Moor House Farm
Raskelf, York, North Yorkshire, YO61 3LR
Guide Price
£1,500,000
Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Grade II
Property Tags: Traditional Buildings
Land Tags: Agricultural Holdings Act, Arable Land, Overage / Clawback, Pasture Land, Permanent Pasture
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Aug 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Grade II
- Property Tags: Traditional Buildings
- Land Tags: Agricultural Holdings Act, Arable Land, Overage / Clawback, Pasture Land, Permanent Pasture
Vale of York investment farm
Description
Moor House Farm is a versatile equipped arable farm and cottage in Raskelf village extending to over 250 acres in all. The farmstead is extensive and commercial with arable cropping, beef finishing, contract pig rearing and sheep flock all forming part of the enterprise mix. The tenant has a predominantly cereal rotation which also includes grass leys, catch crops and winter fodder maximising forage produced from the farm.
The farmstead sits in the centre of the holding set away from the East Coast mainline railway and down a private drive, the land is accessed via internal tracks or the public highway (West Moor Road) which follows close to the northern boundary of the farm.
The farm is let on a secure agricultural tenancy agreement granted in 2011 and regulated by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. The tenant is a first successor. The current rent passing is £21,500 per annum with a live rent review notice for April 2023, there is an additional payment of £2,000 per annum for consent to sub-let Pinfold Cottage. A copy of the tenancy agreement and other documents, including a list of tenants fixtures, are available in the data room.
Moor House Farmhouse - Moor House Farmhouse is an attractive detached brick built property with pantile roof, part rendered, extended and updated throughout the years to now provide over 2,700 sq ft. The ground floor includes a large family kitchen and dining space, useful boot room / utility area with external door and pantry / wash room, which both sit off the kitchen. Also adjacent to the kitchen is the office and a store / study room, to the south elevation are living and sitting rooms, both with bay windows. The sitting room has a further external door to the garden and terrace area.
The first floor of the property extends to five bedrooms, with one being a through room to bedroom five, and a family bathroom with bath, stand-over shower, WC and wash basin. The principal bedroom is also en-suite with a shower, WC and wash basin.
The property has a lawn garden to the south and west, with a modest range of traditional buildings including WC, stores and garage attached to the north. The property is predominantly uPVC double glazed, with oil filled electric radiators and a private drainage system.
Pinfold Cottage also forms part of the farm tenancy agreement, but sits away from the main holding in the centre of Raskelf village. The tenant has consent to sub-let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, with an additional rental premium paid to reflect this arrangement (£2,000 per annum). The property is a typical brick built semi-detached period two bedroom cottage with a slate roof extending to over 790 sq ft, small garden, shared drive and pre-fabricated concrete garage (tenants fixture). The property has uPVC double glazed windows and oil fired central heating.
Farm buildings - Immediately east of the farmhouse is a range of traditional farm buildings including a large brick dutch barn, a covered foldyard and various modern steel portal frame buildings extend east and two further general purpose buildings are off lying.
The modern buildings are extensive, arranged around concrete and hardcore yard areas, utilised for beef cattle, lambing, pig finishing, machinery, grain and crop storage.
There is a further range of specialised pig buildings used for contract rearing, located in the centre of the steading which are entirely tenants fixtures. All tenants buildings which are fixtures are shaded red on the building plan.
Land - The farmland lies in a ring fenced block surrounding the farmstead and divided by the railway, some fields have direct road access to West Moor Road. The land very gently undulates but for the most part is flat at around 20-25 metres above sea level. The land is classified as predominantly Grade 3 and some areas of Grade 2 under the MAFF Provisional Agricultural Land Classification. The soils west of the railway line are from the Sessay series, common to the locality and described as a loam and clay soil. To the east of the railway soils are from the Newport 1 and Blackwood series, both sandy and coarse loamy soils. All soil types are described as suitable for cereals, grassland with some suitable for potatoes and sugar beet. The farm has supported a typical cereal, temporary grass and fodder rotation in recent years, with permanent grass fields close to the farmstead.
Location
Moor House Farm is situated in the heart of the Vale of York, a renowned farming area. Surroundings are predominantly arable fields interspersed with attractive woodlands and shelterbelts. The East Coast mainline railway runs through the farm. The farm has good transport connections, being only 17 miles from York railway station, from which some services to London Kings Cross take less than 2 hours. The A19 trunk road (1.8 miles to the east) provides access to York, Thirsk, and onwards to the A1 and Leeds.
