East Moors, Helmsley

DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUNDThe letting of Lund Farm presents a rare opportunity to let an attractively situated smallholding with agricultural and equestrian potential.The farm is offered to let by a progressive landlord who has worked and cooperated with the outgoing tenant and is now looking for a new occupier to take Lund Farm forward. The Farm forms part of the wider East Moors Estate and has been utilised as a livestock farm, primarily to support a wider and successful sheep enterprise.The farm lends itself to range of livestock enterprises with useful range of buildings and benefit of on-site accommodation, as well as offering equestrian potential. The farmhouse comprises a stone built, three-bedroom dwelling and sits in approximately 2.50-acres. Within the farmyard is a range of stone and more modern farm building offering housing and storage space. In all the land extends to 38-acres including 35-acres of productive, permanent pasture and is set within a ring fence. The land is in good heart and is suitable for grazing or grass cropping.  The farm is offered either as a whole or in two lots and is initially offered on an annual agreement with AST over the farmhouse and grazing licence over the land. Alternatively, longer term agreements and all other proposals will be considered.LOCATIONLund Farm is located in a rural and private position, in open countryside and within the North Yorkshire National Park. The popular market town of Helmsley is set a short distance south and the farm is accessed off a shared private roadway which leads directly into the farmstead from the council-maintained highway.Helmsley is a very attractive market town situated 5 miles south of Lund Farm on the southern fringe of the North York Moors National Park.  With a weekly market, range of small independent shops, hostelries and restaurants and high-class delicatessens the town is a highly regarded tourist destination. Kirkbymoorside is located 10-miles southeast and offers a further range of amenities including convenience stores, shops, leisure, recreational and sporting facilities. The town also benefits from educational and health care institutes.A further good range of services and facilities are available in the market town of Malton which is located approximately 20-miles distant and includes a twice weekly livestock market.   TO BE LET ON INITIAL ANNUAL AGREEMENTS WITH A LONGER TERM AVAILABLE BY SEPARATE NEGOTIATIONWHOLE – Lund Farm comprising farmhouse, range of buildings and set in 38-acres LOT 1 – Lund Farmhouse, range of buildings and set in 2.50-acres (edged red)  LOT 2 – 35-acres of grassland (edged blue)ALL OFFERS / PROPOSALS CONSIDERED AND TO BE SUBMITTED BY 2PM FRIDAY 29TH MARCH 2024