We moved from Todmorden to Wales back in the summer of 2019. We lived in Calderdale for almost 20 years, so we know the borough quite well. We’ve chosen our old stomping ground as this week’s Property Spotlight area.
We’ve selected three very different homes; the budget example is a surprisingly spacious barge that sits on the Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge – the waterway that runs directly behind our old house. The middle home is a property that we ourselves seriously considered buying over a decade ago. It’s in Lumbutts, a small settlement located up above Todmorden town. The premium, million pound property is a 17th century Yeoman‘s house that exudes history and character.
‘Oddy’ – located near Mayroyd Lock Number 8, Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge
£90,000 (cash buyers only)
Oddy measures 55ft long, width 12 foot and weighing 30 ton. The boat was an hold vessel used to maintain the canals on the Leeds / Liverpool This is a true low maintenance boat in fair condition.
Fees:
- Boat licence – £94.48 per month, (£1,33.71 per annum)
- Mooring licence – (awaiting charges)
- Mooring fees – £128.00 per month (£1,536.00 per annum)
- Third party insurance on basic boats is around £100.00 per annum but you can shop around and get one a lot cheaper
23 Lumbutts, Todmorden
£400,000
- Idyllic location
- Spacious 4 double bedroom with 3 1/2 bathrooms
- Nearby trans Pennine railway station to Leeds/Manchester
- Rural yet close to amenities
- Large integral garage/workshop
- Moorland walking trails only moments away, in fact a walker’s paradise
- Served with full fibre broadband
- Near to Todmorden and Hebden Bridge and close to excellent country pubs
£1.2 million
With elements of the property thought to date back to medieval times, the majority of Wadsworth Banks Farm was built in the 17th Century, with large mullion windows, exposed beams and fireplaces found in many of the rooms.
- Four bedroom Yeoman’s house
- Grade II* Listed
- Full of characterful features
- Established south facing gardens
- Ample parking for several vehicles, trailers & horse boxes
- Barn with four stables
- In excess of three acres
- Far reaching views