Holtye, East Sussex

Lot 2 - Approximately 14.29 acres.
This comprises Lot 2 Great Cansiron Farm and is a productive arable field with direct access on the public highway. Great Cansiron Farm is located in a semi-rural position in the hamlet of Hammerwood, in the High Weald AONB on the East Sussex, Kent and Surrey border with the Ashdown Forest being nearby.


Lotting
We are instructed to offer the farm for sale as a whole or in lots. The lots are as shown on the sales plan:

Lot 2 (Land Shaded Green) – Consists of approximately 14.29 acres of arable land.
Guide Price - £200,000

Situation
Great Cansiron Farm is located in a semi-rural position in the hamlet of Hammerwood, in the High Weald AONB on the East Sussex, Kent and Surrey border with the Ashdown Forest being located approximately 6.9 miles to the south. The villages of Cowden (1.2 miles north), Hartfield (3.4 miles southeast) and Forest Row (5.5 miles southwest) offer local amenities including shops and restaurants. The towns of East Grinstead (4.9 miles), Edenbridge (6.3 miles) and Tunbridge Wells (8 miles) offer an extensive range of amenities and mainline stations.

Description
Lot 2 - Great Cansiron Farm is a productive arable field extending to approximately 14.29 acres with direct access on to Butcherfield Road.

Land
The arable land at Great Cansiron Farm extends to approximately 14.29 acres of predominantly Grade 3 land under the MAFF Provisional Agricultural Land Classification. The Soil Survey of England and Wales records the soils as being slightly acid loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage, most suited to autumn sown crops and grassland.

The property is currently managed in hand under a contract farming agreement and has been farmed under a conventional combinable cropping rotation.

Country Stewardship
The land is entered into Countryside Stewardship under a Mid Tier agreement. The current agreement expires on 31 December 2027. The purchaser will be obliged to take on this agreement with the agreement being transferred from the vendor to the purchaser upon completion. The agreement will be transferred in whole or part depending on the lotting. All payments for the 2023 scheme year will be retained by the vendor.
Full details of the agreement are available on request from the selling agent.

Designations
The farm is located in the High Weald AONB. Field parcel 7926 is classified as a Scheduled Monument known as Far Blacklands Romano-British Iron Bloomery. The land also adjoins a second Scheduled Monument, a former Roman Road, located to the north of the property, which is not owned.

Registered Title
The property is registered under Title Number ESX355669.