A WELL-known moorland property with a possible Bronte link is being sold at auction – with a guide price of £1.65 million. Moor Lodge near Stanbury is a former retail showroom, and was once home to Scar Top Antiques – whose popularity drew visitors from across a wide area.
Now the stone-built 47,000sqft property – together with 22 apartments and a gamekeeper’s cottage on the five-acre site – is up for sale. It is being auctioned by SDL Property Auctions, part of Eddisons. The company says the property has capacity to generate £180,000 a year in rental income via the apartments and cottage.
A view from the moorland location (Image: submitted) It will be sold online in a single-lot timed auction, which opens on Tuesday, October 8. Eddisons director, Andy Thompson, says: "This is a really unusual property in an amazing location, five miles from Haworth and with sweeping moorland views across Bronte country. "It has a great deal of potential for redevelopment, subject to securing the relevant planning consent, and we’ve had interest from all sorts of potential new owners – from investors to entrepreneurs.
"The site includes a former shooting lodge which has been used as a retail showroom, as well as the keeper’s cottage and a three-storey block of self-contained apartments. "The property could be ideal for redevelopment as a care home, residential conversion, wedding venue or large private residence, subject to planning permission." An aerial shot of Moor Lodge .