Great Ketford Farm - A rural dream
This charming residential stock farm in rural Gloucestershire is a rare opportunity to buy your very own slice of the farming dream. With a Grade II Listed period farmhouse and additional mixed woodland all set in a total of 212 acres (86 hectares), the farm goes to auction through rural property consultants Fisher German on Wednesday 2nd May, 2.30pm, at the Feathers Hotel in Ledbury, with a guide price of just over £1,000,000.
Anyone with a yearning to develop their own rural idyll will start to feel their pulse race as they look over this truly unspoilt setting towards Great Ketford Farm in Dymock, Gloucestershire. With plenty of scope to renovate and create a sizeable home, it has all the ingredients a first-time farmer or family could hope for, says Anthony Mayell from Fisher German’s Worcester office: “An opportunity like this doesn’t come along very often and we’re already starting to experience a real ‘buzz’ around the sale of the farm. It will create a welcoming family home from a farm untouched by the 21st century, and we are anticipating a substantial amount of interest in the forthcoming auction.”
In a truly unspoilt setting, Great Ketford Farm was for many years a dairy farm run by the retiring tenants Mr and Mrs Stan Rees, and more recently has supported beef and sheep enterprises on 39 hectares (97 acres) of rolling pasture. The farm is an archetypal stock holding with gently sloping south facing fields which reach to the door of the farmhouse, sheltered by surrounding woodland. Running down to peaceful meadows on the banks of the River Leadon, the land ideally suits fruit and horticultural crops, or grazing for equestrian and specialist livestock enterprises.
The farm has been lived in by the same family for the last 74 years and retains many of the original features including beamed ceilings and open fireplaces. Situated in a private, secluded position, Great Ketford Farm has excellent access to motorway and main road routes via the M50 and A417, with central Birmingham only an hour away.
The farm is for sale in two lots; Lot 1 is the Grade II Listed five-bedroom period farmhouse with an attached granary for conversion, and 97 acres of land which has a guide price of £1,000,000; Lot 2 is 115 acres of mixed woodland (leased to the Forestry Commission, but with sporting rights retained), at a guide price of £50,000. Together the two lots make up a total of 212 acres. The sale will be held by public auction on Wednesday 2nd May at 2.30pm at the Feathers Hotel in Ledbury.
For further information please contact Anthony Mayell or Gillian Ramm in Fisher German’s Worcester office on 01905 453275 or visit the website www.fishergerman.co.uk.
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