Low Burradon Farm, Thropton

AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

116 Hectares (286 Acres) Northumbrian mixed farm situated in the scenic Coquetdale Valley and let on a Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 tenancy agreement.

Principal farmhouse and farm workers cottage

Range of modern and traditional farm buildings

Approximately 24 hectares (59 acres) of arable cropping, 48 hectares (119 acres) of temporary grass and 40 hectares (100 acres) of permanent pasture and rough grazing plus small area woodland

FOR SALE AS A WHOLE AND SUBJECT TO TENANCY

SITUATION
Low Burradon Farm is situated in the Lower Coquetdale Valley overlooking the Simonside Hills, approximately 6 miles northwest of the small town of Rothbury and 22 miles north of the larger market town of Morpeth. Situated in the lee of the Cheviot Hills, Low Burradon is on the edge of the Northumberland National Park. Combined with the area's obvious natural beauty is the well regarded productivity and output of the farmland in this famed livestock area.

DESCRIPTION
Low Burradon Farm is held in a ring fence and varies in height from 200 meters above sea level on the northern boundary down to 132 meters at the Foxton Burn that runs through the holding.
The farm benefits from a principal farmhouse plus a small "Bothy" cottage. Temporary grass leys, permanent grassland and rotational arable cropping coupled with a range of modern and traditional buildings provide an exciting proposition for interested potential investors.

HISTORY
The farm has belonged to the same family since the 1950s however it has been let to and farmed by the tenant's family since 1931. The current tenant should be complemented for the manner in which he farms and maintains the holding. He has made significant investments to improve and expand the steading in recent years with many of the farm buildings belonging to him. The farming family run a noted herd of pure Charolais cattle at Low Burradon alongside a flock of breeding ewes and a small arable rotation.