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Sampford Hall Lane, Little Sampford, Saffron Walden, CB10 2QG

Freehold

Guide Price £10,950,000

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Property specification

4 Bedrooms

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James Wood

Partner, Rural Investment

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The sale of Tewes Farm offers a rare opportunity to acquire a large, commercial, highly attractive residential arable farm in the desirable village of Little Sampford, North Essex. Tewes Farm has been owned for generations by the vendor family and has been professionally farmed and managed with exemplary care and attention to detail. The property includes a commercial block of farmland with farm buildings and a portfolio of residential property.

Tewes Farm extends to approximately 911.66 acres (368.95 hectares) and is available as a whole.

Farmland

Tewes Farm comprises 890.10 acres arable land with 17.28 acres woodland and the balance being yards, tracks and residential property. The arable land is mainly Grade 2 with two small areas of Grade 3. The soils are predominantly of the Hanslope series being slowly permeable clayey soils well suited to winter cereal crops. At the centre of the farm is an area of Ludford series being deep, well drained fine loam and sandy soil suitable for cereals, roots and some horticultural crops.

Tewes Farm is entered into a Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme.

The farm buildings include a new grain store with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes and with an under floor drying system and automatic grain stirrers. A second grain store has a 600 tonne capacity. In addition, there is a machinery store and a sprayer store/workshop with staff facilities.

There is a separate farm office. EPC rating E.

Residential Portfolio

The residential portfolio comprises Tewes Farmhouse and three cottages, all of which are let.

Tewes Farmhouse is an attractive Grade ll Listed hall house with four bedrooms. Tewes Farmhouse is let on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy. EPC rating E.

There are three cottages at Tewes Farm. Barnfield Cottage is a two-bedroom cottage and 1 Tewes Farm Cottages is a three-bedroom cottage. Both are occupied on Assured Shorthold Tenancies. 2 Tewes Farm Cottage has four bedrooms and is occupied by the current farm manager.