8 of the best properties for sale with smallholdings

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published 3 November 2024

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Chainhurst Farm House, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent.

A Grade II-listed, late 16th-century farmhouse with a walled garden, a kitchen garden, an orchard, a duck pond, a range of farm buildings and a paddock. It has panelled walls, inglenook fireplaces and a kitchen with an Aga. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, a study, and 4 acres.

Price: £1.65m Jackson-Stops 01732-740600.

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Washdyke Farm, Fulbeck, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

A Grade II-listed, 1830s farmhouse with traditional outbuildings set around a courtyard. A further five acres are available by separate negotiation. It has exposed beams and cast-iron fireplaces. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, 3 receptions, 2.77 acres.

Price: £800,000+ Savills 01522-508909.

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Sunnycroft, St Briavels, Lydney, Forest of Dean.

A modernised Victorian farmhouse on the edge of a village overlooking the Wye Valley with an organic “no dig” vegetable and fruit garden, a greenhouse and cold frame, pasture with water for livestock, a pond and a wildflower meadow. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 receptions, garden room, garage and workshop with office above, 1.78 acres.

Price: £875,000 Roscoe Rogers & Knight 01600-772929.

Sunnycroft, St Briavels, Lydney, Forest of Dean.

A modernised Victorian farmhouse on the edge of a village overlooking the Wye Valley with an organic “no dig” vegetable and fruit garden, a greenhouse and cold frame, pasture with water for livestock, a pond and a wildflower meadow. 4 beds, 3 baths, kitchen, 2 receps, garden room, garage and workshop with office above, 1.78 acres.

Price: £875,000 Roscoe Rogers & Knight 01600-772929.

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Dark Lane House, Easton, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

A Grade II-listed, 17th-century farmhouse in the Deben Valley with an orchard, a kitchen garden with raised beds and a greenhouse. It has exposed wall and ceiling timbers and inglenook fireplaces. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a breakfast kitchen, 2 receptions, a study, a garage with an attached 1-bedroom cottage, barn, workshop, swimming pool, 3.5 acres.

Price: £1.65m Jackson-Stops 01473-218218.

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Blaenllechog, Rhosfach, Pembrokeshire.

This renovated farmhouse is set in 36 acres on the slopes of the Preseli Hills and comes with a lake, woodland, pasture currently used to graze cattle, and three award-winning holiday cottages. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, dressing room, open-plan kitchen/living room, office, 1-bedroom cottage, two 2-bedroom cottages, gardens, kitchen gardens, polytunnel, 36 acres.

Price: £2m Country Living Group 01437-616101.

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Nomansland Farm House, Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon.

A period farmhouse with a stable, barn, farm building with stores and a kitchen garden with a polytunnel. It has beamed ceilings and open fireplaces, and the kitchen overlooks the garden. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, study, conservatory, woods, 2 paddocks, 4.05 acres.

Price: £1.2m Knight Frank 01392-423111.

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New Smailholm Farmhouse, Roxburghshire.

An unmodernised farmhouse with a range of traditional farm buildings arranged around a courtyard and space to create a smallholding with views across the surrounding countryside towards the Smailholm Tower. 4 bedrooms, bathroom, study/bedroom 5, 3 receptions, breakfast kitchen, coal cellar, gardens, paddock, 1.8 acres. Further land may be available through separate negotiation.

Price: £545,000+ Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.

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Croft Farm, Scarrowmanwick, Carlisle, Cumbria.

A renovated traditional farmhouse with a range of outbuildings, vegetable gardens with raised beds, an orchard and extensive land that includes fishing rights on a local trout stream. It has beamed ceilings, wood-burning stoves and a kitchen with an Aga. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, a library, an office, an open-fronted garden room, a Dutch barn, a workshop, a herb garden, a paddock, 13.8 acres.

Price: £850,000 Finest Properties 01434-622234.

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