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Stunning high quality amenity and arable farm with river frontage. 276.9 acres for sale as a whole or in two lots. Old Hall Farm, Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk 2 Old Hall Farm, Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk 3

Key Considerations • Site of the former Hall with old gardens and parkland all with development potential for alternative uses subject to planning • 184.89 acres of Grade 2 arable land • 69.45 acres of grazing meadows • Fishing and other leisure activities on the

Introduction Old Hall Farm occupies an attractive un-spoilt position in the Bure Valley. The land extends to 276.9 acres (112 hectares) with productive arable land balanced with grazing meadows and woodland providing environmental, amenity and leisure interest with extensive frontage to the River. The site of Burgh Hall, a Jacobean style mansion that was demolished in 1981, provides the potential to build a new dwelling or leisure facilities subject to planning consent. It enjoys an idyllic location with southerly aspect over the former park and farmland beyond. The whole was part of the historic Burgh Hall Estate which is rich in natural capital and provides an abundance of environmental benefits. The Farm has been contract farmed by the neighbouring Papworth family for many years. They can irrigate the land from their own water abstraction licence.

SITUATION The farm is situated in the parish of Burgh and in the district of Norfolk. Burgh next Aylsham is a pretty and historic hamlet mentioned in the Doomsday Book and the market town of Aylsham is 3.5 miles to the North and has an array of shops and other facilities. The city of is about 13 miles to the South. The National Trust Hall Estate is close by as well as other attractions such as and the coast with sailing, golf and other activities. Old Hall Farm, Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk 4

Lot 1 - Arable Land and site of the Former Burgh Hall and old Parkland 207.31 Acres (83.91 Hectares) The site of the former Burgh Hall is a flat, partly terraced area with stone steps up and brick walling. The old gardens are evident with mature Yews and other specimen trees. It is sheltered by woodland to the East and North. The Hall was a large red brick mansion in Jacobean style, originally built in the 1830’s with later editions in the 1860’s. The old part of the hall was built by George Stanley Repton, the fourth son of Humphry Repton, the famous landscape designer. The site, though partly overgrown, could be restored to afford southerly views across the former parkland and also westerly to the river valley. It offers potential for a number of uses including leisure and residential subject to planning consent. The area including the parkland and field amounts to approximately 19.97 acres (8.084 hectares). The arable land is on the East side of the river valley and extends to 184.89 acres (74.82 hectares) in six enclosures well suited to modern machinery.

The land is classified Grade 2 and comprises deep silty loam soils well suited to a diverse rotation including cereals, pulses and root crops. The land has good access from both the public highway and internal tracks. Lot 2 – Grazing Meadows with River Frontage 69.55 Acres (28.15 Hectares) The river meadows are shown shaded green on the sale plan and are on the West side of the farm with frontage to the River Bure. They include a section of the former Bure navigation canal that linked Aylsham to . and was built in 1775 – 1778 enhancing trading communication until it was closed in 1928. Between the river and the Old Hall buildings, now residential, there is the Round Hill, a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is believed to have been the site of a medieval hall and early excavations yielded medieval pottery and iron axe and arrow heads. Rich in flora and fauna the meadows are interspersed with a series of ditches and are currently grazed with cattle and sheep. Both the navigational canal and the River Bure provide the opportunity to fish or for other leisure activities such as canoeing and paddle boarding.

Postcode NR11 6TB

Viewing Strictly by appointment with the selling agent Old Hall Farm, Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk 5 Old Hall Farm, Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk 6

Method of Sale The Farm is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole or in two lots.

Tenure & Possession Freehold with vacant possession on completion save for the grazing licence on Lot 2 until 31st October 2021.

Exchange of Contracts and Completion A 10% deposit will be payable on exchange of contracts with the balance of the purchase price payable on completion.

Early entry The purchasers will be granted the right of early entry on fields cleared of the 2021 harvest after exchange of contracts for cultivation and crop establishment for the 2022 harvest.

Ingoing Valuation It is the intention the arable fields will be left to stubble following harvest and there will be no ingoing valuations. However the vendor will reserve the right to charge for cultivations, crop husbandry, seed, fertilisers, manures and sprays at contractor and invoice cost if it is necessary to establish the 2022 harvest crop.

Sporting, Timber and Minerals In so far as they are owned they are included in the sale.

Basic Payment Scheme 105.41 Basic Payment Entitlements will be included in the sale. The claim for the 2021 year will be retained by the Vendor and the Vendor will use all reasonable endeavors to transfer the Entitlements for future claims to the Purchase(s) once the electronic trading window opens.

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SUGAR BEET CONTRACT Boundaries, Plans, Areas, tax will be payable in addition The Vendor has a Sugar Beet contract with British Sugar and Schedules & Disputes Local Authority this will be made available to the Purchaser of Lot 1 subject to the approval of British Sugar. The boundaries are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for Tel: 0344 800 8020 reference only. The Purchaser(s) will be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and any error or mistake shall not Broadland District Council, Thorpe Lodge, 1 Yarmouth Road, Environmental Stewardship annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect , Norwich NR7 0DU Scheme thereof. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries or any points arise on the general remarks and stipulations, particulars, The Farm is in a Stewardship Scheme (AG00407262) schedules, plan or the interpretation of any of them, such terminating on the 30 September 2022. The annual payment is questions shall be referred to the selling agent whose decision Solicitors approximately £8,900. The Purchaser will be required to take acting as expert shall be final. Birketts LLP, Kingfisher House, Gilders Way, Norwich, NR3 1UB over the agreement on completion and indemnify the Vendor for any non compliance post completion. Contact: Jack Royall and Sophia Key VAT Drainage Rates Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the The grazing land is within the Norfolk Rivers internal drainage event that a sale of the property or any part thereof, or any right board. Rates payable for the year to 30 March 2022 are to it becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such £199.41 on 59.7 acres and will be apportioned as at the date of completion.

Overage N The former hall site will be subject to a 25 year overage whereby 40% of the increase in value over and above existing use value on grant of planning permission for any alternative use will be payable to the Vendor.

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1. The owners of the four barn conversions at Old Hall Farm have right of way over the access drive and pay 20% each of the maintenance thereof. 2. The Vendor has a right of way over the driveway from Wood Lane to the former Burgh Hall site and also access to the marshes, NOTE - Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the both of which are colored brown on the sale plan. permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Limited NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and 3. If the property is sold in lots various reciprocal rights of way will although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed. LOCATION PLAN MCL: 29113/LOC OLD HALL FARM Date: 08/06/2021 be granted to the Purchaser(s). The Cartographic & Design Team, Wessex House, Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 1PB NOT TO SCALE Tel: (01202) 856800 Old Hall Farm, Burgh next Aylsham, Norfolk 8 Tuttington Plantations Guide Post

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