A substantial farmyard comprising in excess of 83,000 sq ft/7,710 sq m of modern and traditional farm buildings, on land extending to 5.42 acres (2.19 hectares), has come to the market with Lambert & Foster.
There is also an attractive three-bedroom detached period farmhouse and grade 1 & 2 farmland extending to 73.17 acres (29.61 hectares) available by separate negotiation.
Coldharbour Farm is located in the parish of Old Romney, on the Romney Marsh. The farm is an extensive range of modern and traditional farm buildings set around a mainly concreted yard with buildings and hard standings over about 70% of the site. The buildings have been used for storage and processing of potato and other vegetable and fodder crops. It formed the operational hub for John Paine Farms that farmed a significant area of adjoining freehold and tenanted land.
Coldharbour Farm Buildings
- A substantial 20 bay concrete shed. The building incorporates a two-storey shed and a separate two-storey plant room
- Attached to the packhouse are three separate cold stores. Two of the chambers provide approximately 1,040 tons of storage, with the third chamber offering approximately 500 tons of storage.
- Potato cold store
- A 10-bay grain store with concrete sectional grain walls and two roller shutter doors
- An eight-bay building originally constructed as a potato chitting shed but now converted to grain storage
- 10 bay hay barns
- Two identical concrete portal frame buildings
- Four bay store
- General store
- Workshop
- Farm office with two separate office areas
- The sprout store is sub-divided internally with the western end having loft storage above and an old cold storage unit.
- A former stable of timber frame construction with loft above.
- Tool shed
- Timber barn and attached lean-to.
- A two-storey building with ground floor storage with first floor above, with the remainder of the ground floor converted to provide kitchen mess room and toilet block for seasonal workers.
Coldharbour farmhouse and land is available by separate negotiation. The three-bedroom house was substantially refurbished in 2021.
The land to the north comprises two adjoining fields laid to pasture, extending to 42.3 acres/17.11 hectares and includes a concrete bin loading pad and a shepherd’s hut. To the east of the farmhouse is a level grass field extending to some 7.49 acres/3.03 hectares. Further east is a parcel of arable farmland extending to some 23.38 acres/9.46 hectares. The land is classified as grade 1 and 2 on the DEFRA agricultural land classification and has underlying geologies of Hastings bedrock (sandstone, siltstone and mudstone). Soilscape identifies it as loamy and clayey soils with coastal flats and naturally high ground water.
For more information contact either Alan Mummery on 01892 832325 or Katie Hurley on 01303 814444
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