Acreage: 251 Acres
Directions
Nearest Postcodes: Farmhouse - YO61 3LR / Cottage – YO61 3LF
Additional Info
Rights of Way, Easements & Wayleaves - The property is sold subject to, and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way, public and private whether specifically mentioned or not. A large overhead electricity line crosses the west of the farm, local electricity lines also cross the farmland. The Pinfold adjacent to Pinfold Cottage benefits from a right of way over the area coloured blue on the cottage sale plan for maintenance of the Grade II listed structure.
Services - Mains electricity, mains water supply and private drainage. Pinfold Cottage is mains drainage connected.
Designations and Restrictions - The farm lies within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.
Subsidies & Grants - The agricultural land is registered with the Rural Payments Agency and the Basic Payment Scheme Payment is claimed and received by the tenant. We understand the farm has been entered into an Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme, with capital items including yard concreting and a covered much store. The vendor is not party to any environmental stewardship schemes the tenant has entered over the farm.
Sporting Rights - The sporting rights are included in the sale insofar as they are owned.
Minerals - The vendors reserve all mines and minerals from the sale, with surface searching and underground working powers only.
Sale Conditions - The farm will sold be subject to a large scale renewable scheme overage (50Kw + schemes) set at 30% of any uplift in value as the result of the grant of any planning consent, for a period of 50 years from the date of completion of the sale.
VAT is payable in addition to the purchase price on the nonresidential element of the property, being the agricultural land and buildings. An apportionment of the price agreed will be made by Savills. For the avoidance of doubt, Stamp Duty Land Tax is payable on the total price of the property including VAT. All offers will be assumed to have been made on a VAT exclusive basis unless otherwise stated.
Method of sale - Moor House Farm is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole, prospective purchasers are encouraged to register their interest with Savills as soon as possible.
Viewing - Strictly by appointment through the selling agents Savills York. The farm is being sold subject to the existing tenancy agreement and has an ongoing business operating, which will remain unaffected by the sale. It is not proposed to allow internal inspection of the residential properties until preferred bidders are identified. Please respect our vendor’s tenants and do not view independently.
Health and Safety - Given the potential hazards of a working farm we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when inspecting the farm for your own personal safety, in particular around the farm buildings, drainage, ditches and livestock.
Marketed by: Savills, York
Description
Moor House Farm is a versatile equipped arable farm and cottage in Raskelf village extending to over 250 acres in all. The farmstead is extensive and commercial with arable cropping, beef finishing, contract pig rearing and sheep flock all forming part of the enterprise mix. The tenant has a predominantly cereal rotation which also includes grass leys, catch crops and winter fodder maximising forage produced from the farm.
The farmstead sits in the centre of the holding set away from the East Coast mainline railway and down a private drive, the land is accessed via internal tracks or the public highway (West Moor Road) which follows close to the northern boundary of the farm.
The farm is let on a secure agricultural tenancy agreement granted in 2011 and regulated by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. The tenant is a first successor. The current rent passing is £21,500 per annum with a live rent review notice for April 2023, there is an additional payment of £2,000 per annum for consent to sub-let Pinfold Cottage. A copy of the tenancy agreement and other documents, including a list of tenants fixtures, are available in the data room.
Moor House Farmhouse - Moor House Farmhouse is an attractive detached brick built property with pantile roof, part rendered, extended and updated throughout the years to now provide over 2,700 sq ft. The ground floor includes a large family kitchen and dining space, useful boot room / utility area with external door and pantry / wash room, which both sit off the kitchen. Also adjacent to the kitchen is the office and a store / study room, to the south elevation are living and sitting rooms, both with bay windows. The sitting room has a further external door to the garden and terrace area.
The first floor of the property extends to five bedrooms, with one being a through room to bedroom five, and a family bathroom with bath, stand-over shower, WC and wash basin. The principal bedroom is also en-suite with a shower, WC and wash basin.
The property has a lawn garden to the south and west, with a modest range of traditional buildings including WC, stores and garage attached to the north. The property is predominantly uPVC double glazed, with oil filled electric radiators and a private drainage system.
