Marsfield FarmButterknowle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 5JN

Summary
Marsfield farm sits proudly in attractive rolling rural countryside immediately north of the hamlet of South Side and north of the village of Butterknowle, with the B6282 providing swift access to the A688 for wider road connectivity. The farm is a rare opportunity to acquire a sizeable residential farm with potential for further development and expansion in the direction of a purchaser's choosing, be that agriculture, equestrian, leisure or residential redevelopment (subject to consents).

Marsfield Farm
Marsfield Farm is an equipped ring fenced farm close to the village of Butterknowle. Accessed via a short shared drive from the public highway, the farm includes a farmhouse and range of traditional and modern buildings arranged around a predominantly concrete yard. The farmhouse and steading sits on the western boundary of a ringfenced block of productive grassland interspersed with mature woodlands and hedgerows.

Marsfield Farmhouse
The farmhouse is arranged in a linear format and of stone construction under a pantile roof, requiring some renovation, the property offers a purchaser the opportunity to enhance the current offering with scope to extend the living accommodation within the current footprint of the adjacent farm buildings, subject to consents. The ground floor accommodation comprises entrance hallway, kitchen with log burner and dining room, sitting room, bathroom and pantry with access to the rear. The first floor consists of two sizeable double bedrooms overlooking the lawned garden and farmland included in the sale. Adjoining the eastern gable is a range of traditional buildings which now provide additional storage. These present a potential opportunity to extend the existing footprint of the property, creating ancillary accommodation, subject to consents. Two smaller external stores also adjoin the farmhouse to the rear. To the north and west of the farmhouse are lawned gardens enclosed by stone walls and mature shrubs which could be further enhanced to create an attractive private garden area.

Traditional Farm Buildings
Attached to the east of the farmhouse is a range of traditional farm buildings in linear formation which house livestock pens, hayloft and work shop/ storage areas. Rear access leads into an adjoining building with parlour pit. These are also constructed of stone beneath a mixture of pantile and fibre cement roofs. A final building in this series housing livestock stalls lies north of the core, completing the courtyard of buildings. The buildings vary between single and double height and many feature traditional beams. The buildings could be renovated to provide additional residential accommodation, be this an extension to the house or alternatively new residential properties, holiday cottages or office space (subject to the necessary consents).

Modern Farm Buildings
To the north of the farmhouse and traditional buildings lies a significant range of modern buildings, the largest of which stands alone flanked by four adjoining buildings to the west. The central building is steel portal framed with block walls, Yorkshire Boarding and fibre cement roof with central feed passage, and measures 17.9 metres x 22.4 metres. The remaining barns sit to the west and consist of timber and steel portal frames, block walls and Yorkshire Boarding with various corrugated steel roofs. South of these buildings is a secondary concrete, gated yard area. To the north is a silage clamp with timber railway sleeper walls and above ground steel slurry store.

Land
The land lies in single ring fenced block predominantly north and west of the farmstead and consists of productive grassland divided roughly into 11 parcels by mature hedgerows. Approximately 2 acres of woodland forms part of the western border, through which runs a small watercourse. The land is predominantly bordered by open fields along with a neighbouring farm which lies along the northern perimeter and woodland to the west. The land is productive grassland classified as Grade 3 under the Agricultural Land Classification. The soils are from the Dunkeswick series, typical of the area and comprises fine loamy and fine loamy over clayey soils. The farmland offers the opportunity to focus on commercial production, alternatively there is potential for natural capital and conservation to take prominence.