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"About 33.02 acres 13.36 ha of productive arable land and amenity land.


Available as a whole or in up to 5 lots.

For sale by informal tender.

Deadline for offers 12 noon Friday 4th April 2025.

Property Overview
An exciting opportunity to purchase a mixed arable and grassland farm with early 18th century listed farmhouse, extensive range of traditional buildings and extending to about 152.54 acres in all.

Grade II listed two storey 2,411 sq. ft., four bedroom farmhouse.
Significant range of well presented traditional buildings extending to about 4,519 sq. ft. with scope for alternative uses STP .
Modern steel portal general purpose farm buildings extending to about 5,000 sq. ft. and grain stores.
About 151.01 acres 61.11 ha of productive arable land and permanent pasture.
Vacant Possession available upon completion subject to tenancy in part .

Available as a whole or alternatively in up to five lots
Lot 3 About 33.02 acres 13.36 ha of productive arable land and amenity land.

Situation
Middle Farmhouse is situated in the centre of Ashwell village, a highly desirable village in Rutland. Transport links are excellent with the market town of Oakham just 3 miles to the south, providing an array of shops, leisure facilities, public houses and independent eateries. There are numerous local independent and state schools including Oakham and Uppingham School. Stamford 12.6 miles lies to the south east and provides a wide range of larger department stores, public houses and eateries. The market town of Uppingham lies 9.6 miles to the south.

Rutland water lies 6.8 miles to the south east providing a range of leisure and outdoor pursuit opportunities including fishing, cycling, sailing and windsurfing along with a renowned nature reserve.

The A1 lies just 6 miles to the east providing access to the wider national road network.

Oakham railway station 3.6 miles provides direct services to Birmingham, Leicester and Stansted Airport. East Midlands Airport is about 32 miles away.

The farm provides significant amenity and lifestyle appeal and will be of interest to a wide range of agricultural, equestrian, lifestyle, developer, and investment purchasers.

Description
Middle Farm, Ashwell provides a rare opportunity to purchase a mixed farm of about 152.54 acres which will appeal to a broad range of purchasers, with development potential STP . The farmhouse and buildings are located in the centre of Ashwell village in a very attractive part of the County of Rutland in the East Midlands.

The attractive thatched listed farmhouse provides accommodation over two floors and provides a rare opportunity to refurbish and modernise a historic village centre residence. The traditional outbuildings provide significant scope for redevelopment and or change of use to residential, commercial, equestrian or similar use subject to the necessary consents .

The property is available as a whole or alternatively in up to five lots as follows

Lot 3 About 33.02 acres 13.36 ha of productive arable land and amenity land
Lot 3 comprises a ring fenced block of arable land with a small area of amenity scrub land to the south, in two distinct field parcels.

Access is taken directly from Oakham Road along the eastern boundary.

The arable land is classified as being Grade 3 and according to Soilscape England the soils may be described as slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base rich loamy and clayey soils. Such soils are generally suited to grass production for dairying or beef and some cereal production often for feed. The boundaries generally comprise mature hedgerows.

The land is currently cropped with a first wheat.

An 11kV electricity overhead line crosses the land.

Fixtures and Fittings
All other fixtures and fittings, garden ornaments, stone troughs and statuary are excluded. Some may be available by separate negotiation. The inclusion or exclusion of any agricultural fixtures and fittings is to be discussed.

Services

Lots 2, 3 and 4 We are not aware of any mains or private services connected.

The estimated fastest download speed currently achievable for the property postcode area is around 1000 Mbps data taken from checker.ofcom.org.uk on 18 02 2025 . Actual service availability at the property or speeds received may be different.

We understand that the property is likely to have current mobile coverage outdoors data taken from checker.ofcom.org.uk on 18 02 2025 . Please note that actual services available may be different depending on the particular circumstances, precise location and network outages.

Prospective Purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the availability of services and any future connections. If the land is sold in lots, then cross rights and reservations will need to be reserved where required, for services. Services may need to be split, and sub meters installed. None of the services, appliances or electrical systems have been tested by the selling agents.

Tenure and Possession
The freehold of the property is for sale with vacant possession on completion subject to cropping licences across the arable farmland to harvest 2025 and grazing licence across the grassland .

Method of Sale
The property is offered for sale by informal tender and is available as a whole or in up to five lots.

Tender documents and tender conditions are available upon request from the selling agent and tenders must be submitted using the prescribed form.

All offers must be received by 12 noon Friday 4th April 2025.

Please note the Vendors reserve the right to conclude the sale by any other means at their discretion and the Vendors are not obliged to accept the highest or indeed any Tender submitted

Rights of Way, Wayleaves and Easements
A number of public rights of way cross the property and are shown on the sale plan.

The property is sold subject to all rights of way, wayleaves, and easements whether or not they are defined in this brochure.

If the farm is sold in lots, then cross rights and reservations will need to be reserved where required, for example for access, services and maintenance.

Plans and Boundaries
The plans within these particulars are based on Ordnance Survey data and provided for reference only. They are believed to be correct, but accuracy is not guaranteed. The purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and the extent of ownership. Neither the vendor nor the vendor s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof.

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

Minerals, Sporting and Timber Rights
The sporting, mineral and timber rights will be transferred with the freehold title where owned.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone NVZ
The Property lies within a Surface Water NVZ Area and is subject to the usual restrictions.

Basic Payment Scheme and Environmental Schemes
The land has historically been registered for payments under the Basic Payment Scheme and all delinked payments and entitlements relevant to the land will be retained by the vendors and will not be available to the Purchaser on completion of the sale. There are not believed to be any environmental schemes in place.

Ingoing Crop Valuation Holdover
No ingoing valuation will be required. The arable land is subject to a cropping licence.

Overage
Lots 2, 3 and 4 are offered for sale with an overage provision which will specify that 20% of any increase in value due to development as defined in Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for renewable energy purposes only will be payable to the Vendors or their successors in title should such development occur within 20 years from the date of completion. The uplift will be payable upon implementation or on a future sale with the benefit of a planning consent.

Successive grants of permission within the terms set out above would trigger overage. Reasonable costs incurred in obtaining planning permissions can be deducted from the overage calculations.

Local Authority
Rutland County Council.

Viewings
Strictly by appointment and on arranged viewing days through selling agents, Fisher German LLP.

Please note the property is a working farm and viewers must take precautions with livestock and potential farm machinery on the property.

Directions
Postcode LE15 7LJ

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Health and Safety
For you own personal safety we ask you to take great care and be as vigilant as possible when undertaking an inspection of the property.

Note All areas, floor areas and dimensions stated are approximate and should not be relied upon. Potential purchasers are welcome to instruct an independent survey to verify these."