ASSELBY, HOWDEN 153.97 ACRES (62.31HECTARES) GRADE 1 ARABLE LAND

An excellent block of prime quality arable land capable of growing cereals and cash roots lying between Howden and the River Ouse

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE OR IN LOTS

PRICE GUIDE : OVER £11,000 PER ACRE General Information W ayleaves & Easements: There are no electrical wayleaves across the land. Situation: A gas main crosses Lot 1 from East to West. The land lies to the north, south and west of the village of Asselby to the north of the River Ouse. Asselby is 3 miles west of Howden, 8 miles east of Selby and 5 miles north of Sporting and Mineral Rights: Goole. The Sporting, Fishing and Mineral Rights are included in the sale.

Description: Outgoings: The land is all in arable rotation growing winter and spring cereals and oil seed rape. The The land is all within the Ouse and Humber Drainage Board Area for which an annual rate soils are mostly light to medium with warp land near the river in Lot 1; and all are high is payable. quality. The Tenure: Soil classification is mainly Grade 1 and is predominantly defined as part of the Blacktoft Freehold with vacant possession on completion. Series of marine alluvium soils. They are described in greater detail as “deep stoneless permeable calcareous fine and coarse silty soils. Some calcareous clayey soils. Flat land, Contracts and Completion: groundwater controlled by ditches and pumps.” The remaining part of the land is defined Contracts will be exchanged as soon as possible with completion on 1st September 2017. as Newport 1 series of glaciofluvial drift. They are described in greater detail as deep well The Vendors will have a right of holdover to harvest the 2017 crops and the Purchasers drained sandy and course loamy soils. Some sandy soils affected by ground water. may by agreement have access to the arable land when crops are cleared.

Basic Payment Scheme: Vendors’ Solicitor: All the farmed land is registered for Basic Payment Scheme purposes. The Entitlements Symes Baines Broomer will be transferred for the 2018 season to the Purchasers at market value with the costs 157 Boothferry Road of transfer payable by the Vendors. Goole DN14 6AL Catch Crops: The vendor will establish 6.9 hectares of catch crops on Lot 1 by 31 August 2017 in order FAO: Charles Broomer to comply with his BPS obligations for the 2017 payment year. These crops must be retained by the Purchaser until 1 October 2017. Viewing: By permit from the Agents only. Please note if you have downloaded these particulars Environmental Stewardship and Nitrate Vulnerable Zone: from our website you must contact the office to register your interest or you will not be The land is currently not in any Stewardship Scheme nor in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. included on further mailings regarding this sale. www.stephenson.co.uk

Rights of Way: Local Authority: The access to Lots 2 and 4 is down the stone track, known as Marsh Lane, (marked red East Riding of Yorkshire Council on the plan) which is a public right of way. County Hall Beverley Lot 1 can be accessed from the stone track (marked blue on the map) which joins the East Riding of Yorkshire Asselby to Barmby road close to the western end of Lot 3. It can also be accessed via the HU17 9BA Council maintained Back Lane from the Asselby village and thereafter along the vendor maintained Sandhill Lane on the northern boundary of the land. Guide Price: Offers are invited in excess of £11,000 per acre. Services: None laid on at present.

LOT 1 MAIN BLOCK

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Schedule of Land

LOT 1: MAIN BLOCK – 143.72 ACRES Edged red LOT 3: CAMBRIDGE FIELD – 3.16 ACRES Edged green

An excellent arable area of 143.72 acres of grade I land bordered to the south by the River Bank of the Ouse. The land is currently worked in 9 blocks and is conveniently accessed A single grade I arable field of 3.16 acres with excellent roadside frontage to the High down two hard tracks. Street west of the village.

Field Number Crop Ha Ac

Field Number Crop Ha Ac 8617 61.5 acres of Winter Wheat. 49 58.16 143.72 acres of Spring Barley, 17 acres 8629 Winter Wheat 1.28 3.16 of Spring Oats and 14 acres of O.S.R

LOT 1 TOTAL 58.16 143.72 LOT 3 TOTAL 1.28 3.16

LOT 2: AMERICA – 4.77 ACRES Edged orange LOT 4: LANE SIDE FIELD – 2.32 ACRES Edged blue

A single grade I arable field of 4.77 acres accessed via Marsh Lane from just west of the A single grade I arable field of 2.32 acres accessed via Marsh Lane. village.

Field Number Crop Ha Ac Field Number Crop Ha Ac 1212 Winter Wheat 1.93 4.77 4334 Winter OSR 0.94 2.32

LOT 2 TOTAL 1.93 4.77 LOT 4 TOTAL 0.94 2.32

GRAND TOTAL: 153.97 ACRES (62.31 HECTARES)

Drainage: Agent Contacts: The whole farm has been underdrained with the exception of approximately 16 acres in the south west corner of Lot 1 which “never lies wet” from the Vendor’s experience. For further information or negotiation please contact: Drainage plans are available for most fields. James Stephenson MA (Cantab) FRICS FAAV Tel: 01904 489731 / 07801 685661 Cropping: Email: [email protected]

All the land is highly productive with average yields per acre of 4T for Wheat, 3.25T for Sarah Jones BA PgD MRICS FAAV Spring Barley, and 1.8T for O.S.R. For the past two years the vendor has operated a Tel: 01904 489731 mainly no-till crop establishment system, and for several years Wheat and Spring Barley Email: [email protected] have been grown for seed production. The land is in good heart having received regular dressings of manure and Yorgrow compost.

A full soil analysis report and previous cropping history is available upon request.