Property Auctions – A Year In Review
January 2026
Our auctioneers are celebrating another successful year of property and land auctions and are planning ahead for a busy 2026 schedule.
During 2025 the experienced team held auctions across Somerset. In 2026 the firm will be hosting two sales in February – at Sedgemoor Auction Centre, on 18th February, from 2pm and for the first time at Shilstone, Ivybridge, on 25th February, also from 2pm.
The appetite for collective land and property auctions has been buoyant throughout 2025. At one sale potential purchasers queued out the door - eagerly awaiting registration.
Reflecting on the day auctioneer and GTH Partner, Robert Baker, said: “It was an excellent auction from start to finish which saw prices exceed vendors’ expectations.
This started with the first lot of land at Banwell, which comprised one acre and achieved £117,000 far exceeding the guide price of £30,000.”
Bare land was in demand throughout the year with some excellent prices achieved. Many of the auctions hosted by us have produced a 100% clearance rate.
Of particular note was 4.25 acres of agricultural land at Churchill, North Somerset, which achieved £106,000 dwarfing its guide price of £70,000 and equating to almost £25,000 per acre.
While 3.29 acres of land at Fordgate, Bridgwater, enjoyed competitive bidding in the room and resulted in an exciting sale at almost £30,000 over the guide price.
As well as bidding in person Greenslade Taylor Hunt can offer the flexibility of phone and internet bids increasing the potential pool of interested would-be buyers.
An online bidder took advantage of this facility and bought 34 acres of land at Pawlett Hams, Bridgwater.
Amenity land is another popular seller in the saleroom. A case in point was an attractive single parcel of woodland extending to approximately 6.75 acres (2.73 hectares) on the outskirts of the Chew Valley, comprising a mixture of mature and semi-mature deciduous trees.
Enjoying exceptional views of the surrounding countryside it sold for £106,000 – comfortably in excess of its pre-sale guide of £60,000.
Land at Edmund Hill Lane, Glastonbury, was fiercely contested. The 1.74 acres saw hugely competitive bidding and eventually sold for over three times the guide price, at £217,000 – equating to £124,713 per acre.
This site comprised a range of agricultural and poultry buildings situated at the end of Edmund Hill Lane. The buildings have potential for conversion to alternative uses, subject to obtaining the necessary statutory consents. The land, situated to the rear of the agricultural buildings, comprised a single cider apple orchard.
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 over 40 people registered to bid online.
Among these fiercely contested lots was an orchard that belonged to Glastonbury farmer, Wilfred Peddle, who passed away earlier in 2025 aged 74. He was affectionately known as the “Egg Man” as he made a living selling eggs from the back of his Morris Minor van.
The Friends of St Edmund's Well wanted to purchase the space to preserve the orchards. The community interest group (CIC) paid £62,000 for the land, having raised the money as part of a crowdfunding effort.
For more information on selling or buying at auction, contact our auctioneers in South Somerset and Dorset: 01935 423474, Mid and North Somerset: 0117 203 5577 or Devon: 01769 574500 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected].
View our 2026 auction sales calendar.
During 2025 the experienced team held auctions across Somerset. In 2026 the firm will be hosting two sales in February – at Sedgemoor Auction Centre, on 18th February, from 2pm and for the first time at Shilstone, Ivybridge, on 25th February, also from 2pm.
The appetite for collective land and property auctions has been buoyant throughout 2025. At one sale potential purchasers queued out the door - eagerly awaiting registration.
Reflecting on the day auctioneer and GTH Partner, Robert Baker, said: “It was an excellent auction from start to finish which saw prices exceed vendors’ expectations.
This started with the first lot of land at Banwell, which comprised one acre and achieved £117,000 far exceeding the guide price of £30,000.”
Bare land was in demand throughout the year with some excellent prices achieved. Many of the auctions hosted by us have produced a 100% clearance rate.
Of particular note was 4.25 acres of agricultural land at Churchill, North Somerset, which achieved £106,000 dwarfing its guide price of £70,000 and equating to almost £25,000 per acre.
While 3.29 acres of land at Fordgate, Bridgwater, enjoyed competitive bidding in the room and resulted in an exciting sale at almost £30,000 over the guide price.
As well as bidding in person Greenslade Taylor Hunt can offer the flexibility of phone and internet bids increasing the potential pool of interested would-be buyers.
An online bidder took advantage of this facility and bought 34 acres of land at Pawlett Hams, Bridgwater.
Amenity land is another popular seller in the saleroom. A case in point was an attractive single parcel of woodland extending to approximately 6.75 acres (2.73 hectares) on the outskirts of the Chew Valley, comprising a mixture of mature and semi-mature deciduous trees.
Enjoying exceptional views of the surrounding countryside it sold for £106,000 – comfortably in excess of its pre-sale guide of £60,000.
Land at Edmund Hill Lane, Glastonbury, was fiercely contested. The 1.74 acres saw hugely competitive bidding and eventually sold for over three times the guide price, at £217,000 – equating to £124,713 per acre.
This site comprised a range of agricultural and poultry buildings situated at the end of Edmund Hill Lane. The buildings have potential for conversion to alternative uses, subject to obtaining the necessary statutory consents. The land, situated to the rear of the agricultural buildings, comprised a single cider apple orchard.
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 over 40 people registered to bid online.
Among these fiercely contested lots was an orchard that belonged to Glastonbury farmer, Wilfred Peddle, who passed away earlier in 2025 aged 74. He was affectionately known as the “Egg Man” as he made a living selling eggs from the back of his Morris Minor van.
The Friends of St Edmund's Well wanted to purchase the space to preserve the orchards. The community interest group (CIC) paid £62,000 for the land, having raised the money as part of a crowdfunding effort.
For more information on selling or buying at auction, contact our auctioneers in South Somerset and Dorset: 01935 423474, Mid and North Somerset: 0117 203 5577 or Devon: 01769 574500 or email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected].
View our 2026 auction sales calendar.