A South Cumbrian farm – which includes the remains of a 14th century castle – is on the market for £2 million.
Gleaston Castle Farm in Ulverston is a sizeable stock rearing and arable farm with a substantial farmhouse.
With 212 acres of highly fertile arable and grazing land, there is a range of traditional and modern farm buildings, a four-bedroom farmhouse, a picturesque tarn and the remains of the 14th century Gleaston Castle, whose ruined towers and walls abut the farm buildings.
The Grade I listed castle was once owned by the 1st Duke of Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey.
It will be sold by H&H Land & Estates’ Kendal office as a whole or in in five lots, by public auction at Aldingham Parish Hall in Scales, on Thursday June 16.
- Lot 1 includes the farmhouse, farm buildings and 72.79 acres of meadow and pastureland and comes with a guide price of £870,000.
- Lot 2 includes traditional and modern farm buildings and land 112.03 acres and is expected to realise around £1,100,000.
- Lot 3 comprises 17 acres of pastureland in five field parcels all ring-fenced with an estimate of £130,000.
- Lot 4 includes Mere Tarn and land extending to 7.54 acres and is expected to reach in the region of £40,000.
- Lot 5 comprises 2.74 acres of arable ground at Leece currently used for growing carrots and comes with a guide price of £20,000.
Colin Tomlinson, managing director of H&H Land & Estates, said: “It is some time since such a tremendous farm has come onto the market in this part of Cumbria. It is rare enough for such good agricultural land to come up for sale but combining that with the chance to own a piece of English history and your own personal tarn is even rarer.
“I am sure that with the appetite for rural properties with land seemingly unabated and farmers wishing to extend their acreages, there will be fierce competition.”
