Powys farm offers good buildings and accommodation

A mixed arable and livestock farm set in about 377 acres near Brecon offers good quality land, extensive buildings and renovated accommodation.

As well as the farmed land, Trehenry Fawr has approximately 69 acres of mixed native and commercial woodland, all in one land holding but divided by two single-track lanes.

The farm has about 303 acres of Grade 3a/3b arable quality land, with 285 acres of it drilled with long-term grass leys.

There is a natural spring water supply serviced to water tanks, and internal stock-proof sheep and cattle fencing with mature, well-maintained hedgerows.

The holding has an extensive range of modern buildings including three large cattle sheds, as well as general-purpose and storage buildings. There are also traditional stone buildings.

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Trehenry Fawr has an additional spacious detached three-bedroom farmhouse, known as Trehenry Fach, currently used as a holiday let.

The farm has been in the ownership of former Rugby Football Union (RFU) chairman Martyn Thomas since 2013. His ambition to relocate closer to his son brings Trehenry Fawr and Trehenry Fach to the market.

The six-bedroom farmhouse, refurbished by the owner and his late wife, combines traditional farmhouse features and a modern extension with panoramic views.

Martyn initially invested in a farm in Carmarthenshire where he established one of the UK’s largest registered Welsh Black herds under the Pantyrhuad prefix.

He sold that holding to buy Trehenry Fawr, then part of the Evans-Bevan estate in the Breconshire hamlet of Llandefalle.

However, he does not plan to exit farming completely and has an eye on another farm purchase further east.

The property is being brought to the market by Harris & Birt, with offers in excess of £5m sought for the whole.

Deer farm

Whitemill deer farm © Savills

For buyers seeking opportunities other than a mainstream enterprise, a deer farm set in a picturesque valley on land near the hamlet of Whitemill, Carmarthen, has come onto the market.

This has about 76 acres of productive pasture and woodland, with two deer enclosures that are currently home to 100 Red and Sika deer.

Five stocked ponds are surrounded by landscaped grounds.

There is a large barn too, for potential use as a workshop or for storing machinery, and other, smaller general-purpose barns.

As well as planning permission to hold clay pigeon shooting and fishing events, consent is in place for deer management courses to be held at the property.

Marketing agent Savills is looking for £999,000 for the Whitemill deer farm as a whole.