Description
Detached four bedroom property ripe for renovation with range of agricultural buildings, livery facilities and grass paddocks.
Description
Situation
Fairfields is situated on the fringe of Newton Bewley village between Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool. The property is a short distance from local amenities in the surrounding towns and villages, overlooking open countryside to the south. The property has good transport connections being adjacent to the A689 beyond which the A19 is 2.5 miles to the west. Middlesborough Train Station is 10 miles to the south.
Description
Fairfields Farmhouse is an 18th century spacious detached property with four bedrooms. It presents an attractive opportunity to renovate and extend the accommodation (subject to consents). The farm has previously been run as an equine Livery, with the basic facilities arranged in a multitude of traditional agricultural buildings. There is an extensive yard and grass paddocks which are used in conjunction with the Livery. The equine facilities do require investment and could be improved or redeveloped for alternative uses or an agricultural smallholding.
Fairfields Farmhouse
Fairfields Farmhouse is a substantial residential property situated at the entrance to the farm. The property is of brick construction and rendered with a slate roof. Ground floor accommodation includes kitchen with fitted units, dining room with pantry adjacent, living room and sitting room. There are various traditional features including fireplaces and large timber sashed windows which flood the house with natural light. The property has one bedroom on the half landing above a ground floor store with external door. The first floor extends to three bedrooms and is served by a large family bathroom.
The property has a gas central heating system and is connected to mains electricity water and drainage. At the northern elevation, there is a large garden bordered by a mature hedgerow providing a sheltered and private space. The entrance track running adjacent to the property leads to a substantial parking area and several further brick outbuildings which provide storage.
Whilst in need of extensive refurbishment throughout, the farmhouse provides an opportunity to create a wonderful family home.
Farm Buildings
The farm buildings at Fairfields Farm are predominantly traditional with several modern additions. These are largely of red brick construction with slate or fibre cement roofs. The modern buildings are steel framed and walled with concrete blocks and Yorkshire boarding. Most recently the buildings have been used as part of a Livery. To the south of the farmstead is a further yard area with freestanding steel portal framed buildings and a gated entrance.
In summary, the buildings include:
-Nine annexed stables constructed of red brick with fibre cement roof sheets and concrete flooring, accessed along a central passageway.
-Three annexed stables constructed with concrete blocks and corrugated roof sheeting.
-Grain Store (12.5m x 10m) accessed via the annexed stables. Steel portal frame with concrete block walling, concrete flooring, corrugated roof sheets and Yorkshire Boarding.
-Tack room (4.95m x 4.04m)- red brick construction with slate tiled roof.
-Stable Block- double height unit constructed with red brick and a slate tiled roof comprising stables at the lower level and storage at the upper level.
-Dutch Barn (6.45m x 5.95m)- steel portal framed unit with
corrugated roof sheeting.
-Three outdoor stables of concrete block construction with timber roofs.
-A range of miscellaneous storage buildings.
The holding has a large yard area giving scope for the construction of additional buildings (subject to the appropriate consents) or the storage of agricultural machinery.
These buildings provide substantial stabling for horses but could also be utilised to house livestock and other produce.
Development opportunity
Notwithstanding the current use, the buildings could form part of ancillary accommodation to the main farmhouse or create an extensive and unique additional residential property, holiday cottages, office space, storage, equestrian facilities or other amenity use, subject to the necessary consents.