Description
14.88 acres of agricultural land with outstanding views from White Nothe to Start Point, over Chesil and the Fleet, offered for sale in two lots
FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION AND VIA LIVESTREAM AT 2:00PM ON THURSDAY 5TH JUNE 2025 AT DIGBY HALL, HOUND STREET, SHERBORNE, DORSET DT9 3AA
Auction - For sale by Public Auction and via Livestream on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 2pm at The Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA. Register to bid in the room, online, by telephone or by proxy via our website.
The Land - A total of 16.88 acres of south-facing, sloping permanent pasture land with outstanding views from White Nothe to Start Point and over Chesil and the Fleet.
Lot A - 14.05 acres of level to sloping, stock-fenced land laid to permanent pasture, with outstanding 180° sea views.
Lot B - 0.83 acres of stock-fenced permanent pasture with road frontage.
All of the land is free-draining grade 3 agricultural land, with shallow lime-rich soil.
Situation - The land enjoys a rural location 0.4 miles from the village of Portesham. The land is approximately 5 miles from Dorchester and Weymouth and just 2.5 miles from Chesil Beach.
Directions - From Dorchester, take the A35 heading west towards Bridport. After approximately 3 miles, turn left onto Coombe Road. At the junction, turn right, then left to stay on Coombe Road. Continue to the village of Portesham. After entering the 30mph zone, continue for 0.25 miles, then turn left onto Winters Lane. The access track to Lot A is found on the left after 0.3 miles, signposted Portesham Farm. Lot B is currently accessed from Lot A. Lot B also has road frontage to Winters Lane, approximately 0.3 miles east of the access track to Lot A.
Access - The land benefits from a formal right of access over third-party-owned land from Winters Lane, shown in red on the sale plan (also a bridleway). Lot B is currently accessed from Lot A. Lot B also has road frontage to Winters Lane. Please refer to the legal pack for more information.
Services - A private water supply currently serves the property via a neighbour. This is an unwritten and informal arrangement, and the Vendor does not propose to formalise it with a deed of easement before completion. For more information, please see "Agents Note".
Designations - Both Lot A and Lot B are located in Dorset's Natural Landscape (formerly AONB) and are in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. Lot A contains a scheduled monument.
Rights Of Way - Both Lot A and Lot B are registered as 'open access land' under The Countryside Rights of Way Act 2000.
Agents Note - Water Supply - Contact details for the adjoining landowner can be supplied if prospective purchasers are interested in negotiating a formal water supply easement. If a mains connection is required, a water main runs beneath Winters Lane to the South. Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries with Wessex Water about the feasibility and cost of a new connection. If required, the transfer documentation will grant the buyer of lot A the right to install a water pipe beneath lot B for the purposes of installing a mains connection (please refer to the drainage and water search as well as the draft transfers of part contained within the auction pack for further information).
Lot B will be offered for sale following a successful sale of Lot A. If Lot A is not sold, Lot B will not be offered.
Tenure - Freehold with vacant possession upon completion.
Mobile Coverage And Broadband - Mobile phone coverage is likely from O2, Three, EE and Vodafone (Ofcom.org.uk). No broadband.
Grants & Subsidies - No basic payment scheme entitlements or delinked payments are included. The land is not subject to any Environmental Stewardship or Countryside Stewardship agreements, nor any Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements.
Local Authority - Dorset Council - 01305 221000
www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
What3words - LOT B - ///unionists.suspended.spilling
Solicitors - Porter Dodson Solicitors, Mey House, Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3QY
Rob Oliver - rob.oliver@poterdodson.co.uk / 01305 756302
