This County Durham farm with 270 acres is up for sale - take a look around

For many years, Low Houselop farm has been a highly productive and well managed upland livestock farm lying to the west of the A68 trunk road.

Boasting 270 acres, the property has just dropped onto the market from Savills York with an equally impressive price tag of £2m.

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For your money, the buyer can look forward to a three-bedroom farmhouse with potential to extend, a large range of livestock buildings and an abundance of well fenced land.

Much of the pasture has been reseeded and currently includes about 100 acres of mowing land for silage or hay.

Part of the farm benefits from deer fencing following the recent introduction of 75 Hinds as an alternative enterprise.

The farmhouse of Low Houselop farm, Tow Law. Photo: SAVILLS YORK.

The current farming system also includes approximately 500 ewes together with up to 90 Suckler cows. Grazing rights on the adjoining Sandedge common for 250 ewes together with single lambs is an added advantage for anyone who wants to take on the venture.

There may be potential for the purchaser to rent additional lowland grazing and a moorland allotment by separate negotiation.

According to Savills York, farms of this size and quality rarely come onto the open market, with any buyer lucky to have this property and adjoining land.

The A68 trunk road which leads from the A1 and Darlington to the south up to Corbridge and the A69 trunk road to the north provides excellent accessibility to the farm and whilst part of the land fronts onto the A68, the house and buildings lie within a private valley not visible from the road.

Here's some of the stand-out features of Low Houselop farm (Photos: Savills York): 

The settlement of Tow Law only 1.5 miles from the farm provides a useful range of shops and services. The farm is well placed for accessibility to Darlington, Durham or Newcastle to the east as well as close proximity to Teesdale and the North Pennines and Durham Dales.

Not content with becoming a ‘standard’ property, even the way the farm is powered makes it unique. The farm steading is powered by a renewable energy system, which includes a wind turbine backed up by solar panels. The 2.5 kilowatt turbine feeds into a 48 volt, eight battery system which provides the power supported by six solar panels on the house roof.

There are more details for the farm here.

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