Astridge Farm St Florence, Nr Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8RE Astridge Farm St Florence • Nr Tenby Pembrokeshire • SA70 8RE
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Astridge Farm St Florence, Nr Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8RE Astridge Farm St Florence • Nr Tenby Pembrokeshire • SA70 8RE A state of the art dairy farm with sea views • Impressive West Wales Dairy Farm • Modern 3 bedroom barn conversion (subject to an AOC). • Traditional 2/3 bed cottage • Modern purpose built dairy • 50 point rotary parlour and state of the art technology • Excellent outbuildings • Early productive grassland • In all, extending to about 268 acres (stms) • Lot 2: Option to purchase a further 4 bedroom house • & stone barn range set in 2 acres • Range has planning for 3 residential units • Excellent potential for leisure diversification (stp) e.g. • Holiday cottages, glamping, camping, holiday park, outdoor pursuits etc Situation Astridge Farm is situated in stunning countryside just to the northeast of Tenby. There is access to the A477 and A478 which leads direct to the A40, Carmarthen and beyond. Tenby is a historic walled town noted as a tourist attraction for over 200 years. It also boasts a medieval centre, three blue flag beaches, a variety of shops, links and parkland golf courses, harbour, sailing club and train station. There are a range of good schools in the area in both the public and private sectors including primary and secondary schools at Tenby and Saundersfoot and a private school at Castle School, Cresselly. The ferry to Ireland runs from Pembroke Dock and Fishguard and there is a first class Marina at Neyland. The towns, villages and countryside of Pembrokeshire around Astridge Farm provide an excellent range of social and leisure activities for sports and country people alike with excellent walking and riding all around. There is a small shoot on the farm and hunting is with the South Pembrokeshire Hunt. Description Lot 1 – Astridge Farm Astridge Farm is located in south Pembrokeshire on a most attractive part of the West Wales coast with views of Tenby Spire and Caldey Island beyond. The farm totals approximately 268 acres (stms). The farm was milking approximately 400+ cows at any one time but the modern rotary parlour and facilities have the ability to handle considerably more with added accommodation. The land is within a ring fence and is well tracked and fenced into grazing paddocks/silage fields. On the fringes of the farm there are some banks which are grazed above the wooded valley, which provide the basis for the shoot. The land is of the Neath and Brickfield 2 Series which are well drained fine loamy soils over rock and slowly permeable fine loamy soils. According to the Soil Survey of England and Wales both are well suited to dairying and some cereals. The modern parlour was completed in July 2005. It combines the capacity to milk over 250 cows per hour with the technology to monitor individual animals very closely. The milking is on a 50 point rotary parlour with auto ID system via electronic ear tags. Two drafting crates, automatic cluster removal, back flush, retention bar and individual automatic teat sprayers at each unit, all of which make milking a one man job. A flood wash system of the collecting yard, handling race and feed and cubicle passages make it easy to clean. The feeding regime is by in-parlour feeders and 16 out of parlour cake feeders with semi TMR fed at the barriers. High soil fertility indexes are maintained by the manure produced on the holding. At present staffing comprises the vendors together with 1 full time member of staff as the vendors have retired and the herd was sold in March. The Old Cow Shed Cottage A modern and comfortable 3 bedroom barn conversion subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) enjoying its own rear garden area. Also sited close by are two floodwash tower systems, each South Astridge Cottage with capacity for approximately 12,000 gallons. There is a LOT 2 – Further house & barns set in about 2 acres (stms) A 2/3 bedroom traditional cottage. We have been part mezzanine store with 1500 litre oil fired hot water tank, informed by the sellers that this cottage has fully toilet facilities and a useful enclosed bunk area with kitchen. Astridge Farmhouse implemented planning permission for a rear extension. Astridge Farmhouse is an attractive period property set at Steel Portal Frame Building the end of a drive well away from the main farm buildings. It Farm Buildings A steel portal frame building with sand bedded cubicles and has a fantastic outlook across its own land towards Caldey The farm buildings are in a central location and these form external covered feed passages. Also within the buildings Island. The house includes a large farmhouse kitchen with a the basis of the Dairy Unit. The buildings are