England sees mid-sized farms and blocks hit land market
A wide variety of small and mid-sized farms and blocks of land are for sale this week across England – with one tenancy available too.
They include well-equipped livestock farms, bare blocks of grass and arable land and good cropping land with irrigation potential.
A one-year Farm Business Tenancy is also available on a stock farm in Shropshire, with the potential to extend the term.
Counties with farms and bare land for sale include Cumbria, Wiltshire, Northamptonshire, Devon, Shropshire, Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire.
Land at Foxham
Location: Six miles north east of Chippenham, Wiltshire
Acres: 115
Land type: Gently undulating, Grade 3 bare arable land
Description: A ring-fenced block currently put to oilseed rape, winter wheat and short rotation grass leys. An Entry Level Stewardship scheme agreement ends in May, and BPS entitlements are included
Guide price: £1.075m as a whole or in two lots
Woolley and Wallis (01672 515 252)
Land at Dunkeswell
Location: Five miles north of Honiton, Devon
Acres: About 30
Land type: Level, Grade 3 pasture with a two-acre parcel of woodland
Description: The pasture has been let to a neighbouring farmer as grass keep for the past two years. The land is situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. BPS entitlements may be available by separate negotiation.
Guide price: £275,000 to £300,000 as a whole, or in two lots by negotiation. Sale by informal tender – deadline for submissions Thursday 24 March
Greenslade Taylor Hunt (01404 46222)
Top Farm
Location: Bearstone, near Market Drayton, Shropshire
Acres: 145
Land type: All put to permanent pasture, with some fields capable of arable production
Description: An equipped livestock unit tenancy which has potential to be extended beyond the initial one-year term.
Two, eight-bay cubicle houses, a general-purpose building, silage clamp and slurry store
Tenancy: One-year Farm Business Tenancy. Tenders to be submitted by noon, Friday 18 March
Barbers Rural (01630 692 500)
Land at Rothersthorpe
Location: Four miles south-west of Northampton, Northamptonshire.
Acres: 100
Land type: Currently put to permanent pasture but some land is capable of arable cultivation
Description: A ring-fenced block of undulating land, currently used for sheep grazing. Planning permission granted for a 30m x 22m agricultural building
Guide price: £800,000 as a whole, or in two lots
Berrys (01536 412 464)
Land at Great Addington
Location: Seven miles east of Kettering, Northamptonshire
Acres: 41
Land type: Slightly sloping block of Grade 3 bare arable land
Description: Split into a 29-acre field and an 11-acre parcel, separated by a track. The ground was ploughed in the autumn but has been left fallow. BPS entitlements are included
Guide price: £645,000
Berrys (01536 412 464)
Cumcatch Farm
Location: Near Brampton, 12 miles east of Carlisle, Cumbria
Acres: 235
Land type: All down to pasture, split into 17 fields
Description: Equipped to run as a dairy or stock-rearing farm, this ring-fenced unit has been used for 260 dairy cows but could be adapted for beef production. Has a modern and adaptable livestock sheds, one with 84 cubicles and another with 152, a 24/2 DeLaval milking parlour, loose housing, and other livestock accommodation. Four-bedroom farmhouse and BPS entitlements are included
Guide price: £2.4m as a whole, or in two lots
H&H Land & Property (01228 406 260)
Four Elms Farm
Location: Ottery St Mary, five miles from Honiton, Devon
Acres: 132
Land type: Free-draining pasture, some of which is Grade 2 with potential for arable cropping
Description: A former dairy farm, which has been in the same family for more than 135 years. Includes a modern covered yard and concrete silage clamp adjacent to four brick livestock buildings, a threshing barn, lean-to, former dairy and a four-bedroom farmhouse. BPS entitlements are included
Guide price: £1.525m to £1.675m to be auctioned in seven lots on 6 April in Exeter
Stags Farm Agency (01392 680 059)
Land at Park Farm
Location: Melchbourne, 12 miles north of Bedford, Bedfordshire
Acres: About 85
Land type: Grade 3 arable land in five enclosures
Description: The land has been put to winter and spring cereals in recent years. The fields are gently sloping and lie in a single ring-fenced block
Guide price: £770,000
Robinson & Hall (01234 351 000)
Whangs Farm
Location: At Egremont, five miles south of Whitehaven, Cumbria
Acres: 250
Land type: Prime mowing and grazing land
Description: A well-equipped dairy farm, known for its herd of pedigree Holsteins. Includes extensive outbuildings for 200 cattle, dairy with 20/20 herringbone parlour, two indoor silage pits and a four-bedroom farmhouse. Two 50kW wind turbines provide electricity to the farm and BPS entitlements are included.
Guide price: £2.34m as a whole, or in three lots
H&H Land & Property (01228 406 260)
Glebe farm
Location: Lincolnshire cliff, six miles north of Lincoln
Acres: 262
Land type: Free draining, arable, Grade 2 land
Description: Includes 600t grain store and 650t cold store. Irrigation available.
Guide price: Offers over £3m
Perkins George Mawer & Co (01673 843 011)