Bricett Hall Farm GREAT Bricett • Suffolk

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great bricett • suffolk Bricett Hall Farm 2 great bricett, ipswich, suffolk

Hadleigh – 11.1 km (6.9 miles); Ipswich – 16.7 km (10.4 miles); Sudbury – 23.5 km (14.6 miles); Bury St Edmunds – 32.5 km (20.2 miles) Stowmarket Station (London Liverpool St Station from 78 minutes) – 13.7 km (8.5 miles); London Stansted Airport – 74 km (46 miles) (All distances and times are approximate)

A FINE, RING-FENCED COMMERCIAL FARM CENTRED AROUND A GRADE I LISTED HALL IN THE HEART OF SUFFOLK

Historic 4 bedroom hall set in beautifully kept grounds Range of modern and traditional farm buildings including Suffolk barn and new grain store Commercial workshop and storage About 160.18 hectares (395.79 acres) of highly productive farmland

IN ALL ABOUT 168 HECTARES (415.12 ACRES) For sale by private treaty as a whole

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Your attention is drawn to the important notice on the last page of the text.

Savills Ipswich 50 Princes Street Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 1RJ Tel: 01473 234800 Email: [email protected] 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Bricett Hall Farm is a productive, commercial scale arable farm in central Suffolk. The Hall sits at the centre of the farm and has an extensive and varied history dating back to the twelfth Century and the arrival of the Augustinian monks from Limoge in France. The farm has been in the Vendor’s family’s ownership for nearly a hundred years and in that time has been the home of significant and ground breaking developments in plant science and farming technology. Amongst other innovations, Bricett Hall saw the arrival of the first combine harvester in East Anglia from Canada in 1936. The farm continues to be a high yielding cereal farm well known across the region and beyond for its impressive agricultural history.

SITUATION & LOCATION The farm sits at the centre of the village of Great Bricett, set in a rural location with the surrounding area being primarily agricultural land interspersed with villages and farmsteads. The county town of Ipswich is approximately 16.73 km (10.4 miles) north-west and the A14 trunk road is approximately 11.58 km (7.2 miles) east and provides access to Cambridge and the Midlands in the north east and Ipswich and the A12 to the south east. Wattisham Airfield, an active Army Aircorps base, borders the land to the north.

Stowmarket train station is located approximately 10.78 km (6.7 miles) to the north and provides direct commuter services to London Liverpool Street station with a fastest journey time of approximately 78 minutes. London Stansted Airport is approximately 74 km (46 miles) to the south west and can be reached via the A12 towards London along with the M25 and wider motorway network.

This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE.

Bricett Hall Farm Great Bricett, Suffolk 5 HISTORY 6 Bricett Hall Farm is a property with an extensive and fascinating history which features prominently in the Domesday Book. The Hall was built as part of the Augustinian Priory of St Leonard (sub-house to the Monastery of Nobiliac in the diocese of Limoges) in approximately 1110 and formed part of The Manor of Great Bricett under Ranulf Peverel, one of William the Conqueror’s ‘tenants-in-chief’.

In 1414 Henry V confiscated all alien monastery priories by an act of parliament and in 1444, Henry VI granted Bricett Priory and all of its possessions to his new college of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge. Ten years later a Royal Licence was granted for Kings College Cambridge to appropriate the priories of Great Bricett and also the nearby Augustinian priory at Kersey. The college owned both the church and the house for over 450 years until eventually selling the Priory and the farm in 1921.

The farm has since had a number of owners and tenants, the most recent being the Cooper family who have held the Farm since 1947 and paid particular attention to scientific improvements and efficiency, winning the Nickerson cereal husbandry award in 1978 and commended for being a ‘true innovator’.

BRICETT HALL The Hall itself is understood to date back to the mid thirteenth century when it was built as the hall of the Augustinian Priory of St Leonard and attached to the north side of the church. It has benefited from various alterations throughout the last seven hundred years with the most recent significant additions taking place in the mid-19th century. The Hall is of timber construction with rendered elevations and numerous period features, including a dual galleried entrance hallway with a very rare example of exemplary carpentry in the restored wooden panelling dating back to the earliest date of construction. The accommodation extends to approximately 5,773 ft2 and includes a kitchen, pantry, three reception rooms, a scullery, cloakroom, four bedrooms (two with en-suite bathrooms), a family bathroom, minstrel’s gallery and attic room.

