Anvil Green, Waltham

Productive, mainly arable, farmland extending in all to some 293.87 acres/118.92 hectares. For sale as a whole or in 3 lots.

LOT 1 - SOLE STREET FARMLAND - EXTENDING TO 150.03 ACRES / 60.71 HA

GUIDE PRICE: £1,425,000

Located immediately south of the hamlet of Sole Street the land is in a ring fenced block with frontage to both Sole Street and Richdore Road. The land is classified as Grade III on the DEFRA Agricultural Land Classification and Soilscape notes the soil as Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation and identifies it as being slightly acidic loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage. The land is generally level, falling away on its western boundary to Hobb’s Hill Wood. The farmland has been managed in an arable rotation currently cropped with winter wheat (142.73 acres/57.76 ha) with a small area of pasture and fallow (7.30 acres/2.95 ha).

LOT 2 - BUCKHOLT FARMLAND - EXTENDING TO 138.92 ACRES / 55.85 HA

GUIDE PRICE: £1,275,000

Located to the east of Lot 1, this ring fenced block of 138.92 acres/ 55.85 ha of Grade III farmland with similar soils to Lot 1 but with some shallow lime-rich soils over chalk or limestone. The land surrounds the former farm buildings, now converted to residential use, which are central to the farm. The majority of the land is in an arable rotation currently cropped with winter wheat (114.28 Acres/ 46.24 Ha), areas including trackways and headlands, with 24 acres/9.71 ha of grass banks including a small woodland copse on the eastern side of the farm, part of which has been used as a Reptile Relocation Site (shown hatched yellow on sale plan) This area is subject to a management agreement which buyers will be required to covenant to implement further details on request. There is a further small woodland copse of 0.64 acres/0.25 ha.

LOT 3 - THE TRIANGLE FIELD - EXTENDING TO 4.92 ACRES / 1.99 HA

GUIDE PRICE: On application

A triangular parcel of 4.92 acres/1.99 ha of arable land of similar quality to Lots 1 and 2 on the junction of Penny Pot Lane and Sole Street with access from Sole Street. The land has been managed in an arable rotation.

DIRECTIONS: The nearest postcode to the property is CT4 7ES.

METHOD OF SALE: The land is offered for sale on a Private Treaty basis, as a Whole or in 3 Lots.

SERVICES: No services are connected to the land.

TENURE: Vacant possession on completion.

VIEWING: The lots can be viewed at any reasonable time during daylight hours having notified Lambert & Foster’s Paddock Wood Office. We would ask viewers to be respectful of the growing crops on the property when viewing.

LOCAL AUTHORITY: Canterbury City Council, 14 Rose Lane, Canterbury CT1 2UR.

WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY:

LOT 1 - Lot 1 benefits from an agricultural right of way from Sole Street along the route marked A B on the sale plan.

LOT 2 - The residents in the farmstead at Buckholt Farm have rights of way over the driveway through the land leading from Penny Pot Lane and Anvil Green Road and have historically made contributions towards the upkeep and maintenance of the road. There is a right for timber extraction along the northerly driveway leading from Penny Pot Lane benefitting the woodland to the north and east of the property.

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