Farms launched in Devon, Somerset and Cumbria

A Devonshire farm that has been home to a breed of cattle synonymous with the county leads another strong week of farmland launches in the south-west of England.

Sannacott Farm, an 88-acre grassland holding near North Molton, generates income from livestock farming and from tourism accommodation.

The land is a combination of productive and gently sloping grass fields that are principally used for mowing forage and other sloping fields for grazing, including a meadow bordering the River Mole.

The Grade 3 land has free-draining, slightly acid loamy soils.

There are modern farm buildings that have been used for housing Red Ruby Devon cattle, two polytunnels for sheep and traditional barns with potential for conversion to alternative uses.

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The restored Grade II-listed Georgian house has four bedrooms and a self-contained one-bedroom annexe.

A detached two-bedroom cottage generates income as a holiday let.

Sannacott Farm is offered for sale through Stags at a guide price of £2.35m.

Auction for Somerset farm

In Somerset, another livestock and residential farm is being launched by Carter Jonas.

Lawrence Farm, near Wincanton, has 75 acres of pasture, a range of farm buildings, which includes three barns, timber and steel cow kennel housing, and a covered silage clamp.

Lawrence Farm © Carter Jonas

The three-bedroom farmhouse is subject to a covenant governing its use and there is a similar requirement covering the farm buildings and some of the land.

Lawrence Farm is being sold by auction with the guide price set at £1.34m – this online auction will run until midday on 1 October 2026 and, if not sold as a whole, will be offered in lots thereafter, again through an auction system.

Also in the south-west of England, Stags is marketing a block of grassland at Higher Ford Mill Farm, Woolsery, near Bideford.

The 49 acres is laid out in five fields across land rising to about 150m above sea level. The ground is a mix of free-draining slightly acid loamy soils and slowly permeable seasonally wet acid loamy and clayey soils.

Land at Higher Ford Mill © Stags

Water is currently sourced from a private supply that will be discontinued after the sale completion date, but Stags says mains water could potentially be sourced by connecting to a pipe on the nearby highway.

This block of land is entered into a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement, which runs until 31 March 2027.

Stags is guiding the sale at £395,000.

Cumbria holding

Renwick Mill Farm near Penrith has come to the market at a guide price of £1.2m.

This 354-acre farm sits in a sheltered valley at Renwick and has a blend of meadow, pasture and woodland, with some of the land bordering the Raven Beck watercourse.

Its Grade 3 and 4 farmland has well-drained, sandy and coarse loam over sandstone, and there is Grade 5 fell land with peat soils typical of those found in upland regions of the Pennines.

The woodland is set in three parcels surrounding Renwick village and has a mix of mature Scots pine, larch and mature broad-leaved trees.

Renwick Mill Farm © Savills

Renwick Mill Farm has a modern steel portal-framed livestock building and a range of traditional buildings that marketing agent Savills says have potential for development.

“The traditional buildings have been reroofed for the most part and total about 274sq m. They could be developed to provide additional residential properties, holiday cottages, office or commercial space, subject to the necessary consents,” says Will Douglas of Savills.

The land and buildings are subject to a short-term farm business tenancy, with vacant possession available on completion of the sale, which includes sporting and fishing rights.

Residential accommodation is a three-bedroom farmhouse in traditional stone, a property extending to about 148sq m and needing full renovation.

Savills is also making Renwick Mill Farm available in four lots.