A productive arable and pasture farm in North Devon with potential for development has come to the market.
Lower Biddacott Farm near Chittlehampton, Umberleigh has a Grade II Listed five bedroom farmhouse and extends to 135.83 ring-fenced acres (54.97 hectares).
It is a former Rolle Estate farm with views over the land towards the Taw Valley to the west.
The south-facing house is substantial and characterful.
The main yard includes a range of stone barns and more modern farm buildings which offer potential for alternative uses, subject to planning consent.
There is also a separate holiday cottage with two bedrooms.
The range of barns and buildings include lofted stables, a workshop, log stores, storage buildings, cattle shed and a threshing barn.
A planning and Listed Building consent application is being submitted by the sellers to convert the threshing barn and attached storage building into a residential dwelling.
The land at Lower Biddacott is classified as Grade 3 with soils described as freely draining, slightly acid loamy soils.
There is road frontage along the western and eastern boundary.
There are fourteen field enclosures with a mostly south-facing aspect and there are approximately 83.43 acres (33.76 hectares) in arable rotation being used to grow cereal crops and the remaining land down to pasture.
The grass fields surround the farmstead and run along the southern boundary where there is a small stream.
Lower Biddacott Farm is on the market with Stags and its has a guide price of £2,350,000.
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