Lee Farm Colworth Estate, Sharbrook, Bedfordshire
Lee Farm Colworth Estate Sharbrook, Bedfordshire A opportuity to acquire a rig-feced, predomiatly arable farm icludig a Grade II listed farmhouse as well as agricultural ad commercial buildigs adjacet to Colworth Sciece Park. I all 941.54 acres (381.04 hectares) Bedford 10 miles (Lodo St Pacras from 39 miutes) Northampto 20 miles (all distaces are approximate) For sale as a Whole by Private Treaty Equiries To: Be Taylor or Beth Bull Trumpigto Road Cambridge CB2 9LD Be Taylor t: 01223 559352 e: btaylor@bidwells.co.uk Beth Bull t: 01223 559352 e: bbull@bidwells.co.uk bidwells.co.uk
Itroductio The sale of Lee Farm presets a excellet opportuity for a ivestor or farmig busiess to purchase a attractive equipped arable holdig with residetial ad commercial elemets. The Farm has bee ru o a commercial basis ad comprises well-sized fields, which are all easily accessed by good quality farm tracks ad iteral roads. The Farm is located adjacet to Colworth Sciece Park ad also the Sata Pod raceway. Situatio ad Access Lee Farm is situated orth west of the attractive Bedfordshire village of Sharbrook. The Farm adjois the Colworth Sciece Park, which the Vedor occupies. The village of Sharbrook offers a rage of good facilities icludig pre-school, lower school, upper school ad commuity college, commuity sports cetre, hotel, restaurat, public houses, doctor s surgery ad a village hall. The Farm is withi close proximity to the A6, A509, A45 ad A428. Direct mailie rail services to Lodo St Pacras are available from Bedford (from 39 miutes) some 10 miles away. The mai farm access is from the south, via the public highway kow as Yelow Lae. There is a secod vehicular access (albeit ot suitable for agricultural machiery) via Back Lae, which is to the east of the farm. Directios The Farm ca be foud usig the locatio pla i the sales particulars. From Bedford, take the A6 orth west towards Rushde. After approximately eight miles tur left o to Park Lae towards the village of Sharbrook. After approximately 0.8 miles tur right o to High Street. After approximately 0.4 miles bear left to Colworth Road. After 0.3 miles the road ame chages to Yelow Lae. Cotiue straight for 0.8 miles oto a private road, past the golf course o either side ad to the security barrier. Access to the Farm is through the security barrier, ad viewigs are strictly by prior appoitmet. The Property The Property icludes arable farmlad ad grasslad, woodlad, agricultural buildigs, commercial space, a sigle residetial property ad a small reservoir. The Farmlad The farmlad comprises 755.17 acres (305.61 hectares) of which 701.09 acres (283.73 hectares) are arable ad 54.08 acres (21.88 hectares) are grasslad. The lad is classified as maily Grade 3 o the former MAFF Agricultural Lad Classificatio Plas. The soils are predomiatly described as the Haslope series beig slowly permeable calcareous clayey soils suitable for witer cereals ad some other arable crops ad grasslad. A covetioal rotatio of witer wheat, barley, oilseed rape, liseed ad beas has bee grow i recet years o the arable lad whilst the grasslad has bee used for hay cuts ad occasioal iformal grazig. Full details are provided i the farm sale data room. Woodlad Lee Farm icludes some 160.16 acres (64.81 hectares) of woodlad. The woodlad comprises a mixture of mature broadleaf trees ad coifers alog with some more recetly plated trees i various parcels ad formig certai boudaries. These woodlads have bee maaged uder various Eglish Woodlad Grat Schemes i previous years. Full details are provided i the farm sale data room. Agricultural Buildigs The farm buildigs are located i three areas (please refer to the block plas for Lee Farm ad Barwick Spiey): Lee Farm Buildigs comprise: (1 & 2) Geeral purpose buildig (approx. 852m 2 ) of steel portal frame costructio with cocrete walls, profiled coated steel sheet claddig, fibre cemet roof sheetig, cocrete floor, two roller shutter doors (electric exteral door ad maual iteral door), three pedestria doors. Iterally the buildig is divided ito two by a roller shutter door. Further iteral divisio creates three secure storage areas for oil, parts ad chemicals. The buildig is curretly used for geeral storage ad there is a ope-froted lea-to adjoiig also used for this purpose. (3) Farm office (approx. 124m 2 ) with brick walls, partially woode clad o the frot elevatio, felt ad Eterit clad roof. The facilities iclude a meetig room, WC ad kitche area, staff room ad wash area. (4) Graistore 1/Dryer (approx. 484m 2 ) of cocrete framed costructio with brick walls, fibre cemet wall ad roof sheetig, cocrete floor, two slidig shutter doors, a persoel door ad air louvre. The buildig is divided ito 14 bis with a cetral tuel gatry ad capacity for 960 toes (icludig seed dresser area of 25 toes capacity ad itake pit also of 25 toes capacity).
