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Unusual properties for auction in June

Bowls Club, London W5

Ever fancied owning your very own watermill, or perhaps a piece of Islington pavement? If so, now's your chance – both are among the more unusual properties coming up for auction. Here is our pick of the unexpected lots going under the hammer this month.

Pavement, London, N1

A pavement area in Islington of approximately 560 sq ft will be up for sale with a disclosed reserve price of £4,000. The plot is situated on the east side of Islington Green, near the junction of Upper Street and adjacent to Camden Passage and its markets, shops, cafés and restaurants. This unusual patch of land offers bidders the opportunity to invest in Islington for a fraction of the price of a property. It could simply be held as an investment or potentially used for commercial purposes such as a location for a Saturday market stall or a mobile coffee shop, subject to the requisite consents.

Lot 153 at Savills Auction on 22 June.

Pavement, London N1

Bowls Club, London W5

Springfield Bowls Club in Ealing is going under the hammer with a guide price of £450,000+. The 0.95-acre site is utilised as a bowling club with tennis courts and let to the trustees of Springfield (Acton) Bowling Club on a 99-year lease from 1 July 1968 (52 years remaining) at £5,300 per annum. This unusual investment opportunity has a first class location, with the added benefit of Crossrail arriving in Ealing Broadway in 2019.

Lot 34 at Savills Auction on 22 June.

Bowls Club, London W5

Watermill, Essex

Codham Mill, in the village of Shalford, is offered with a guide price of £325,000+. The Grade II-listed four-bedroom house is more than 200 years old and still has the original waterwheel and grinding stones in place. It is ideally located, just five miles from Braintree’s direct rail links to London and 15 miles from Stansted Airport.

Lot 46 at Savills Auction on 22 June.

Watermill, Essex

Ynys Gaint, North Wales

Ynys Gaint, a major part of a unique private island in the Menai Strait, near Anglesey, with a substantial bungalow, is offered with a price guide of £450,000+. Former owners include British rower Sir William Fison, who won silver in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Incredibly rare to auction, the 10 acres of land and property offer masses of potential.

Lot 134 at Savills Auction on 22 June.

Ynys Gaint, North Wales

Thomas A Becket, London SE1

The Thomas A Becket pub, on the Old Kent Road, was once the boxing gym of Sir Henry Cooper, former British, European and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion, who trained at the premises for the majority of his career. Awarded a blue plaque in his honour, the building enjoys over 12,200 sq ft of commercial and residential space, currently generating rent of £84,704 per annum.

A local landmark in SE1, the Thomas A Becket has a guide price of £1.9 million+, offering buyers the opportunity to breathe a new lease of life into a historic building in an area set to benefit from the proposed extension of the Bakerloo line.

Lot 123 at Savills Auction on 22 June.

Thomas A Becket pub, London SE1

Further information

For more details on the Savills Auction on 22 June and other forthcoming auctions, contact Savills Auctions.

 

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