Land For Sale £645,000
About 70.10 acres (28.37 ha) of arable/pasture land with a useful range of modern farm buildings, in a lovely position close to Honiton. For sale by private treaty as a whole (lotting considered)
Holmsleigh farm has been in the vendors ownership since 1974, his retirement now brings the land and farm buildings at Holmsleigh Farm to the open market for the first time in nearly 50 years.
The land comprises of a gently undulating block of southwest facing land that occupies a lovely position between the market town of Honiton and the village of Monkton, just to the east of the main A30.
The soil type is a medium loam overlaying flint that is generally free draining, the land has been used for arable cropping, grazing and mowing in recent years. Within the farm is an attractive area of mixed woodland known as Bull Pitt copse that extends to about 4.09 acres (1.66 ha) and there is also a large wildlife pond that has been stocked with carp and used for duck flighting in previous years.
There is good access over a hard track leading to the land and farmyard from Holmsleigh Road (which runs between the A30 and the Old Chard Road at Cotleigh) and has long road frontage.
The farm buildings now require some improvement but there is a substantial range of buildings, dating from the 1980’s/90’s set around concrete yards. All buildings are steel frame construction with block or sleeper walls under fibre cement asbestos roofs with concrete floors. They comprise;
1.) Cubicle building (18.4 x 8.1m)
2.) Silage barn with two lean – to’s (34.7m x 18.4m)
3.) Silage barn (18m x 13m)
4.) Lower side of the yard, covered dung store (two buildings joined together. Overall 31.7m x 12.3m)
It is considered this property would make an ideal youngstock unit for an expanding farming business, or could form the basis of a start- up farm for a new entrant into the industry. In all this is a rare opportunity to acquire a good block of productive farmland with useful range of buildings conveniently located close to Honiton.<br/><br/>
Holmsleigh farm has been in the vendors ownership since 1974, his retirement now brings the land and farm buildings at Holmsleigh Farm to the open market for the first time in nearly 50 years.
The land comprises of a gently undulating block of southwest facing land that occupies a lovely position between the market town of Honiton and the village of Monkton, just to the east of the main A30.
The soil type is a medium loam overlaying flint that is generally free draining, the land has been used for arable cropping, grazing and mowing in recent years. Within the farm is an attractive area of mixed woodland known as Bull Pitt copse that extends to about 4.09 acres (1.66 ha) and there is also a large wildlife pond that has been stocked with carp and used for duck flighting in previous years.
There is good access over a hard track leading to the land and farmyard from Holmsleigh Road (which runs between the A30 and the Old Chard Road at Cotleigh) and has long road frontage.
The farm buildings now require some improvement but there is a substantial range of buildings, dating from the 1980’s/90’s set around concrete yards. All buildings are steel frame construction with block or sleeper walls under fibre cement asbestos roofs with concrete floors. They comprise;
1.) Cubicle building (18.4 x 8.1m)
2.) Silage barn with two lean – to’s (34.7m x 18.4m)
3.) Silage barn (18m x 13m)
4.) Lower side of the yard, covered dung store (two buildings joined together. Overall 31.7m x 12.3m)
It is considered this property would make an ideal youngstock unit for an expanding farming business, or could form the basis of a start- up farm for a new entrant into the industry. In all this is a rare opportunity to acquire a good block of productive farmland with useful range of buildings conveniently located close to Honiton.<br/><br/>
