Bidders battling to win ownership
of a Wiltshire farmhouse that had
not been on the market for 76
years drove the price beyond £1
million at auction, far exceeding
the estimate.
Avon View Farm, at The Star,
Holt, near Trowbridge, is a Grade
II listed stone built farmhouse with
eight bedrooms and set in almost
39 acres of land that goes down
to the banks of the River Avon,
where there are fishing rights. When it went under the hammer in Swindon in June the guide price
of £800,000 to £850,000 was
forgotten as three bidders battled
to make sure they became the
next owners. After one dropped
out, the other two continued until
the fight was won with a bid of
£1,020,000.
“There was a determined air
of excitement as the auction got
underway at the Hilton Hotel,” said
auctioneer Kit Harding, of Carter
Jonas. “Clearly, there is very much
of an appetite for farmhouses even when a fair amount of work
is required to bring the property up
to modern standards.”
Two parcels of land alongside
the house were offered each of
about six acres with guide prices
of £30,000 to £35,000. Again
there was strong interest, with
both eventually going to the same
local buyer. The first lot, with two
access points and a former stable
yard, achieved £60,000 (£9,836
per acre) and the second, pasture,
£34,000 (£5,397 per acre).
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