8 bedroom detached house

Lot 1 – Hollygate Farm
About 98 acres (39 ha)
Guide Price for Lot 1 only: £2,925,000
Five reception rooms | Eight bedrooms
Seasonal Christmas Shop | Garage block Traditional farm buildings | Arable land

Cotgrave 1 mile, Radcliffe-on-Trent 3 miles, Nottingham 7 miles (London St Pancras 1 hour 35 minutes), Melton Mowbray 14 miles (London St Pancras 1 hour 15 minutes).

Principal 8 bedroom farmhouse, with original
features | Orchards | Range of traditional
redbrick buildings with opportunities for redevelopment STPP | Modern Farm Buildings
including Grainstore | Well farmed arable land

Hollygate Farm
Hollygate Farm is a highly attractive residential farm in a very well connected area of Nottinghamshire. The farm has been held by the same family since 1941, when the current owner’s grandfather bought the property as a sitting tenant from the dispersal of the Holme-Pierrpont Estate.

Retirement from farming has brought about a rare opportunity to purchase this complete farm holding. Historically a dairy farm, the land has been in arable rotation in recent years proving to be well suited to combinable cropping. Both sugar beet & potatoes have been grown on the farm.

The arable land has been well farmed by the current owners with a focus on sustainable farming methods such as application of biosolids, farm yard manure and Limex, combined with regular straw chopping to improve the soil health. This has led to good yields produced across the cereal and oilseed rotations in recent years. Soil tests were last carried out in 2022, and the results are available upon request.

A full cropping history from the past five years with approximate yield information is available from the Vendor’s agent upon request.

Hollygate Farm has hosted a successful seasonal Christmas shop for a number of years which has proven to be very popular. The shop sells locally grown Christmas trees, decorations and gifts, with the opportunity for further expansion of this element of the farm business.

Lot 1 - Hollygate Farm
About 98.46 acres (39.84 ha)
Guide Price: £2,925,000

Hollygate Farmhouse
The farmhouse is accessed from a private drive off Stragglethorpe Road, and has ample parking for multiple cars. There are multiple period features throughout including large bay windows, fireplaces, and traditional wooden beams. The farmhouse has previously functioned as multi-generational living and could be converted back to this with ease. The house is in working order but would benefit from further modernisation and improvement. The house benefits from a complete security system incorporating both cameras and sensor activated alarms.

The front door opens into an entrance hall with the main staircase straight ahead. Off the entrance hall is access into the cellar, two large reception rooms. Beyond this is a large hallway and useful understairs cupboard, with a further staircase to the first floor; well-presented dining room with wonderful traditional features; kitchen with oil fired Aga and adjacent utility and pantry; downstairs washroom and farm office.

On the first floor is the master bedroom & ensuite, two double bedrooms and a generously proportioned single bedroom/dressing room. There are three additional family bathrooms and two large rooms fitted as kitchens from the previous use of the property as multigenerational living. A large reception room which sits over the garages is currently used as seasonal Christmas gift shop, but could make a fantastic large bedroom or games room.

The second floor is accessed via two separate staircases and has three well proportioned double bedrooms.

Externally, lawns wrap around the front of the house, with beautiful mature trees and fruit trees. A delightful traditional dairy building is detached from the main house and is currently used as a garage and storage, but would make a wonderful annexe or home office. The south-easterly facing courtyard gives access to further garages and outbuildings which could be incorporated into the main accommodation if desired.

Farm buildings
Hollygate Farm has an extensive range of traditional red brick buildings interspersed with more modern purpose-built agricultural buildings, offering extensive potential for re-development into further residential accommodation, equestrian facilities or light commercial premises, subject to planning permission being sought. The approximate GEA of the farm buildings is 2,970 sqm. The farmyard is accessed via its own entrance from Stragglethorpe Road.

The existing modern buildings include ATCOST 400tonne grain store with a fan tunnel drying system, large open fronted machinery store and former cattle crew yards. The traditional buildings are a mixture of single storey loose boxes, a wagon hovel and high-ceilinged hay loft. The abundant opportunities for redevelopment across the farm yard give the future owners chance to make their own stamp on Hollygate Farm.

The farmland
The land in Lot 1 comprises approximately 92.17 acres (37.30 ha) arable land, approximately 1.56 acres (0.63 ha) permanent pasture, approximately 0.37 acres (0.15 ha) of woodland, and circa 1.28 acres 90.52 ha) of tracks and other miscellaneous areas.

The land is classified as Grade 3 by the Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales. The soil belongs to the Whimple 3 series according to the Soil Survey of England and Wales, and is described as being fine loam or fine silt over clayey soils, suitable for winter cereals and temporary grassland. The land has a number of access points from Stragglethorpe Road. The land is divided into 9 parcels split by mature hedgerows and ditches.