(5) Udercover extesio (approx. 107m 2 ) ad drive through access which liks Graistore1 ad Graistore 2. Cocrete floor ad profile fibre cemet roof sheetig. (6) Graistore 2 (approx. 176m 2 ) adjoiig Graistore 1, of steel portal frame costructio with cocrete wallig paels, profile fibre cemet roof sheetig, plastic coated vertical sheetig, exteral fitted galvaised electric roller door, air louvre. There is a cetral dividig grai wall of 3.9 metres i height creatig two o-floor storage areas for i total 400 toes. Pad for liquid itroge tower. Two diesel taks. Souldrop Buildigs comprise a rage of redudat buildigs of cocrete costructio with asbestos cemet sheet roofig. Barwick Spiey Buildigs comprise (umbered as per block pla): (1 & 2) Geeral purpose shed (approx. 354m 2 ) partially ope-froted buildig of cocrete frame costructio, with cocrete walls, fibre cemet wall ad roof sheetig, cocrete floor, slidig shutter door, ad separate pedestria access. Barwick Spiey Buildigs 93.4m Lee Farm Buildigs (3-6) Commercial buildig (approx. 843m 2 ) origially a agricultural buildig, which has bee coverted to office accommodatio ad refurbished iterally to a good specificatio. The buildig is of cocrete framed costructio with brick walls ad fibre cemet roof sheetig. The facilities iclude kitche area with a rage of cupboards, sik uits, two pricipal meetig rooms, former refrigeratio ad processig area (ow used for geeral storage). I additio, there is a suspeded first floor, which provides additioal storage space to the eaves. There is a geeral purpose lea-to adjoiig the commercial buildig of cocrete framed costructio, with cocrete floor ad fibre cemet roof sheetig. This buildig is curretly empty. 1 226.57m 2 Ward Bdy 2 127.25m 2 6 225.01m 2 4 55.06m 2 5 139.73m 2 3 58.89m 2 2 540.18m 2 1 311.67m 2 Lee Farm 3 123.64m 2 89.4m 4 484.01m 2 5 106.71m 2 6 176.20m 2
New Farm House is a attractive Grade II listed period farmhouse of stoe costructio uder a patile roof. The property has recetly bee re-decorated ad is curretly uoccupied. The accommodatio comprises: Groud Floor the mai etrace via the frot of the property opes ito a hallway, which leads off to two receptio rooms, kitche ad dowstairs W/C. First Floor The mai ladig leads to Bedroom 1 ad Bedroom 2. The bathroom is fitted with a shower over bath, sik ad WC. Secod Floor The secod floor ladig leads to Bedroom 3 ad Bedroom 4. Outside There is a small garde surroudig the house, which is maily law with flowers ad shrub borders. There is a small outbuildig ad garage which are curretly used for storage ad a greehouse. Please refer to the floor plas for the Property s layout ad measuremets.
