Description

INTRODUCTION
Bourne Farm presents purchasers with the opportunity to acquire a highly productive Grade 1 arable farm. The land is of very good quality which allows for high-yielding root and cereal crops to be grown across the farm.

SITUATION
Bourne Farm is located along a private driveway accessed from the Feltwell Road just outside the village of Southery in West Norfolk. It is within a highly productive block of arable land in the Norfolk fens. Southery enjoys a range of local shops, pubs and a primary school. The market town of Downham Market is located to the north which hosts a full complement of commercial, retail, leisure, educational and health facilities. In addition the town holds a station on the Fen mainline railway with regular daily trains to London. The journey time from Downham Market to London Kings Cross is approximately 1 hour and 32 minutes.

FARMLAND
The arable land at Bourne Farm extends to approximately 234.84 acres (95.037 hectares) the Farm comprises 11 easily accessible arable fields. The fields are of good size and shape suitable for commercial machinery in conjunction with a farm track running through the farm to allow for excellent access to the fields. The land is classified as Grade 1 on the Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales. The soils are of the
Downholland 1 series, these soils are characterised as being deep stoneless humose clayey soils which are calcareous in places. These types of soils are capable of growing potatoes, sugar beet and root vegetables alongside high-yielding cereal crops.

FARM BUILDINGS
The farm buildings at Bourne Farm comprise a small range of, grain, machinery and chemical stores. Located opposite the residential house is a 21 x 19 metre grain store with two additional lean-to’s on each side offering additional machinery storage. Positioned next to the grain store is a 10 x 12 metre general purpose building that services the farm. Across from the sugar beet pad is a 12 x 6 metre is a brick built traditional farm building that is used as a chemical store. In addition there is a recently erected 18 x 12 metre general purpose store.