Woodrow Farm
Yeovil Marsh, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3QE
Guide Price
£2,250,000
Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Grade II
Property Tags: Dairy Farm, Equestrian, Holiday Cottage, Livestock Farm
Land Tags: Arable Land, Pasture Land, Permanent Pasture
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Jan 2023
- Removed: Feb 2023
- Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Grade II
- Property Tags: Dairy Farm, Equestrian, Holiday Cottage, Livestock Farm
- Land Tags: Arable Land, Pasture Land, Permanent Pasture
A versatile residential and commercial dairy holding comprising a detached Grade II Listed farmhouse, with an excellent range of modern dairy and livestock buildings with adjoining pasture and arable land extending to approximately 127.90 Acres (51.76 Ha).
Woodrow Farm offers an exciting opportunity to acquire a residential/commercial agricultural holding occupying a very accessible but private location surrounded by its own productive pasture and arable land with a versatile range of modern farm buildings offering excellent opportunities for alternative uses subject to the necessary consents.
The L shaped detached farmhouse is Grade II listed (late 16th Century), whilst requiring a degree of modernisation, the property offers character accommodation with the ability to extend into the adjoining two storey Wagon House to create either a larger farmhouse or a range of alternative uses, including possibly holiday let, office or ancillary accommodation.
The farm buildings largely comprise a range of modern livestock and general purpose storage buildings complimented by concrete yards and areas of hard standing. The adjoining land currently comprises short term grass leys and arable land with a small area of orchard and permanent pasture well suited to a range of agricultural or other amenity uses. In total the farm extends to 127.90 acres (51.76 Ha) or thereabouts and is offered for sale as a whole.
Drone video available
Woodrow Farm is located within the rural South Somerset hamlet of Yeovil Marsh, surrounded by open farmland and working dairy and livestock farms. The property benefits from excellent transport links being located only a short distance from the A37 trunk road, which then leads to the A303 at Ilchester some 2.5 miles distance. The farm is located approximately 2 miles north of the centre of Yeovil which provides an excellent range of services, amenities and educational facilities. Taunton the County Town is located approximately 28 miles north west and Sherborne some 6 miles due east. Intercity train services are available from Yeovil (London/Waterloo). Access to the M5 is available from the Taunton Junction 25.
There is a driveway from the yard which leads to the attached Wagon House beside the farmhouse with up and over door and concrete floor (4.92m x 8.2m approx) with timber steps to loft over (8.2m 4.92m), offering potential for expansion of the existing accommodation and incorporating, oil fired boiler, leading to a part converted loft area above the Kitchen (4.9m x 6.31m), with water tank and offering further potential for ancillary accommodation (subject to the necessary consents).
Adjoining the Wagon House are stables (5.37m x 4.9m) with two timber loose boxes with lean to wood store to rear (11.37m x 4.37m) of block under a tiled roof. An attractive garden area surrounds the property bounded by mature broadleaf trees and shrubs with oil tank and stream to rear and side. There is a mobile home in-situ just south of the farmhouse. Further information from the selling agents.
Farm Buildings
The farm buildings are situated to the east of the farmhouse and enjoy good access beside the farm entrance and are serviced by a large area of surrounding concrete yard and hard-core areas. The buildings comprise a compact range of dairy, livestock and storage buildings as follows:-
Workshop (24.63m x 9.08m) of steel construction under CA roof with steel sliding doors to front, concrete floor and four post vehicle ramp included. Three-phase electricity. Adjoining 4 bay steel and fibre cement lean to (24.28m x 6.17m).
To the rear is a 3 bay open sided loose housing (17.91m x 9.49m) steel framed under CA roof used as Loose housing with concrete yard and feed barrier to front.
Dry Cow Barn (9.03 x 15.74m) steel portal framed under fibre cement sheeted roof, concrete floor. Adjoining General Store (11.63m x 9.06m) steel portal framed with concrete floor, part clad with steel profile sheeting and block walling under fibre cement sheeted roof.
Straw Barn (13.72m x 9.14m) steel portal framed construction, part clad under fibre cement sheeted roof.
Adjoining Fodder Store (18.28m x 9.14m) steel portal framed with concrete floor, under fibre cement sheeted roof.
Silage Clamp 1 (24.38m x 11.60m) of block, steel and asbestos construction with adjoining Silage Clamp 2 (24.38m x 15.75m) of similar construction with; Adjoining Lean to steel construction under fibre cement sheeted roof with 44 super comfort rubber mat cubicles.
Cubicle/Calf housing (24.17m x 13.31m) concrete portal framed under fibre cement sheeted roof with 21 super comfort rubber mat cubicles and calf pens.
Feed yard and cubicle housing (43.2m x 18.07m) of steel under fibre cement roof, concrete floor with 44 super comfort, deep sand cubicles. Adjoining Collecting yard with covered race and cattle handling system.
Dairy of timber and block construction under a CA roof with 14/28 ADF parlour, dairy housing 7500 litre bulk tank and milking equipment.
Located to the north of the buildings is a dung ramp leading to below ground, earth banked slurry lagoon measuring 15m x 33m with an average depth of 2.75m approx.
The Land
The farm is contained within a ring fence with access available from the farmstead and from the adjoining lane in the north east corner. The land is separated into a number of good sized workable enclosures of arable/pasture land, a large part of it having been cropped for maize and barley over recent years all of which is now laid back to productive temporary grass leys.
The land is generally level and would support dairy and/or beef cattle enterprises together with arable, all of which have been carried out on the holding. The land is enclosed by traditional, natural hedgerows with stock proof fencing and benefitting from good access points. Mains water feeds troughs to the enclosures.
