BIGWOODS, DARLISTON, 1336, Westmoreland Parish

A relatively compact yet productive mixed arable/livestock farm with a farmhouse and a greenhouse. A further plot on the hillside lends itself to farming or residential development. The farm benefits from shipping containers serving as housing and storage. A concrete cistern in-ground with a capacity of over 33, 000 gallons of water that is pumped from the nearby pond. Eight rubber water storage tanks with a pump are in place for back-up supply. A natural aquifer runs underground, if tapped can be a main source of water, NWC being secondary. The land has a predominantly westerly aspect and slopes gently from the south-westerly boundary of New Works and Lennox Bigwood in Darliston. Currently split into 2 main enclosures, the farms main production areas of cleared fields (approximately 70%) are ring-fenced with all areas easily accessible via a convenient internal system of dirt tracks or directly from public roads. All fields have water supplies with irrigation lines throughout.