A GLASTONBURY orchard – measuring just 1.74 acres – sold for a whopping £217,000 at auction.

The sale was part of the Greenslade Taylor Hunt (GTH) sale at Sedgemoor Auction Centre, Junction 24, in North Petherton, which saw 29 lots go under the hammer.

Among them was the Glastonbury plot, at Edmund Hill Lane, which saw “hugely competitive bidding” before it sold for £217,000 – equating to £124,713 per acre – three times the guide price.

The site includes a range of agricultural and poultry buildings which have the potential for conversion to alternative uses.

Another 10 lots on Edmund Hill Lane were offered for sale, with all of them selling for significantly over their guide prices, attracting a large number of bidders in the room as well as more than 40 people registered to bid online.

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Among those was the orchard that belonged to Glastonbury farmer, Wilf Peddle, who passed away in June last year at the age of 74.

Affectionately known as the ‘Egg Man’, his former orchard was bought by The Friends of St Edmund’s Well CIC for £62,000.

Other prices of note included a small parcel of woodland in Yeovil Marsh, guided at £4,000, which sold for £14,000.

GTH’s next property auction is on Wednesday, October 22, at the Aldwick Estate, Redhill.

Entries are invited for the November sale at Sedgemoor Auction Centre on Wednesday, November 19.

For more information about selling at auction, or to register your interest in upcoming sales, contact the Yeovil GTH office on 01935 423474, or the Redhill office on 0117 2035577.