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A rare opportunity to acquire a desirable smallholding and renovation project in the heart of North Yorkshire.
Cowber Farm is well located and has a very attractive setting, ring-fenced by its own 15 acres of agricultural land surrounding it.
Accessed by its own private lane on the outskirts of the village, the farm offers huge scope and an opportunity that rarely comes to market.
The farm presents a 3-bedroom detached farmhouse with adjoining stone-built barn, rear garden, private parking and surrounding agricultural land.
The farm is offered for sale freehold, with the benefit of vacant possession on completion by private treaty. For further details please contact our Bentham office on .
Ref JT Description: A rare opportunity to acquire a desirable smallholding and renovation project in the heart of North Yorkshire.
Cowber Farm is well located and has a very attractive setting, ring-fenced by its own 15 acres of agricultural land surrounding it.
Accessed by its own private lane on the outskirts of the village, the farm offers huge scope and an opportunity that rarely comes to market.
The farm presents a 3-bedroom detached farmhouse with adjoining stone-built barn, rear garden, private parking and surrounding agricultural land.
The farm is offered for sale freehold, with the benefit of vacant possession on completion by private treaty. For further details please contact our Bentham office on .
Ref JT Farmhouse Description: Cowber Farm offers a traditional and character smallholding in North Yorkshire, comprising a stone-built 3-bedroom farmhouse, adjoining 3-bay agricultural barn and surrounding 15 acres of agricultural land.
The farmhouse is habitable and has recently been tenanted by a long-term occupant.
The property is in good order throughout and retains plentiful amounts of original features, including recently fitted central heating system.
Adjoining the farmhouse is a stone-built agricultural barn in good condition, giving good opportunity for extension of the living accommodation or separate dwelling subject to local planning approval.
Cowber Farm has a great private setting positioned at the end of a short private lane away from the public highway.
Located on the outskirts of the village of Long Preston and the more major amenity friendly market towns of Settle and Skipton, access to major transport networks, supermarkets, schools and healthcare facilities are on hand.
Farmhouse A 3-bedroom, two-story residence constructed from local random stone a stone slate roof over.
Internally the farmhouse has a front entrance door directly into the living accommodation comprising as follows.
Living Room (4.12m x 4.2m) with a carpeted floor, centre light fitting and feature fireplace with solid fuel log burner and exposed timber mantelpiece.
Kitchen (3.36m x 2.70m) has fitted wall and base units, stainless steel single drainer below window, linolin floor covering and exposed timber beam ceiling.
The kitchen also houses the newly installed LPG combi boiler and panel radiator with a fluorescent light strip.
Dining Area (2.95m x 2.80m) adjoining the kitchen with linolin floor, centre light fitting, panel radiator and window to the rear.
Hallway & Stairs (3.34m x 1.55m) Carpeted floor, understairs storage, panel radiator, centre light and window to the rear.
First Floor Bedroom 1 (4.12m x 3.33m) With carpeted floor, centre light fitting and double window to the front.
Bedroom 2 (3.36m x 3.27m) With carpeted floor, centre light fitting and a panel radiator double window to front.
Bedroom 3 (3.35m x 3.27m) With carpeted floor, centre light fitting, exposed beam over door, loft access and panel radiator with window to the rear.
Bathroom (3.36m x 2.94m) A three-piece bathroom with WC, washbasin and bathtub to include cupboard and tiled walls surrounding the bath there is a window to the rear elevation.
Externally The farmhouse has large mature garden areas to the side and rear enclosed with dry stone wall boundaries and ample parking to the front of the farmhouse.
Traditional Barn Adjoining the farmhouse, this three-bay stone-built barn has a blue slate roof over and remains in its original agricultural state attached to the farmhouse.
There is a small stone-built shippon lean-to building on the gable end which is also stonebuilt with a corrugated tin sheet roof.
The barn would appear in a good state of repair and lends itself for conversion into residential accommodation or extension of the farmhouse, this would be subject to planning approval by the local authority.
Services The property benefits from: - Mains Water - Mains Electric - LPG Gas - Private Sewer Treatment Farmland Cowber Farm is surrounded and set within its own 15 acres or thereabouts of agricultural farmland shown on the attached plan edged red.
The land is predominantly good grazing pasture and benefits from mains water and a good stockproof boundary fence in its entirety.
A public footpath runs through the center of the land and down the access lane.
There is currently a short term Farm Business Tenancy in place that terminates in Spring 2027 or a possibility it can be terminated earlier by negotiation. EPC: Rating F.
Tenure: Freehold with vacant possession. Local Authority: North Yorkshire Council. Council Tax: Band C. Location: w3w /// basics.youth.amused.
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