A diverse rural investment opportunity strategically situated close to the A303. Total rental income of about £400,000 per annum. For sale as a whole or in two separate lots. In all extending to about 85 acres.
Frogmary Green Farm offers a diversified holding including a renowned café/restaurant, wedding venue, spa and bridal suite, further proposed wedding accommodation, let offices, cold storage and units, further farm buildings with potential for commercial use, let poultry units, telephone mast, let anaerobic digestion plant, classroom building and shepherds hut with adjoining lakes, pasture, and woodland, with potential for further leisure development. Detached modern farmhouse and three flats. Surrounding arable and pastureland.
In all extending to about 85 acres.
For sale by private treaty as a whole or in up to two separate lots.
Location The property is located close to the village of South Petherton which offers a school, public house, pharmacy, small hospital, and a small range of shops. The nearby towns of Yeovil and Crewkerne offer a wider range of facilities including a mainline railway service at Crewkerne to London Waterloo. The property is conveniently situated close to the A303.
The Farmhouse Constructed in 2004 of stone elevations under a tiled roof subject to an agricultural occupancy condition, the farmhouse offers modern and spacious family accommodation comprising, on the ground floor, entrance hall with large farm office off, kitchen and dining room with wood burning stove and utility room off, sitting room with large inglenook fireplace with wood burning stove. On the first floor, landing to principal double bedroom with large en-suite bathroom, two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom. Outside, there is a spacious and private garden with a timber framed and thatched garden room, and a good-sized private driveway/parking area off the main entrance to the site.
Buildings 1-4:
Farm and Field Café The White Barn Proposed Accommodation Spa and Bridal Accommodation
1. Farm and Field Café comprising a steel portal framed building and adjoining café, all of stone, timber, and glazed elevations under an insulated roof. Providing café with WC facilities off, further café overflow seating/function space with wood burning stove and feature central circular seating area (1,677sqft/156sqm) and adjoining floristry shop, stairs to first floor event/ function space (1,505sqft/140sqm) and stairs back down to the commercial kitchen on the ground floor including staff room, etc (2,066sqft/192sqm), and WCs. Interlinking access to the wedding barn. External covered patio/seating area (570sqft/53sqm) with wood burning stove.
2. The White Barn wedding venue comprising a steel portal framed building of stone and timber clad elevations under an insulated roof (4,050sqft/376sqm plus mezzanine of 874sqft/81sqm). Converted in 2022 with polished concrete floor, underfloor heating, boarded walls, with full-height oak framed double doors, open plan facilities with principal bar to the side, WCs, with link to the kitchen and mezzanine over via feature oak staircase providing further bar and seating area.
3. Storage Building/Proposed Accommodation comprising a steel portal framed building of stone and timber clad elevations with roller shutter and pedestrian doors and concrete floor with underfloor heating, under an insulated roof with 25kW roof mounted solar array (3,606sqft/335sqm). One quarter of the building has been incorporated into the adjoining spa and bridal accommodation building with a further eight en-suite bedrooms proposed within this building to link to the current adjoining accommodation. The required plant has already been installed to service the proposed accommodation.
4. Spa and Bridal Suite comprising a steel portal framed building with stone and timber elevations under an insulated roof. Accommodation comprising, on the ground floor, reception hall with WC, store, and kitchen. Office. Three no. spa treatment rooms. On the first floor is the bridal suite comprising a double bedroom with wet room and WC, hairdressing salon, store, getting ready room with attached shower room, and fourth treatment room. Situated opposite buildings 1-4 is an asphalt car park with 24 car parking spaces white-lined, plus two disabled spaces, together with a further 10 gravel car parking spaces running up from the farmhouse. Opposite the entrance to the Farm and Field Café is ‘The Milk Shed’ housing a milk vending machine run by Holy Cow.
Buildings 5-11
5. Two Storey Office Building of a steel portal framed construction with stone and timber elevations with double glazed windows under an insulated roof. Shared WCs and kitchen.
6. Eight-bay building (6,400sqft/595sqm) of a steel portal frame construction with a concrete floor and stone and timber elevations under a fibre cement roof with 25kW roof mounted solar array. Divided to provide three no. flats in the western bay (as shown on the floorplans), wood workshop, machinery store, and farm workshop. Three no. roller shutter doors and pedestrian door.
7. Six-bay building (4,800sqft/446sqm) of a steel portal frame construction with a concrete floor and stone and timber elevations under a fibre cement roof. Divided to provide two machinery storage bays, insulated secure let unit (gym) with mezzanine over part, roller shutter and pedestrian access door, woodchip store with walking floor and auger feed to biomass boiler plant room housing two no. KOB boilers (300kW and 540kW), hot water tanks and associated plant with roller shutter and pedestrian access door.
8. Let three-bay warehouse (7,200sqft/669sqm) of a steel portal frame construction with a concrete floor, roller shutter and pedestrian doors, and insulated stone and timber elevations under an insulated box profile steel roof.
