A semi-detached character cottage, in need of updating and set in a semi-rural location near Haywards Heath, is coming up for auction in December.

The property, 1 Park Cottages, London Road, Danehill, has a freehold guide price of £325,000 to £350,000 with vacant possession

The auction is being held on Wednesday, December 14 in Brighton by Britain’s largest independent regional land and property auctioneer Clive Emson Auctioneers.

Auctioneer Richard Payne said: “This is a superb opportunity to acquire an historic property in an elevated position and retaining many original features circa 1750, also having double glazed windows and a radiator heating system.”

The two/three bedroom property is at the northern end of Danehill, just off the A275 London Road with local shops and amenities. There are excellent road links to all surrounding areas including Haywards Heath, Crawley and East Grinstead.

A semi-detached cottage in need of modernisation in a semi-rural location opposite Ardingly Show Ground is also up for auction.

2 Alderwood Cottages in Selsfield Road, Ardingly, has a freehold guide price of £250,000 to £275,000 and is offered with vacant possession.

Richard said: “This is a rare opportunity to acquire a spacious, three bedroom cottage, in need of refurbishment throughout but with a good sized garden extending to 0.10 hectares (0.26 acres)

Ardingly is situated approximately four miles north of Haywards Heath and 10 miles southeast of Crawley and provides good road links via the A272 and the A23.

A detached commercial premises in Burgess Hill with lapsed residential planning permission has a freehold price guide of £200,000 to £225,000.

The property, near the town centre and station at 34 Cyprus Road, is arranged over the ground and basement floors with forecourt parking and excellent road links to the A23 and surrounding areas.

It is currently let at £14,000 per annum on a three-year lease from April 2016 with a rolling three-month landlord break option.”

Richard said: “Planning permission was granted in 2009 for a three storey building comprising six two bedroom flats, one one-bedroom flat and basement parking.

“This planning has lapsed, but the building is considered suitable for residential development, subject to necessary consents being obtainable.”

A former pumping station and land with potential at the rear of 20 Meadow Lane, Burgess Hill, has a freehold price guide of £50,000 plus and is offered jointly with Hunters.

The site extends to 0.029 hectares (0.07 acres) and is conveniently located in an established residential area just off the main A273 London Road within easy access of the A23 and the A272 which links all surrounding areas.

Richard said: “This former pumping station, approached via private driveway with parking for several cars, is arranged as a garage and store with ancillary land. It is ideal for a variety of uses.”

There is also a rare opportunity to acquire a detached bungalow on a plot extending to 1.14 hectares (2.83 acres) in a sought-after semi-rural area on the outskirts of Crowborough.

The two-bedroom bungalow at Bailey’s Plat in Sweethaws Lane, is offered jointly with Bracketts with a freehold price guide of £280,000 to £300,000 with vacant possession.

Senior Auction Valuer Emma Attrell said: “The property is now in need of improvement and refurbishment or may be suitable for re-development to provide a larger dwelling, subject to necessary consents being obtainable.”

A two bedroom, fifth floor retirement flat in the warden assisted complex Risingholme Court in Heathfield High Street, has a leasehold price guide of £50,000 to £52,000.

Emma said: “The block has a communal residents lounge, dining room, guest suite, passenger lifts, laundry room, gardens and car parking.”

It is conveniently located in the centre of Heathfield with a wide range of shops, supermarkets and amenities nearby. It is offered with vacant possession on the remainder of a 125-year lease from June 2007.

A footpath that lies to the rear of five cottages on Faircrouch Lane, Wadhurst, is also up for auction.

The freehold land, in a semi-rural location within close proximity to Wadhurst Village and the railway station, has a nil reserve.

A freehold parcel of land with potential in Portslade, Brighton, is coming up for auction in December.

The land, at Foredown Road, comprises in the main, access roads and pathways and has a freehold price guide of £10,000 to £15,000

Auctioneer Kevin Gilbert said: “It also includes two areas - a rectangular shaped plot adjacent to 24 Brackenbury Close and a triangular plot adjacent to 2 Brackenbury Close, both may be suitable for development, subject to necessary consents.”

Clive Emson sold land and property worth more than £18.5 million at its October/November sale, cataloguing 161 lots and achieved a sale rate of 81%.

Clive Emson holds eight rounds of auctions each year at five locations from Essex to Cornwall on consecutive days, this time with 110 lots.

The eighth and final round of Clive Emson’s 2016 regional Sussex and Surrey auctions is at the Brighton Metropole on Wednesday, December 14 at 11am.

The firm now stages an online auction, complementing existing live auctions. See www.cliveemson.co.uk/index.php/online for details.