BLACKS HOUSE FARM Thankerton • Biggar • Lanarkshire • ML12 6PL

BLACKS HOUSE FARM Thankerton • Biggar Lanarkshire • ML12 6PL

Traditional south facing farmhouse set in a hamlet with spectacular views over open countryside to Tinto Hill

Thankerton 2 miles, Lanark 5 miles, Biggar 8 miles, M74 10 miles, Edinburgh 37 miles, Glasgow 40 miles (all distances are approximate) = Entrance porch, hall, kitchen, boot room, utility room, shower room, larder, dining room, sitting room, study, family bathroom, garden bedroom. Master bedroom with dressing room and bathroom en suite, two further bedrooms. Garden and woodland garden with burn. Garage, garden shed, log stores. About 0.6 acres in all EPC = E Savills Edinburgh Wemyss House 8 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh EH3 6DH 0131 247 3700 [email protected]

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Savills - extended and modernised to create a beautiful 0131 247 3700. home suitable for modern family living. The house sits in the small hamlet created on the SITUATION site of the former Blacks House Farm and has Blacks House Farm has a wonderful rural setting an uninterrupted southerly outlook over open with stunning views over the open countryside farmland to Tinto Hill. to Tinto Hill which is the largest and most Blacks House Farm is a deceptively large prominent landmark in the upper reaches of the farmhouse with four bedrooms and three Clyde Valley. The summit is over 700 metres reception rooms in all. high, and on a clear day there are views from the top to the higher hills of Loch Lomond, The formal entrance is via a sunny front porch Ayrshire, the Pentland Hills and the Southern which opens into the reception hall. To the Uplands. left there is a spacious kitchen with a complete range of fitted units and integrated appliances The property benefits from excellent accessibility including dishwasher and Rangemaster cooker to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the M74. Junction with six burners and cooker hood. There is 11 of the M74 is about 10 miles away. There is ample space for a dining table by the window seat a railway station nearby at Carstairs Junction and also a sofa. A larder store with additional (5.5 miles) on the main west coast line which has freezer is located in the under stair cupboard in the bonus of the Caledonian Sleeper service to the hall. To the back of the house there is the London, and offers a connection to Edinburgh. larger porch and entrance hall which makes an Lanark (5 miles) provides a commuter rail link excellent boot room. Here there is also a utility to Glasgow. room with a washing machine and tumble dryer The nearby village of Thankerton has a general and freezer beneath a worktop. There is also store and Symington has a post office and a shower room with WC, wash basin and airing general store as well as a nursery. Primary cupboard. schooling is provided in Lanark which, like the The lovely formal dining room links through market town of Biggar, where the catchment to the sitting room which has a wood burning secondary school is located, has a broader range stove. There are superb views over the pretty of shops and services including a number of garden and countryside through the glazed bars and restaurants, independent retailers, sliding doors. The study is accessed from the supermarkets and veterinary and medical sitting room. This room could be adapted to services. create an additional bedroom or playroom. The adjacent family bathroom has a roll top bath DESCRIPTION as well as separate shower, WC and wash basin. Blacks House Farm is a farmhouse which dates The garden bedroom is accessed from the study from around 1850 and was once part of the but can also be relatively self-contained as it has Carmichael Estate. It is a traditional stone built French windows which open onto the garden house under a slate roof which has been terrace. On the first floor there are three further well- Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: proportioned double bedrooms. The principal 259.38 sq.m (2792 sq.ft) bedroom has a bathroom en suite with bath, For Identification Only. Not To Scale. WC and wash basin as well as a dressing room. Bedroom 3 4.10 x 3.50 Across the landing the second double bedroom 13'5'' x 11'6'' has the same lovely views and also a large walk in wardrobe which makes the most of the eaves space. A third double bedroom is located off a half landing. WT Dressing Ensuite Room Gardens and Grounds Bathroom Outside the gravel drive sweeps up through the garden to a parking area to the front and side Bedroom 2 of the house. The large lawn is punctuated Bedroom 1 4.10 x 4.00 4.95 x 3.45 Landing 13'5'' x 13'1'' with fruit trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders 16'3'' x 11'4'' providing all year round colour. There is a large terrace to the front of the house and a second terrace providing an evening suntrap to the western side. A burn runs down the First Floor eastern boundary of the garden through a pretty woodland garden and into the countryside beyond. Utility In addition to the double garage there is Boot Room 3.85 x 2.70 Shower Bathroom Study a garden shed and log stores. 12'8'' x 8'10'' Room 6.30 x 3.60 20'8'' x 11'10'' DIRECTIONS From Edinburgh take the A702 south to Biggar. Drive through Biggar and turn right onto the

A72 signposted to Symington and Lanark. Larder Continue north on the A73 and after about 3.5 miles turn right (opposite the entrance to Sitting Room Bedroom 4 Kitchen Dining 4.70 x 3.55 5.65 x 3.35 the Carmichael Estate). Follow the lane and turn 5.40 x 4.55 Room 15'5'' x 11'8'' 18'6'' x 11' 17'9'' x 14'11'' 5.40 x 3.95 right at the T junction. The entrance to Blacks 17'9'' x 13' House Farm is the second drive on the left. Hall From Glasgow leave the M74 at Junction 11 and take the B7078 south and then A70 signposted to Rigside; at the Hyndford Bridge traffic lights continue onto the A73 and after about Porch 2.5 miles turn left (opposite the entrance to the Carmichael Estate) and continue as above. Ground Floor GENERAL REMARKS Local Authority The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on Services Blacks House Farm is in South Lanarkshire himself as to the nature of all such servitude behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume Mains water and electricity. Private drainage council tax band E. rights and others. no responsibility for any statement that may be to septic tank. LPG gas for cooking. Central made in these particulars. These particulars Fixtures and Fittings Offers heating fired by air source heat pump do not form part of any offer or contract Standard fixtures and fittings are included in the Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be (Mitsubishi) supplemented by oil fired boiler. and must not be relied upon as statements sale. The sundial is excluded from the subjects submitted by your solicitor to the Selling Agents. or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, Feed in Tariff of sale. It is intended to set a closing date but the seller measurements or distances are approximate. The Both air source heat pump and polar voltaic Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single text, photographs and plans are for guidance solar panels are subject to a Feed In Tariff. The property is sold subject to and with party. All genuinely interested parties are only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It Income for 2017 was £1,200 and £1,300 the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, advised to instruct their solicitor to note their should not be assumed that the property has all respectively. reservations and wayleaves, including rights interest with the Selling Agents immediately necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, Access of access and rights of way, whether public after inspection. equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy The owners of Blacks House Lodge have a right or private, light, support, drainage, water themselves by inspection or otherwise. of access over the mouth of the driveway. Shared and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, IMPORTANT NOTICE maintenance arrangements are in place. Blacks drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether Savills, their clients and any joint agents give 18/03/16 FG. House Farm has a right of access along the north contained in the Title Deeds or informally notice that: 1. They are not authorised to boundary of the property by Blacks House Farm constituted and whether referred to in the make or give any representations or warranties Steading. General Remarks and Stipulations or not. in relation to the property either here or

Blacks House Farm Steading Glenhaven House

Blackshouse Burn

235.3m Blacks House Farm Blacks House Lodge Blacks House Farm Area : 0.572 acres (0.231 ha)

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