Seven historic properties to be auctioned with combined guide price of £500,000

A collection of three small stone cottages neighbouring the former parsonage in Haworth that was home to the Brontё family is to be auctioned this month. The cottages, one of which has been divided to create an additional studio apartment, will go under the hammer with a guide price of £350,000 for all four properties.

The one and two-bedroom houses, with characteristic mullion windows and stone-tiled roofs, are on Church Street in the celebrated Pennine village and date back to the 19th century when cottage industries such as wool combing, carried out at home for nearby factories, were families’ main source of income.

The four properties, including the studio apartment, will feature in in SDL Property Auctions’ next online, live-streamed auction on 31 July, along with over 160 other properties and plots of land.

Also included in the auction are a cluster of three inter-connected buildings at the top of Haworth high street that auctioneers say are in need of full renovation. They were given planning consent in 2022 for redevelopment as three separate residential units and have a £150,000 guide price.

“Haworth is an incredible place, attracting over a million visitors a year to its Brontё 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,” said SDL Property Auctions partner and auctioneer, Andrew Parker.

“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.”

For more information about the properties in Haworth, go to the SDL Property Auctions website www.sdlauctions.co.uk, where interested parties can also register to bid in the live-streamed auction online, on the phone or by proxy.