Description
Trogues Farm is a traditional livestock farm situated in the Peak District with stock having grazed the land under the ownership of the vendor. The land is a mixture of grazing pasture with mowing upland hay meadows in two blocks at the top and bottom of the dale, the residential property situated in the lower part of the dale. The farmhouse is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition, more details can be found in the particulars. Planning permission has been obtained for the conversion of a stone barn into a residential property and two new General purpose agricultural buildings. The property lies within a ring fence with the land rising up the dale.

The vendors have invested a substantial amount of time and funds into the farm, improving it with a new 500 meter stoned track to enable access to the hay meadows, and have installed a bladder tank providing water to all land parcels. From the top of the farm there are fantastic views across the Peak District and onto Chatsworth House to the north. The farm benefits from a wide variety of nature ranging from skylarks to brown hares and fallow.

Situation
The farm is well located in the Peak District National Park, it is set back from the public road with its own private drive running from the B5057. The village of Winster is within walking distance and has a range of amenities including a convenience shop, public house and primary school. The larger town of Matlock has a greater range of amenities including a supermarket and variety of eating establishments. The property has good transport links with the A6 lying 1 mile from the subject property and this offers access to Buxton in the north and Derby to the south. The M1 lies 16 miles to the east of the property and provides access to the north and south of the UK. Matlock has a train station providing regular trains to Derby which links to the wider UK rail network, there are regular trains to London from Derby with the fastest trains taking 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Trogues Farm House
The main house is a well presented five bedroom detached family home, with a large kitchen/diner, living room, two bathrooms, utility room and garage. The house is set back from the road up a private drive and has been built into the hillside with the accommodation set across three floors. The property was constructed in 1979 following planning permission being granted it is constructed from block work walling clad in traditional stone with a tile roof. The property has far reaching views along the valley dale. The large entrance hall has a log burner and leads through to a spacious open plan kitchen and dining area with a fitted kitchen and island unit. Off the hallway is a lounge that also benefits from a log burner with patio doors leading out to the patio area, there are three bedrooms located on the ground floor along with a bathroom. On the first floor there are a further two bedrooms and second bathroom. Heating of the property is through individual room zoned electric claycore radiators with supplemental heating provided by the log burners, and hot water is provided by a 300ltr Megaflo unvented cylinder (installed in 2021) , the property is also connected to mains gas. The property benefits from solar panels located on the roof which export electricity to the grid enabling payments to be received under the Feed in Tariff scheme.

The farmhouse is subject to a section 52 notice dated 11th
September 1978 which states that “the occupancy of a
dwelling erected in pursuance of consent issued under the
said application dated 4th May 1978 shall be limited to a
person solely or mainly employed or last employed in the
locality in agriculture or in forestry“. The vendors have had
positive conversations with the Peak Park Planning Authority
about altering the terms of the wording of the notice.

Traditional Buildings
Planning permission has been granted for the conversion of the traditional building adjacent to the farm house to a residential cottage with no occupancy restrictions stated on the permission. Planning permission is for the construction of a two bedroom property across two floors. Planning permission for this development was granted on 6th March 2023. Further details can be found on the Peak Park Planning website with the application number being NP/DDD/1122/1379. A collection of old mining buildings is located next to the new farm track to the south of the farmstead. These were previously used as storage and accommodation as part of the previous mining activity across the land. The buildings benefit from good access from the farm track. They offer purchasers the potential for conversion to alternative uses subject to planning permission being granted.

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