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Guide Price£975,000

Beech Villa, Wigton, Cumbria

Land size
5.96 acres

Description

Exceptional commercial lifestyle property offers a spacious 4-bedroom farmhouse, a range of purpose-built workshop buildings and adjoining land extending in total to 5.96 acres

Set on the outskirts of the market town Wigton, with easy access to the A596 and A595, this exceptional commercial lifestyle property offers a spacious 4-bedroom farmhouse, a range of purpose-built workshop buildings and adjoining land extending in total to 5.96 acres. Finished to an exceptionally high standard and ideally suited to a variety of agricultural, commercial, engineering, storage or specialist business uses the buildings at Beech Villa offer a wide range of opportunities.

The property benefits from two access points allowing the residential property and yard space traffic to be separated achieving a combination of rural seclusion and excellent accessibility, with the A596 close by providing straightforward links to Carlisle, Wigton and beyond.

The attractive farmhouse provides comfortable accommodation, enjoying a private setting with views over the surrounding countryside. Complementing the residential element is an impressive complex of modern workshop buildings, thoughtfully designed and constructed to a professional specification. The workshops benefit from generous floor areas, excellent access, substantial power provision and internal layouts capable of supporting a wide range of operations.

Immaculately presented throughout, this exceptional four-bedroom family home offers generously proportioned accommodation finished to an extremely high standard. The property boasts two spacious reception rooms, providing versatile living space, along with a large kitchen/diner ideal for family life and entertaining. A substantial utility room adds further practicality to the ground floor.

Upstairs, the impressive master bedroom enjoys attractive views over adjoining land and benefits from both a walk-in wardrobe and a stylish en suite. The remaining bedrooms are well proportioned, making the property ideally suited to modern family living.

The land is classified as Grade 3 under the provisional agricultural land classification and is divided into three well-fenced paddocks for grazing and mowing purposes. Benefitting from a mains water supply and stock proof boundaries the land is suited to a range of purchasers.
Part of the land, shown hatched on the sale plan, is sold subject to an overage of 50% of the uplift in value attributable will be payable in favour of the previous owner. The overage period is 25 years from 26th November 2020. The overage will become payable on the implementation of Planning Permission or development without the benefit of Planning Permission; or a disposal of the property with the benefit of planning permission.

SERVICES
The property benefits from solar panels as well as a biomass boiler. Each of these are on existing tariff agreements with further details available upon request. The biomass boiler fuels the central heating as well as hot water for the property.
Drainage is to a private septic tank. Please note no formal investigation has been carried out as to the operation of the sewerage system and septic tank, these may not meet the current General Binding Rules 2020 and the property is being sold on this basis. All parties must ensure that their lenders are aware of this before submitting an offer.

COUNCIL TAX
Band D

NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE
The land is not within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES
The land is not currently entered into any schemes,

SPORTING & MINERAL RIGHTS
The mines and minerals are excepted from the majority of the property.

BURDENS
The property is sold subject to all rights including rights of way, whether public or private, rights of light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights, obligations and easements, quasi easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether or not constituted in the title deeds or referred to in these particulars.

TENURE
The property is offered for sale Freehold with Vacant Possession on completion.

VIEWINGS
Viewings are strictly by appointment, please contact us on .

METHOD OF SALE
The property is to be offered for sale as a Whole by Private Treaty. The Seller reserves the right to amalgamate, withdraw, or exclude any of the property shown at any time or to generally amend the particulars or order of sale.

KEY INFORMATION
• Standard construction.
• We understand that broadband and mobile telephone reception are available. For an indication of speeds and supply please see the OFCOM website:
• There is private vehicle parking

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
D
Date Posted
2026-09-04

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 247 Homes with Land listings in North West England (5+ acres).

This Property£163,591 / acre
Homes with Land Average (5+ acres) £100,851 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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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

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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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
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

35 Mbps

Superfast · available to 24% 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

  • St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School893 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    136
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Thomlinson Junior School0.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    227
    Type
    Community school
  • Wigton Nursery and Infant School1 mileOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 7
    Pupils
    165
    Type
    Community school
  • Rosley CofE School3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    66
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wiggonby CofE School3.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    61
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Nelson Thomlinson School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,095
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Caldew School6.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    990
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Richard Rose Morton Academy7.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    905
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Beacon Hill Community School8.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    135
    Type
    Community school
  • Trinity School9.6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,711
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

* 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

Lidl Wigton, Wigton0.6 miles
Spar - King Street, Wigton0.8 miles
Co-op Wigton - Station Road, Wigton0.8 miles

GP surgery

Wigton Group Medical Practice0.9 miles

Pharmacy

Well0.8 miles

Hospital

Wigton Hospital1.2 miles

Green space

Playing Field686 metres

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

Wigton Rail Station0.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Howrigg Bank766 metres

Typical drive times

Wigton3 min · 1 miles
Silloth22 min · 13 miles
Aspatria16 min · 9.7 miles
Carlisle (city)21 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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Borderway Mart, Rosehill, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2RS

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