Torgate Farm - Whole

For Sale as A Whole or in Two Lots

Torgate Farm offers an excellent and increasingly rare opportunity to purchase a traditional hill farm with an exceptional range of diversification opportunities. The dwelling house sits within a courtyard style range of traditional stone and tiled buildings and offers excellent views over the surrounding countryside.

The property will have equal appeal to a range if purchasers, including those looking or a small farm, a country residence or entrepreneurs looking to explore the host of opportunities on offer.

Lot One: House and a range of buildings standing in 5.75 acres or thereabouts
Offers in the Region of £795,000

Lot Two: Pasture land extending to 71.86 acres or thereabouts
Offers in the Region of £300,000

Torgate Farm,
Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire, SK11 0AR

For Sale as A Whole or in Two Lots

Torgate Farm offers an excellent and increasingly rare opportunity to purchase a traditional hill farm with an exceptional range of diversification opportunities. The dwelling house sits within a courtyard style range of traditional stone and tiled buildings and offers excellent views over the surrounding countryside.

The property will have equal appeal to a range if purchasers, including those looking or a small farm, a country residence or entrepreneurs looking to explore the host of opportunities on offer.

Lot One: House and a range of buildings standing in 5.75 acres or thereabouts
Offers in the Region of £795,000

Lot Two: Pasture land extending to 71.86 acres or thereabouts
Offers in the Region of £300,000

Situation - Torgate Farm is situated in the rural Cheshire countryside within Macclesfield Forest, surrounded by rolling hills and panoramic views with an idyllic setting. The property is approximately 6 miles from Buxton and 5 miles from Macclesfield, both providing a wide range of facilities and local amenities, both with excellent transport links by road and rail.

Directions - From our Leek office take the A53 towards Buxton, after approximately 9.5 miles take a sharp left turning and at the end of the road turn left onto the A54 then immediately turn right. At the junction turn left onto the A537 Cat and Fiddle Road and after approximately 2 miles, past the Peak View Tea Rooms, turn left. Torgate Farm will be located on the left hand side indicated by one of the Agents ‘For Sale’ signs.

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Lot One - THE FARMHOUSE, RANGE OF FARM BUILDINGS AND 5.75 ACRES OF LAND OR THEREABOUTS

Farmhouse - Torgate Farm comprises a stone-built farmhouse with a slate roof which provides spacious family living accommodation. Together with an impressive range of stone-built farm buildings within a courtyard setting all lying in land extending to 5.75 acres or thereabouts.

Accommodation Comprises - The dwelling comprises the following: -

Rear Porch - 2.92m x 1.42m - With red tiled floor, two entrance doors with double glazed window

Kitchen - 3.11m x 4.53m - With red tiled floor, range of wall and base kitchen units, fitted shelves, single drainer sink unit, plumbing for washing machine and radiator

Office - 4.57m x 3.93m - With stone fireplace, stone hearth, fitted cupboard, exposed beams to ceiling and radiator

Living Room - 4.31m x 4.20m - With red tiled floor and radiator

Boiler Room - 2.05m x 2.53m (maximum) - With red tiled floor, shelving and Boulter oil fired boiler, which serves the central heating and domestic hot water

Front Entrance Porch -

Spacious Hallway - With radiator, staircase and understairs cupboard

Bathroom - With bath with shower over, wash hand basin, low flush WC, part tiled walls

Dining Room - 4.51m x 4.54m - With radiator, Dimplex storage heater and open stone fireplace

Utility - 4.54m x 2.29m - With radiator, single drainer sink unit, plumbing for washing machine, fitted shelves and cupboard

Fuel Store - 4.59m x 4.00m - With outside door to front and rear

First Floor Landing - Staircase leading to First Floor Landing – 1.95m x 2.84m giving access to:-

Bedroom One - 4.40m x 4.29m - With radiator

Bedroom Two - 4.60m x 4.22m - With radiator.

Bedroom Three - 4.55m x 2.87m - With radiator

Bedroom Four - 4.53m x 3.44m - With recess and radiator

Bedroom Five - 4.52m x 3.71m - With radiator.

Box Room - 2.02m x 2.50m -

Shower Room - With shower, wash hand basin, low flush WC and radiator

Landing Room - 2.71m x 2.78m - Incorporating wooden cupboard with hot water cylinder and shelving

Outside - Adjacent to the dwelling house there is a stone and slate roofed lean-to Outside WC with low flush WC and wash hand basin.

Adjoining to the dwelling house there is a stone built Building – 9.13m x 7.98m divided into three rooms and staircase leading to loft above. This building could provide additional living accommodation if required, subject to any necessary planning consents.

To the front and side of the property there is a spacious garden area with lawn, floral borders and a paved patio and path.

Farm Buildings - To the front there is a gravelled and stone flagged yard area giving access to an impressive range of stone buildings with slate and tiled roofs which are further described below and which offer a host of development opportunities subject to necessary planning consents. Interested parties will note there is a static caravan on site, which can be included with the sale but does not have planning consent.

Please note – Numbers of Buildings as shown on the Building Plan are for reference purposes only.

1 - Shippon for 20 – 20.69m x 5.48m
With loft over

2 - Open Garage – 5.45m x 8.33m

3 - Loose Box – 13.05m x 5.53m

4 - Building – 7.30m x 5.47m

5 - Lean-To – 3.83m x 12.64m
Constructed of timber and corrugated sheets

6 - Free standing block and slate roofed Range – 5.67m x 15.40m

7 - Former sleepered Silage Pit

8 - Timber and profile sheeted Implement Shed – 9.15m x 7.39m

Land - The land extends to approximately 5.75 acres or thereabouts and is all laid to permanent pasture, with gated access directly from the farmyard. The land is in good heart providing good quality grazing and also suitable for mowing, with some parcels closer the dwelling providing opportunity for mowing as well as grazing.

Within the land is an approved caravan and camping site.

Lot Two - 71.86 ACRES OF GRASSLAND OR THEREABOUTS

Lot two comprises a block of ring fenced grassland extending to 71.86 acres or thereabouts of grassland. The land is sound grassland with some of the land being suitable for mowing purposes. All the land provides good sound grazing for either cattle or sheep with access to the land being directly off the lane that leads to Torgate Farm, with good road frontage. Interested parties should note that of the land is sold separately the purchasers will be required to install a new gateway to point ‘A’ indicated on the plan.

Services - We understand the property is connected to mains electricity, with water and drainage being by private means and oil-fired central heating.

Bps Stewardship - BPS AND BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME AND STEWARDSHIP

All the eligible land was registered for the Basic Payment Scheme and annual entitlements have been claimed. The entitlements will be available to purchase by separate negotiation if desired. The land is entered into a stewardship scheme which is due to expire 31st December 2022.

Council Tax Band - The property is currently in council tax band G.

Local Authority - The local authroity is Cheshire East Coucil and Peak District National Park Authority, to whom any enquiries of a planning notice or other appropriate matter should be addressed.

We are not aware of any outstanding planning applications, planning consents or enforcement notices that affect the property, but should there be any we reserve the right to amend the valuation.

Viewings - By prior arrangement through Graham Watkins & Co. Please email: or telephone .

Tenure And Possession - The property is held freehold and vacant possession will be given upon completion.

Please Note - The agent has not tested any apparatus, equipment, fixtures, fittings or services and cannot verify they are in working order or fit for their purpose, neither has the agent checked the legal documents to verify the freehold/leasehold status of the property. The buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor or Surveyor.



Marketed by: Graham Watkins, Leek