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For Sale - £800,000 - 29.35 acres, Townhead Farm, Dalston, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA5, CA5 7BA

Savills (UK) Ltd
Ground Floor, 14 Merchants Place, Merchangate, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9TU

Tel:01904 617800
E-mail: york_rural@savills.com

• Grade II Listed four-bedroom farmhouse in need of modernisation
• Listed range of traditional buildings with development potential (subject to consents)
• Extensive range of modern farm buildings
• Productive grassland and arable
• Potential for diversification to equestrian, leisure, holiday or other commercial uses (subject to consents)
• Available as a whole or in two lots
• In all about 29.35 acres (11.88 Hectares)

Attractive residential farm with significant potential.

Description

SUMMARY
Townhead Farm sits in attractive rolling countryside southeast of the Dalston and just under 6 miles south of Carlisle. The M6 and A6 are approximately 11 miles and 5 miles from the farm respectively, for excellent access to the wider road network. The farm is a manageable size with extensive infrastructure and potential for further development and expansion in the direction of a purchaser’s choosing, be that agriculture, equestrian, leisure or residential redevelopment (subject to consents).

TOWNHEAD FARM
Townhead Farm is accessed via a short private drive from the public highway, the farm comprises a historic and attractive farmhouse, range of traditional and modern buildings arranged around a cobbled courtyard and larger commercial concrete yard beyond. The land is divided by the public highway into two blocks with the core land, farmhouse and steading lying on the western side. The smaller block of grassland sits to the east, perfectly suited to grazing livestock or as a pony paddock or amenity land with good road frontage.

TOWNHEAD FARMHOUSE
The farmhouse is an attractive Grade II Listed building constructed of red sandstone under a slate roof dating back to the early 1700s. The farmhouse adjoins a range of historic traditional farm buildings offering a purchaser the opportunity to enhance the current dwelling with scope to extend the living accommodation within the current footprint of the farm buildings, subject to consents. The property would benefit from some modernisation and updating.

The ground floor accommodation comprises entrance hallway, kitchen with oil fired AGA, dining room with cast iron fireplace, sitting room with inglenook fireplace, snug with wood burner, scullery, study and playroom. To the rear is a boot room and utility room, accessing the rear garden. To the first floor are three double bedrooms, a single bedroom and family bathroom with bath, shower, sink and WC.

Lying north and south of the farmhouse are attractive lawned gardens with an orchard area, much of which is enclosed by stone walls.

TRADITIONAL FARM BUILDINGS
Attached to the east of the farmhouse is an extensive range of traditional farm buildings arranged in an L shape and constructed of red sandstone beneath slate and fibre cement roofs. These form part of the listing and are arranged around a cobble courtyard. The buildings are predominantly double height and comprise a former cow byres and cart house with attractive round arch. These have been used for storage, garaging and livestock pens. Across the courtyard is a separate former granary and adjoining lean-to livestock building with mono pitch steel frame and fibre cement roof.

The traditional buildings could be renovated to provide traditional residential accommodation, be this an extension to the house or new residential properties, holiday cottages or office space (subject to the necessary consents).

LAND
The land is divided by the public highway into two blocks of approximately 23.48 acres and 3.31 acres, excluding the farmstead and buildings. The core farmland block sits to the west and surrounds the central farmstead, divided into four parcels with hedgerows and mature trees which give it almost a parkland quality. The land is productive grassland and arable.

The land to the east of the road is a single parcel of grassland adjoining Pow Beck and includes a small corner of scrubland/coppice at the northern tip. The field is ideally suited for use as a pony paddock or small amenity parcel.

The land is Grade 3 with soils from the ‘Clifton’ series, being slowly permeable, reddish fine and coarse loamy soils. The land is relatively flat falling between 80 and 95 metres above sea level.

LOTTING

LOT 1 (BLUE ON PLAN). Townhead Farmhouse, traditional and modern buildings and land – in all about 26.04 acres (10.54ha). Guide price £765,000.

LOT 2 (RED ON PLAN). Grassland adjacent to Pow Beck, in all about 3.31 acres (1.34 ha). Guide price £35,000.

WHOLE. Townhead Farm - in all about 29.35 acres (11.88 Hectares). Guide price £800,000.


Acreage: 29.35 Acres