A rare opportunity is coming to the market this month, with seven historic properties in Haworth heading to auction. Among them are three small stone cottages next to the former Brontë family parsonage, all offered together with a guide price of £350,000.
These 19th-century cottages on Church Street feature characteristic mullion windows and stone-tiled roofs. One of the cottages has been converted to include an additional studio apartment, bringing the total to four properties in this collection. Historically, these homes were part of a cottage industry, where wool combing and other work were carried out by families for local factories.
The cottages will be part of SDL Property Auctions’ online, live-streamed event on 31 July, which includes over 160 other properties and plots of land. Also in the auction is a group of three interconnected buildings at the top of Haworth’s High Street. These buildings, currently in need of full renovation, were granted planning consent last year to be redeveloped into three separate residential units. Their guide price is set at £150,000.
Andrew Parker, partner and auctioneer at SDL Property Auctions, said: “Haworth is an incredible place, attracting over a million visitors a year to its Brontë Parsonage Museum, as well as the surrounding rugged moorland that was the setting for Wuthering Heights, and the much-loved nearby Keighley and Worth Valley steam railway. Needless to say, having what amounts to seven historic properties coming up for auction together in a village like Haworth, with its unrivalled literary heritage, is extremely rare, so much so that it’s really difficult to assess what price they might sell for when the gavel falls in our auction at the end of the month.”
He added: “All the properties are in the heart of the village: next to the church, in the case of the cottages, and the buildings for redevelopment are at the top of the cobbled main street with all of them falling within the local conservation area. All but one of the cottages are currently tenanted, generating a rental income, but in this incredible location a move to create new holiday accommodation, subject to planning consent, is something that potential buyers may consider.”
Those interested can find more details and register to bid online, by phone or by proxy on the SDL Property Auctions website at www.sdlauctions.co.uk.