General
Method of sale: Hollygate Farm is offered for sale as a whole, or in up to three lots by private treaty, subject to the holdover provisions detailed below. Further details are available from the vendor’s agent.

Holdover: Holdover is reserved to permit the storage of machinery in the farm buildings.

Holdover of the farmhouse may be required for up to 6 months following completion of the sale to allow the vendor’s time to vacate the property. Further detail is available from the vendor’s agent.

Tenure: The freehold of the property is offered for sale with vacant poseession upon completion except where short term holdover is required.

Wayleaves, covenants, easements and rights
of way: The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, covenants, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

There is a bridleway over the land in Lot 1. Further details are available from the vendor’s agent.

Basic Payment: The entitlements to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) are not included in the sale, and the vendor reserves the right to all future payments associated with the BPS entitlements.

Environmental Schemes: The land is not subject to any environmental schemes.

Designations: The farmhouse and buildings are not listed. The farmland is in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone(NVZ).

Ingoing valuation: In addition to the purchase price the purchaser will be required to pay for:-Growing crops and all beneficial cultivations, sub soiling, moling and acts of husbandry since the last harvest at current CAAV rates or contract rateswhere applicable; Seed, fertilisers, manures and sprays applied to the growing crops since the last harvest at invoice cost; All seeds, sprays, fertilisers, fuel, oil and other consumables in storeat invoice cost. Enhancement of £30/acre/ month from the date of establishment to completion. Lime and chalk applied since the last harvest at invoice cost of the materials and spreading.

Planning: A summary of the recent planning consents that apply to the property is available from the vendor’s agent upon request.

Overage: The land in Lots 1, 2 & 3 is sold subject to an overage on future non-agricultural development. The overage will not apply to any planning permissions granted or development or use in connection with agriculture, equestrian and forestry activities. If development takes place under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 Class or any subsequent act or change to the regulations then this will be a trigger event for overage. This overage will be effective for 40 years from the date of completion of the sale and will be payable on the implementation of planning permission (or disposal with planning permission) for such uses (excluding agriculture, forestry or equine use). The amount payable will be 30% of the increase in value resulting from that consent.

The overage is not intended to apply to the farmhouse and existing farmyard. An Overage Plan is available from the vendor's agent.

Fixtures and fittings: All items usually regarded as tenant’s fixtures and fittings and equipment, including fitted carpets and curtains, together with garden ornaments and statuary, are specifically excluded from the sale. These may be available to the purchaser by separate negotiation.

Services
Lot 1: Hollygate Farmhouse has mains water and electricity. There is private drainage to a septic tank from the farmhouse. The farmhouse has a solid fuel heating and hot water boiler system which can be easily switched to kerosene. Part of the farmhouse is heated by electric storage heaters. The farmyard has mains water and three phase mains electricity which services various buildings. Some land parcels are serviced by water tanks connected to the mains
water supply.

EPC & Council Tax
EPC: G
Council Tax: Band G
2024/25 payment: £4,068.63

Local authority: Rushcliffe Borough Council and
Nottinghamshire County Council

VAT: Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the
property, or any part of it, or any right attached to it, becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable in addition.

Health and safety: Given the potential hazards of a working farm we ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making your inspection for your own personal safety, particularly around the farm buildings and machinery.

Solicitors: Freeths LLP, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham NG1 6HH

Postcode: NG12 2JW

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Viewing:Strictly by confirmed appointment with the vendor's agent, Strutt & Parker in Stamford.

Hollygate Farm, Stragglethorpe is situated in a highly desirable location between Vale of Belvoir and the City of Nottingham, offering a fantastic balance of picturesque countryside and
accessibility.

The Hamlet of Stragglethorpe is 1 mile north of the charming town of Cotgrave which has a range of modern amenities including restaurants, a post office, leisure facilities and primary education.

Within easy reach is Radcliffe-on-Trent (3 miles) which offers further services. The Nottinghamshire Golf & Country Club sits just 2.5 miles from Hollygate Farm and the ever popular Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre & Country Park is also within easy reach.

Nottingham City Centre is just 7 miles from Hollygate Farm, where an extensive range of leisure and amenity services are available. Trains from Nottingham arrive at London St Pancras within 1 hour & 35 minutes. East Midlands Airport is 19 miles away, offering a full range of international flights. The property’s close road links to A46, A52 & M1 place Hollygate Farm in an ideal location for commuters seeking a balanced lifestyle.

Local Private schools can be found at Plumtree School (10 minutes drive) with a variety of additional private schools in Nottingham, Leicester, Worksop and Grantham. Nearby public schools include Oakham, Repton & Uppingham.

Hollygate Farm's situation could support a diversified farm business activity due to the proximity to main road links and local towns & villages, as well as falling within 7 miles of the City of Nottingham.