Barn at Higher Clinger Farm, Wincanton, Somerset

Overview

An exciting development opportunity on the edge of a lovely village on the Somerset/Dorset border. A detached barn measuring about 237 m² (2,551 sq ft) with consent to convert to a dwelling.

Higher Clinger Farm is a former farmyard occupying a superb elevated position on the edge of Cucklington on the Dorset/Somerset border. The yard is no longer in agricultural use, with application number 23/02443 approved by Somerset Council for change of use from an agricultural building to a dwelling house. The unique scheme by highly regarded Somerset architects Della Valle proposes the conversion of the three barns in a very contemporary style.

A detached barn measuring about 237 m² (2,551 sq ft) with accommodation on the ground floor and with the main kitchen/dining/living space across the back, facing south and having wonderful views over the surrounding countryside, standing in a plot of about 0.49 acres.

Mains water and electricity are connected. Buyers to install treatment plants for drainage.

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Location

Cucklington lies between Wincanton and Gillingham, on the edge of the ridge overlooking the Blackmore Vale on the Somerset/Dorset border. The village itself has a church and a village hall, an excellent public house nearby in Buckhorn Weston.

The nearby towns of Gillingham and Wincanton both have a range of excellent everyday amenities, including a Waitrose and a mainline railway station at Gillingham with direct access to London Waterloo. For more sophisticated amenities the abbey town of Sherborne is to the west and the regional town of Yeovil beyond.

There are excellent road links with the A30 close by and the A303 lying some 2 miles to the north giving access to the South West and London via the M3. The area is renowned for its schools, both in the public and private sector. These include Bruton School for Girls, Kings School, Sexeys School and Sunny Hill prep. Other private schools include Sherborne Boys, Sherborne Girls, Bryanston, Milton Abbey, Leweston and Millfield. Prep schools include Hazelgrove at Sparkford and Sherborne Prep.

Directions

From the West Stour Crossroads head towards Sandley and continue through. Ignore the first and second signs to Cucklington and take the third into Rowls Lane where the entrance to Clinger Farm will be found on the left hand side.

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