Hirdir Farm, Gwenddwr, Builth Wells, Powys. LD2 3HJ

Hirdir farm represents a traditional upland

livestock farm nestled in the valley of the Nant-yr-Offeiriad river, enjoying the most

terrific views over the surrounding rural landscape. The farm extends to a

considerable 90 acres or thereabouts of pastureland, it has an extensive range of traditional and modern agricultural barns

plus a valuable hill grazing right on the adjoining Lower Epynt.

The farmhouse is a detached three bedroom residence with a southerly aspect

that takes advantage of the morning sunshine. The property is situated in an

elevated position and has the potential for further extension and development into the adjoining building. Opposite the

residence is a range of traditional stone barns that would ideally lend themselves

to residential conversion subject to the relevant planning consents.

The Hirdir farm is situated in the heart of a renowned farming area and has the

benefit of being located in a quiet and almost untouched rural landscape. Due to its location and access to the Lower Epynt

mountain range this sale provides a very rare and unique opportunity to acquire a

property that lends itself to a range of potential uses other than that of purely farming. Due to the range of outbuildings,

the versatility of the property is rather significant particularly in terms of holiday

lets and equestrian possibilities.

Hirdir farm is situated within the rural

parish of Gwenddwr just above the village of Erwood and lies within the Breconshire

countryside. Erwood has the benefit of a village shop & post office and a Public

House & Restaurant. The village of Llyswen has good basic amenities in the form of two public houses, primary school,

village shop and filling station. More comprehensive facilities can be found in

the nearby regional towns of Builth Wells and Brecon where there is a choice of supermarkets, convenience stores and

general amenities. Both local towns have a leisure centre complex, theatre and

cinema etc. Hirdir farm is situated outside the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Description Situation

Hirdir Farm Gwenddwr

Builth Wells Powys

LD2 3HJ

Summary of features

A substantial upland livestock farm

extending to 90 acres or thereabouts of pastureland plus Hill Grazing Rights

A period three-bedroom farmhouse with potential for further

development

A significant range of traditional

stone barns and extensive range of modern portal frame buildings

Stunning and panoramic views of the

surrounding countryside

For sale by Informal Tender – To be

received in writing to the Hay Office by Friday 14th July 2017 5.00pm – Offers in excess of £850,000

Llyswen 7.5 miles

Builth Wells 8 miles

Brecon 14 miles

Hay-on-Wye 15 Miles

Hirdir farmhouse is a period three-bedroom cottage that can trace its routes

back to the 17th Century. The property has been sympathetically modernised and refurbished over recent years but still

retains a host of character features to include the exposed oak beams and

original inglenook fireplace. The front entrance to the property leads into a central hall area which then provides

access to the lounge, kitchen/diner and the staircase to the first floor. A particular

feature of this property is the potential for extension into the adjoining barn and granary. To the rear of the property is a

garden and barbeque area.

Briefly the accommodation comprises the

following:

Front Door – Inner Hallway Leading to: Kitchen 2.75m x 5.37m – fitted kitchen

units, tiled floor and electric oven and hood

Lounge 3.93m (max) x 5.37m – Covered Inglenook fireplace, exposed oak beams Door to:

Rear Passage and Under stairs Cupboard

Utility 2.28m x 4.43m door to rear garden Office 3.22m x 2.28m

Stairs to:

Landing area 2.74m x 1.79m and airing cupboard

Bedroom One 2.61m x 4.19m plus fitted cupboard (Oak flooring & exposed oak beams)

Bedroom Two 3.26m x 2.66m exposed oak beams

Main Bedroom 3.15m x 2.75m Bathroom 1.76m x 2.12m with w.c, Handbasin, Bath

Outside w.c and woodshed 4.19m x 2.03m

Adjoining Granary and Garage 6.40m x 4.61m two-storey – Offering the potential for extension to the main residence or as

a separate holiday let/annex

Accommodation

The Hirdir farm boasts a superb range of traditional stone barns and modern range

of agricultural outbuildings. The buildings are currently used for agricultural storage

and the housing of the livestock however due to thoughtful planning, the traditional barns could easily be converted without

any detriment to the use of the modern buildings as they are completely separate.

The stone barn is a well maintained structure and is ripe for conversion subject

to the necessary consents.

