Productive Cumbrian Dairy Farm For Sale
H&H Land & Estates brings to the market a 333-acre dairy farm with Grade II Listed farmhouse, large steading, and two separate bungalows.
The 333 acre Mount Pleasant Farm offers an exceptional combination of possibilities with a fully equipped working dairy operation, an historic 5-bedroom farmhouse with two separate 3-bedroom bungalows and an original steading that lends itself to sympathetic conversion.
Located close to the village of Blencow, just four miles west of Penrith, this is highly productive dairy enterprise, has unique combination of prime agricultural land, accommodation, modern farm buildings and traditional steading that will attract the keenest interest for its farming and possible development potential.
Mount Pleasant Farm is offered for sale by Private Treaty as a whole or in four lots, with an overall guide price of £4,535 million.
There is a very strong demand for prime agricultural land in the right location, and Mount Pleasant Farm offers exactly what buyers are looking for. But it also offers so much more with the existing dairy enterprise and the extraordinary potential of the farmhouse and the original steading, and the additional accommodation provided by the two bungalows. The scope for this property is unlimited, either as a ‘lock, stock and barrel’ investment or in separate lots, and I would urge those interested in this property or any part of it to contact us with the minimum of delay.
Lot 1: Farmhouse, 2 Bungalows, Farm Buildings, Original Steading and 195.74 acres
Guide Price: £3,000,000
This lot is ring fenced around the farmhouse, bungalows, modern dairy buildings and the stone-built original steading.
The current dairy operation at Mount Pleasant is undertaken from an extensive range of modern buildings, including two large Atcost Loose Housing sheds, a 10-bay steel portal Cubicle Shed for 120 cows with mattresses, water troughs and automated scrapers, an 8-bay Atcost Cubicle Shed fully equipped for 100 cows, and an 8-bay Crendon construction with 100 cubicles and a central collecting yard.
The modern buildings also include a 9-bay steel portal frame Milking Parlour and Collecting Yard Building with a 18/36 Dairymaster Parlour. A block built Dairy includes a Wash House with Dairymaster power supply unit, a Bulk Tank Room with 12,000 litre bulk tank and an office. Other facilities include portal Silage Pit, a 200,000 gallon Slurry Lagoon with 800,000 gallon Slurry Store, and a range of stores and pens. The original steading includes two substantial slate-roofed barns, two former byres, a stable and three separate loose boxes.
The land extends to 195.74 acres (79.22ha) of excellent quality mowing and grazing land with the benefit of mains and borehole water, and a small area of woodland. The land is ringfenced, with access from the public highway or from field to field boundaries with a mixture of hedgerows and post and wire fences in good stock proof condition.
Constructed in stone with graduated slate roof, and with commanding views over the surrounding countryside, the spacious Grade II Listed farmhouse dates back to 1790 and offers very generous accommodation. To the front of the house is a walled garden. The two three bedroom detached bungalows are of contemporary construction and identical design, with rendered elevations and tile roofing, and both benefit from oil-fired central heating and uPVC double glazing.
Lot 2: 9.72 acres
Guide Price: £1,175,000
The land in Lot t2 lies in a ringfence on the opposite side of the public highway from Lot 1 and comprises of 97.12 acres (39.31ha) of excellent quality mowing and grazing land with the benefit of mains water, with a mixture of hedgerows and post and wire fences in good stock proof condition.
Lot 3: 11.45 acres: Guide Price: £150,000
A single field enclosure of mowing and grazing land extending to 11.45 acres (4.63ha).
Lot 4: 22.53 acres: Guide Price: £210,000
Two field enclosures of mowing and grazing land extending in total to 22.53 acres (9.12ha).
The property is offered for sale Freehold with Vacant Possession on completion with the exception of Mount Pleasant Bungalow which is let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy.
For full particulars or to arrange a viewing by appointment only, please contact our Borderway office on 01228 406260.
