Stonethwaite

Stonethwaite provides an excellent opportunity to move straight in and farm your own land in a very quiet location with excellent transport links.
Situated in a very quiet corner of the county, this is an idyllic spot in which to settle, with a useful amount of land at your disposal.

• 3 Bedroom detached bungalow
• 38.78 acres (15.70 hectares) grazing and mowing land
• Modern barn for hay/straw storage
• Possible redevelopment opportunity

LOCATION
Stonethwaite is situated in the hamlet of Newbiggin, on the east side of Farleton Knott, close to the village of Lupton.

Kendal is situated 10 miles north, providing a full range of shops and services, whilst the smaller town of Kirkby Lonsdale is 4.5 mile to the east, with a supermarket, local services and an Ofsted outstanding secondary school.

Oxenholme mainline station is 15 minutes’ drive away, providing direct services to London Euston in just over 3 hours and Glasgow Central or Edinburgh Waverley in under 2 hours.

FARMHOUSE
Stonethwaite is a 3 bedroom detached split level bungalow built in the 1970s, with integral garage to the undercroft. The house is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition.

FARM BUILDINGS
To the southern boundary of the land is a modern barn of concrete shuttered panels and steel framed construction.

Closer to the house is a dilapidated dutch barn.
The concrete base of an old silage clamp is situated along the western road boundary

LAND
38.78 acres (15.70 ha) good quality grazing and mowing land with stockproofed boundaries and split into 6 separate fields. There is a piped water supply to the land.

METHOD OF SALE
Private Treaty. The Vendor retains the right to draw the sale to a conclusion with best and final offers.

TENURE & POSSESSION
Freehold, with vacant possession upon completion.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME
15.50 entitlements are to be transferred to the purchaser after the sale has completed.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES
The land is not entered into any environmental schemes.

PLANNING
The Vendor submitted a pre-application request to SLDC in 2020 regarding the prospects for demolition and replacement of the current house, as well as the erection of stables on the old silage clamp site and conversion of the modern barn in holiday lets. Both the house and stables propositions received a reasonably favourable response; further information of which is available upon request.

SERVICES
The house benefits from oil fired central heating, mains water and mains electricity. Broadband is via B4RN, the local superfast service, and landline telephone via BT.

WAYLEAVES EASEMENTS & 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, sport, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

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

SPORTING TIMBER & MINERAL RIGHTS
The sporting, timber and mineral rights are included in the sale so far as they are owned.

EPC RATINGS
D

LOCAL AUTHORITIES
South Lakeland District Council
Cumbria County Council

VIEWINGS
By arrangement only with Carter Jonas.

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