Parkham, Bideford, Devon, EX39

Description This modern dairy complex has been built since 2011 and since extended to provide high cow welfare and an efficient operating system. The property enjoys excellent road frontage and easy access. The dairy building is extremely well designed with wide passages, well ventilated, generous cubicle beds extending to 127 cubicles, easy slurry management, fast parlour and separate youngstock rearing building. It is a model dairy unit that would operate independently or would make a fantastic addition to an existing dairy unit in the area. The land is level and extremely productive with high yields of grass being produced. Farm Buildings PRINCIPAL DAIRY UNIT 142'3" x 140'7" (43.36m x 42.85m) Comprising two adjoining galvanised steel portal frame buildings under a fibre cement roof with concrete panelled walling and Yorkshire board cladding. Housing 10/20 swing over HERRINGBONE PARLOUR with ACRs, hydraulic entry gates with in-parlour feeders. COLLECTING YARD. BULK TANK ROOM with 7200 litre direct expansion bulk tank with two compressors situated in the loft over. PUMP ROOM and FARM OFFICE. 127 COW CUBICLES with a central feed passage and diagonal feed barriers. The cubicles are of a generous size both in terms of width and length with deep sand beds with cow comfort being a priority in the design of the buildings. Slurry scrape passages and feed passages are generous in width and the building has been designed purposefully on a slight fall to aid the run of slurry through exit channels and into a large slurry lagoon. The cubicle building has plentiful water troughs which have been designed with cross passages for cow comfort. There is also a calving pen area. The building is well ventilated and located adjoining the silage clamp. Adjoining the dairy unit building is an EXTERNAL SILAGE PIT utilising concrete panelled walling from the dairy unit and moveable concrete panels providing sufficient silage storage for approx. 800-1000 tonnes. OPEN-FRONTED YOUNGSTOCK BUILDING 60' x 25' (18.3m x 7.62m) Galvanised steel portal frame under a fibre cement roof with concrete panelled walls and Yorkshire boarding. Divided into 4 separate pens and situated immediately opposite the dairy unit TWO EXTERNAL FEED BINS – 8 tonne bin supplying the parlour and a 6 tonne bin supplying the mixer wagon. CONCRETE YARD area provides space for calf rearing hutches. HARDCORE STORAGE AREA for round bale silage/farm yard manure. The Land Contained in a single enclosure, extends to some 49.95 acres (20.21 ha) in all. Down to productive pasture, the land is mainly level and has natural hedge bank boundaries. Important Information Tenure | Freehold with vacant possession on completion. Local Authority | Torridge District Council. Boundaries | Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither vendor nor the vendor’s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof. Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendor’s agent whose decision acting as experts shall be final. Services | Mains water and electricity are connected. Stewardship Schemes | The property is not subject to any Stewardship Scheme. Directions Postcode = EX39 5PP What3words = ///instant.pillow.prowling Contact Us Kivells Farms & Land Department Agri-Business Centre, Holsworthy Phone: 01409 259547 Email: [email protected]. Viewing BY APPOINTMENT ONLY .