Pinfold Cottage also forms part of the farm tenancy agreement, but sits away from the main holding in the centre of Raskelf village. The tenant has consent to sub-let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, with an additional rental premium paid to reflect this arrangement (£2,000 per annum). The property is a typical brick built semi-detached period two bedroom cottage with a slate roof extending to over 790 sq ft, small garden, shared drive and pre-fabricated concrete garage (tenants fixture). The property has uPVC double glazed windows and oil fired central heating.
Farm buildings - Immediately east of the farmhouse is a range of traditional farm buildings including a large brick dutch barn, a covered foldyard and various modern steel portal frame buildings extend east and two further general purpose buildings are off lying.
The modern buildings are extensive, arranged around concrete and hardcore yard areas, utilised for beef cattle, lambing, pig finishing, machinery, grain and crop storage.
There is a further range of specialised pig buildings used for contract rearing, located in the centre of the steading which are entirely tenants fixtures. All tenants buildings which are fixtures are shaded red on the building plan.
Land - The farmland lies in a ring fenced block surrounding the farmstead and divided by the railway, some fields have direct road access to West Moor Road. The land very gently undulates but for the most part is flat at around 20-25 metres above sea level. The land is classified as predominantly Grade 3 and some areas of Grade 2 under the MAFF Provisional Agricultural Land Classification. The soils west of the railway line are from the Sessay series, common to the locality and described as a loam and clay soil. To the east of the railway soils are from the Newport 1 and Blackwood series, both sandy and coarse loamy soils. All soil types are described as suitable for cereals, grassland with some suitable for potatoes and sugar beet. The farm has supported a typical cereal, temporary grass and fodder rotation in recent years, with permanent grass fields close to the farmstead.
Location
Moor House Farm is situated in the heart of the Vale of York, a renowned farming area. Surroundings are predominantly arable fields interspersed with attractive woodlands and shelterbelts. The East Coast mainline railway runs through the farm. The farm has good transport connections, being only 17 miles from York railway station, from which some services to London Kings Cross take less than 2 hours. The A19 trunk road (1.8 miles to the east) provides access to York, Thirsk, and onwards to the A1 and Leeds.
Acreage: 251 Acres
Directions
Nearest Postcodes: Farmhouse - YO61 3LR / Cottage – YO61 3LF
Additional Info
Rights of Way, Easements & Wayleaves - The property is sold subject to, and with the benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way, public and private whether specifically mentioned or not. A large overhead electricity line crosses the west of the farm, local electricity lines also cross the farmland. The Pinfold adjacent to Pinfold Cottage benefits from a right of way over the area coloured blue on the cottage sale plan for maintenance of the Grade II listed structure.
Services - Mains electricity, mains water supply and private drainage. Pinfold Cottage is mains drainage connected.
Designations and Restrictions - The farm lies within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.
Subsidies & Grants - The agricultural land is registered with the Rural Payments Agency and the Basic Payment Scheme Payment is claimed and received by the tenant. We understand the farm has been entered into an Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme, with capital items including yard concreting and a covered much store. The vendor is not party to any environmental stewardship schemes the tenant has entered over the farm.
Sporting Rights - The sporting rights are included in the sale insofar as they are owned.
Minerals - The vendors reserve all mines and minerals from the sale, with surface searching and underground working powers only.
Sale Conditions - The farm will sold be subject to a large scale renewable scheme overage (50Kw + schemes) set at 30% of any uplift in value as the result of the grant of any planning consent, for a period of 50 years from the date of completion of the sale.
VAT is payable in addition to the purchase price on the nonresidential element of the property, being the agricultural land and buildings. An apportionment of the price agreed will be made by Savills. For the avoidance of doubt, Stamp Duty Land Tax is payable on the total price of the property including VAT. All offers will be assumed to have been made on a VAT exclusive basis unless otherwise stated.
Method of sale - Moor House Farm is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole, prospective purchasers are encouraged to register their interest with Savills as soon as possible.
Viewing - Strictly by appointment through the selling agents Savills York. The farm is being sold subject to the existing tenancy agreement and has an ongoing business operating, which will remain unaffected by the sale. It is not proposed to allow internal inspection of the residential properties until preferred bidders are identified. Please respect our vendor’s tenants and do not view independently.
Health and Safety - Given the potential hazards of a working farm we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when inspecting the farm for your own personal safety, in particular around the farm buildings, drainage, ditches and livestock.
Marketed by: Savills, York
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.