Brookhouse Road, Brookhouse, Lancaster, Lancashire
North West
£500,000
Listed on 05/11/2026
Listed on 05/11/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
4Type
DetachedArea
926 sqftFeatures
- Garden
Description
Bridge End Farmhouse is a historic property between Caton and Brookhouse, offered with planning permission for a four-bedroom home. The approved layout includes a kitchen, living and dining rooms, study, utility area, boot room, three bedrooms including an en-suite, and a house bathroom. The listing also describes adjoining land of approximately three acres.
WHOTS analysis
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34out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity
Confidence: LOW
Bridge End Farmhouse has the ingredients for an ambitious rural conversion: a substantial traditional stone farmhouse, adjoining buildings with consent for conversion, around three acres of land and a wooded approach with established grounds. The planning drawings offer a starting point for shaping the farmhouse and outbuildings into a distinctive home with adaptable workspace or guest accommodation, subject to checking the consent and its status. The farmhouse exterior appears broadly intact, while the ancillary buildings show open elevations and weathered-looking roof coverings whose condition needs investigation.
The overall WHOTS score is 34/100, grade E. The main constraint is value: at £500,000, the asking price is about £540/sq ft against a local average of £271/sq ft, so it looks dear on the available comparison. This is a heavy conversion project rather than a cosmetic refresh, and the economics score is limited by insufficient renovation-economics data. The scale and the asking price make careful due diligence especially important.
Key opportunities
- Rework the traditional stone farmhouse around the approved plans to create a four-bedroom home that balances historic character with modern rural living.
- Convert the former cart shed and piggery under the existing consent into flexible workspace, gym or guest accommodation, subject to verifying the planning details.
- Make the most of the approximately three acres, mature trees, wooded drive and established grounds to create a distinctive rural setting.
Key risks
- Open elevations and weathered-looking roof coverings on some ancillary buildings need close inspection; their structural condition is not established by the available images.
- This is a heavy, multi-building conversion programme, not a cosmetic refresh: allow for substantial coordination and time across the farmhouse and outbuildings, with the scope guided by surveys and the approved scheme.
- The asking price is about 99% above the local £/sq ft average, weakening the value case.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Lancaster Rail Station
4.2 miles
Train · Lancaster
Carnforth Rail Station
4.6 miles
Train · Carnforth
Bare Lane Rail Station
5.0 miles
Train · Bare
Wennington Rail Station
6.2 miles
Train · Wennington
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