Large mixed farming estate launched in Welsh national park

One of the most significant mixed-use farming estates in the Eryri National Park in Wales is on the market at a guide price of £15m.

The 3,784-acre Nannau Estate, at Dolgellau, has substantial in-hand farming and forestry enterprises, including three let farms.

It also comes with three holiday lodges and cottages, and eight other residential properties.

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The estate offers buyers a combination of scale, diversified income and rich natural assets, says selling agent Savills.

One of the farms, Tyddyn Bach, a 208-acre equipped holding with a four-bedroom farmhouse, is let under an Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancy.

The other two – Tan y Foel and Ty Mawr – have farm business tenancy agreements in place until March 2027.

Tan y Foel has a four-bedroom Grade II listed house with 11 acres of land, while 486-acre Ty Mawr has a farmstead with a range of traditional farm buildings and a four-bedroom farmhouse.

A 214-acre block of land is farmed under a first-succession AHA agreement, and further land is subject to grazing agreements, licences and commercial agreements.

The estate includes 814 acres of woodland and also has significant potential for environmental projects.

Smaller northern holdings

Earsdon Hill Farm © Richard Brown & Partners

On a smaller scale, Richard Brown & Partners is bringing Earsdon Hill Farm near Morpeth, Northumberland, to the market.

The organic farm has 116 acres of productive farmland and woodland, a four-bedroom farmhouse and four award-winning glamping huts.

Selling agent Richard Brown says it is a commercial farm but not in the traditional sense.

“It offers an opportunity for someone to buy into a profitable rural business offering a desirable lifestyle to boot,” he says.

Three environmental schemes – Countryside Stewardship, Sustainable Farming Incentive and the English Woodland Creation Offer – generate an annual income of about £50,000.

The land is subject to an overage in favour of The Church Commissioners, entitling it to a 30% share of any uplift in value arising from specified changes of use or development until 2036, and 15% from then until 2076.

Earsdon Hill Farm is for sale at £2.325m for the whole, or is available in three lots.

Manor House Farm © Michie Group

Also in the North East, the Michie Group is launching the 57-acre Manor House Farm at Harswell, near York.

The Grade 3 land is mostly arable and pasture, and has produced consistently high-yielding combinable and root crops.

As well as traditional and modern farm buildings, there is a six-bedroom farmhouse, a four-bedroom barn conversion with an agricultural occupancy condition, and a two-bedroom cottage.

Manor House is available as a whole with a guide price of £2.25m, or in three lots.

Cambridgeshire

Megs Farm © Cheffins

A farm with a similar acreage is also being launched this month in Cambridgeshire, which selling agent Cheffins says has appeal for smallholders, equestrian users and lifestyle buyers.

Megs Farm, at Steeple Morden, is being sold due to the owners moving abroad to farm.

They currently produce milk from a flock of dairy Romney ewes, which the buyer could have the option to purchase separately.

The 63 acres of land is classified as Grade 2 and is sown to multispecies grasses and herbal leys.

A modern agricultural building houses a Gascoigne-Melotte sheep milking parlour.

There is no permanent residential accommodation, but the sale includes a mobile home with consent as temporary agricultural worker accommodation.

Megs Farm comes to the market at £1.35m for the whole, or is available in two lots.

Devon vineyard

Calancombe Estate © Strutt & Parker

A property with a difference is being offered for sale in the South Hams, Devon.

The Calancombe Estate is a 56-acre residential vineyard property in a valley near Modbury, and was named Devon’s best small visitor attraction in the 2022 Devon Tourism Awards.

The south-facing vineyard covers 23 acres and includes a wide range of grape varieties producing a selection of still and sparkling wines.

Alongside the vineyard, 1,600 traditional West Country cider apple trees have been planted for cider and brandy production. Cassis and gin are also produced on site.

The remainder of the land is mainly pasture, with some mixed woodland.

A large modern winery has space for tasting and dining, and there is a fully equipped commercial kitchen.

The main house is a restored five-bedroom Georgian property, while further accommodation includes stone barns with six bedrooms, and a one-bedroom cottage.

Strutt & Parker has set a guide price for Calancombe of £4.65m.