Farm for sale

SUNNY RIGG FARM, MOAT LONGTOWN, CA6 5PQ

A rare opportunity to acquire an 83.94 acres (33.97 ha), or thereabouts, mixed livestock and arable farm with a three bedroom dwelling and a range of traditional and modern buildings.

The land has been exceptionally well farmed and offers the perfect opportunity to acquire a highly productive farming unit nestled in its own rural oasis.

Guide Price £975,000

KEY FEATURES

• Fully renovated three bedroom bungalow

• Land extending to 33.97 Ha (83.94 acres) divided into 9 land parcels

• Outstanding stock rearing farm, largely south facing

• Versatile range of buildings

• Private rural location but in close proximity to local amenities

• Land quality offering arable potential

• Suitable for a variety of uses to include equestrian and rural lifestyle, subject to the necessary consents

Location

Sunny Rigg sits on the outskirts of Moat a rural village location less than 5 miles from Longtown, surrounded by rural holdings and properties. The nearest primary school is in Longtown and the nearest secondary school, William Howard School is in Brampton (14 miles) with school transport available.

There are excellent facilities available in nearby Brampton, including leisure facilities, and all the necessary local amenities, to include a range of local shops, a pharmacy, a health centre, a dentist, a bank, a post office and a library.

A short distance away is the city of Carlisle (12 miles) offering several major supermarkets, popular high street shops, a shopping centre, schooling, a university campus, a college and a range of bistros and medical facilities. Carlisle station provides excellent transport links via the west coast mainline running between Glasgow and London and the historic Carlisle to Settle line offering access to the Yorkshire Dales national park.

Sunny Rigg House

Sunny Rigg is a delightful rendered stone built property under a slate roof. Located on the periphery of the steading, with the benefit of unspoilt views, offering the perfect rural oasis and the ideal environment for a family.

The house offers well-proportioned rooms, and a flexible layout. The property has been renovated over recent years but still offers scope to improve further and put your own stamp on it.

The accommodation comprises living room, large open plan kitchen/ dining room with patio doors out onto the lawned garden, three bedrooms, a family bathroom, and entrance porch.

Externally there is a patio area which transitions onto the well maintained lawned garden with raised borders. The garden is south-west facing and on a summers day is the perfect location for hosting friends and family. To the rear of the property is a concrete yard area with 3-bay car port.

The Buildings

The principal agricultural building is a steel portal-framed cattle housing shed with a central feed passage, containing a mixture of loose cattle housing and cubicles. There is a versatile range of buildings on the holding with the potential to create a modern, well-equipped livestock farm.

The buildings briefly comprise.

• Carport 13.63m x 8.69m

Steel portal frame, concrete floor, concrete panel walls.

• Livestock Shed 33.58m x 13.94m

Steel portal frame, breeze block/ concrete panel walls.

• Cattle Housing 28.91m x 26.30m

Steel portal frame, concrete floor, central feed passage.

• Cubicle Shed 89.17m x 5.6m

Steel portal frame, split level concrete floor, timber clad.

• Straw Barn 18.53m x 8.74m

Timber pole barn, part concrete part hardstanding floor, concrete panel walls.

• Slurry Lagoon 28.88m x 10.37m

To the rear of the steading are two generously sized silage pits with concrete floor and walls.

The Land

The land extends to 33.97 Ha (83.94 acres) divided into 9 land parcels, all parcels lie in a ringfence and benefit from a mains water supply.

The land is classed as predominantly Grade 3 under the Hutton Institute Provisional Agricultural Land Classification England.

The land is productive grazing and mowing land either laid to grass or barley, the farm is largely capable of being cropped and achieving exceptional yields. A small area of the farm is regeneratively grown native coppice.

All parcels are accessed either directly from the steading or from field to field.

Boundaries are a mixture of hedgerows and post and wire fences which are in a good stock proof condition.

The holding is surrounded by open countryside and is bounded by Carwhinleyburn wood and other agricultural properties.

Tenure and Possession: The Freehold title is offered for sale with vacant possession upon completion.

Matters of Title: The property is sold subject to all existing servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such servitude rights and others. A small portion of the access track is subject to a right of way granted to a third party.

Mines & Minerals: All mines and mineral rights are included insofar as they are owned. Sporting rights: All sporting and fishing rights are included.

Environmental Stewardship/ SFI: The holding is subject to a Mid-Tier Stewardship scheme which expires on the 31st January 2027 and an SFI scheme that expires 31st December 2027 further details can be provided upon request

BPS: The delinked payments will be retained by the seller

Timber: All standing timber is included in the sale.

Ingoings: The purchaser shall be obliged to purchase any standing crop and made pit silage at market value at the point of sale.

Fixtures and Fittings: All standard fixtures and fittings are to be included in the sale.

EPC Rating: Sunny Rigg Farmhouse - TBC Local Authority: Cumberland Council, Civic Centre, Rickergate, Carlisle, CA3 8QG [use Contact Agent Button].

Council Tax: Cumberland Council. Council Tax Band C.

Services: Sunny Rigg Farmhouse is served by mains water, mains electricity, private drainage and oil fired central heating. The property is served by FTTC Broadband . Mobile coverage within the area is good.

Septic Tank: The Septic tank may not comply with the General Binding Regulations. The property is sold as seen and any drainage surveys or required works are to be undertaken at the purchasers expense.

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Offers: Offers should be submitted to the selling agents. The owner reserves the right to sell without imposing a closing date and will not be bound to accept the highest, or indeed any, offer. All genuinely interested parties are advised to note their interest with the selling agents.

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