Business and Organization - Additional Information (Detail) (Gladstone Land Advisers, Inc. [Member])	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Gladstone Land Advisers, Inc. [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Company's ownership percent of voting securities of Land Advisers	100.00%

Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5A

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28200181&loc=SL6759159-111685

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