We're in Lottery win territory today. Full-on renovation daydreaming.
To be fair, the property I'm going to focus on did have a fairly significant price drop last week- down from £1.3m to a nicely-rounded £1 million. As I said, full-on day dreaming.
Cold Coats Farm (what a name!) is a whole bunch of properties with potential, on the market for the first time since the 18th century.
At its core is the Grade II listed, four bedroom farmhouse above. Attached to that (by an ugly and unnecessary kitchen extension) is a two-storey building that could easily be a second property for an extended family.
And beyond that are a series of BIG stone barns, set within a gated area, ripe for development as holiday lets or a wedding venue (there's one massive central party barn), or as multi-family living.
And wrapped around all of it are 19 acres of farm land, looking out over the gorgeous Ribble Valley.
Honestly, if you dream of starting a commune, or a cult, this is the place.
The nearest villages are Wiswell and Whalley - both walkable, and the nearest town Clitheroe (four miles away) with Manchester a 40 minute drive.
Actually, it also seems pretty perfect for the rural arm of No 10 North. Because nothing would reassure our farmers more than seeing how Andy handles bulls.
Here's some pictures from inside the farmhouse.
Downstairs are four reception rooms, a utility room (separated from the kitchen extension), with four bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs, and a large attic above. The sort-of attached building next door has one room downstairs and one up, and ground floor store rooms with separate access.
The size of the property and its add-ons means there's limited space for pictures and information about the barns and outbuildings, but I do recommend having a look at the brochure, here, not least for the extra photos not online. Because the barns matter.
I mean, honestly, look at the scale difference between the farmhouse and that big party barn.
I mean, honestly, look at the scale difference between the farmhouse and that big party barn.
Cold Coats Farm is on the market at £1m through Ingham and Yorke. Details on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
