Gapshield, Brampton

An outstanding ringfenced stock farm extending in total to 453.09 acres (183.36ha) with substantial and well maintained 5 bedroom farmhouse and an excellent range of modern and traditional outbuildings.

An outstanding stock farm extending in total to 453.09 acres (183.36ha) conveniently located on the Northumbrian/Cumbria border with panoramic views to Scotland in the North and Hadrian’s Wall to the East.

The property benefits from a North facing spacious, well maintained 5 bedroom farmhouse which has oil fired central heating and uPVC double glazing throughout. The house is of stone and brick construction with a pebble dashed elevation under a slate roof. The farmhouse was constructed in 1863.

There are extensive modern steel portal farm buildings for livestock housing together with useful range of traditional stone outbuildings providing loose boxes, calving pens and general storage. The steading benefits from a CCTV system.

The land is laid within a ringfence to the south of the steading and comprises good quality grazing/mowing meadows, grazing pasture land and rough grazing/moorland . Part of the fell is designated as Blanket Bog and also Moorland Fell.

Location
The property is located in Northumberland on the A69. The market town of Haltwhistle lies 4 miles to the East and offers shops, doctors and dentist surgeries and public houses. Located 7.4 miles to the West is the market town of Brampton which also offers amenities including secondary school, shops, doctors & dentist surgeries, post office, public houses, etc. The larger town of Hexham is 20.4 miles to the East, with the City of Carlisle being located 14.7 miles to the West.

Directions
From the roundabout at the junction of the A69 and A689 on the outskirts of Brampton take the A69 heading East and continue for 8.2 miles. Gapshield stands on your right hand side directly opposite the T junction to the left signposted Gilsland.

From Haltwhistle take the A69 heading West for 3.8 miles. Gapshield stands on your left and side directly opposite the T junction to the right signposted Gilsland.

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A commanding traditional stone and brick built house with part pebble dashed elevations under slate roof coverings which was constructed in 1863.

The house benefits from oil fired central heating, uPVC double glazing throughout and panoramic views over the surrounding rural countryside.

To the front and side of the house are spacious walled gardens laid to lawn.

Services
The property benefits from mains electricity and private spring water supply. Domestic drainage is to a septic tank.
Please note no formal investigation has been carried out as to the operation of the sewerage system and septic tank, these may not meet the current General Binding Rules 2020 and the property is being sold on this basis. All parties must ensure that their lenders are aware of this before submitting an offer.

EPC
Gapshield Farmhouse has a rating of Band F.

Council Tax
Gapshield is scheduled in Band E payable to Northumberland County Council.

Buildings
To the rear of the house is range of traditional outbuildings:

1. Workshop
2.50 x 4.05m Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, electric light and power.

2. Stable
2.60m x 4.05m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, electric light.

3. Wash House
5.50m x 4.05m. Stone built with slate roof covering, concrete floor, partitioned outside WC, electric light and power.

To the rear of the above stone outbuilding are modern livestock buildings:

4. Cattle Shed
27.45m x 18.88m. Steel portal frame shed with cement fibre roof with rooflights, concrete panels walls with perforated tin box profile cladding above. Internally laid out with a central feed passage, two pens (housing 35 head of cattle) and four calving pens. Building is fully concreted with sheeted doors to both elevations, water, electricity and CCTV calving cameras.

5. Sheep Shed
27.45m x 13.90m. 6 bay steel portal frame with cement fibre roof, concrete panel walls with Yorkshire boarding above, concrete feed passage and hardcore based pens, metal doors to both gable elevations, water, electric light.
This building accommodates 200 sheep.

6. Sheep Pens
Timber sheep pens with brick built forcing pen, 300 gallon dipper and collecting yard. All on a concrete base.

7. Hardcore Big Bale Pad
Holds approx. 500 bales.
A further range of traditional outbuildings comprise:

8. Loose Box
4.30m x 17.8m. Stone built with slate roof and concrete floor, water, electric light, mains water, door to Loose Box below.

9. Loose Box
4.30m x 4.41m. Stone built with slate roof covering, concrete floor, electric light and water, door to side elevation and from the Loose Box above.

10. Cattle Handling Pens
With metal race, handling pens and gates on a concrete base.

11. Loose Box
4.60m x 2.55m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, electric light and water.

12. Byre
4.35m x 3.65m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, 2 double stalls, electric light and water.

13. Byre
4.35m x 9.00m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, 4 double stalls, water and electric.

14. Loose Box
4.80m x 4.35m. Stone built with slate roof covering, cobbled floor, water and electric light.

15. Bull Box
4.35m x 2.80m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, water and electric light.

16 Loose Box
4.68m x 5.05m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, water and electric light.

17. Two Diesel Tanks
With concrete block bund.

18. Middle Stone Barn
15.75m x 7.05m Stone and block built with slate roof covering, corrugated iron cladding and concrete floor, water and electric light, metal swing door.

19. Corner Shed
9.65m x 4.57m. Stone and block built with corrugated iron roof and concrete floor, door to Collecting Yard.

20. Stone Barn
4.70m x 10.75m. Stone built with tiled roof, concrete floor, secure gate, electric light.

21. Feed Shed
4.65m x 5.60m. Stone built with slate roof covering and concrete floor, lofted above, old timber stable stalls, electric light and power.

22. Cubicle Shed
17.50m x 7.52m. 3 bay steel portal frame with cement fibre roof block walls, feed barrier, 29 cubicles, metal doors to both gable elevations, water and electric light.

To the Western edge of the steading is a modern building providing further cattle housing:

23. Cubicle Shed
24.40m x 23.58m. 4 bay steel portal frame building with cement fibre roof covering and perforated steel cladding above block walls, concrete floor, 26 cubicles with calf pen to one side, with three loose pens (housing 40 head of cattle) down the other both facing onto a central feed passage. Shed has water and electric lights.

24. Slurry Store
Shuttered concrete open slurry store with block surrounding wall.

25. Hardcore Big Bale Pad
Holds approx. 150 bales.

Yard
All yard areas are down to concrete and tarmac.

The Land
The land extends in total to 448.64 acres (181.56ha).

The land use is split as follows as per the field table below:

• 50.78 acres (20.55ha) of excellent quality mowing land.
• 141.89 acres (57.42ha) of excellent quality grazing land.
• 254.39 acres (102.95ha) of rough fell/moorland.
• 1.59 acres (0.64ha) of woodland.

There is an extensive system of tracks providing excellent access to the field parcels.

Boundaries are a mixture of stone walls and post and wire fences which are all in stockproof condition.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone
The land is not within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

Basic Payment Scheme
The delinked payments under the Basic
Payment Scheme are to be retained by the Seller. As such the Buyer will need to abide by the rules of cross compliance and will indemnify the Sellers for any breaches.

Environmental Schemes
The land is entered into a Higher Level Stewardship which ends on 30th September 2028. Further details of the Scheme are available from the Selling Agent.

The Buyer(s) will be required to continue with this agreement until it expires at the end of the current term. The buyer is required to indemnify the seller against any losses to the Seller resulting from the buyer failing to continue with the agreement or failing to comply with the terms and conditions of the Scheme. Potential Buyers are advised to discuss any queries they may have about the Scheme with Natural England and obtain their own independent advice.

Tenure
The property is offered for sale Freehold with Vacant Possession on completion.

Sporting & Mineral Rights
The sporting and are included within the sale insofar as they are owned. The mines and mineral are excluded from the sale as they are held by a third party.