Fen View Farm, North Kyme Fen, North Kyme, Lincoln, LN4

BEST & FINAL OFFERS

Due to the level of interest shown in the property it has been decided, to be as fair as possible to all interested parties, to invite everyone to submit their Best and Final Offers to be received by Tuesday 23rd July 2024 at 12 Noon

INTRODUCTION

Will Barker & Co are excited to offer the opportunity to purchase a well-equipped Fen Farm with a comfortable and recently modernised farmhouse, a grain store, 2x modern poultry buildings, and further straw storage together with highly productive and fertile silty soils, capable of producing high yields of combinable crops and extending in total area 79.42ha (196.25 acres) in North Kyme Fen and Billinghay Fen. The soil type is a silty marine alluvium deposit, capable of producing high yields of a various arable crops. There is a belt of easy working silt along the Dale Head Road and a proportion of this farm is also suitable for root crops, historically having grown potatoes. The farm is available either as a whole or in 10 separate Lots. Lotted as follows: Lot 1 – Fen View, North Kyme Fen, North Kyme, Lincoln, LN4 4DP Farmhouse, farmyard and poultry buildings set within 4.84ha (11.95 acres) Lot 2 North Kyme Fen – 11.33ha (27.99 acres) Twelve Foot Bank, North Kyme (truncated)

SITUATION

The Farm is located on the Lincolnshire Fens in the parish of North Kyme and is offered in ten separate lots around North Kyme and Billinghay Fen. North Kyme is a small rural village situated on the A153. It has a selection of local facilities, including a Church, Public House, Village Hall and eateries. Billinghay is a larger rural village, adjacent to the A153. It has a range of local facilities, including swimming pool, eateries, food and retail shops. Billinghay is located; 5.8 miles southwest of the RAF town of Coningsby, 9.8 miles northeast of the market town of Sleaford, 16 miles northwest of the market town of Boston and 17 miles southeast of the city of Lincoln. Lot 1, 2 & 3 – Situated on Twelve Foot Bank in North Kyme Fen, to the east of North Kyme village. Twelve Foot Bank is accessed from the A153. Lot 4 & 5 – Situated to the rear of Double Bank Farm, being accessed off Drury Dyke. Lot 6 – Situated to the South of First Hurn Drove, being to the Northeast of (truncated)

FEN VIEW

A large well-presented 3-bedroom, modernised farmhouse set within 4.84ha (11.95 acres), with a private gravel driveway leading to the rear of the house into the farmyard, providing ample hardstanding parking and onto the land to the east. GROUND FLOOR The entrance hall leads into an open plan kitchen diner to the right and snug to the left, at the rear a hallway leads to study, W.C, boot room, utility, and boiler room. The open plan farmhouse style kitchen and diner benefits from a bay window that faces west, a log burner and underfloor heating. The boot room benefits from underfloor heating. FIRST FLOOR Master bedroom with en-suite, two further double bedrooms, family bathroom and storage room. GARDEN & EXTERIOR The garden extends around the southern and western front of the property. The kitchen diner has doors which open on the south side of the property with views over the fens.

FARMYARD

Fen View Farmyard has both three and single phase electricity supplies and a useful range of buildings comprising: • Workshop & Stores with x4 sliding doors and concrete floor. • Machinery / GP building (formerly a crew yard) with 2/3 concreted floor. • “Open fronted Machinery Store” with grain retaining walls and concrete floor. • “Dry Grain Store” with grain retaining walls and concrete floor. • 400 ton Grain Store with Drive-on wooden floor to Typhoon centrifugal fan • Straw Shed built in 2018. The farm has 30,000sqft of poulty floor space in 2x Harlow timber framed, concrete floor, poultry buildings with underground drainage to Slurry tank, currently let to a friend and neighbour for Duck rearing, the tenant is desirous to continue to rent the buildings. No notice has been served to terminate the letting and at least 7 months notice would be required.

FIXTURES & FITTINGS

The sale of the property includes all of the farm buildings but excludes the 3x feed bins, auger feeder, nipple drinkers (drinkers belong to the FBT tenant), for which any purchase price will have to be apportioned between land and machinery.

THE LAND

Lot 1 is set in 4.84ha (11.95 acres) of land directly around the farmyard, designed if the buyer wishes to expand the poultry production. The land is currently used for growing arable crops but could be laid down to grass and used as a paddock or amenity land. It will be the purchaser’s responsibility to fund, erect and maintain a suitable livestock proof boundary fence around the perimeter of the land.

LAND CLASSIFICATION & SOIL TYPE

The land is classified by the Former MAFF Land Classification Maps of England as being grade 2 agricultural land. The actual soil type is further described by the Soil Survey of England and Wales, as being part of the Wallasea 2 Association of soils which is characterised as consisting of deep silty marine alluvium deposits of various depths and capable of growing high yields of combinable crops, sugar beet, peas and occasionally potatoes or brassicas on its best parts. It is the most common soil type in this Fenland district and albeit classified as a single soil type, within the Wallasea 2 Association, there are significant variations in soil quality from the raised silt hills with their lighter yellowy silts to more bodied, lower holes which have more organic peat in their composition.

UNDER DRAINAGE

Most of the farm has been under-drained, and copies of the Land Drainage plans may be inspected at the selling agent’s office.

DRAINAGE RATES

Are payable to the Witham First and Third Internal Drainage Board and occupiers’ drainage rates for the year will be apportioned on completion.

ACCESS

Fenview Farm has the benefit of access from Twelve Foot Bank and Drury Dyke. If the farm is sold in separate lots rights of way will need to be reserved.

BASIC FARM PAYMENTS & COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP

Due to the new delinked BPS payment, there are no BPS entitlements included with the sale. The land is not entered in any Stewardship Schemes.

CROSS COMPLIANCE

The buyer(s) will be responsible for Cross Compliance from the date of completion.

CONTRACTS & QUOTAS

There are no other contracts or quotas included within the sale of the land.

MINERALS, TIMBER & SPORTING RIGHTS

The mineral, timber and sporting rights are in the sale of the freehold interest, so far as they are owned by the Vendor.

WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS & RIGHTS OF WAY

The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights including Rights of Way either public or private, Light Support, Drainage, Water and Electricity supplies and all other rights, easements, quasi agreements and all wayleaves, whether referred to or not in these particulars.

TENANTRIGHT & TENURE

The vendors will not make any claim for Tenantright in addition to the purchase price. Similarly, there will be no counterclaim whatsoever for dilapidations. The Freehold Title to the land is offered For Sale with the benefit of Vacant Possession, following clearance of the current crops

HOLDOVER

The Vendors will reserve the right to hold a farm machinery sale in the farmyard and surrounding field, store produce in the grain store and remain in occupation of the house until the end of March 2025.

METHOD OF SALE

The property is being offered for sale either as a whole or in 10 separate lots by Private Treaty and depending on the level of interest, the vendors and their agent reserve the right to conclude the sale by asking interested parties to submit their Best and Final offers

PLANS, AREAS & BOUNDARIES

The areas and plans attached to these particulars have been produced in good faith. They are for illustrative purposes only and their accuracy is not guaranteed. The successful purchaser will be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and the Vendor nor their agent will be responsible for defining the boundaries for the ownership thereof.

VIEWINGS

Prospective purchasers wishing to view should make an appointment through the selling agents, Will Barker & Co - Those wishing to view the property, do so at their own risk