9. Adjoining three-bay coldstore (7,200sqft/669sqm) of a steel portal frame construction with a concrete floor, roller shutter and pedestrian doors, and insulated stone and timber elevations under an insulated box profile steel roof.
10. Adjoining six-bay storage building (14,400sqft/1,338sqm) of a steel portal frame construction with a concrete floor, roller shutter and pedestrian doors, and part insulated stone and timber elevations under an insulated box profile steel roof.
11. Twelve-bay machinery building (9,600sqft/892sqm) of a steel portal frame construction with stone and timber elevations under an insulated box profile steel roof divided to provide secure chemical store and sprayer shed with concrete floor and roller shutter door, eight bays of open machinery storage with hardcore floor, three bays let as a workshop with concrete floor and roller shutter and pedestrian doors. Adjoining this building is a large area of hardstanding with planning permission for a further twelve-bay agricultural building opposite.
The Poultry Unit
12. Poultry Office and store (836sqft/77sqm). Third party welfare container unit below.
13. Poultry house 1 (15,000sqft/1,394sqm) comprising a 15-bay steel portal framed broiler shed with concrete floor, adjoining control room, two no. feed bins.
14. Poultry house 2 (15,000sqft/1,394sqm) comprising a 15-bay steel portal framed broiler shed with concrete floor, adjoining control room, two no. feed bins.
15. Poultry house 3 (27,000sqft /2,508sqm) comprising a 15-bay steel portal framed broiler shed with concrete floor, adjoining viewing gallery and control room, two no. feed bins.
The Poultry Unit is let on a Farm Business Tenancy.
The Anaerobic Digestion Plant
Situated to the south of the poultry unit is the site of the let Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Plant. The AD Plant is subject to a lease until 2037. All buildings, equipment, and fixtures are owned by the Tenant.
The Classroom Building The Lakes and Shepherds Hut
Situated opposite the main site is a parcel of about 19 acres providing the building currently used as a classroom block together with the principal car park.
The classroom building, numbered 16 on the building plan, is of a steel portal frame construction with stone, timber, and glazed elevations. The principal room provides an open plan classroom with non-slip floor with underfloor heating under an insulated steel box profile roof with WCs and kitchen off to the rear (1,200sqft/111sqm).
Adjoining the classroom is an asphalt parking/play area with adjoining garden area with raised beds, all with views over the lakes and land below.
The land slopes gently down to two large lakes serviced by a gravel path. The main lake has an island and fountain. Gravel paths lead around the lake to the woodland, Amphitheatre, and adjoining meadows above. This parcel of land offers potential for further leisure development.
There is a parking area for the shepherds hut with access to the huts on foot. The huts are situated with views over the second lake in a private fenced off garden area. The accommodation is formed from two shepherds huts joined by a decking area. One hut provides a double bedroom with adjoining seating area with leather sofa. The second shepherds hut provides a kitchen with dining area and adjoining shower room.
Tenure
Buildings 1-5 are leased. The flats within Building 6 are leased. The Unit within Building 7 is leased. Building 8 is leased. Buildings 11-16 are leased, as is the mast, AD-Pant and associated attenuation pond, clamp, and storage area. The rental income falls in the region of £400,000 per annum. In addition, there is income from the cold storage, shepherds hut, and biomass. Further details are available from the agents.
Lot 2: The Farmland and AD-Plant Storage Site
This comprises the land to the west of the rear entrance drive which is divided between a substantial storage area and attenuation pond leased to the AD-Plant together with three arable field enclosures. Access to this Lot is available from the rear drive. The land comprises freedraining, productive and easy working soils designated as grades I and II on the agricultural land classification maps. Lot 2 extends in all to 47.36 acres.
Method of Sale The property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole or in two separate lots.
Tenure & Possession The freehold of the property is offered for sale subject to the tenancies referred to herein.
Services The property is serviced by mains electricity and water with private drainage. However, electricity for the site is purchased from the AD-plant tenant. Heating is from the biomass boiler with surplus purchased from the AD-plant tenant.
Wayleaves Easements & Rights of Way There are two public footpaths crossing the holding.
Health & Safety Potential purchasers are requested to take particular care when inspecting the property being mindful of machinery and vehicle movements, especially in and around the buildings. Potential purchasers should be mindful of uneven, steep, and potentially slippery surfaces during viewings.
EPC ratings Frogmary Green Farmhouse has an EPC rating of C. The three flats also have EPC ratings of C.
Local Authorities Somerset Council (formerly South Somerset District Council)
Viewings Viewings are by appointment only.
Directions Heading east on the A303 towards Yeovil, at Hayes End Roundabout at South Petherton, take the third exit signed Lopen, Seavington St Michael and Ilminster. Follow this road to the next roundabout by the Lopen Raj and take the third exit. The entrance to Frogmary Green Farm will be found on the left after about ½ a mile.
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