Briefly the buildings are as follows:

Traditional Stone Barn (L- Shaped): Old Cow House (5.39m x 13m overall) -

2 storey with zinc roof and original beams Stone Lean to (2.55m x 7.25m) single storey.

Old Hay Barn (5.82m x 15.52m) - 2 storey potentially with part stone slab floor

and exposed timber beams. Stone Pig Stys (3.34m x 3.50m)

To the rear of this building there is a hard standing silage storage area.

Modern Portal Frame Barn Complex:

Straw and Cattle Shed (7.12m x 22.66m) Steel dome frame, half concreted

floors with covered feed manger Cattle Cubical Shed (8.04m x 22.82m) Modern portal frame, 14 cubicles and feed

passage, concrete floors and yard area to rear. Doors both ends.

Silage Pit (22.78m x 7.63m) concrete floors. Sheep Shed and Calving Pens (22.57m

x 12.37m) with in-floor dipping tub. Sheep Shed and Machinery Shed

(12.88m x 22.65m) Soil floor. All of the buildings have a water and

electricity supply and there is a large concrete penning & sorting area to the

front of the buildings plus a muck storage area.

Outbuildings

Hirdir farm extends to a considerable 90 acres or thereabouts of pastureland with the added benefit of a significant hill grazing right on the

adjoining Lower Epynt for 268 sheep. The land is primarily within one ring fence and is split only for a council maintained single track highway that proceeds to another farmstead. The land is split into conveniently sized enclosures, 15 in all, for the ease of stock management. The land is in good heart with the internal and external boundaries in sound order, currently the pastures are utilised for the purposes of livestock

grazing and for the production of hay & fodder crops. In the past, several parcels have produced arable crops which is a clear illustration of the versatility of the farm. The fields range from those good relatively level pastures to those steeper parcels only suitable for grazing. There

are areas on the farm that could provide the ideal location for further habitat and additional conservation creation especially in areas adjoining the Nant-yr-Offeiriad brook. All of the pastures have access to a good water supply provided either by the farm spring or by natural tributaries and streams that proceed through the property. There is also a good and private stone road that proceeds through the upper part of the

farm which provides access on to the Lower Epynt.

The Land

Field Number Hectares

SO0442 9572 3.81

SO0542 1371 3.15

SO0542 3369 2.13

SO0542 4454 2.00

SO0542 5151 0.09

SO0542 5144 0.82

SO0542 5451 0.18

SO0542 6740 2.42

SO0542 9030 3.78

SO0642 1042 0.03

SO0542 9445 2.44

SO0542 8044 1.99

SO0542 8156 2.03

SO0542 6455 2.50

SO0542 6370 1.52

SO0542 5162 0.45

SO0542 5257 0.31

SO0542 5271 2.59

SO0542 7129 0.17

SO0442 7585 3.75

Total Hectares 36.16

Total Acres 89.35

Please note that the land schedule has been derived from the Welsh Assembly’s

Basic Payment Maps. The title deed plan denotes the land area of the Hirdir in excess of 90 acres.

Basic Payment maps can be made

available upon request. The land plan included within this brochure is purely for

identification purposes only and is not to scale. Title Deed plans will be available from the vendors’ solicitors.

The land lies between 200 and 400 metres above sea level.

There are hill grazing rights on the adjoining Lower Epynt mountain range as

follows: Entry CL51/45 – 79 Sheep

Entry CL106/27 – 186 Sheep Entry CL121/11 – 3 Sheep

We are informed that the property has the benefit of a strong private spring supply and further natural tributaries and streams

that run though the property.

All of the farm is registered with Rural Payments Wales. There are no other agricultural or environmental schemes

affecting the property.

As far as we are aware these are included within the sale.

Powys County Council Band “E”

The property has mains electricity and telephone connection. The domestic

heating and hot water is provided via an oil-fired boiler with an electric hot water immersion heater in reserve. The

farmhouse is fully central heated and is double glazed throughout.

Freehold with vacant possession upon completion.

The property will be sold by Informal Tender (Unless previously sold). All tenders must be in writing, with the

attached form completed and signed and must be received by Friday 14th July 2017

at 5pm to: Sunderlands, 3 Pavement House, The Pavement, Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire. HR3 5BU. Envelopes must

be marked “HIRDIR FARM F.A.O. Matthew Nicholls”

Directions to Hirdir Farm will be provided when a viewing is arranged.