The soil comprises a combination of loamy and clayey soils with free draining lime rich loamy soil and is classified as being a Grade 3 on the Land Classification Maps. In total the farm extends to 127.90 acres (51.76 Ha) or thereabouts.
Marketed by: Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Yeovil
Woodrow Farm offers an exciting opportunity to acquire a residential/commercial agricultural holding occupying a very accessible but private location surrounded by its own productive pasture and arable land with a versatile range of modern farm buildings offering excellent opportunities for alternative uses subject to the necessary consents.
The L shaped detached farmhouse is Grade II listed (late 16th Century), whilst requiring a degree of modernisation, the property offers character accommodation with the ability to extend into the adjoining two storey Wagon House to create either a larger farmhouse or a range of alternative uses, including possibly holiday let, office or ancillary accommodation.
The farm buildings largely comprise a range of modern livestock and general purpose storage buildings complimented by concrete yards and areas of hard standing. The adjoining land currently comprises short term grass leys and arable land with a small area of orchard and permanent pasture well suited to a range of agricultural or other amenity uses. In total the farm extends to 127.90 acres (51.76 Ha) or thereabouts and is offered for sale as a whole.
Drone video available
Woodrow Farm is located within the rural South Somerset hamlet of Yeovil Marsh, surrounded by open farmland and working dairy and livestock farms. The property benefits from excellent transport links being located only a short distance from the A37 trunk road, which then leads to the A303 at Ilchester some 2.5 miles distance. The farm is located approximately 2 miles north of the centre of Yeovil which provides an excellent range of services, amenities and educational facilities. Taunton the County Town is located approximately 28 miles north west and Sherborne some 6 miles due east. Intercity train services are available from Yeovil (London/Waterloo). Access to the M5 is available from the Taunton Junction 25.
There is a driveway from the yard which leads to the attached Wagon House beside the farmhouse with up and over door and concrete floor (4.92m x 8.2m approx) with timber steps to loft over (8.2m 4.92m), offering potential for expansion of the existing accommodation and incorporating, oil fired boiler, leading to a part converted loft area above the Kitchen (4.9m x 6.31m), with water tank and offering further potential for ancillary accommodation (subject to the necessary consents).
Adjoining the Wagon House are stables (5.37m x 4.9m) with two timber loose boxes with lean to wood store to rear (11.37m x 4.37m) of block under a tiled roof. An attractive garden area surrounds the property bounded by mature broadleaf trees and shrubs with oil tank and stream to rear and side. There is a mobile home in-situ just south of the farmhouse. Further information from the selling agents.
Farm Buildings
The farm buildings are situated to the east of the farmhouse and enjoy good access beside the farm entrance and are serviced by a large area of surrounding concrete yard and hard-core areas. The buildings comprise a compact range of dairy, livestock and storage buildings as follows:-
Workshop (24.63m x 9.08m) of steel construction under CA roof with steel sliding doors to front, concrete floor and four post vehicle ramp included. Three-phase electricity. Adjoining 4 bay steel and fibre cement lean to (24.28m x 6.17m).
To the rear is a 3 bay open sided loose housing (17.91m x 9.49m) steel framed under CA roof used as Loose housing with concrete yard and feed barrier to front.
Dry Cow Barn (9.03 x 15.74m) steel portal framed under fibre cement sheeted roof, concrete floor. Adjoining General Store (11.63m x 9.06m) steel portal framed with concrete floor, part clad with steel profile sheeting and block walling under fibre cement sheeted roof.
Straw Barn (13.72m x 9.14m) steel portal framed construction, part clad under fibre cement sheeted roof.
Adjoining Fodder Store (18.28m x 9.14m) steel portal framed with concrete floor, under fibre cement sheeted roof.
Silage Clamp 1 (24.38m x 11.60m) of block, steel and asbestos construction with adjoining Silage Clamp 2 (24.38m x 15.75m) of similar construction with; Adjoining Lean to steel construction under fibre cement sheeted roof with 44 super comfort rubber mat cubicles.
Cubicle/Calf housing (24.17m x 13.31m) concrete portal framed under fibre cement sheeted roof with 21 super comfort rubber mat cubicles and calf pens.
Feed yard and cubicle housing (43.2m x 18.07m) of steel under fibre cement roof, concrete floor with 44 super comfort, deep sand cubicles. Adjoining Collecting yard with covered race and cattle handling system.
Dairy of timber and block construction under a CA roof with 14/28 ADF parlour, dairy housing 7500 litre bulk tank and milking equipment.
Located to the north of the buildings is a dung ramp leading to below ground, earth banked slurry lagoon measuring 15m x 33m with an average depth of 2.75m approx.
The Land
The farm is contained within a ring fence with access available from the farmstead and from the adjoining lane in the north east corner. The land is separated into a number of good sized workable enclosures of arable/pasture land, a large part of it having been cropped for maize and barley over recent years all of which is now laid back to productive temporary grass leys.
The land is generally level and would support dairy and/or beef cattle enterprises together with arable, all of which have been carried out on the holding. The land is enclosed by traditional, natural hedgerows with stock proof fencing and benefitting from good access points. Mains water feeds troughs to the enclosures.
The soil comprises a combination of loamy and clayey soils with free draining lime rich loamy soil and is classified as being a Grade 3 on the Land Classification Maps. In total the farm extends to 127.90 acres (51.76 Ha) or thereabouts.
Marketed by: Greenslade Taylor Hunt, Yeovil
Land Registry Data
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