Land at Manor Farm, Woodhurst
Manor Farm Manor Farm has come to the market for the first time since 1957, when the family purchased the farm. In this time the farmhouse has been renovated, and the farm buildings have been extended to offer additional grain storage.
The farm is a predominately arable farm, interspersed with small parcels of woodland, and a grass paddock which adjoins the house.
The Grade 2 farmland has been well farmed, and the farms large field sizes are well suited to modern farm machinery. There is a game shoot run for personal use across the farm utilising the woodland, arable land and ponds on the land.
Lot 2 – Land at Manor Farm 279.33 acres (113.05 ha) Guide price: £2,700,000
Lot 2 is 279.33 acres (113.05 ha) in total and is predominately arable along with some permanent pasture, woodland, and ponds. Lot 2 also benefits from a farmyard with grain storage and additional general purpose storage.
Land The land comprises 268.19 acres (108.54 ha) of arable land, 4.01 acres (1.62 ha) permanent pasture and 3.05 acres (1.23 ha) of woodland. The farmyard, tracks and ponds total 4.08 acres (1.65 ha). The land is accessed from Wheatsheaf Road, Woodhurst and also from Oldhurst Road, Pidley. A number of internal tracks link the fields and farm yard. The arable land is generally level and divided into large field sizes.
The land is mostly classed as Grade 2, with part of the land classed as Grade 3 according to the Agricultural Land Classification of England. The soil is a combination of Evesham 3 and Cannamore soil series, according to the Soil Survey of England and Wales. Evesham 3 is described as a slowly permeable calcareous clayey and fine loam over clayey soils, suitable for winter cereals and grassland. Cannamore soil series is described as a deep calcareous and non-calcareous fine loamy and clayey soil, suitable for cereals and field vegetables.
Cropping has been a combination of malting barley, milling wheat, oilseed rape and beans in recent years with other crops such as sugar beet having been grown on the farm historically. A full schedule of cropping is available from the vendor’s agent.
Farm buildings The farmyard is made up of five portal framed buildings with a concrete apron connecting the purpose built farm buildings. The farm buildings extend to approximately 1,403.76 sq ft.
