AN ATTRACTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ONE-DAY GROUSE MOOR sand edge moor, wolsingham, county durham
AN ATTRACTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ONE-DAY GROUSE MOOR sand edge moor, wolsingham, county durham Total area approximately 697 acres (282 hectares) Guide price - 900,000 Description Sand Edge Moor extends to approximately 689 acres, of which 165 acres are freehold owned land, with the balance being freehold sporting rights over Sand Edge Common, comprising 534 acres. This very accessible moor has been within the family s ownership for a considerable time and has been managed as part of a wider family sporting estate. There has been a significant improvement in the moor s fortunes in recent years which has demonstrated its potential. The sporting rights are currently let to the vendor s brother and the ground is keepered as part of a wider estate. There are three rows of butts on the moor which provides for a compact yet interesting day s sport. The drives are shown on the plan with directional arrows which are a return drive in butts, a return drive to a wall and a single drive to a row of wall butts. Through the centre of the moors runs a former railway which is freehold owned allowing scope for creating an integral access road. The vegetation on the moor provides a mix of sward length and a recent increase in burning and cutting allows scope for the habitat to continue improving in years to come. The mix of vegetation, terrain and topography allows the moor to support a wide range of birdlife including the iconic black grouse. There are also two flight ponds on the moor. There is potential subject to obtaining necessary consents to construct a lunch hut facility on the railway line through the centre of the moor. Sporting Lease The sporting rights are currently let to the neighbouring owner, James Fenwick until the 10th December 2018 in return for a rent of 70 per brace shot on the moor. The lease allows the owner to take a day s shooting at commercial rates on the moor.
Grouse Records The season bag records along with the spring and summer counts for the last 9 years are below: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 count 35 38 105 195 182 181 153 216 195 Summer count 94 83 175 N/A 365 376 219 195 318 Bag (br) 5 0 41 424.5 241 311.5 45.5 124.5 423 Sand Edge Common CL48 The freehold sporting rights are owned over the common. There are grazing rights over the common owned by three parties set out below: John William Thompson, Viewley Hill Farm, Tow Law 100 sheep and their unweaned lambs Messrs Watson & Ross, Castle Hill Farm, Tow Law 250 sheep and followers David Martin Monkhouse, Low Houselope Farm, Tow Law 250 ewes and followers We understand that two of the graziers actively exercise their rights at the current time. There is no Environmental Stewardship Scheme in place. The freehold owner of the surface of the common is not known. Agricultural Occupancy Wolsingham Park Farms Ltd have a Farm Business Tenancy over 154 acres of the non-common area until the 31st May 2021 in return for a rent of 10 per annum. There is an Environmental Stewardship Scheme in place over this area which expires on the 31st May 2021. Designations The moor is free of any SSSI, SPA and SAC designations. The moor sits within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Rights of Way, Easements & Wayleaves The moor is intersected by footpaths, two restricted byways and a Byway Open to All Traffic, although we understand this has been downgraded to two wheel drive only. The freehold owned land is subject to a right of way for the benefit of Wolsingham Park Farms utilising the existing access routes. The moor benefits from a right to utilise the butts on the neighbouring Ninety-Acre Allotment and retrieve dead game. Further detail is included in the information pack. Minerals The mineral rights are owned by the Church Commissioners for England Viewings The land is principally open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2006 and there are a number of rights of way so access is available. Viewings can take place with the particulars in hand having due regard for the ground nesting birds, livestock and people s livelihood. Solicitors Hodgson and Angus 62 Front Street, Stanhope Bishop Auckland DL13 2UD Attn: Ian Shuttleworth 01388 528517 Method of Sale The property is for sale as a whole by Private Treaty, and the vendors reserve the right to set a closing date for the receipt of offers, if appropriate. VAT The freehold land will be free of VAT, but the sporting rights will be subject to VAT Directions The moor is situated two miles north of Tow Law to the west of A68. There is a property situated on the roadside and access to the moor can be gained along the footpath from this point. Date of Information Plan prepared March 2018 Particulars prepared March 2018
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ack ring Gill Salter's Ridge Wolsingham Park Quarry Heap Ninety Acre Plantation Path (um) Sinks Quarry Wood Path (um) BOAT SALTER'S GATE Ruin Ninety Acre Allotment THISTLEWOOD LANE () Sand Edge Edge Sand Trod Beck FB Quickburn Quarry (sand and crushed stone) s Ford SALTERSGATE LANE () WB Sinks Quick Burn Butts Sand Edge Sand Edge Brandon Manor Quick Brandon Cottage Reservoirs (covered) Burn Spreads CG Redmire Farm Workings Prospect Place 3 2 1 Little Acres Prospect House Ford High Hermitage Workings Droverhouse Plantation Sheep Dip Slurry Pit Ruins MS Ruin Dip Sheep Low Houselop Huts Quarry Cattle Grid Drover House Silo A 68 Silo well Cottage Farm DROVERHOUSE LANE Greenfield Cottage Farm Adelphi Plantations A 68 Houselop Quarry (disused) Middle Houselop KEY SAND EDGE COMMON FREEHOLD LAND EASEMENT STRIP SAND EDGE MOOR DRAFT N BUTT DIRECTION OF DRIVE NOT TO SCALE SALTERSGATE LANE Lay-by RIVER HOUSE 17 MUSEUM STREET YORK YO1 7DJ Tel: +44 (0) 1904 617800 SALTERSGATE LANE () Produced By The Cartographic & Design Team, Wessex House, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1PB. Tel: (01202) 856800 MCL/PDF REFERENCE: 24178/SAND EDGE MOOR_DRAFT ra DATE PRODUCED: 29/03/2018 NOTE - Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Ltd. NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct, its accuracy is not guaranteed. NOTE: THE RIGHTS OF WAY SHOWN ON THE PLAN ARE FOR INDICATIVE PURPOSES BOAT ONLY. FOR LEGAL PURPOSES REFER TO THE DEFINITIVE RIGHT OF WAY MAP. Path (um) THE EAST WALL THE BUTTS THE WEST WALL Lay-by (um) Path