LATEST PROPERTIES FROM SAVILLS

Offers sought for Blacknest Golf & Country Club

Strutt & Parker are inviting offers in excess of £1.75 million for the freehold of Blacknest Golf & Country Club.

Situated in attractive countryside on the Hampshire/Surrey border between Farnham and Alton, Blacknest offers a range of leisure facilities. The 18 hole 6,039 yard course has been laid out around numerous lakes and mature oak trees in a park-like setting with fine views over adjacent countryside. In addition to the normal golfing facilities in the modern clubhouse, there is a well-equipped health and fitness suite on the first floor.

Charles Greville-Heygate of Strutt & Parker believes that Blacknest provides a good opportunity for someone to acquire an attractive property with a diverse business and potential for further growth.

For further information contact Charles Greville-Heygate on 01722 344052, Fax 01722 411803, email charles.greville.heygate@struttandparker.co.uk

Golf development site for sale in Staffordshire

FPDSavills have been instructed by HM Prison Service to sell the surplus land adjoining HMP Swinfen for a guide price in the region of £338,000 - £428,000. The property is located in Staffordshire between Lichfield and Tamworth.

The land as a whole includes about 175 acres (70.8 hectares) of agricultural land, woodland and water. There is a range of modern general purpose farm buildings and a Victorian boathouse which requires restoration. The lake embankment requires some raising and improvement works which offers some potential for landfill. Further lots include a walled garden with ‘bothy’, originally part of Swinfen Hall, and various grass paddocks and woodland.

Informal discussions with the local planning authority have proved sympathetic towards a change of use to leisure including the development of a golf course with clubhouse. There is also potential for conversion of the boathouse to a small cottage and conversion of the bothy into ancillary accommodation in keeping with the setting of a Grade II listed building.

HMP Swinfen Hall was originally part of the Swinfen Estate and owned by Colonel Michael Swinfen Broun. On Colonel Broun’s death the estate was left to the Cathedral and City of Lichfield. The Government bought a section of the estate as part of its prison network and sold Swinfen Hall, a Grade II listed mansion which is now operated as a hotel and restaurant. A young offenders institution is still operated by HM Prison Service and is located nearby.

"This sale should attract a wide variety of interest," said Sarah Payne of FPDSavills Leisure Department, "not only from farmers and landowners but also from those purchasers who are interested in seeking alternative leisure and residential uses."

For further information contact Sarah Payne, FPDSavills Leisure Department, Banbury, Oxfordshire Tel: 01295 228012

FPDSavills www.fpdsavills.co.uk/golf

‘Best new course in England’ is for sale

Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club in Kent is for sale through FPDSavills. The new course, which was designed by Ian Woosnam, has been described by Golf Monthly as "the best new course in England". Further information is available through the specially prepared website at www.dalehill.co.uk

In addition a brochure is available and viewing can be arranged through Nick Sweeney or Jeremy Rollason of FPD Savills jrollason@fpdsavills.co.uk or telephone 020 7499 8644

Offers in excess of £6 million are invited for the freehold as a going concern.