Land and Buildings at Scae, Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor National Park, TQ11 0JH

An excellent pair of farm buildings with water & electricity and around 44 acres of farmland.

Buckfastleigh 3.6 miles; Ashburton 6 miles; Totnes 9.9 miles; Plymouth 22 miles; Exeter 25 miles

About 43.83 acres (17.74 ha) in total For sale as a whole Guide Price £425,000

The property The land and buildings are in a stunning location beside a no-through public road close to the edge of the moorland at Buckfastleigh Moor. Outriding from the property is unparalleled, with direct access to a bridleway leading to the open moor and the high peaks of Snowdon, Pupers and Ryder’s Hill from where there are vast views across Dartmoor and to the coast.

The property is in a wonderfully rural location and yet is within easy driving distance from Totnes, Ashburton, Exeter & Plymouth. The small market town of Buckfastleigh has a range of local amenities including a primary school, health centre, Post Office, newsagent and supermarket along with a variety of cafes, shops, and pubs, whilst wider facilities are available in nearby Totnes (including mainline railway station), Ashburton, Exeter & Plymouth. The nearest pub is at Scorriton, around 1.8 miles away and a public footpath leads most of the way.

Farm buildings There are two open fronted modern farm buildings of timber frame construction with timber side cladding and pitched roofs covered with corrugated sheeting. These are built on a concrete base with a concrete yard between and provide excellent livestock housing and storage. They could be repurposed to equestrian or other uses (subject to planning). To the side of the barns is a useful livestock handling pen.

1. Livestock barn – (22.60m x 5.72m) (44'5" x 24'0") - 5 bays with feed barrier gates plus a gated entrance within the gable end, overhung roof, clad internally with timber boarding, water troughs. 2. Machinery & straw barn – (13.55m x 7.32m) (74'2" x 18'9") - 3 bays with galvanised metal field gates plus a gated entrance within the gable end, overhung roof, clad internally with timber boarding. 3. Livestock handling pen – a pair of adjoining timber fenced pens with dividing metal field gates and cattle crush.

The yard is accessed via a pair of field gates off the roadside onto a compacted gravel track. There is ample storage space around the barns including potential for additional buildings (subject to planning). There is a water borehole and pump, located to the rear of the machinery & straw barn, which supplies the large water trough within the livestock barn.

The land Three fields extending to around 44 acres. The field adjacent to the buildings is large and level and has extensive views across surrounding countryside with a stunning moorland background. Beyond the first field is a smaller, gently sloping field and then a steeper field running to the north down to Scae Woods, and includes small parcels of woodland.

The land is all laid to permanent pasture and is identified on the Cranfield University soil maps as Soilscape 13 – ‘Freely draining acid loamy soils over rock’. Water is connected to all of the fields, supplied by the leat which comes off Buckfastleigh Moor.

General Method of sale: The property is for sale as a whole by private treaty.

Tenure: The property is sold freehold with vacant possession on completion.

Services: Mains electricity, Borehole water supply, There is a secondary private water supply (leat) from Buckfastleigh Moor

Wayleaves, easements and rights of way 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 andother 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. There is a public footpath over part of the land. Further details are available from the vendor’s agent.

Basic Payment: The de-linked payments relating to the Basic Payment Scheme are not included in the sale.

Schemes: The land is in a mid-tier Countryside Stewardship scheme ending 31/12/2027. The purchaser will be deemed to have full knowledge of the scheme and will take it on and comply with the scheme from completion if necessary. The vendor will retain any payments received up to completion. Further details are available from the selling agent.

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

Planning: Prospective purchasers are to make their own enquiries of the local planning authority for alternative uses.

Plans, Areas and Boundaries: Any representation by the owner or agent is indicative only and should not be relied upon without clarification from a legal advisor.

Covenants and/or restrictions: There are restrictions / covenants listed on the Land Registry Title deed, details of which will be made available by the vendors solicitors on request.

Local authority: South Hams District Council / Dartmoor National Park Authority.

VAT: Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the property, or any part of it, or any right attached to it, becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable in addition.

Health and safety: Given the potential hazards of the countryside and livestock we ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making your inspection for your own personal safety.

Postcode: TQ11 0JH

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Viewing: Strictly by confirmed appointment with the vendor’s agents, Strutt & Parker in Exeter 01392 229 408.

This property has 43.84 acres of land.