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Up for sale: castle’s ancient woodlands
A HUGE swathe of land around LeedsCastle isupfor sale for a total price of £2m. The family of a former owner of
the land, Lady Olive Baillie, are un- derstood to be behind the sale. John Clegg & Co is offering for
sale by private treaty, either as a whole or in 10 lots, 453 acreswithin a two-mile radius of the castle. The lots are priced at up to
£490,000 each, but the agentshave is- sued a guide price for all of themat £1,952,000. The woodland is hugely popular
with walkers and dog owners. Roe deer have recently been seen there, after an absence of several decades. TheAbbeyWood,whichstraddles
both Langley and Kingswood vil- lages, is for sale. So, too, are large sections of theKing’sWoodbetween Kingswood village and Chegworth. DownsMail understands that the
woodland is protected and cannot be built on and public footpathswill not be affected. Heather Harris, of John Clegg & Co, toldDownsMail: “Woodland is
protected in this country, it is highly unlikely it can be built on. " She said the land would make a
“very good investment or legacy” whichwould appreciate in value. According to the estate agents:
"The property and 500 acres of grounds were bequeathed to the Leeds Castle Foundation, while the rest of the estate remained in the Baillie family,which is nowoffering thewoodlands for sale.” John Clegg of John Clegg & Co,
said: “These are woodlands with considerable charm and their loca- tion and content also means that they have commercial potential.
“The coppice has been actively
managed and its produce is recog- nised locally as being of high qual-
ity.Demand for the biomassmarket also looks set to grow once the bio- mass plant in Sandwich comes on stream in summer 2018. It is also worth noting that after two years of ownership, commercially-managed woodlands qualify for 100% relief from inheritance tax. Timber sales are free of income tax.” No one at Leeds Castlewas avail-
able for comment. Local borough councillor for Kingswood, Gill Fort said she would be monitoring the sale’s progress.
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