New Farm House
Geeral Remarks & Stipulatios Method of Sale The Property is offered for sale as a whole by Private Treaty. Teure ad Possessio The freehold of the property is offered for sale with vacat possessio. Property Iformatio ad Data Room Further details o the property are available i the farm sale data room. Please cotact the sellig agets for details o how to obtai access. Optio to Colworth Park Limited Partership The lad show hatched red o the sale pla will be retaied by the Vedor. It is curretly subject to a Optio Agreemet to a third party (Colworth Park Ltd Partership) util 6 th October 2016. The Purchaser will be grated a Farm Busiess Teacy for the duratio of the Optio Agreemet. The Vedor will have the optio to call o the Purchaser to acquire the lad if the curret Optio Agreemet expires. Wayleaves, Easemets, Coveats ad Rights of Way The Property will be sold subject to ad with the beefit of all existig wayleaves, easemets, coveats ad rights of way whether or ot disclosed. The Purchaser will be deemed to have full kowledge ad will have satisfied themselves as to the provisios of ay such matters affectig the Property i particular (full details are provided i the farm sale data room): Solar easemet there is a private easemet for a cable to Glebe Farm SPV Ltd for the purpose of coectig two solar farms o adjoiig lad. The easemet rus iside the boudary of the Farm ad parallel to Forty Foot Road. Rights of way/footpaths various public rights of way cross the property. Services the electricity ad water supplies to Lee Farm are coected via retaied lad at Colworth Sciece Park. The Vedor will udertake to istall ew mais supplies to each of the followig properties (the electricity supplies will be istalled withi 12 moths of completio of sale): Lee Farm Buildigs, New Farm House ad Barwick Spiey. Vibratio Lee Farm has operated side by side with Uilever at the Colworth Sciece Park for 25 years. At the Sciece Park Uilever uses delicate, high performace measurig equipmet to produce vital iformatio for their research ad developmet programs. The equipmet is highly sesitive to certai levels of vibratio which adversely affects their operatio. Ay ew developmet shall ot cause vibratio to be produced which would exceed a level of 3.125µm/s (VC-E criterio) at ay poit withi the boudary of the Colworth Sciece Park Site. Ay proposed developmet that may pose a risk of exceedig this criterio should be the subject of a vibratio assessmet by a competet egieer to demostrate compliace. Further details o this criterio are available o request. Maiteace of iteral access routes i coectio with the right to use the driveway ad iteral roads to access the retaied lad ad/or properties the Vedor shall pay a reasoable ad proper proportio of the costs of repairig, maitaiig ad reewig the access roads. The proportio shall be determied by the Purchaser actig reasoably, ad shall be subject to a maximum aual charge of 5,000 (five thousad pouds) exclusive of VAT. Widmill Hill Access the Purchaser will be grated a Right of Way opposite Widmill Hill to access Colworth Thicket. Evirometal Schemes There is a ELS/HLS Agreemet i place (Referece: AG00538791), which eds o 31 October 2016. This will be trasferred across to the Purchaser o completio. Full details are provided i the farm sale data room. Basic Paymet Scheme Etitlemets uder the Basic Paymet Scheme will be icluded i the sale. Please cotact the sellig aget for further details. The Purchaser will warrat to observe ad comply with the Cross Compliace coditios, the requiremets for full paymet uder the BPS ad ay other coditios imposed o the outgoig Teat by CAP reform from completio util 31 December 2015. Telecoms Mast There is a telecommuicatios agreemet with T-Mobile (UK) Limited for a mast, which is located to the southeast of Widmill Hill Cottage. The agreemet is for a period of 20 years from 19 November 2003. The curret ret is 4,250 per aum. Full details are provided i the farm sale data room. Reservoir The Farm has the beefit of a small reservoir to the south of the holdig. It is ot presetly utilised for agricultural purposes. Desigatios The whole of the Farm is i a Nitrate Vulerable Zoe. Registered Title The Property offered for sale is show edged red o the sale pla ad is registered uder Lad Registry Title Numbers: BD237683, BD180863 ad BD180864. Timber ad Mieral Rights Timber ad mieral rights are icluded i so far as they are owed. Sportig ad Shootig Rights The shootig ad sportig activities at Lee Farm are presetly maaged by a established sydicate shoot. The Vedor will reserve all sportig rights from the sale for the beefit of this sydicate util 1st February 2016. Beyod this, the sportig rights will be icluded i the sale, but subject to the followig restrictios: The Purchaser will ot rear or release ay game or quarry o the property, with the exceptio of pheasats. The shootig of pheasats will oly be permitted o Saturdays. The shootig of partridges will ot be permitted at ay time. Wild fowlig, deer maagemet ad vermi cotrol will be restricted to take place oly over weekeds ad outside ormal workig hours. For more iformatio cocerig the sportig rights ad the related restrictios, please cotact the sellig aget. Lad Draiage The lad is partially uder-draied. Further details are provided i the sale data room. Services New Farm House has the beefit of mais electricity ad water supplies. There is Calor gas cetral heatig ad private draiage to a septic tak.
