Highfields Farm, Loftus, Saltburn-By-The-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS13

Productive ring fenced mixed farm with superb infrastructure.

Description

Situation
Highfields Farm sits adjacent to the western edge of the North York Moors National Park. The farm has panoramic views of rolling countryside yet lies just under 2 miles south of Loftus. The farm is just south of the scenic North Yorkshire Coastline, towns and villages, including Staithes, Whitby and Runswick Bay.

Highfields Farm is approximately 3 miles from the A171 and under 7 miles from Saltburn-by-the-Sea railway station, linking to the East Coast mainline with direct trains to London and Edinburgh. Saltburn-by-the-Sea is roughly 7 miles from the farm and offers good access to both primary and secondary schools, the secondary school having an Ofsted rating of ‘Outstanding’.

The sale is an opportunity to acquire an attractive and well equipped farm, with potential for further development in the direction of a purchasers’ choosing, be that agriculture, equestrian, or diversified leisure (subject to consents).

Highfields Farm
Highfields is a ring fenced farm in a private and picturesque location. The farm includes a large four bedroom farmhouse, large five bedroom dormer bungalow and an extensive range of traditional and modern buildings.

The farmstead sits centrally within the farmland with approximately 5 acres of adjoining woodland gill. There is an 80Kw/hr wind turbine east of the farmstead. The land is gently undulating with productive Grade 3 soils, well suited to arable or grassland.

Highfields Farmhouse
The farmhouse sits in a sheltered position surrounded by the farmland with steading to east and south. The property dates from the 1800’s and is a well-proportioned family home constructed of redbrick with rendering on the northern façade, beneath a pantile roof.

The ground floor accommodation comprises entrance hall with cloakroom, sitting room, separate dining room, kitchen, boot room, garden room, WC and study. The first floor accommodation includes four double bedrooms, WC, shower room and family bathroom. The farmhouse is fitted with Upvc windows and doors throughout and has oil fired central heating.

Outside is an extensive and well maintained garden with mature trees and shrubs, surrounding the farmhouse to north, west and south.

The Dormer Bungalow
The bungalow lies northwest of the main farmhouse along an access track linking to the farmstead, with a private parking area to the front. The property was built in 2012 and is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition (AOC). The property is of red brick construction beneath a tile roof with UPVC windows and doors throughout.

The ground floor accommodation extends to entrance hall, sitting room, drawing room/dining room, kitchen, utility room, WC, two bedrooms with one with en-suite shower room, family bathroom and WC. The first floor comprises three bedrooms, landing, shower room and office. There is also a double garage of the same construction, with mezzanine storage area.

Outside is a well maintained modest lawned garden surrounding the property to north, west and south.

Farm Buildings
There is an extensive range of modern and traditional farm buildings comprising the following:

Traditional fold yard with concrete floor, brick walls and timber frame under a cement sheet roof. The fold yard is surrounded by traditional loose boxes and granary which have potential for conversion (subject to consents). Adjacent to the core of traditional buildings is a modern portal steel framed livestock building and a timber framed general storage barn with concrete floor. There is a further building housing the disused Milking Parlour containing a 10/20 Herringbone system, a fifty tonne Boythorpe crop store and an 8,500 litre capacity bulk tank.

Off-lying to the east of the above complex of buildings is a modern steel portal framed building with fibre cement roof, concrete walling and floor. This has provided grain and feed storage.

South of the main buildings is the main livestock complex, this comprises a modern steel portal framed building under a fibre cement roof and central feed passage. The building accommodation extends to 160 super comfort cubicles, with slurry scraped to a reception put and an above ground steel slurry tank (erected in 2018) with current capacity for approximately 300,000 gallons, but could be extended with additional steel rings, to store 480,000 gallons. There is a range of feed bins and a Lely A4 robotic milker installed in the cubicle shed operating in a maintenance mode.

East of the farm buildings are three large and modern concrete silage clamps; 2x 700 tonnes and 1x 900 tonnes, with significant concrete apron and effluent storage.




Acreage: 185.59 Acres

Additional Info

Land - The land surrounds the farmstead in a ring fence and gently undulates between 130 and 170 m above sea level. The land is bordered by neighbouring farmland to north and west and flanked by the North York Moors National Park to the east. A coniferous woodland and public highway form the southern boundary. The land is classified as Grade 3 under the Agricultural Land Classification, with soils from the ‘Nercwys’ series, being deep fine loamy soils with slowly permeable subsoils and slight seasonal waterlogging. The land has been utilised with a typical cereal and temporary grassland rotation to complement the dairy herd, with some fields benefitting from a water supply for livestock. This rotation could continue with livestock at the farm or could focus more on arable production.

Wind Turbine - To the east of the farmstead is an 80KW wind turbine owned by a third party, this agreement produces a twice-yearly rental income and an amount of free electricity, after which charges revert to an advantageous export rate.

Rights of Way, Easements and Wayleaves - The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all wayleaves, easements and rights of way whether public or private whether mentioned or not. Local electricity lines cross the land. A public footpath runs east to west across the farmland, south of the farmstead.

Services - Mains electricity (three phase), mains water plus farm borehole and private drainage. The sale includes a PTO driven 90kw backup generator, fully integrated into the farms electrical system.

Subsidies and Grants - The land is registered on the Rural Land Registry. The land does not form part of any Countryside Stewardship Schemes.

Sporting Rights - The sporting rights are included in the sale, in so far as they are owned.

Timber Rights - The timber rights are included in the sale, in so far as they are owned.

Mineral Rights - The mineral rights are excluded from the sale.

Local Authority - Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Energy Performance Certificates - Highfields Farmhouse - Band E, The Bungalow – Band C

Council Tax and Business Rates - Highfields Farmhouse - Band E, The Bungalow – Band E

Tenure - The freehold of the property is offered for sale with vacant possession on completion.

VAT - We understand the land is not opted to tax for VAT purposes.

Solicitor - Latimer Hinks, 5-8 Priestgate, Darlington, DL1 1NL

Method of Sale - The farm is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole, offers for part will be considered. All prospective purchasers are encouraged to register their interest with Savills.

Nearest Postcode - TS13 4UG

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Viewing strictly by appointment with the sole selling agents Savills.

Health and Safety - Given the potential hazards around the farm buildings and land, we ask viewers to be as vigilant as possible when inspecting the properties for their own personal safety.