located to the are eight out of parlour automatic feeders. Six tipping water four oven Aga, open plan dining area and French windows south east of the farmhouse and ideally located central to trough. leading on to a terrace to enjoy the far reaching land and the grazing paddocks that are well served by farm and cow coastline scenery. It offers well-proportioned family tracks. To the east of the farm buildings are three silage pits, Steel Portal Frame Building accommodation with 4 bedrooms (1 en suite) and an open each with the capacity for approximately 2000 tonnes. A steel portal frame building with sand bedded cubicles and fire place in the sitting room with French windows onto the Below the farm buildings is the slurry handling system. The external covered feed passages. Also within the buildings terrace. There is a well fitted back kitchen/utility room with a cubicle and feed passages, collecting yard, etc. are all are eight out of parlour automatic feeders. Seven tipping refrigerated walk-in pantry. Outside there is a large garden covered by a floodwash system and the water is recycled water trough. In total there are c.380 cubicles. area laid to lawn to the front and east of the property with from the third pit having past through a weeping wall and post and rail fencing and beyond a small paddock. then a T- type from the second to the third pit. The third pit Steel Portal Frame Building has the floating pump to fill the floodwash towers. They can A steel portal frame building with three separate areas Stone Barn Range also be filled from a separate lagoon which catches the currently used for housing calves, hospital cows and To the north of the property is a gravelled parking area clean water off the roofs. springing dry cows. within the courtyard of traditional farm buildings. These buildings are laid out as an L shape range of stone under Parlour Building Farm Plus Dry Cow Shed slate roof, part double and part single storey. The buildings Completed in July 2005 this building was meticulously Used for dry cows. Built in 2018. are currently used as two garages, general stores and the designed by the vendor and Dairymaster with the aim of farm office but have an implemented permission for creating the very best milking system. A galvanised steel Concentrate store conversion to three 4 bedroom residential units. Further portal frame building with box profile cladding and part Open fronted steel portal frame building comprising storage details of these permissions are available from the agent. To concrete panel walls. This building houses: bays for straights, straw, etc. the rear of the courtyard is a Dutch barn of steel frame and A fully automatic 50 point rotary parlour with auto corrugated iron, if the planning consents are carried out this identification. This parlour has been designed specifically to Portacabin barn would have to be removed. be run as a one man unit and has a fully automated retention Used as a workshop with toilet facilities. system. An air conditioned farm office with desk and Leisure Diversification Potential storage space as well as computer monitoring systems for The Farmland The size of the property and coastal location also make the parlour, etc. The collecting yard with a capacity for 400 The farmland is currently all to grass, the majority of which Astridge Farm an exciting potential site for leisure cows, leads to the rotary parlour with the aid of an electronic can be cut for silage. A couple of small fields around the diversification that could run alongside any farming backing gate and cows exit to a handling race with auto refill boundary are a little steep for a harvester but could be enterprise or instead of (stp – subject to planning). The footbaths. Moo Monitor download system has the ability to big-baled if so desired. The land is generally easily accessible buildings, land and sea views would provide an excellent automatically draft cows on heat. Instore dual supply feed by way of internal tracks. area for leisure activities like holiday cottages, glamping, system. Automatic cluster backflush and teat sprayers at camping, holiday park and outdoor pursuits. each of the 50 points. There is a diversion line which can be Woodland connected to a pipe leading underground to the calf pen. 2 x The valley bottoms surrounding the farm include some old General Remarks & Stipulations automatic three way drafting crates are in handling race on established woodland which form the basis of a good wild Tenure, possession & Method of Sale exit from parlour. 2 x plant rooms including washdown bird shoot, principally Woodcock together with wild duck on The tenure of the property is freehold with vacant facility, vacuum pumps, water and pressure control systems, the million gallon reservoir. possession upon completion. The farm will be sold by automatic start generator machinery in event of power private treaty.