A derelict nation cottage overlooking Watership Down is up on the market for £600,000 – regardless of fears the roof might collapse.
The 400-year-old retreat, which comes with its personal backyard stuffed with rabbits, is ‘not for the faint-hearted’ and is simply too harmful to enter as a result of the steps might collapse.
Elizabeth Cottage, at Crookham Widespread, close to Newbury, Berkshire, has been uninhabited for greater than a decade however will go in the marketplace tomorrow for followers of Richard Adams’ 1972 novel.
In addition to rabbits down the ‘jungle’ backyard, there are additionally mice, rats, deer, badgers and foxes overlooking Watership Down, which will be seen round 4 miles away in neighbouring Hampshire.
A derelict nation cottage overlooking Watership Down is up on the market for £600,000 – regardless of fears the roof might collapse
The 400-year-old retreat, which comes with its personal backyard stuffed with rabbits, is ‘not for the faint-hearted’ and is simply too harmful to enter as a result of the steps might collapse
Elizabeth Cottage, at Crookham Widespread, close to Newbury, Berkshire, has been uninhabited for greater than a decade however will go in the marketplace tomorrow for followers of Richard Adams’ 1972 novel
Adam Hinchliffe, from Brighton-based Public sale Home Sussex, stated anybody courageous sufficient to tackle the cottage and restore it will find yourself with a dream house.
The home has 4 bedrooms, its authentic 400-year-old timber beams in addition to fireplaces and being set in gorgeous countryside. There’s a one bed room annex and 1.5 acres of land, a lot of which is overgrown.
It is usually nonetheless near the M4 and predominant prepare line into Paddington station in London, that means commuters shouldn’t be postpone.
Mr Hinchliffe stated: ‘Properties like this not often come on to the market. That is in an beautiful location backing on to Crookham Widespread.
‘There’s a sure magic connected to the thought about doing up a wreck like this, nevertheless it’s not for the faint-hearted. This property wants complete renovation and might be a shocking property when it has been accomplished.’
He added: ‘It is one of many final possibilities earlier than Christmas to purchase a home in 2021. There was loads of curiosity in Elizabeth Cottage with potential patrons downloading authorized packs from our web site, so it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see who is admittedly up for such a beautiful venture.’
Auctioneer Adam Hinchliffe, from Brighton-based Public sale Home Sussex, stated anybody courageous sufficient to tackle the cottage and restore it will find yourself with a dream house
The house has 4 bedrooms, its authentic 400-year-old timber beams in addition to fireplaces and being set in gorgeous countryside. There’s a one bed room annex and 1.5 acres of land, a lot of which is overgrown
An outline of the home on-line reads: ‘An uncommon alternative to amass a indifferent 4 bed room property on good measurement plot in a rural setting, requiring full refurbishment.
‘The property is in poor restore and appears to have been derelict for a few years. Elizabeth Cottage and land sits on a plot roughly 1.5 acres, with entry to Crookham Widespread to the rear.’
It continues: ‘The primary home includes three reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room and utility room on the bottom flooring.
‘First Flooring there are three bedrooms and two loos. To the rear of the property there’s a one bed room annexe and outbuildings.
‘The property has improvement potential, the adjoining plot Elizabeth Farm obtained planning permission for 3 indifferent homes in 2012.’
It provides: ‘THERE WILL BE NO INTERNAL VIEWINGS POSSIBLE TO THE BUILDINGS DUE TO ITS POOR CONDITION. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER.’
It is usually nonetheless near the M4 and predominant prepare line into Paddington station in London, that means commuters shouldn’t be postpone
Watership Down was made well-known by Adams’ novel about a few household of rabbits, which was was a success Hollywood movie.
The cottage overlooks the nation mansion of Phantom of the Opera composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber at Sydmonton, 5 miles from Crookham Widespread.
It is usually a mile away from Greenham Widespread, a disused wartime airfield which was the main target for the peace protest within the Eighties.
Right here a whole lot of feminine anti-nuclear campaigners chained themselves to fences surrounding the bottom, together with stretches of Crookham Widespread, and compelled the US to withdraw cruise missiles from British soil.
Brighton-based Public sale Home Sussex will promote the cottage at a livestreamed public sale on Tuesday.