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265 acres, Rhydlewis, Llandysul, Ceredigion, SA44, West Wales
For Sale - Guide Price £2,800,000

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• Impressive West Wales dairy farm
• Extending to about 265 acres (with a possible option to purchase an additional 100 acres nearby).
• Renowned grass growing area
• Well-connected land with excellent cow tracks and grazing infrastructure. Waikato 24/48 milking parlour.
• Indoor and outdoor cattle cubicles – about 300 in total
• Excellent range of modern buildings for feed, machinery and livestock. Large concrete yards. Four feed clamps.
• Handsome farm house and character cottage

Impressive West Wales dairy farm extending to about 265 acres in a renowned grass growing area. Set in an idyllic and scenic valley location enjoying far reaching views.

Location

Gwarllwyn occupies an idyllic rural valley position enjoying far reaching views over the surrounding countryside. The popular village of Rhydlewis is only about a mile away. The farm is convenient to other local towns including Newcastle Emlyn (about six miles), Llandysul (about eight miles) and Cardigan (about 13 miles).

The stunning Ceredigion coastline is also only about five miles away with beaches at Llangrannog and Penbryn together many others in the vicinity including Tresaith, Mwnt and New Quay. Nearby cattle marts are located in Llanybydder (about 16 miles), Carmarthen (about 23 miles) and Whitland (about 25 miles).

Description

Farm Business Background
Andrew and Dai Evans have successfully and profitably farmed Gwarllwyn for 38 years and now wish to sell it due to their plans to retire. The property is available as a going concern if required and subject to contract and the purchase of the dairy animals and machinery in addition to the guide price for the property. The current milk buyer has indicated an interest in the provision of a new supply contract to the successful purchaser of the farm.

About this property
Gwarllwyn Farm is an impressive dairy farm in West Wales extending to about 265 acres. It offers a well-designed farming system with a Waikato 24/48 milking parlour,10,000 litre bulk milk tank, about 300 cubicles (internal and external) and underground slurry storage. The farm is currently run with a spring calving herd of around 300 cows. In addition there is an excellent range of modern outbuildings and clamps for feed, machinery and storage set around a dedicated and well laid out concrete yard. The farmland is set in a renowned grass growing area and is well paddocked with cow tracks, electric fencing and a water supply connected to a private bore-hole. The farm includes a handsome red brick main farmhouse together with 18th century character cottage (originally the main farmhouse and modernised in c.1976 for holiday lettings) on the yard for family, staff or letting purposes. The farm has in recent years been contract farmed with the current contract coming to an end on 31st December 2025 and there may be an option to continue this.

Main Farmhouse
Accommodation Ground Floor
This handsome red brick farmhouse is thought to date c.1935-36 and offers an impressive main home on the farm. It sits in an elevated position enjoying far reaching views down the valley. The property offers generous and living accommodation combining character features with modern comforts. The ground floor provides an entrance porch, reception hall with parquet flooring and fine staircase, reception room with grand fireplace, living room with wood burning stove, large conservatory, spacious kitchen breakfast room with two oven Aga, utility room with pantry off and a useful boot room with cloakroom off.

First Floor
The first floor accommodation includes the principal bedroom suite overlooking the valley with an en suite bathroom with bath and separate shower. There are three further spacious double bedrooms, another overlooking the valley and the others overlooking the side and rear of the house. These share the use of a family shower room. There is also a full length boarded attic that has conversion potential (stp – subject to planning).

Cottage Ground Floor
The character cottage provides extra living accommodation for family, staff or for letting purposes. It has been used as a successful holiday let in the past. The ground floor provides an open plan kitchen living dining room, cloakroom, utility room and integral garage (with potential to convert into extra living space (stp).

First floor
The first floor offers three bedrooms, a shower room and a large living room that could be used a fourth bedroom.

Externally
The main farmhouse enjoys a pretty garden area with patio, decked area and three levels of lawn/grassed areas as well as a tarmacadam and block paved driveway area for multiple car parking options as well useful garage

The farm buildings
The farm includes an excellent range of modern buildings for the dairy operation, livestock, feed and machinery, all set around a dedicated well laid out concrete yard. It includes a Waikato 24/48 milking parlour, 10,000 litre bulk milk tank, underground slurry storage and about 300 cattle cubicles (internal and external) with the farm currently having a spring calving herd of around 300 cattle. There are four silage/feed clamps, a Collinson 29 ton cake bin and a 20,000 litre water tank for wash down from the private bore hole water supply. There are also a number of older useful traditional farm buildings that are currently used for storage but have conversion potential (stp).

The Land
The farm extends to about 265 acres in total in a renowned grass growing area. The farmland enjoys an excellent network of cow tracks and grazing infrastructure for the dairy herd with water supplied from a bore hole. The main holding grazing platform extends to about 176 acres with a six acre field located across the council road to the west. To the north-east of the farm is another block of land of about 82 acres that is located across a minor council road. This block is again served with paddocks, cow tracks and a water supply.

Option for further land
There is a possible option for further grassland to be rented or purchased in the locality that is rented by the current vendors (about 100 acres). Please contact the selling agents for further details.


Acreage: 265 Acres