Lee Farm Buildigs beefit from three phase mais electricity ad private draiage to a septic tak, as well as a idepedet water supply. Souldrop Farm Buildigs have o services. Please refer to the arragemets for ew supplies as set out above. For the avoidace of doubt, the farm will be sold with the beefit of exisitg services i effect. Barwick Spiey Buildigs beefit from three phase mais electricity ad water with private draiage to a septic tak. Eergy Ratig The eergy ratig for New Farm House is E. The eergy ratig for Lee Farm offices is C. The eergy ratig for Barwick Spiey is D. Full details are provided i the farm sale data room. Outgoigs New Farm House is withi Coucil Tax Bad F, the amout payable is 2,314.30 per aum (2015/16). Igoig Valuatio The lad is curretly farmed uder a operatio to operatio cotractig agreemet to maage the lad util the completio date. The Purchaser will be required to pay for ay growig crops established for 2015/16 harvest, alog with ay other acts of husbadry at cost, ad ay other items ormally paid at igoig. No claim will be allowed for dilapidatios or ay other matters. Paymet is to be made o completio at the cost icurred by the Vedor, leased o cotractors rates. Further details are available i the farm sale data room. Boudaries The Vedor ad the Vedor s Aget will do their best to specify the owership of boudaries, hedges, feces ad ditches, but will ot be bud to determie these. The Purchaser will have to satisfy himself as to the owership of the boudaries. Plaig The Property is located withi the boudary of Bedford Borough Coucil. Authorities Bedford Borough Coucil, Borough Hall, Cauldwell St, Bedford MK42 9AP. Viewigs All viewigs will be strictly by appoitmet oly through Bidwells. Please telephoe Be Taylor or Beth Bell o 01223 559352. Health ad Safety Give the potetial hazards of a workig farm ad associated machiery we would ask you to be vigilat as possible for your ow safety whe makig a ispectio of the property. Postcode The postcode for Barwick Spiey is MK44 1LB. VAT The guide prices quoted are exclusive of Value Added Tax. The Vedor has opted to tax ad the sale of the Property or ay right attached to it is deemed a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT. Such tax will be payable by the purchaser i additio to the puchase price. Please ote that New Farm House will be exempt from VAT. Plas, Areas ad Schedules Plas attached to the particulars are based upo the Ordace Survey Natioal Grid ad are for referece oly. The Purchaser will be deemed to have satisfied themselves of the lad as scheduled. Photography The photographs i these particulars were take i July 2013, April 2015 ad August 2015. Ay fixtures, fittigs, or equipmet show o the photographs are ot ecessarily icluded i the sale. Agets Notes For clarificatio Bidwells LLP wish to iform prospective purchasers that we have prepared these sales particulars as a geeral guide. These particulars do ot form part of ay offer or cotract ad should ot be relied upo as statemets or represetatives of fact. Bidwells LLP has o authority to make or give i writig or verbally ay represetatio or warraties i relatio to the property. The pla ad acreages use gross acreages take from the Ordace Survey sheets ad are ot suitable for the preparatio of Sigle Paymet Scheme forms. Measuremets of distace are approximate. The text, photographs ad plas are for guidace oly ad are ot ecessarily comprehesive. No assumptios should be made that the property has all ecessary plaig, buildig regulatio or other cosets. Bidwells LLP has ot carried out a survey, or tested the services, appliaces or facilities. Purchasers shall be deemed to have full kowledge of the state ad coditio as to the owership of ay tree, boudary or ay part of the property. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by ispectio or otherwise. I iterest of Health & Safety, please esure that you take due care whe ispectig the property. Bidwells Bidwells LLP is a limited liability partership registered i Eglad ad Wales (registered umber OC344553). Registered head office is Bidwell House, Trumpigto Road, Cambridge, CB2 9LD.
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Lad at Sharbrook
Your ref: Our ref: dd: df: e: Date: BRT/RCB 01223 559459 btaylor@bidwells.co.uk Date as postmark Trumpigto Road Cambridge CB2 9LD t: 01223 841841 f: 01223 845150 bidwells.co.uk Dear Sir / Madam Lee Farm, Colworth Estate, Sharbrook, Bedfordshire We have pleasure i eclosig the sale particulars for Lee Farm which comprises a sigificat parcel of rig-feced commercial arable lad, farmhouse, three rages of farm buildigs ad commercial property. The holdig exteds to a total of 381.04 hectares (941.54 acres) ad is offered for sale as a whole. We are ivitig offers i excess of 6,500,000. Please ote that VAT will be charged i additio to the sale price. Viewigs are strictly by appoitmet oly, please call 01223 559352 to arrage a viewig or for further iformatio. Yours faithfully Ec Bidwells is tradig ame of Bidwells LLP, a limited liability partership, registered i Eglad ad Wales with umber OC344553. Registered office: Bidwell House Trumpigto Road Cambridge CB2 9LD. A list of members is available for ispectio at the above address.