First class’ freehold opportunity in Lincolnshire’s horticultural heartland

The freehold of an extensive, high specification, modern horticultural premises on a site of 18.33 acres in the ‘Bread basket of Britain’ is being described as a ‘first class’ opportunity by Eddisons and R Longstaff & Co LLP who are the Joint Agents for the sale on behalf of Administrators.

Rookery Farm in Holbeach St Johns, 11 miles east of Spalding, has accommodation of 31,983 sq ft – including packhouses, stores, the staff residential facilities and the main farmhouse – 184,041 sq ft of glasshouses and polytunnels totalling 41,344 sq ft, advise the agents.

Operating as a state of the art facility in the sector, Rookery Farm has its own biomass and solar PV arrangements, plus rainwater harvesting and reservoir to support the extensive irrigation system.

The agents advise that there is additional land within the Rookery Farm site with potential, subject to planning approval, to extend the operation.

Commenting on the instruction to sell Rookery Farm, Will Wall, who is leading Eddisons’ agency on the sale from the firm’s Lincoln office, said, “Freeholds of such premises are rare and one that is of such a ready-made nature is even more unusual in coming to the open market.’’

Joint agent Christopher Longstaff added, “The significant investment over the past two decades has ensured that the facility is a high quality horticultural operation.”

The guide price is £2.5m.

Viewing of Rookery Farm, Holbeach St Johns, Spalding is strictly by appointment through the agents.