Auction Information

Online Auction with a Guide Price of £60,000 to £70,000 (Unless Sold or Withdrawn Prior). Proposed online bidding end 07 September 2023. bidding opening no later than 12:15pm with proposed bidding to end at 12:45pm. 

Bidding usually opens at least ½ hour before end time.

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES MUST READ AND FOLLOW THE ONLINE AUCTION TERMS & CONDITIONS, LEGAL PACK & ANY ADDENDUM BELOW UNDER OTHER KEY INFORMATION. 

Description

The opportunity to purchase the Former St Mary’s Church, benefitting from a good-sized plot, and offers a semi-rural location. The property serves in our view as an opportunity for developers and could be utilised for a range of uses (subject to planning permission). Situated in the village of Llanfaglan, located circa 3 miles from the historic castle town of Caernarfon, offering a wide range of amenities such as; Supermarkets, Surgeries, Banks, Schools, Restaurants and more.

The property shown edged red on plan A (Included within the legal pack) must not be used for:

·   Manufacture, distribution or sale of alcohol.

·   Religious use.

·   Immoral, sacrilegious, offensive or noisy purposes; use for the occult or psychic mediums; use as a club; weddings.

 The purchaser must agree:

·  The property must cease to be called St Mary Magdalene’s Church and shall not be called by any name that is associated with its use as a church or the dedications 'Mary Magdalene’ or ‘Mary’ or ‘Magdalene’.

·  To comply with all planning and other relevant legislation.

In relation to the graveyard shown edged green on plan B (Included within the legal pack) the purchaser must agree:

A.     To keep the area as open space as a graveyard and to use it for no other purpose. No materials or vehicles including any gardening machinery or tools shall be stored upon the graveyard.

B.     To permit access to and not interfere with any legitimate visitors to graves during daylight. The Vendor’s decision as to who is a legitimate visitor shall be final. Where any building works are carried out, including excavation, the purchaser shall ensure that public access to graves is not obstructed without the Vendor’s agreement. 

C.    Not to permit any animals onto the graveyard and to ensure that dogs or other animals in the ownership of the purchaser or anyone associated with the purchaser are secured such that visitors to graves are not frightened or intimidated.

D.    Not to decorate or in any way interfere with any gravestones or monuments and to keep the graveyard and all walls gravestones and monuments in good and tidy condition such that access for visitors is not obstructed or interfered with. The purchaser shall monitor the condition of the gravestones and monuments and consult the vendor if any represent a safety risk so that permission and instruction on remedying any problem can be provided.

E.     The purchaser shall also agree to adhere to the Church in Wales’s faculty regulations under the control of the Diocesan Court for any works to alter or move gravestones if required to do so by the Vendor and to be bound by its decision or any decision of an appeal court. There shall be no exhumation of remains unless the requirements of the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 or other burial ground legislation that may apply are fulfilled. Notice of any application under the 1981 Act shall be copied to the Vendor.  If approval is obtained under the Act, or a license for exhumation is granted, to provide evidence of the appropriate authority to the Vendor.

F.     Not to excavate any of the land included in the sale without obtaining all appropriate permissions and consents including those required under acts of parliament or local or national statutory instruments.  The Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 applies to any building works and the purchaser will need to take legal advice to ensure familiarity with the details. 

 The covenants listed above (A-F) do not apply to the land shown hatched green on plan B (Included within the legal pack).

 If the property is sold to another party (the acquiring party), the purchaser will enter into a contract with the acquiring party and the Representative Body to the effect that the acquiring party will accept and uphold the covenants contained in the original conveyance and incorporate the same clause in the terms of any contract with any successive purchaser.

 The purchaser will be responsible for meeting surveyors and solicitors’ fees or any other reasonable costs incurred as a result of any variation, licence or contract relating to any of the above conditions.

 In relation to the land edged red, but excluding that edged and hatched green (Included within the legal pack)

Overage: The successful purchaser agrees to enter into an overage agreement and to pay the vendor 30% of the increase in value should planning permission be obtained for development of the associated land and grounds within the next 25 years.

In relation to the property edged red on Plan A (Included within the legal pack)

The purchaser must agree: Where the building is unlisted, to give the vendor notice of any proposal to remove where present any remaining stained glass, fonts, altars, organs, bells, wall memorials or plaques from the property.  The items must be offered to the vendor who must be given three months from the date of removal to respond and collect the items.

Church in Wales Charity Statement

As a registered charity (registered charity number: 1142813) our client is required to obtain best value in all disposals of property in line with the provisions of the Charities Act 2011 and to ensure that terms are endorsed by a chartered surveyor as being in accordance with the Act. 

Note to Customers 

All our online auction lots are offered for sale with the required advertising statement, “unless sold or withdrawn prior” although the desire is that all offers should be made once the online bidding has commenced and not before. On the majority of auction lots, the sellers have given instruction that no offers will be considered prior. 

Any offers made BEFORE the bidding opens must be submitted to us in writing and will only be considered if the lot has been viewed and the legal documentation inspected. Our clients typically agree that only pre-auction offers SUBSTANTIALLY above the top guide price figure will be submitted for their consideration.

See Auction terms and special conditions prior to bidding & ADDENDUM BELOW

NOTE: Details may be amended and documents added/changed, bidders need to ensure they check all documents and also check for updates throughout the auction. 

06/09/23- ADDENDUM: UPDATE TO THE LEGAL PACK- The document “Draft Contract” has now been amended, please refer to point 10 with regards to completion. 

06/09/23- ADDENDUM: It has been suggested that the site or part of an area of the site included in the sale of the former Church of St Mary, Llanfaglan, may incorporate rare forms of fungi and or plants, however the seller has not made any investigations or received any formal or detailed surveys.