A small farm for sale in Wales could offer one young farmer a rare opportunity to get their foot on the agricultural property ladder.
Jenny Layton Mills from McCartneys is acting as the agent for the 62ac property.
She said: “It’s often difficult for the younger generation to get themselves on the agricultural property ladder – that’s why this property is so exciting.
“The holding is split into five lots, totalling just over 62ac, and is situated just one mile from the town of Presteigne. This property must to be viewed to fully appreciate the available opportunity.”
The Brookhouse, Stapleton, Presteigne, will be sold by McCartneys at public auction on July 4, 2019.
Based just a few miles from the border with Herefordshire, the farm includes:
- A traditional stone barn with an adjoining three-bay steel frame livestock building (87ft X 22ft);
- A traditional stone & timber Building with loose boxes and adjoining corrugated iron and timber lean-to (52ft X 38ft); and
- A four-bay steel frame livestock building (60ft X 30ft).
Lot 1
Lot 1 comprises of a homestead with a four-bedroom farmhouse and two large traditional stone and brick buildings set in just over 5ac.
Lot 2
Adjoining this is lot 2, which comprises 34ac. This lot could be sold with lot one as a small farm, or separately as grazing land together with a 10ac oak wood.
Lot 3
Lot 3 is a 2ac roadside field, which would make an ideal pony paddock.
Lot 4
Lot 4 comprises 12.52ac of sloping pasture land, suitable for grazing or amenity purposes, with roadside access.
Lot 5
Agents claim Lot 5 includes some “excellent” level roadside pasture land.
Guide prices are as follows:
- Lot 1 – £350,000;
- Lot 2 – £170,000;
- Lot 3 – £18,000;
- Lot 4 – £50,000;
- Lot 5 – £60,000.
The auction is to be held on Thursday, July 4, 2019, at 6:00pm at The Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
