NEW SHEEPFOLD FARM Ingleby Greenhow, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire NEW SHEEPFOLD FARM INGLEBY GREENHOW, GREAT AYTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE TS9 6RQ AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A FULLY EQUIPPED DAIRY FARM EXTENDING IN ALL TO 245.87 ACRES SITUATED WITHIN A RING FENCE. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE. INGLEBY GREENHOW 3 MILES STOKESLEY 6.5 MILES MIDDLESBROUGH 15 MILES (DISTANCES ARE APPROXIMATE) INTRODUCTION New Sheepfold Farm offers an excellent opportunity to acquire an equipped dairy farm situated within the North York Moors National Park at the foot of the Cleveland Hills. The property is situated approximately 6.5 miles to the south east of the market town of Stokesley. The farm extends to approximately 245.87 acres (99.50 Ha), comprising a farmhouse with attached cottage both subject to agricultural occupancy conditions, an extensive range of modern agricultural buildings and agricultural land with a small area of woodland. The nearby market town of Stokesley provides a wide range of services and amenities including primary and secondary schooling, leisure amenities and a range of professional services. 2 Sheepfold Cottages 1 Sheepfold Cottages Approximate Gross Internal Area Approximate Gross Internal Area 95 sq.m (1,022 sq.ft) 149 sq.m (1,603 sq.ft) 1 SHEEPFOLD COTTAGES Bedroom Bedroom New Sheepfold Farmhouse forms the end house of a 8'8" x 7'9" 8'8" x 7'8" Bedroom 2.7m x 2.4m Bedroom 2.7m x 2.4m Bedroom row of dwellings constructed in 1973 and is subject to an 11'8" x 10'8" 13'8" x 13'1" 10'1" x 12'8" 3.6m x 3.3m 4.2m x 4m agricultural occupancy restriction. The accommodation 3.1m x 3.9m is arranged over two floors and comprises the following: Entrance hall, kitchen, breakfast room/office, sitting room, and wet room with walk in shower on the ground Landing Landing Bedroom Bedroom floor with 3 double bedrooms, 2 single bedrooms and a 13'8" x 8'5" 13'8" x 10'8" Bedroom 1 SHEEPFOLD COTTAGES 4.2m x 2.6m 4.2m x 3.3m 10'1" x 8'5" family bathroom. 3.1m x 2.6m 2 SHEEPFOLD COTTAGES FIRST FLOOR W 2 Sheepfold Cottages is the middle cottage in the row S N of dwellings and was also constructed in 1973. The E accommodation is arranged over two floors comprising entrance hall, sitting room, dining kitchen to the ground Hall Hall Sitting Room Sitting Room floor with 2 double bedrooms, 1 single bedroom and a 14'1" x 16'7" 14'1" x 21'9" Family Room 4.3m x 6.7m 4.3m x 5.1m family bathroom to the first floor. 9'8" x 17'7" 3m x 5.4m 2 SHEEPFOLD COTTAGES Breakfast Kitchen 15'7" x 20'0" Study Breakfast Kitchen 4.8m x 6.1m 7'8" x 15'0" 12'8" x 19'7" 2.4m x 4.6m 3.9m x 6m SKY SKY SKY SKY Utility GROUND FLOOR For Illustrative Purposes Only - Not To Scale All Doors, Windows & Fixture Locations Are Approximate Only FaRM BUILDINGS BUILDING DESCRIPTION APPROXIMATE New Sheepfold Farm benefits from a well-equipped REF DIMENSIONS farm steading with a versatile range of modern general purpose buildings. A Cubicle house – steel portal frame with part concrete block walls with Yorkshire boarding to eaves providing 74 135’ x 50’ cubicles on slatted floor The farm was home to the well regarded Bickleygate B Main cubicle house – steel portal frame with part brick walls and Yorkshire boarding to eaves providing 113 cubicles 135’ x 65’ Holstein herd which comprised approximately 200 milking and automatic scrapers cows plus followers before being dispersed in 2017. The farm now currently operates a dairy heifer rearing enterprise C Parlour – steel portal frame with brick walls to eaves under corrugated clad roof and housing 16:16 herringbone 135’ x 20’ which is complemented by a beef suckler herd and sheep parlour with semi-auto ID and electric feeders flock. The conventional 16:16 herringbone parlour is still in-situ and benefits from semi-automatic ID and electric D Heifer cubicles – steel portal frame with part concrete block walls and Yorkshire boarding to eaves providing 36 heifer 35’ x 15’ feeding systems. The farm buildings remain geared up cubicles and accommodating Biomass Boiler to support a Dairy enterprise but are equally suited to E Farm office and dairy – brick under flat roof 35’ x 25’ supporting other livestock rearing enterprises and taking advantage of the excellent range of accommodation offered. F Open fronted steel portal frame under corrugated clad roof 90’ x 30’ The farm buildings provide approximately 223 cubicles including 36 heifer cubicles with further livestock G Covered Silage Clamps – 3 no. steel portal frame buildings with part timber sleeper walls and Yorkshire boarding to 120’ x 120’ accommodation for calves and young stock and covered eaves silage clamps