Mixed and stock farms come to the market
A number of mixed, stock and dairy farms have come to the market across the UK, from Devon to Derbyshire and Scotland.
The largest, 246-acre Hoppatown Farm near Holsworthy, Devon, is well equipped and offers additional income from two cottages and planning permission to create three holiday lets.
The land is productive Grade 3 arable and pastureland contained in four main blocks with good road and track access. A range of farm buildings offers flexibility, including a concrete block dairy, a grain pit, concrete store shed, piggery for 180 head, open-fronted cattle shed, slurry store, bull pen, dutch barn, sheep handling facilities and four cubicle sheds.
The holding includes a farmhouse and is for sale as a whole at a guide price of £2m, or in lots, with SPS entitlements. (Kivells 01409 259 547)
See also: Farm tenancy opportunities in Devon and Shropshire
Also for sale in Devon is Millaton Farm near Okehampton. The 101-acre stock farm has a five-bedroom barn conversion, a bungalow, an open-fronted concrete and timber barn, steel-framed stabling barn and an open-fronted livestock barn of steel-framed construction.
The grassland is productive Grade 3 clayey loam soil divided into good-sized fields and there is a natural water supply. The farm is on the market with a guide price of £1.1m. (Stags 01392 680 059).
Look north to the Scottish Borders and a 140-acre commercial dairy farm has entered the market near Gretna. Cadgillfoot Farm is a well-equipped dairy unit with a three-bedroom farmhouse.
Farm buildings include a six-bay steel portal-framed cubicle shed for 119 dairy cows, a herringbone parlour with four out-of-parlour feeders, a silage pit and a slurry store with 16,000gal capacity.
The land is suitable for grazing and mowing, while 100 acres and can also be used for cropping. SPS entitlements and 692,011 litres of milk quota are included in the sale. The guide price is £1.15m for the whole. (H&H 01228 406 260)
In Derbyshire, 104-acre High Lees Farm is for sale near Bamford in the Hope Valley, with an elevated position looking over the Peak District National Park.
Near to the five-bedroom farmhouse is a good range of agricultural buildings, including a block store, four-bay concrete shed, five-bay loose-housing shed, a four-bay portal-framed store and a three-bay pole barn.
The land is all grassland bounded by stone walls and is suitable for mowing or grazing. A spring supplies water to the house and farm buildings. There are no SPS entitlements available. The guide price for lot 1, which includes the farmhouse, farm buildings and about 57 acres, is £900,000, while the remaining land is for sale by negotiation. (Bagshaws 01629 812 777)