Farm for sale

Moordyke Farm, Aikton, Wigton CA7 0JF

A FORMER DAIRY FARM COMPRISING OF THE MAIN FOUR BEDROOM FARMHOUSE WITH AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, WIND TURBINE AND AGRICULTURAL LAND. A ONE BEDROOMED COTTAGE/HOLIDAY LET ADJACENT TO THE MAIN FARMHOUSE, AND A TWO BEDROOMED COTTAGE LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE. LAND EXTENDING TO APPROXIMATELY 97.56 HECTARES (241.07 ACRES).

FOR SALE IN FIVE LOTS OR AS A WHOLE

Lot 1 – Moordyke Farm, Cottage/Holiday Let, Extensive Range of Agricultural Buildings, Wind Turbine and Agricultural Land extending to approximately 55.63 hectares (137.15 acres)

Offers Over - £2,300,000 (Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Pounds)

Whole: 97.56 Hectares (241.07 Acres)

£3,825,000 (Three Million Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Pounds)

Introduction

Moordyke Farm offers an exceptional opportunity to purchase a former dairy farm with extensive range of modern agricultural buildings and the very best quality agricultural land. The property is located close to the village of Aikton and only a 20-minute drive from the city of Carlisle.

The main holding includes:

• A very well presented four bedroomed dwelling.

• An extensive range of modern agricultural buildings including 20/20 Fullwood milking parlour, 80 KW wind turbine, cubicle sheds, silage pits and the very best agricultural land extending to approximately 95.44 Hectares (235.52 Acres)

• “Brunos Bothy” – a one bedroomed cottage located close to the main holding. The bungalow is currently used as a holiday let.

• Number 2, The Nook – a two bedroomed cottage located half a mile from the main farm, within the village of Aikton.

Location

The property is located in a rural position close to the village of Aikton and benefits from expansive views of the local countryside.

The property lies within a favoured farming district in close proximity to Wigton and Carlisle within the Solway Plain where dairy production and livestock rearing form the predominant agricultural enterprises.

Local Amenities

The City of Carlisle lies some 10.7 miles from the property and benefits from a broad range of amenities being the central hub for Cumbria and Scottish Borders.

The surrounding area is a traditional and productive livestock area with local auction marts of Hopes Auction Mart (5.6 miles), Harrison and Hetherington, Carlisle (11.5 miles) Mitchells Auction Mart (21.8 miles) and Penrith & District Farmers Mart (26.1 Miles).

Lot 1

Moordyke Farm

Farmhouse, Cottage, Extensive Range of Modern Agricultural Buildings, Wind Turbine and Agricultural Land Extending to approximately 55.63 Hectares (137.15 Acres).

Guide Price: £2,300,000 (Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Pounds)

Moordyke Farmhouse

The spacious farmhouse built in the 1820s spans 2266.7 sq. ft. (210.6 sq. m) over two floors. The property is of stone/render construction under a slate roof.

The property benefits from a mains and borehole water supply, mains electricity supply. Drainage is to a private septic tank. The property benefits from oil fired central heating and has solar panels on the roof.

The property briefly comprises:

Ground Floor

Porch: 1.54m x 3.64m

Base units

Kitchen/Dining Room: 6.88m x 4.10m

Oil fired Aga, wall and base units, pantry, connection for electric oven and dishwasher, part tile/part carpeted floor, exposed beam to the ceiling.

Hallway

Door leading to garden. Carpeted floor with storage cupboard and electric metres.

Study: 2.35m x 2.86m

Living Room / Dining Room: 3.88m x 9.20m

Open fire, wooden floor and exposed beams.

Sun Room: 7.20m x 4.56m

Door leading into garden, wood burning stove, wooden floor, underfloor heating.

Boot Room/ Downstairs Toilet

Plumbing for washing machine and W/C.

Understairs Cupboard

First Floor

Bathroom: 2.10m x 3.46m

Bath with shower above, WC, Sink. Carpeted floor.

Bedroom 1: 4.14m x 3.88m

Built in storage cupboards.

Bedroom 2: 2.92m x 4.64m

Built in storage cupboards.

Bedroom 3: 3.87m x 2.86m

Built in storage cupboards.

Bedroom 4: 2.48m x 2.75m

Built in storage cupboards.

Bathroom

Shower, bath, WC, Sink

Outside

Well-Established Garden to the front and side of the property: Offering a tranquil space for relaxation and outdoor activities. The property has ample parking around the property.

Located close to the dwelling is a rendered stone building under a slate roof which houses the borehole apparatus and a separate room which is used for storage.

There is then a further building which is currently used as a garage.

Brunos Bothy

The cottage located adjacent to the farmhouse garden was built in 2017 by converting an old storage building. Its spans 585.5 sq. ft. (54.4 sq. m) on a single floor. The property is of stone/render construction under a slate roof.

The property benefits from a mains water and electricity supply. Drainage is to a private sewerage treatment plant. The property benefits from oil fired underfloor heating.

The property is currently let out as a holiday cottage with a large number of future bookings already taken for the remainder of 2024 and into 2025.

The property briefly comprises:

Living / Kitchen Area: 4.44m x 4.86m

Electric oven/hob, wall and base units, wood burning stove.

