Lot 1 - Land at Manor Farm, Woodnewton, Northamptonshire

Lot 1 - Land at Manor Farm, Woodnewton, Northamptonshire  

Approximately 124.95 ac (50.56 ha) - £1,200,000  

SITUATION The property is located to the south of the village of Woodnewton in the county of Northamptonshire, approximately 3 miles north-west of the A605 at Warmington; 3.5 miles north of Oundle; 8 miles south of Stamford and 9 miles west of Peterborough. The property benefits from excellent road connections with the A605 located to the east, which provides road links to the A1 (M) at Peterborough and the A14 at Thrapston. 

GENERAL The property extends to approximately 182.46 acres (73.84 hectares) in total and is available for sale as a whole, or in up to 3 Lots. 

LOT 1 - ARABLE LAND WEST OF OUNDLE ROAD  

PINK ON PLAN  

Approximately 124.95 acres (50.56 hectares) In all, approximately 123.84 acres of commercial arable land in five field parcels, together with a small spinney extending to approximately 1.11 acres located in the centre of the property. Lot 1 has road frontage and access to Oundle Road and Southwick Road. The arable fields have been well farmed in an arable rotation with combinable crops in recent years. The land has been cropped with Winter Barley in 2023; Oilseed in 2024; and Winter Wheat in 2025. The fields are bound with mature hedgerows and trees. Part of the land is entered into options AB8 "flower rich margins" and AB9 "winter bird food" under the Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme.

The land is classified as Grade 3 according to the Agricultural Land Classification maps, and the soil is identified as being primarily of the Evesham 1 Soil Association described as slowly permeable calcareous clayey soils associated with shallow well drained brashy calcareous soils over limestone according to the Soil Survey of England and Wales. 

GENERAL INFORMATION  

Method of Sale The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty as a whole or in up to 3 Lots. 

Tenure and Possession The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession. 

Services There are no services connected to the property. 

Environmental Schemes The property, along with other land, is entered into a Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme which runs to 31st December 2026; and in the Sustainable Farming Incentive Scheme. The Buyer will be required to take on the Mid-Tier environmental options. More details are available from the Selling Agent. 

Outgoings The property is subject to General Drainage Rates as levied by the Environment Agency. 

Planning and Local Authority The property is located within the administrative boundaries of North Northamptonshire Council. 

Sporting, Timber and Mineral Rights All sporting, timber and mineral rights are included in the freehold sale, insofar as they are owned.

Easements, Wayleaves and Rights of Way

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way, whether public or private, light, sport, drainage, water, electricity supplies and any other rights, obligations, easements and quasi easements, whether specifically mentioned or not. 

Boundaries The Buyer(s) will be deemed to have inspected the property and satisfied themselves as to the ownership of any boundary hedge, tree or ditch. The hedge and treeline between Lot 1 and Lot 2 will form part of Lot 2. 

Ingoing Valuation At the time of preparing the particulars, the arable land is within stubble or Mid-Tier Stewardship options. If crops are established over the land prior to a sale, in addition to the purchase price the Buyer(s) will be required to pay for: growing crops and all beneficial cultivations, subsoiling, mole ploughing and acts of husbandry since the last harvest at current CAAV rates or contract rates where applicable; seed, fertilisers, manures, sprays, lime and chalk applied to the growing crops since the last harvest recharged at invoice cost; an enhancement will be applied of £30 / acre / month from the date of establishment to completion. 

Nearest Postcode and What3Words The nearest postcode for the property is PE8 5EG. The property can be found more precisely using the What3Words mapping system reference of: ///earl.rejoiced.faced 

Overage The Seller will retain an overage of 30% of any uplift in value if planning permission is obtained for a development or change of use from agricultural, equestrian or horticultural use during the first 30 years after completion of the sale. The overage payment will be triggered upon disposal of land with the benefit of planning permission or implementation of planning permission, whichever is the sooner 

VAT Should the sale of the property or rights attached to the sale become a chargeable supply for the purpose of VAT, such tax will be paid by the Buyer(s) in addition to the purchase price. 

Plans, Areas and Schedules Plans included or attached to these particulars are based upon the Ordnance Survey Maps, copyright reserved. All plans are not to scale. 

Viewings All viewings are strictly by appointment only through the Selling Agent, Henry H Bletsoe and Son LLP. To be undertaken during daylight hours, on foot only, with a set of particulars in hand. Please contact Bletsoes on to arrange a viewing of the Property. 

Health and Safety Given the potential hazards of a working farm, we ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making your inspection, for your own personal safety. It is asked that you observe any specific signage on the property. 

Measurements and Other Information All measurements are approximate. While we endeavour to make our sales particulars accurate and reliable, if there is a point which is of particular importance, please do contact the Selling Agent, Henry H Bletsoe and Son LLP, who will be pleased to check the information for you, particularly if you are contemplating travelling some distance to view the property. Particulars prepared October 2025. Photographs taken September 2025. 

Anti Money Laundering Regulations Buyer(s) will be required to provide proof of identity and address to the Selling Agent following acceptance of an offer (subject to contract) and prior to Solicitors being instructed. 

Important Notice Henry H Bletsoe and Son LLP for themselves and the Seller whose agents they are give Notice that: 1. These particulars are intended to give a fair and substantially correct overall description for the guidance of intending Buyers and do not constitute part of an offer or Contract. Prospective Buyer(s) ought to seek their own professional advice. 2. All descriptions, dimensions, areas, reference to condition and if necessary permissions for use and occupation and details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct. Any intending Buyer(s) should not rely on them as a statement or representation of fact but must satisfy themselves when inspecting or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. 3. No person in the employment of Henry H Bletsoe and Son LLP has any authority either to make or give any representation or warranty whether in relation to this property or these Particulars nor to enter in any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Seller. 4. No responsibility is accepted for any expenses incurred by the intending Buyer(s) inspecting properties that have been sold, let or withdrawn. 5. The property is open to inspection. The Buyer(s) shall be deemed to have full knowledge of the state and condition thereof including the ownership of any tree, boundary or part of the property. 6. Should any dispute arise between the Seller and Buyer(s) upon any point not involving a question of Law arising out of these Particulars, stipulations or plans as to interpretation, the dispute shall be referred to the Selling Agents, Henry H Bletsoe and Son LLP, whose decision shall be final and binding on all parties to the dispute and in every such referral the Selling Agents to decide how the costs of such reference shall be borne. Particulars prepared October 2025.