9 Copley Bent, Butterknowle, Bishop Auckland, Durham

This three-bedroom stone-built house is offered with the option to purchase the house and adjoining land together or separately. The house has a front living room with a bay window and open fire, a central hall and a kitchen with fitted wall and floor units and a large cupboard containing the air source heat pump equipment. A bathroom with a bath and overhead electric shower is at the rear. Upstairs are three bedrooms, including two front-facing doubles and a rear double with an ensuite WC and handbasin. The property is described as requiring modernisation. It has double glazing, an air source heat pump installed in 2024, solar panels assisting hot water, mains water and drainage, and off-road private parking. The house is of stone construction with a slate roof, and the particulars identify an area of flying freehold whose maintenance responsibilities are to be clarified by the sellers' solicitor. The separate land lot comprises 11.24 acres across two grassland enclosures, divided by a watercourse, with a small outbuilding and a concrete bridge between the parcels. The land is described as suitable for grazing and/or mowing, with access subject to a private right of way and a public footpath along the western boundary. The property is in a rural setting near Butterknowle, with Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland approximately eight miles away. Any further development would be subject to the necessary consents.