3 bedroom house

A well positioned and highly productive dairy farm • Modern farmhouse with 3/4 bedrooms and further modern 3 bedroom cottage • Extensive range of dairy and general purpose farm buildings • Ring fenced run of level or gently sloping pasture land • Stable Block • In all about 263 acres A well positioned and highly productive dairy farm • Modern farmhouse with 3/4 bedrooms and further modern 3 bedroom cottage • Extensive range of dairy and general purpose farm buildings • Ring fenced run of level or gently sloping pasture land • Stable Block • In all about 263 acres Tavistock 7 miles Launceston 8 miles Okehampton 18 miles Plymouth 22 miles Exeter 40 miles Situation Meadwell Farm sits amid the gently undulating countryside of West Devon, just a few miles from the River Tamar boundary with Cornwall. This favoured area benefits from the regions mild, maritime climate. The property sits on the edge of the hamlet of the same name and immediate local amenities are located in the village of Lifton which offers a primary school, village shop, community hall and several pubs and hotels whilst the popular market town of Tavistock (7 miles) and Launceston (8 miles) offer a wide array of facilities. The city port of Plymouth is around 22 miles away whilst nearby A30 dual carriageway gives fast access to the cathedral City of Exeter some 40 miles away. General Description The property comprises a highly productive dairy farm which extends to around 263 acres and effectively lies within a ring fence, part divided only by a quiet parish lane. The pair of modern dwelling houses provide excellent, low maintenance two family accommodation, whilst the commercial dairy and general purpose farm buildings extend in total to around 38,000 sq ft and provide cubicle housing for 200 plus ancillary young stock and general purpose buildings. The land comprises an excellent run of principally free draining, level or gently sloping pastureland capable of producing an abundance of economic grass or other crops. The Farmhouse lies to the east of the farm buildings in a slightly elevated setting. It is constructed of rendered elevations under a slate roof and is double glazed with oil fired central heating throughout. All principal rooms are of a good size and height, offering comfortable 3/4 bedroom family accommodation. The farmhouse style kitchen (complimented by an excellent utility) has a Rangemaster 100 cooker, good sized dining and sitting area and patio doors to the rear garden. Bedroom one has an en-suite shower room plus there is a family bathroom and downstairs shower room. Outside there are gardens laid to lawn on three sides. Michaelmas Cottage is set a little to the east of the farmhouse, at a slightly higher level and with its own drive leading off the parish lane. Completed in 2016, it is thoughtfully laid out, built to a highly efficient specification with rendered elevations, slated roof and is double glazed and centrally heated and enjoys plenty of natural light. The well-proportioned 3 bedroom accommodation includes good sized reception rooms and a well-appointed, fully fitted kitchen which boasts an eye level double oven and ceramic hob. Other features include slate flagged and wood effect floors, wood burning stove set in a granite capped fireplace. Farm Buildings lie to the west of the dwellings in an extensive concrete yard and provide cubicles for 200 cows together with ancillary young stock housing. In more detail they comprise:- 35m x 24m (overall max) Parlour Unit rendered block and CA sheet roof containing pump room, dairy containing 9000 litre auto wash bulk tank with ice builder, plate cooler, volume washer, lockable medicine store. Milking parlour 16/16 herringbone (chiefly Westfalia) with in parlour feeders and 20 tonne external feed bin. Dispersal yard with race. 40 kva three phase stand by generator. 5 x AI stalls. Livestock handling yard. Calf rearing shed and preparation. Bull Pen. 32.4m x 6.4m Calving Boxes x 5 constructed of block walls with CA roof and adjoining; 8.7m x 6.4m Workshop of similar construction. 31m x 25.4m Cow Kennel for 200, concrete beds with mats over and uprated ventilation. 41m x 13.2m and 25.8m x 9.5m Covered Feeding/Loafing Yards with feed barriers either side of feed passage. Pair of 22.3m x 12m (including overhang) Cattle Covered Yards of timber frame with dung walling and Yorkshire boarding over to cement fibre roof. Part concrete floor. Slurry Store reception pit with weeping wall to dirty water pit with integrated dirty water underground pump system. Concrete floor. 50m x 30m Silage Clamp with concrete floor. A little to the south, and approached over a good internal track, is an General Purpose Farm Building measuring 35.9m x 17.9m constructed of steel frame with GI cladding and a concrete floor. 18.3m x 15.3m General Purpose Farm Building steel frame with GI cladding to a CA roof central concrete silage panels, hardcore floor. Pair of loose boxes timber frame and concrete floors plus adjoining Tack Room. The Land comprises an excellent block of easily worked pasture land, contained in good sized enclosures divided by Devon hedge-banks with the vast majority being level or gently sloping with deep free draining soils. At the present time, the entire farming acreage is down to pasture, the majority of which are rotational leys, however the farm has grown maize and corn crops in the recent past. There is access to the land from the farmyard via a pair of farm tracks and in addition to the road frontage, there is a right of way which leads to the extreme south of the land. Directions Leave the A30 dual carriageway at the “Liftondown” junction and proceed into the village of Lifton, continuing down the hill, taking the right hand turn (signed Chillaton) just after the Fox and Grapes Pub. Follow this road for around 3 miles turning right where signposted Meadwell and Kelly. The farm will be found on the left hand side identified by a Kivells “For Sale” board. Services Mains electricity (three phase to parlour unit). Mains water to the dwelling houses. Private water to the farm buildings and field troughs. Private drainage system. Basic Payment Scheme The land has been used to claim the Basic Payment Scheme. The Entitlements are included with the sale of the land. There will be a fee payable by the purchaser to the Agents for the transfer of the BPS Entitlements of £150 plus Vat. Agri – Environment Schemes The holding is not subject to any stewardship or similar scheme. Boundaries Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither the vendor nor the vendor’s agent will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendors agent whose decision acting as expert shall be final. Local Authority West Devon Burough District Council, Kilworthy Park, Drake Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0BZ. Telephone: . Council Tax Band Meadwell Farm - D. Michaelmas Cottage - E. Energy Rating Meadwell Farm – D. Michaelmas Cottage – B. Viewings Strictly by appointment with the selling agents Kivells. Photographs and Brochure March 2020. ALL ENQUIRIES Kivells Email simon.

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