farm is sold subject to and the benefit of existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way. Services Heating The accommodation is heated by mains gas. Electricity Mains electricity is connected to the properties. Water The properties are connected to the mains water supply. Drainage The properties have mains drainage. Broadband Connected. Health & safety Given the potential hazards of working farms, we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making your inspection for your own personal safety and to take particular care in the vicinity of farm buildings. Fixtures and fittings All items known as tenants fixtures and fittings, together with garden statuary, are excluded from the sale unless specifically mentioned in the sale particulars. The Lodden Yard Local authority South Bucks District Council, South Bucks District Council, Capswood, Oxford Road, Denham UB9 4LH Council Tax and rates The house is rated in Band G. The stud farm attracts agricultural rates. Boundaries Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither the vendor nor the vendor s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendor s agents whose decision acting as experts shall be final.

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7 Plans, Areas and Schedules These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. They have been checked and computed by the vendor s agents and the purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to the description of the property. Any error or mis-statement shall not annul the sale nor entitle either party to compensation in respect thereof. Planning The property is subject to a S.52 agreement which details that the land, yard and house cannot be sold separately and the occupier of the house must be involved in equestrian activity including some breeding, or agriculture. For further details please contact the agents. VAT Any guide prices quoted or discussed are exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property or a part of it or any right attached to it becomes chargeable for the purposes of VAT such tax will be payable by the purchaser. Viewings Viewing is strictly by prior appointment with the joint agents. Postcode SL3 6HD Directions From the A40 Oxford Road, turn into Fulmer lane and follow down hill to village. Just before the Church on the left there is a white five bar gate to Church Farm. Go through the gate to the Car park. Epc Main House Important notice 1. Particulars: These particulars are not an offer or contract, nor part of one. You should not rely on statements by Knight Frank LLP in the particulars or by word of mouth or in writing ( information ) as being factually accurate about the property, its condition or its value. Neither Knight Frank LLP nor any joint agent has any authority to make any representations about the property, and accordingly any information given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the agents, seller(s) or lessor(s). 2. Photos etc: The photographs show only certain parts of the property as they appeared at the time they were taken. Areas, measurements and distances given are approximate only. 3. Regulations etc: Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property does not mean that any necessary planning, building regulations or other consent has been obtained. A buyer or lessee must find out by inspection or in other ways that these matters have been properly dealt with and that all information is correct. 4. VAT: The VAT position relating to the property may change without notice. Particulars, photographs and plans dated: May Knight Frank LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registered number OC Our registered office is 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 8AN, where you may look at a list of members names.

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