Fiddlers Green Farm, Brimham Rocks Road, Hartwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3

Superb diversified residential farm, with significant buildings previously operating as a visitor attraction.

Description

Fiddlers Green Farm is an attractive residential farm with substantial principal house, traditional barns and a significant range of steel portal frame buildings which have been developed into al farm adventure park and visitor attraction. In addition to this, there are two large modern general purpose farm buildings which provide additional storage and housing for livestock with extensive grassland, in all totaling approximately 12.98 acres.

The property could be further developed as a visitor attraction or repurposed for other leisure, equine or agricultural uses (subject to the necessary consents).

Fiddlers Green Farmhouse is a substantial detached stone farmhouse, with a stone and slate roof. The ground floor comprises a large kitchen/dining space, including a range of fitted units with integrated appliances, dining room with stone fireplace and log burning stove, patio doors, sitting room with brick fire place and log burning stove, a substantial utility room with fitted units, sink and washer points, shower room adjacent providing shower, WC, wash basin and door to the rear of the property. The first-floor accommodation comprises of four bedrooms with the principal en-suite with a shower room, wash basin and WC. There is a family bathroom with bath, shower, WC and wash basin.

There is a small garden area to the south elevation of the property encompassed by a stone wall. The property has oil fired central heating. There are some wonderful historic features such as exposed beams and traditional fireplaces which have been retained and enhanced in the renovations and improvements of the property over the years. Adjacent to the east of the farmhouse is a small traditional building which provides a plant room, the borehole water supply filtration system and oil fired central heating boiler are located in this area. This building also provides further storage.

Outbuilding
Adjacent to the house is a outbuilding, currently utilised as an office space with a small sink , units and a WC and wash basin. Part of the accommodation, provides a large storage area. The building is steel portal frame with block walls and a fibre cement roof.

Adventure Farm and Café
Much of the wider farm buildings have now been repurposed and improved to create the farm visitor attraction. This business is known as Brimham Rocks Adventure Farm. The buildings centre around two steel portal frame buildings which have been insulated and reclad in places with either steel profile or fibre cement roof sheets and a mixture of block walls and Yorkshire boarding.

Internally there is a reception counter area, with internal stud walls dividing washroom facilities and a loft storage area, behind which is the café, complete with kitchen and counter. This area has uPVC windows and a patio door to an external seating area and sandpit. The space maximises natural light and provides an open link into the play barn and seating area, which has been decorated with a large bespoke mural. This space also maximises natural light with various uPVC windows, the area currently houses a large soft play facility (available by separate negotiation) as well as seating area. Part of this building has also been subdivided to provide additional storage space, again there are doors to the external seating area.

Beyond the playground area is a grass field, which has been subdivided into allotted animal areas, each with respective field shelters (available by separate negotiation) and fencing to enable visitors to access and view the various animals which are part of the attraction.

Adjacent to the field and playground is a general-purpose farm building, internally subdivided to provide a number of smaller pens for various types of livestock and animals to be kept, with an adjacent passage for visitors to walk freely alongside the pens and view the animals. This also includes a wash area necessary for the relevant health and safety provisions.

Location

Fiddlers Green Farm is situated in the heart of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and close to the famous Brimham Rocks. The property has good transport connections to Pateley Bridge, Harrogate and Ripon with all the local services and amenities they provide.

Square Footage: 2,136 sq ft


Acreage: 12.98 Acres

Additional Info

General purpose livestock building subdivided into various pens with a viewing area (aforementioned), steel portal frame, fibre cement roof, Yorkshire boarding with concrete panel, block walls and concrete floor, hand wash facilities (31.5m x 12.6m)

General purpose farm building (former indoor arena) steel portal frame with fibre cement roof, part Yorkshire boarding, part steel profile clad, concrete panel walls with part concrete floor (35m x 24.3m max) Additional Lean-to general purpose building with steel frame concrete floor, fibre cement roof (5.8m x 18m)

Timber frame livestock/storage building with fibre cement roof and Yorkshire boarding, located to the west of the main farm area (9m x 13m). There is a further timber frame workshop with corrugated steel roof and concrete floor which currently sits adjacent to the western elevation of the farmhouse.

The farmland comprises of productive grassland with the areas close to the farm subdivided with fencing to provide individual pens for visitors to view animals and livestock. These areas include some field shelters (may be available by further negotiation).

The wider farmland provides more commercially focused grassland with larger meadows and pasture areas, some with stone wall boundaries. The land could further be utilised in connection with the visitor attraction, leisure or equine uses (subject to necessary consents).

Fiddlers Green Farm is offered for sale by private treaty. All prospective purchasers are encouraged to register their interest with Savills York as soon as possible.

Strictly by appointment through the sole selling agents Savills York.