£3m 267-acre Gillyflatts Farm Darlington up for sale for £3m

The 267-acre block of high-quality arable land, is being sold via agents Youngs RPS in Northallerton. 

Gillyflatts Farm is located on Folly Bank Road between Bishopton and Great Stainton - seven miles from Darlington and seven miles from Stockton.

Gillyflatts Farm (Image: RIGHTMOVE)

In the list, the farm is described as: "a productive ring-fenced arable and livestock farm extending to approximately 268 acres (108.5ha) and includes a 6 bedroom farmhouse set in south facing gardens and separate 2 bedroom cottage.

"The arable land extends to circa 217.44 acres (88 ha), with the balance, in grassland, extending to 47.72 acres (17.29 ha). The land is classified as Grade III, Soilscape 18: Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils mostly suited to grass production for dairying or beef; some cereal production often for feed. The farm is offered for sale as a whole by private treaty."

Farmhouse
Gillyflatts Farmhouse offers a substantial principal dwelling which has been well maintained by the vendor and offers pleasant living accommodation.

To the ground floor is a front entrance hall leading to a utility room and to the kitchen diner which is fully equipped with fitted units together with an oil fired AGA.

An overview of the farm in Bishopton (Image: RIGHTMOVE)

Accessible from the kitchen is an office and a separate boot room with a side door to the yard.

The kitchen also leads to a large inner hallway connecting to a family living room with a burning stove, dining room and south-facing sunroom overlooking the gardens.

On the first floor are six bedrooms, five of which are double and one with an ensuite. There are an additional two bathrooms on the first floor. Above is an insulated loft space.

The farmhouse benefits from double glazing throughout and an oil-fired central heating system.

Farm cottage
Gillyflatts Farm Cottage is located adjacent to the farm steading and provides excellent secondary accommodation; offering a kitchen, two reception rooms, two bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The property sits within a wrap-around garden and driveway and benefits from a small number of domestic outbuildings.

The cottage benefits from double glazing throughout and an oil-fired central heating system, however, the property needs some modernisation.

Farm buildings
The buildings at Gillyflatts Farm comprise an extensive range of modern, semi modern and traditional buildings offering a well-equipped, flexible steading.

The holding has been run as a mixed farm and the buildings offer ample livestock housing, together with grain storage and crop storage.

The fields near to the farm buildings (Image: RIGHTMOVE)

The steading is served by a mains water and mains electricity supply with the majority of the buildings having concrete floors. There is an extensive yard area to the west of the buildings offering ample space for extension.

The traditional buildings may offer scope for conversion or alternative uses subject to the relevant consents.

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There is a modern CCTV system in place over the steading which is included within the sale of the property.

Land
The land at Gillyflatts Farm extends to 267.98 acres lying in a ring-fenced block which is well served by the centrally located steading and farm lane.

The holding generally lies at 45-60m above sea level. The land is classified as Grade 3 agricultural land being predominantly arable land, with permanent pasture grazing paddocks surrounding the steading.

The land is generally well-fenced, having a mixture of stock fencing and hedgerows, and is well-serviced by a mains water supply to the grazing land.

Read the full listing here.