All viewings strictly by appointment and must be arranged through the sole selling

agents Sunderlands. Contact Tel: 01497 822 522 Office opening hours:

Mon-Fri: 9.00-5.00pm Saturday: 9.00-1.00pm

Out of hours: Matthew Nicholls: 07811 521 267

Land Schedule

Topography

Hill Grazing Rights

Water

Basic Farm Payment

Timber, Woodland, Sporting and

Mineral Rights

Council Tax

Services

Tenure

Method of Sale & Applications

Directions

Viewing and Contact Details

Please be aware that this is a fully working

and active farm. We advise all viewers to take extra care when making an inspection

of the farm. Viewing is undertaken solely at your own risk and neither the agents or the owners of the farm take any

responsibility for any injury however caused.

Mr. Alfons Vanhees of Sydney Thomas &

Co Solicitors, 8 West Street, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3AH. Tel: 01982 553 289

As a result of anti-money laundering legislation all persons offering for the

property should include a copy of the following documentation:

1. Photo ID for example Passport or Driving Licence.

2. Residential ID for example current

Utility Bill.

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, quasi

easements, wayleaves and rights of way both declared and undeclared.

The property is offered subject to any development plans, tree preservation

orders, ancient orders, public rights-of-way, town planning schedules or

resolutions which may be or may come

into force. The purchasers will be deemed

to have full knowledge of these and have satisfied themselves as to the effects such

matters have on the property.

These are based on Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The purchaser(s)

shall be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the description of the property. Any error or mis-statement

shall not annul a sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.

The purchaser shall be deemed to have full

knowledge of the boundaries and neither the Vendor not the Vendors Agents will be

responsible for defining the boundaries of ownership thereof.

(a) The property is sold with all faults and

defects (if any), whether in good condition or otherwise and neither the Vendors nor

Sunderlands, the Agents for the Vendors, shall be in any way responsible for such faults and defects, or for any statements

contained in the particulars of the property prepared by the said Agents.

(b) The purchaser shall be deemed to acknowledge that he has not entered into this contract in reliance on any of the said

statements that he has satisfied himself, as to the contents of each of the said

statements by inspection or otherwise, and that no warranty or representation has been made by the Vendors or the said

Agents in relation to, or in connection with the property.

(c) Any error, omission or misstatement in

any of the said statements shall not entitle the purchaser to rescind or to be

discharged from this contract, nor give either party any cause for action. (d) All measurements and distances are

approximate. The electrical, drainage, water and heating installations have not

been tested by the Agents. (The normal enquiry is carried out by the purchaser’s Solicitors and the type of inspection

undertaken by a purchaser’s surveyor have not been carried out by the selling

agents for the purchase or preparation of these particulars). Interested perspective purchasers are recommended to obtain an

independent survey report on this property.

In the event that there are any variance

between these particulars and the contract of sale, then the latter shall apply.

These particulars are set out as a guide only. They are intended to give a fair

description of the property but may not be relied upon as a statement or a representation of facts. These particulars

are produced in good faith and are inevitably subjective and do not form part

of any contract. No persons in the employment of Sunderlands has any authority to make or give any

representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property.

HEAD OFFICE: Offa House, St Peters Square, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2PQ

Health and Safety Notice

Vendor’s Solicitor Details

Money Laundering

Wayleaves Easements and Rights

of Way

Town and Country Planning

Plans, Areas and Schedules

Boundaries Roads and Fences

Misrepresentations Act Inconsistency

Important Notice

Not to Scale. For identification only

Viewing by appointment through

Sunderlands

Hay-on-Wye Branch

3 Pavement House, The Pavement,

Hay on Wye, Herefordshire HR3 5BU Tel: 01497 822522

Email: hay@sunderlands.co.uk

Hereford Branch

Offa House, St Peters Square, Hereford HR1 2PQ

Tel: 01432 356161 Email: hereford@sunderlands.co.uk

www.sunderlands.co.uk

None of these statements contained in these particulars are to be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. These particulars are not an offer or contract or part of one. Floor plans are provided for guidance as to the layout of the property only. Room sizes and measurements are approximate only. Please note we have not tested the equipment, appliances and services in the property and interested parties are advised to commission appropriate investigation before formulating their offer for purchase. Sunderlands are a member of the ‘Ombudsman for Estate Agents Scheme’ OEA and therefore adhere to their Code of Practice. A copy of the Code of Practice is available on request.

Office

Wood Shed