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Bricett Hall Farm Great Bricett, Suffolk The Hall, Great Bricett

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Conservatory Storage Up 6.45 x 2.97m 21'2" x 9'9" Double Garage Bedroom Kitchen / 7.42 x 6.15m 5.13 x 4.42m Breakfast Room 24'4" x 20'2" 16'10" x 14'6" 6.58 x 4.83m 21'7" x 15'10" Games Room 5.64 x 3.91m Utility Room 18'6" x 12'10" 5.49 x 4.55m 18' x 14'11" Bedroom Reception Room 5.41 x 3.58m Bathroom 6.55 x 4.80m 17'9" x 11'9" 6.05 x 2.97m 21'6" x 15'9" 19'10" x 9'9"

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FARM BUILDINGS The buildings at Bricett Hall Farmcomprise a range of modern and traditional buildings bordered to the south by Bricett Hall itself. Planning permission has been granted for a second access which connects the south west corner of the farmyard to the B1078 to the south.

We include opposite a site plan of the farm yard and a table below showing a description of the buildings. The measurements stated are approximate and for indicative purposes only.

Building Description Approximate GIA A Modern 3,000 tonne grain store constructed in 2014. Steel portal frame construction with grain walling to approximately four metres and concrete floor. 994 m2 (10,703 ft2) Metal roller door on front elevation, metal roller vent on rear elevation. Separate personnel door. B Old grain store with a capacity of approximately 1,500 tonnes. Reinforced grain walling to approximately 3.5 metres high with fibre cement/asbestos clad 603 m2 (6,487 ft2) elevations above. Concrete open floor, metal roller door to one end with metal sliding door to other and a separate personnel door. Overhead conveyor linked to building D. C Bunded compound for 60,000 litre fertiliser tank (now disused) and an 18.000 litre diesel tank. D & E Grain dryer with a capacity of 40 tonnes per hour. Grain silo and reception pit. Elevations are part red brick and part concrete with fibre cement/asbestos 188 m2 (2,019 ft2) sheet cladding and fibre cement/asbestos pitched roof. Metal roller shutter door and timber personnel door to office with timber single glazed window. The building has 3 phase electricity supply and water. F 10,000 litre fuel tank servicing grain dryer. G & H Traditional Grade II listed barn of timber construction with part timber weather boarded elevations and part corrugated iron elevations on a brick and 282 m2 (3,036 ft2) concrete plinth. The roof is pitched with a corrugated iron covering. Concrete floor with metal roller shutter door to one end. Used for general storage. I & L Dutch Barn which has been split into two. Internally there is an insulated paint room and separate mezzanine level storage area. Breeze block constructed 589 m2 (6,336 ft2) metal clad under a domed metal roof. Metal profile sliding doors, up and over door and separate pedestrian door. There is a secure compound to the rear which is used in conjunction with the building. The building is currently used as a workshop. J & K Office. Elevations are part rendered and painted breeze block elevations under a metal box profile roof with uPVC rainwater goods, timber door and timber 181 m2 (1,945 ft2) single glazed windows. There is a set of red brick steps leading up to the door. It adjoins a traditional barn of timber construction with timber weather boarded elevations under a corrugate iron cross-gabled roof. M Old stable

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LAND The land at Bricett Hall Farm is predominantly classified as Grade 2 on the Land Classification Soil Series of England and Wales. The soils are primarily of the Beccles 3 series (described as slowly permeable, seasonally waterlogged fine loamy over clayey soils) and the Hanslope series (described as slowly permeable calcareous clayey soils).

A typical three year crop rotation of the farm includes winter wheat, winter oil seed rape and spring barley. The farm has consistently produced high yielding crops over the whole rotation, including an average of over 10.5 tonnes per hectare (4.3 tonnes per acre) for 1st wheats over the last five years.

The land is registered for the Basic Payment Scheme and all relevant Entitlements will transfer to the Purchaser.

The soils across the farm have been extensively mapped and regularly tested for potassium phosphorous, magnesium and pH levels.

Local roads, along with very well maintained farm tracks, provide good access to the large arable fields across the farm and make it highly suited to commercial-scale crop production using modern machinery.

Bricett Hall Farm Great Bricett, Suffolk 15 The land has been comprehensively drained and copies of the plans are available to view at the Vendor’s farm office upon request to the Vendor’s 16 agent.

A scheduled ancient monument is located close to the farm buildings and can be seen in the last photograph on page 15.

