LOT 7 – Barrs Farm, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 0DD (Kintbury Holt Estate)

LOT 7 – Barrs Farm (Kintbury Holt Estate)

Barrs Farm comprises the Estate’s other dairy unit also designed to run a 220 cow low cost milk from grass autumn calving system requiring one fulltime person and a relief milker. Cattle are fed on a self-feed silage face. The farm is profitable and available on a ‘lock, stock and barrel’ basis. The farm accounts will be available to parties interested in buying the business at an appropriate stage.

BARRS FARMHOUSE
Situated just over half a mile to the northwest of Hamstead Marshall, Barrs Farmhouse comprises a detached three-bedroom property of traditional red brick construction. The farmhouse is not listed, and therefore (subject to the necessary planning consents), there is the potential opportunity to renovate and remodel to create an exceptional family home in a beautiful setting. Extending to approximately 2,038 sq ft.

Outside there is a garden which wraps around the farmhouse on three sides, with an adjacent gravelled parking area lying to the east

BARRS FARM BUILDINGS
The property comprises a well-equipped agricultural unit suitable for a continuation of
dairying, with a range of straw barns, general purpose sheds and livestock buildings.
The farm buildings are as follows:

A – Straw Shed
B – General Store
C – Open Fronted Calf Housing
D – Redundant Parlour
E – Parlour
F – Cow Kennels
G – Slurry Pit

Adjacent to Barrs Farmhouse sits a traditional courtyard of red brick buildings which offer clear potential for a range of development or diversification opportunities, subject to the necessary consents.

The farmland extends to 33 acres and is summarised as follows:

Grassland: 22.08 acres (8.93 hectares)
Woodland: 10.94 acres (4.43 hectares)
Total: 33.02 acres (13.36 hectares)

BARRS FARM TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS
Approximate Floor Area = 326.6 sq m / 3515 sq ft (Excluding Open Space)

Lot 7 – Barrs Farm forms part of Kintbury Holt Estate which comprises of three farmsteads which previously formed part of The Craven Estate and is now offered for sale having been farmed as a dairy enterprise by the Vendors for over 60 years.

The farms sit within glorious open countryside and comprise of large open arable and intensive grassland fields with high quality mixed age native broadleaved woodland. The land is classified as mainly Grade 3, with some Grade 4, and the soil described as predominately slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils. There is an element of freely draining slightly acid but base-rich soils to the north. Numerous gateways onto the public highways and good internal farm tracks provide access to all fields.

Further details on the soil descriptions and cropping history can be found in the online Data Room.