with capacity for circa 2,000 tonnes. H Livestock building – steel portal frame with part concrete block walls and Yorkshire boarding to eaves 120’ x 35’ The property benefits from a Froling 75 kW Woodchip Biomass boiler which serves the wider farmstead and is Open fronted steel portal frame building, part concrete block walls with part Yorkshire boarding under corrugated 105’ x 30’ registered for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) generating I clad roof on average an annual payment in the region of £8,000 - £10,000 per year. Pond F New Sheepfold A Farm I G B C H E Tank D 1 Sheepfold 3 Cottages 0m 25m 50m 75m Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:1250 THE LAND GENERAL REMARKS AND STIPULATIONS BOUNDARIES New Sheepfold Farm including the farmstead, extends in all METHOD OF SaLE The Vendor will only sell such interest in the boundary fences, walls, to approximately 245.87 acres (99.50 hectares) of productive New Sheepfold Farm is offered for sale as a whole by Private Treaty. If ditches, hedges and other boundaries separating the property from third agricultural land comprising a mixture of mowable grassland, you have downloaded these particulars, please register your interest with party properties in so far as they are owned. pasture and woodland. The land is situated within a compact ring the Harrogate office so that you can be kept fully informed as to how we fence with the farmstead centrally situated on the Holding. propose to conclude the sale. SERVICES New Sheepfold Farm benefits from a connection to mains electricity TENURE AND POSSESSION The farmstead extends to approximately 5 acres whilst the land and a private water supply which also serves adjoining properties with The Property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession subject benefits from approximately 208 acres of mowable grassland drainage to a shared private septic tank. with a further 23 acres of permanent pasture and woodland to the prevailing lease of the sporting rights in favour of a third party, the remaining term of which is understood to be 71 years. extending to approximately 9 acres. COUNCIL TaX BASIC PaYMENT SCHEME New Sheepfold Farmhouse – Band C The farm is bounded by a combination of mature hedgerows 2 Sheepfold Cottages – Band C The land at New Sheepfold Farm has been registered for the Basic and timber post and wire fences. The boundaries have been well Payment Scheme (BPS). The Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements maintained and a network of internal cow tracks provide access VAT are included within the sale. The Vendor will use their reasonable to the grazing pastures. Any guide prices quoted are exclusive of VAT. In the event that the sale endeavours to transfer the appropriate BPS entitlements to the of the property or any part of it or any right attached to it becomes Purchaser upon completion in accordance with the scheme rules. A The underlying soil type is classed as being part of the chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable in Basic Payment Scheme claim for the 2019 scheme year has been made Dunkeswick series which is described as a slowly permeable fine addition to the purchase price. and the vendor will retain the 2019 payment. loamy over clayey soil summarised as being ideal for grassland SPORTING AND MINERAL RIGHTS and some arable cropping. The Joint Agents will administer the Transfer and charge the The mineral rights are included in the freehold sale in so far as they Purchaser(s) a fee of £300 plus VAT for the Transfer. New Sheepfold Farm is undulating in nature and rises from are owned. However we understand the sporting rights have been approximately 180 metres above sea level at the farmstead to ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP reserved . The farm is entered into a NELMS Countryside Stewardship (Middle a height of approximately 210 metres above sea level at the The sporting rights are subject to a prevailing lease in favour of a third Tier) Agreement details of which are available upon request. southern boundary. party, the prevailing term of which, is understood to be approximately INGOING VaLUATION 70 years. In addition to the purchase price, the purchasers will be required to pay HEALTH AND SaFETY for deadstock to include, fertilisers, sprays, silage, hay, straw, fuels, stock feed etc at cost or market value (whichever is the higher) and any items Given the potential hazards of a working farm we ask you to be normally paid for at ingoing. No claim will be allowed for dilapidations or as vigilant as possible when making your inspection for your own any other matters. personal safety, particularly around the farm buildings and machinery.