In total the farm extends to approximately 168 hectares (415.12 acres) of the following land types;

Description Hectares Acres Arable 160.18 395.79 Misc 4.44 10.97 Woodland / Scrub 3.39 8.36 Total 168 415.12

Bricett Hall Farm Great Bricett, Suffolk 17 GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS 18 Postcode Development Uplift IP7 7DN It is the Vendor’s wish to retain a right of overage on the area shaded blue on the enclosed sale plan. The Vendor will be entitled to 25% of any uplift beyond agricultural value resulting from Method of Sale the granting of consent for any non-agricultural use for a period of 30 years. The overage Bricett Hall Farm is offered for sale by Private Treaty as a whole. payment would be triggered by the granting of a planning consent or a sale of the land.

Tenure and Possession Ingoing Valuation The farm is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession subject only to the occupations below; Depending on the date of completion of the sale(s) there may be an ingoing valuation in respect of growing crops. Please refer to the Vendor’s agents. Property Basis of Occupation Annual Rent Bricett Hall Assured Shorthold Tenancy £19,200 Easements, Covenants, Rights of Way and Restrictions Workshop (L) Landlord and Tenant 1954 Act (Contracted out of £11,800 The property is sold subject to, or with the benefit of, all existing way leaves, easements, quasi- security of tenure provisions) easements, rights of way, covenants, and restrictions whether mentioned in these particulars or not. The property is subject to a number of footpaths which cross the land at various points, Timing plans of which are available from the Vendor’s agent. In addition, the property is subject to rights The Vendor will be seeking an exchange of contracts within 28 days of the Purchaser’s solicitor of access enjoyed by Brook Cottage and Oak View along the track from the public highway. receiving a draft sale contract. It is expected that completion of the sale will take place shortly thereafter. The Purchaser will be required to pay a 10% upon exchange of contracts. Boundaries, Plans, Areas, Schedules and Disputes The boundaries are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The Purchaser Sporting, Minerals and Timber will be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and any error or mistake shall not annul In so far as they are owned by the Vendor, rights of sporting, mineral and timber are included in the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof. the sale. All such rights are believed to be owned by the Vendor. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries or any points arise on the general remarks and Fixtures and Fittings stipulations, particulars, schedules, plan or the interpretation of any of them, such questions Unless described in these particulars, all fixtures and fittings are specifically excluded from the shall be referred to the selling agent whose decision acting as expert shall be final. sale. A new ownership boundary will be created adjacent to Wattisham airfield where the Vendor is Basic Payment Scheme to retain a parcel of land currently not marked on the ground. This land will be available for The land is registered under the current Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). The Vendor will make the Purchaser to occupy on a regularised basis until such time as required by the Vendor. The reasonable endeavours to transfer the relevant Entitlements to the Purchaser after completion of Vendor shall reserve a call option over a small area of land which may be required to provide the sale. The 2018 payment will be retained by the Vendor. access to the aforementioned land. Such an option only to be triggered in the event that the land is required for this specific purpose. Services Bricett Hall benefits from mains electricity, mains water, private drainage shared with the farm Council Tax buildings and oil fired central heating. The Hall has its own 14,000 litre domestic oil tank. Bricett Hall (Mid Suffolk District Council) – Band H (£3,142.14) for 2017 / 2018

The farm buildings at Bricett Hall benefit from 3 phase mains electricity, mains water and private drainage shared with Bricett Hall.

Bricett Hall Farm Great Bricett, Suffolk GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS 19 Data Room IMPORTANT NOTICE Additional information about Bricett Hall Farm can be found in our online Data Room. Please Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: contact the Vendor’s agent should you wish to access the Data Room. 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the Local Authority property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. Endeavour House These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as 8 Russell Road statements or representations of fact. Ipswich IP1 2BX 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the Solicitor property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not Gotelee Solicitors tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or 31-41 Elm Street otherwise. Ipswich IP1 2AY 3. The reference to any mechanical or electrical equipment or other facilities at the property Contact: Peter Crix shall not constitute a representation (unless otherwise stated) as to its state or condition or that it is capable of fulfilling its intended function and prospective purchasers/tenants should satisfy Anti-Money Laundering themselves as to the fitness of such equipment for their requirements. In accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, once an offer has been accepted, 4. They have not made any investigation into the existence or otherwise of any issues concerning the Purchaser will be required to provide proof of identity and address prior to the instruction pollution of the land, air or water contamination. The Purchaser is responsible for making his of solicitors. own enquiries in this regard.

VAT Particulars prepared June 2018. Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property or any part thereof or any right attached to it becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, 18/06/28 WH such tax will be payable in addition.

Viewings Strictly by appointment through Savills (Will Hargreaves 01473 234800).

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