Sun Room: 2.84m x 2.84m

Doors leading onto garden.

Bedroom: 4.44m x 3.75m

Bathroom

Shower, W/C and Sink.

Outside

Well-Established garden to the rear of the property with flagged area and hot tub. There is a gravel parking area to the side of the property.

Buildings

The property boasts an extensive range of modern agricultural buildings in a good state of repair. The following descriptions should be read in conjunction with the building plan. The buildings include:

1. Cattle Shed: 9.47m x 31.72m

Steel portal framed under an asbestos roof.

2. Bull Pens: 9.47m x 4.42m

Concrete block construction under a box profile tin roof.

3. Storage Shed: 6.34m x 18.37m

Steel portal framed with asbestos roof

4. Byre: 7.24m x 13.34m

Brick construction under an asbestos roof. Split into pen areas.

5. Calf Shed: 4.33m x 6.56m

Brick construction under an asbestos roof. Lofted, housing 14 separate calf pens.

6. Traditional Range: 7.11m x 24.15m

Sandstone construction under a slate roof. Part lofted. Housing diesel tank.

7. Workshop: 8.82m x 8.79m

Stone construction under a box profile clad roof.

8. Storage Shed: 4.23m x 19.12m

Sandstone shed with box profile clad roof. Wind turbine metre shed.

9. Dairy Shed: 43m x 61m (Max)

Steel portal frame with fibre cement/box profile roof. Housing:

• 223 Cubicles.

• Feed Trough.

• Collection Yard.

• 20/20 Fullwood Milking Parlour with In Parlour Feeders.

• Dairy – No bulk tank or dairy equipment present.

• Loose Housing area.

• Lean to storage area.

10. Malgar Slurry Store

220,000 Gallon

11. Cubicle Shed: 11.06m x 36.33m

Steel portal frame with asbestos roof. Feed trough, cubicles for 71.

12. Silage Pit: 18.35m x 36.33m

Steel portal frame with asbestos roof.

13. Silage Pit: 10.58m x 36.33m

Steel portal frame with asbestos roof.

The Land

The land within Lot 1 extends to approximately 55.63 hectares (137.15 acres). It lies within a ringfence and comprises excellent quality arable and cropping land. The land benefits from a mains water supply and borehole water supply.

Access is gained direct from the public highway and also via a hard access track which runs through the property.

General Rights and Stipulations

Rights, Easements and Outgoings

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way, whether public or private and any existing proposed wayleaves, easements, rights of servitude restrictions and burdens of whatever kind whether referred to in these particulars or not.

The buyer(s) will be held to satisfy himself or herself on all such matters.

Environmental Stewardship

The property is currently entered into a Mid-Tier which expires on the 31st December 2025. Further details are available upon request.

Basic Farm Payment

The delinked payments will be retained by the Seller.

Viewing

The property is available to view strictly by prior appointment with Edwin Thompson. [use Contact Agent Button] - Mr Matthew Bell.

Method of Sale

The property is offered for sale by private treaty in lots or as a whole. Offers should be submitted to Edwin Thompson, FIFTEEN Rosehill, Montgomery Way, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2RW.

A closing date for offers may be fixed, and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents following an inspection. The vendor and their agents reserve the right to amalgamate, withdraw or exclude any of the land shown at any time or to generally amend the particulars of sale.

The agents also reserve the right to conclude negotiations by any other means at their discretion and a degree of flexibility is available to prospective purchasers.

The vendors reserve the right to sell the property without notice.

Services

The property is serviced by a mains electric supply and mains water supply. Foul drainage is to a septic tank. All telephone connections are subject to BT regulations. There is also a borehole water supply on Lot 1.

Please note we have not been able to test services or make judgement on their current condition. Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries.

The property benefits from solar panels on Moordyke Farmhouse and also a WES Wind Turbine. Further details are available upon request.

Please note that no formal investigation has been carried out on the septic tank. This may not meet the General Binding Rules 2020 and the property is being sold on this basis.

Tenure and Possession

We understand the property is held freehold.

Vacant Possession will be available of the agricultural land on the 1st October 2024.

Fixtures and Fittings

Fitted carpets, where present in the farmhouse, are included within the sale.

The content of Brunos Bothy can be made available at an additional cost.

Sporting and Mineral Rights

Sporting rights are included within the sale so far as the sellers have title to them. The mines and minerals are excluded as they are owned by a third party.

Energy Performance Certificate

Moordyke Farmhouse EPC is D.

Brunos Bothy EPC is C.

2 The Nook EPC is D.

The EPC documents are available from the selling agents on request.

Council Tax

Moordyke Farmhouse – Band D (Cumberland Council)

Brunos Bothy – Rateable Value £1,100 (Cumberland Council)

Number 2, The Nook – Band A (Cumberland Council)

Water

The purchasers of the agricultural land will be required to install sub metres to the mains supplies. They will then be billed for this supply. Further details are available from the sole selling agent.

Tyres

The tyres in Lot 1 are included within the sale.

Plans and Schedules

These are based on Ordnance Survey and Rural Land Register, to be observed for reference only.

Money Laundering Regulations

The successful purchaser(s) will have to provide the selling agents with documents in relation to the Money Laundering Regulations. Further details are available upon request.