IN BRIEF

1 September 2000

IN BRIEF

&#8226 GUIDED at £140,000, about 54 acres of land at Staverton on the Warwicks/Northants border now are for sale through Howkins & Harrison. Included in the sale of the arable land are two traditional field barns.

&#8226 ABOUT 22 acres of mainly pasture including 2 acres of woodland at Stanton, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire went under the hammer recently for £58,000 (£2636/acre).

Selling to a buyer with equestrian interests auctioneer John Mullock, Mullock Madeley said: "It was an exceptionally fertile block of land, but it was ineligible for area aid payments which was reflected in the level of agricultural interest."