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Guide Price£2,500,000

Cold Farm, Gilmorton Road, Walcote, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17

Land size
80.7 acres

Key Features

  • 80.7 ACRES
  • DETACHED FOUR BEDROOM FARMHOUSE
  • STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

Description

Description

An exciting opportunity to purchase an 80.7 acre mixed arable and livestock farm within a single block with a four bedroom farmhouse, barn with planning consent, and a range of farm buildings. The Farmhouse at Cold Farm is a well-proportioned traditional farmhouse requiring complete renovation. The land is classified as Grade 3 under the Natural England Agricultural Land Classification with slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils.

Location

Cold Farm is located just three miles from the market town of Lutterworth which offers a range of amenities including supermarkets, public houses, garages, day care nurseries, primary and secondary schools, and a weekly open air market.
Access to Cold Farm is taken via a private drive off the Gilmorton Road. The property benefits from excellent transport links with access to major roads including the M1, M6, M69, and A5 nearby.

Accommodation

The farmhouse is painted brick under slate roof and benefits from mains water and mains electric connections and septic tank. Ground Floor: Coal Store, W/C x2, Shower Room, Former scullery, Kitchen, Lounge, Billiard room, Cloak room with w/c
First Floor: 4x double bedrooms, Family bathroom.

The Barn Conversion is a traditional brick barn situated in the centre of the yard at Cold Farm has the benefit of planning consent for extension and conversion to a four bedroom dwellinghouse with the following accommodation:
Ground Floor: Kitchen Diner, Sitting Room, Office, Pantry and Boot Room.
First Floor: 4 x Double Bedrooms, Family Bathroom and Store.

External: Range of adjoining outbuildings, including workshop, boiler shed, and stores.
The land at Cold Farm extends to approximately 77.78 acres comprising a mixture of arable and grassland in 7 conveniently sized enclosures.

Each Party to bear their own legal costs.

VAT

The Property is not opted to tax and therefore VAT is not applicable to the rent quoted.

Use

By appointment only with the selling agent.

Services

Mains water, mains electric connections & septic tank

Bullets Points 1

80.7 ACRES

Bullets Points 2

DETACHED FOUR BEDROOM FARMHOUSE

Bullets Points 3

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-05-16

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 22 Farms & Smallholdings listings in East Midlands (75+ acres).

This Property£30,979 / acre
Farms & Smallholdings Average (75+ acres) £12,347 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

53 Mbps

Superfast · available to 8% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    219
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sherrier Church of England Primary School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    414
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • John Wycliffe Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    315
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bitteswell2.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    104
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • South Kilworth Church of England Primary School2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    70
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Lutterworth College2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,580
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lutterworth High School2.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    849
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Thomas Estley Community College5.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    883
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Countesthorpe Academy6.4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,149
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Houlton School6.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    895
    Type
    Free schools

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Daily Walcote, Walcote, Leicestershire1.1 miles
Spar - Lutterworth, Lutterworth1.6 miles
Waitrose Lutterworth, Lutterworth1.7 miles

GP surgery

The Wycliffe Medical Practice1.6 miles

Pharmacy

Lutterworth Pharmacy1.6 miles

Hospital

Fielding Palmer Hospital1.6 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Rugby Rail Station7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Petrol Station1.1 miles

Typical drive times

Rugby18 min · 9.5 miles
Hinckley23 min · 14 miles
Lutterworth7 min · 3.1 miles
Leicester (city)28 min · 17 miles
Market Harborough23 min · 12 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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