Land and farms launched from Devon to Scottish Borders

This week’s launch of a 310-acre grassland farm in mid-Devon sits alongside a further 95 neighbouring acres, which are also on the market with a further house.

Pewson Barton, in Winkleigh, has a guide price of £3m and is a ring-fenced holding with views stretching across to Dartmoor.

Permanent pasture accounts for the majority of the land and there are 53 acres of mixed-species unmanaged woodland, which provides habitat and the possibility of establishing a shoot.

The land is currently farmed extensively with low inputs, and grazed under a seasonal licence by three local farmers.

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The three-bedroom Grade II listed farmhouse is believed to originate from the medieval period.

With several traditional barns set around a courtyard, marketing agent Strutt & Parker points to the potential to convert these for a range of alternative uses, including holiday lets.

The current owner already generates a secondary income from tourism as there are portable glamping pods on the farm, which are available by separate negotiation.

Strutt & Parker says there is an opportunity for prospective buyers to create a 405-acre holding as the agency has a separate instruction to sell 95 acres of productive pasture alongside Pewson Barton.

Launched earlier this year, Higher Broadpark, in Iddesleigh, has a versatile block of land used for grazing or mowing, subdivided into 12 fields bordered by mature hedgerows and with multiple access points to the road.

Its five-bedroom farmhouse is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition. 

Higher Broadpark is being marketed at £1.52m for the whole, or is available in two lots.

North Yorkshire moorland

Hawkswick Moor © Savills

In the north of England, Savills has launched a 288-acre block of land near Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Hawkswick Moor is a mixture of meadow, pasture, heather moorland and semi-wooded scar land sitting between 220m and 490m above sea level in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The limestone scar is a mixture of bracken, grass, trees and scree, and rises steeply from behind the village of Hawkswick to meet the more gently sloping plateau of predominantly heather moorland which sits above it.

Marketing agent Will Douglas says the sale offers significant opportunities for natural capital, biodiversity, environmental, sporting and amenity use. 

The land also generates an annual income of £6,233 from an Environmental Stewardship scheme.

The sale is subject to a leaseback arrangement which would allow the sellers to continue to exercise the sporting and vermin control rights over the land and the adjoining Arncliffe Moor until 10 December 2033. 

Hawkswick Moor carries a guide price of £585,000.

Large house, small farm

Linton Burnfoot Farm © Galbraith

Meanwhile for those in the market for a smallholding, Galbraith has launched Linton Burnfoot Farm, near Kelso, in the Scottish Borders.

This has 32 acres set at the foot of Linton Hill in a valley spanning the Kale Water.

The farm has an 18th century south-facing farmhouse with seven bedrooms.

Susan Guthrie, who is handling the sale for Galbraith, says it offers a wealth of opportunities.

The buildings are well maintained and include both stone traditional ranges and modern livestock housing and storage sheds.

A roof-mounted solar array generates an income of £4,000-£5,000/year through the Feed-in Tariff.

The land is mainly classified as Grades 4.1 and 5.1 by the James Hutton Institute.

There is also a shoot bothy and the remains of a detached cottage, offering further possibilities for development, subject to consent.

Galbraith is seeking offers of more than £925,000 for Linton Burnfoot Farm, parts of which are subject to a clawback agreement running to 2063 and in favour of the previous owner of the farm.

This would pass 75% of any uplift in value resulting from a grant of planning permission for a use other than agriculture.