Busy market offers wide range of location, farms and land

A varied set of farms and land with a wide regional spread has been launched recently.

The Barne Estate at Clonmel, County Tipperary in the Republic of Ireland, is a rare offering.

Formerly known as Barne Park, the estate has been in the same family since the 17th century.

It has about 751 acres in a ring fence; 631 acres of which is highly productive arable land in large fields.

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The soils are loam over limestone and are in winter and spring cereals alongside winter oilseed rape, winter beans and winter rye.

There are traditional and modern buildings and some woodland, while the large chateau-style house has formal gardens and parkland.

“The quality of land at Barne Estate won’t be surpassed,” said John Stokes of REA Stokes & Quirke, joint agent with Savills.

“The lands are suitable for any farming purpose, and the size and layout of the farm is excellent with three fields being in excess of 75 acres, and 13 fields in excess of 30 acres.

“The main house, courtyard and substantial outbuildings offer huge scope for further development.”

The joint agents have set a guide price of €13.5m (£11.55m) for the Barne Estate.  

Grade 2 in Oxfordshire

On a different scale but also offering good quality arable land is 74 acres at Mount Owen, Bampton, Oxfordshire.

This is in one block of bare land across three fields, which are currently in grass leys.

The soil types here are Evesham 2 Series – slowly permeable calcareous clayey soils and shallow, well-draining brashy calcareous soils.

Agent Moore Allen & Innocent describes the Grade 2 land as being in excellent heart and is marketing it as a whole by private treaty with a guide price of £760,000.

A 30-year overage clause requires payment of 25% of the uplift in value triggered by any grant of planning permission for more than one residential dwelling, from the date of completion.

West Sussex farm

A 100-acre holding, near Horsham, is on the market with a five-bedroom farmhouse and extensive agricultural and commercial buildings.  

Some of the 6,038sq m of farm buildings at Stonehouse Farm are derelict, some are occupied by commercial operations on a variety of tenures.

There is also an anaerobic digestion plant needing investment to restore or de-commission it.

The land is down to grass and is free draining, predominantly clay and sand, with much of it on a gentle southerly slope.

There are also three stocked fishing lakes on a long lease to a local angling club, and the farm has good road access.

Planning consent is in place for an agriculturally tied farm dwelling. Selling agent Batcheller Monkhouse has set a guide price of £3.25m-£3.5m.

Stonehouse Farm © Batcheller Monkhouse

Brecon grassland holding

At Sennybridge in Brecon, Cefn Gof is a secluded private grassland farm with a modern four-bedroom house and range of buildings.

It has almost 209 acres, most of which is pasture including some short-term leys alongside permanent grassland. There are about 12 acres of woodland in small parcels around the property.

The land is well supplied with water from natural sources and the farm’s borehole.

The buildings include four large portal frame barns for livestock housing, and there are sheep holding pens and a large concrete yard.

Through Carter Jonas, the guide price is £2.1m.  

Well-equipped Shropshire organic dairy

Webscott Farm, near Myddle, Shrewsbury, is on the market as a whole or in three lots.

It is run as an early spring-calving organic unit on a large paddock system.

The well laid-out traditional and modern buildings have been developed and improved with significant investment by the current owner, said selling agent Roger Parry of Roger Parry & Partners.

With 216 acres in a ring fence, it has a five-bedroom farmhouse and a modern three-bedroom dormer bungalow.

There are good tracks, a new borehole and ample water tanks. The buildings are currently set up as loose housing, but could be converted to cubicles.

The dairy unit has an 18x18m Fullwood parlour with a 12,000-litre bulk tank and a weeping wall manure management system.   

While currently in organic clover-rich pasture, the land has been greatly improved and is equally suited to arable use, according to the agent.

The guide price as a whole is for offers of more than £4.22m.

Webscott Farm © Roger Parry & Partners