Brown Candover

Located in the Candover Valley in the heart of Hampshire, this fabulous farm offers over 300 acres (127ha) of pasture and arable land with a 5 bed farmhouse, 4 bed cottage and staff lodges. The 80,000 sq.ft (7,432sq.m) of modern farm buildings are currently used as a highly productive dairy but could offer further potential (STPP).

Church Lane Farm is a rare find offering a thoroughly modern and commercial scale dairy unit situated in one of the most sought-after valleys in Southern England. The current owners have continued to invest into the facilities and the herd performance is truly impressive. For those seeking excellent dairy profits, unrivalled investment opportunity or future diversification this farm offers it all.

Location - Church Lane Farm is located in the rolling Hampshire Downs in an elevated position above the village of Brown Candover in the beautiful Candover Valley. The village has a church, village hall and cricket pitch and the surrounding villages offer a number of award winning hostelries, with the thriving Georgian market town of Alresford just down the valley. Basingstoke, Winchester and Alton are easily reached and offer access to a further comprehensive range of facilities, including mainline train stations, both state and independent schools, supermarkets and a host of independent shops. The Farm lies within a ring fence, with the farm buildings located centrally to the holding and duly surrounded by large fields suitable for all machinery. All of the land is ploughable and consits of free draining soils, structured as loam and clay soils over chalk, and capable of growing a full range of herbage and arable crops. The current owners have developed the farm to create a first class dairy unit, milking 350 cows with exceptional performance in terms of yield and animal welfare.

Church Lane Farmhouse - An attractive and well positioned brick and part flint house under clay tile roof constructed in 1997 with attached garage in a large lawned garden with patio. The property comprises the following:
Ground Floor • Large kitchen with fitted units, Stanley range and electric ovens • Sitting room with wood burner and dual aspect views • Dining room with glass doors into hallway • The remaining accommodation comprises study, utility room and WC
First Floor • Master bedroom with dual aspect views • Four further double bedrooms • Two bathrooms with bath, shower and WC • Built-in storage cupboards

Church Lane Farm Cottage - A spacious and well-designed brick under tile roof cottage with detached garage with large mature garden, patio and gravel parking. The main house was built in 2012 and extended in 2023. The property comprises of the following:
Ground Floor • Large dining room/kitchen with tiled floor, Range Master cooker in fireplace and fitted units • Sitting room with double aspect views and brick fireplace • The remaining accommodation comprises a hallway, pantry, utility and WC
First Floor • Master bedroom with shower room • Further two double bedrooms • Single bedrooms both with built-in cupboards

North View Cabin And Orchard Cabin - Two separately located three-bedroom single storey log cabins with fitted kitchens, bathrooms and parking.

Farm And Buildings - Numerous farm buildings housing the parlour, calf shed, calf pens, workshop, grain store, straw barn, silage pits and covered yard space.

The farm extends to approximately 294 acres of attractive, undulating arable land with small pockets of mature woodland. The land is well fenced with gated entrances into every field providing easy access throughout. There are water troughs supplied via a private water system from a bore hole.

General Remarks - Access - Access is directly from Gunners Lane via a tarmac surfaced farm drive leading to the farm buildings. There are a number of existing field gates servicing the land directly from Gunners Lane.

Services - Church Farmhouse – mains electricity, private water (via farm borehole), oil-fired Stanley Cooker /central heating and private drainage.

Church Farm Cottage – mains electricity, private water (via farm borehole), ground source heating and private drainage.

Cabins – mains electricity, private water (via farm borehole), air source heating (North View Cabin only) and a sewage treatment plant (shared between both lodges).

Farm Buildings – Three phrase mains electricity and a private water supply.

Land – The land benefits from a private water supply.

Water System - The farm has a mains water connection and, in addition, its own private water supply from a borehole supported by an abstraction licence for 52,000 litres per day. The private water supply also services 8 third party dwellings in the village of Brown Candover. Details from the selling agents.

Milk Contract - Church Lane Farm enjoys an evergreen milk contract with Arla currently supplying circa 5 million litres. This contract is excluded from the sale of the freehold but may be available by separate negotiation.

Basic Payment & ELMS - The Basic Payment historic payment will be retained by the vendors. There is no SFI or CSS scheme in place.

Holdover and potential lease back - The vendors will require holdover of an area of covered space for 12 months from completion for storage of deadstock. The vendors would also be open to the prospect of entering into an ongoing farming arrangement (FBT, contract Farming Agreement or similar) for a period of up to 3 years from date of completion. Such an arrangement would not be conditional to the sale.

Renewable Energy - The farm buildings support a 44 KW solar PV installation generating generous Feed in Tariff payments. 40 KW supplies the farm buildings and 4KW to farmhouse.

Telephone Mast lease - The farm supports a telecommunications mast under lease at a rent for £5,500 per annum.

Planning - Church Lane Farmhouse, Church Lane Farm Cottage and Northview Lodge are all subject to Agricultural Occupancy Conditions.

Tenure and Possession - With vacant possession completion or other subject to the tenancies and licences listed below.

Wayleaves and Easements - The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

Sporting, Timber and Mineral rights
All sporting, timber and mineral rights are included in the freehold sale, in so far as they are owned.

Plans, Areas and Schedules These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. They have been checked and computed by BCM Wilson Hill and the Purchaser (s) shall be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the description of the property. Any error or miss-statement shall not annul a sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.

Health and Safety
Given the potential hazards of a working farm, we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible for your own personal safety when making your inspection, particularly around the agricultural buildings.

Fixtures and Fittings
BCM Wilson Hill can supply a list identifying clearly which items are included within the sale, which are excluded, and which may be available by separate negotiation. This list is the sole arbiter of this regardless of whether items are referred to or photographed within these particulars.

Machinery and Livestock
BCM Wilson Hill can supply a schedule of machinery (wheeled and implements) and livestock which may be available by separate negotiation. This list is the sole arbiter of this regardless of whether items are referred to or photographed within these particulars.

Growing Crops and Stocks in Store
Growing crops and stocks in store (including forage) are excluded from the sale but the purchaser will be obliged to separately purchase at the completion date by separate valuation.

Additional Land
The sellers currently purchase forage from a number of adjacent farms and can introduce potential purchasers to the supplying farmers.

Postcode SO24 9TW

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Local Authority Baskingstoke & Deane