Cowford Bankfoot, Perthshire
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Cowford bankfoot, perthshire Cowford bankfoot, perthshire Perth: 9 miles Edinburgh: 52 miles Glasgow: 66 miles Stirling: 39 miles COMMERCIAL ARABLE FARM OF SCALE WITH ESTABLISHED FORESTRY PLAntation Farmhouse (5 bedrooms) Traditional and modern farm buildings Grain drying and storage Cattle courts 460 acres arable 9 acres permanent grass 293 acres woodland In hand sporting with shooting and deer stalking About 777 acres in total For sale as a whole or in 3 lots Savills Perth Savills Edinburgh Earn House, Broxden Business Park, 8 Wemyss Place Lamberkine Drive, Perth, PH1 1RA Edinburgh EH3 6DH [email protected] [email protected] 01738 445588 0131 247 3720 savills.co.uk savills.co.uk Situation Cowford lies within attractive rolling countryside in an accessible and services. There are a number of high quality restaurants and good Perthshire is particularly well served by agricultural and grain merchants fertile part of Perthshire, 9 miles north west of Perth. The farm sits in leisure facilities including a swimming pool, ice rink and sports centres. and there is a successful local machinery ring which can provide a shallow sheltered bowl with established woodlands affording a high Secondary schooling is available in Perth, with a number of renowned additional farming resources as required. United Auctions hold weekly degree of privacy. Views to the Grampian Mountains in the north and private schools within reach including Craigclowan, Ardvreck, livestock sales at their centre in Stirling (39 miles). the Lomond Hills in the south are seen on approach and from the Kilgraston, Morrisons Academy, Glenalmond and Strathallan. higher points on the farm. Description The recreational opportunities in the area are excellent. There are a Cowford extends in total to about 777 acres and comprises an equipped Cowford enjoys easy access south to Perth and Edinburgh via the A9 number of golf courses in Perthshire and Fife, with the championship arable farm of 417 acres with a further outlying block at Whitehills of and M90, with Edinburgh (52 miles) generally just under one hour’s courses of Rosemount, Gleneagles, St Andrews and Carnoustie all 95 acres. Between the two lies Tavern Wood, an established block of drive away. The nearest railway station is Perth which offers regular within easy driving distance. Fishing is available on the River Tay and commercial forestry now reaching first thinning stage. services to Inverness, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London (including a its tributaries, and shooting and stalking can be taken on Cowford sleeper service). itself, but also on other estates within the area. Perth is a gateway to The majority of the arable land runs over gently rolling ground through the Highlands with endless opportunities for hill walking, and winter the middle of the property, with the woodlands to the north and south The village of Bankfoot (3.5 miles) offers a primary school and local sports at Glenshee Ski Centre which lies approximately an hour’s drive of this providing amenity, shelter and privacy. The farmhouse and farm shopping. More extensive shopping is found in Perth. Known as the to the north. There is also a wide range of equestrian activities, with a buildings, accessed by a 1.25 mile private road, lie in a tranquil setting ’Fair City‘, Perth has an excellent range of shops and professional racecourse at Scone and polo at Errol. at the centre of the farm. There are two semi-detached farm cottages lying immediately south of LOT 1 COWFORD FARM dining room and a hallway. Off the hallway are the sitting room, garden the farm steading both of which are let and provide a useful income. 417.4 acres room, bathroom, a double bedroom and study connecting to the front These cottages are excluded from the sale but are available in addition Cowford Farmhouse and the adjacent farm steading are centrally porch which leads out into the garden. The fitted kitchen, includes a to the purchaser of Cowford. located within the ring fenced block of land which forms Lot 1. The Heritage range cooker and separate walk in pantry. harled stone farmhouse benefits from a southerly aspect. The in-hand arable farming operation currently forms the principal On the first floor a landing provides access to the four double enterprise with the current rotation including wheat, spring barley, peas Accommodation bedrooms and a family bathroom. and seed potatoes, with occasional grass leys and shopping turnips. The farmhouse provides comfortable family accommodation with good A small and easily maintained area of garden ground lies to the front of This rotation has been used effectively to improve soil fertility and to entertaining space, while maintaining the practicalities of a working the house, with a paved area, lawn bounded by a beech hedge, and a maximise the profitability of the farming business with good rents paid home. The accommodation is laid out over two floors and the internal number of fruit trees. A parking area has been created with the walls of for non-cereal crops. Typical yields in recent years have been 3.5t/acre layout is as shown on the floor plans. for winter wheat and 2.25t/acre for malting barley. Up to 40 cattle have the adjacent farm buildings creating a courtyard effect, providing direct been wintered in the cattle courts at Cowford in the past, and areas The house is generally accessed from the parking area by means of access to the farmhouse and to the steading. sown down to grass are let for ewe hogg wintering from time to time. a porch on the western side of the house. This then leads on to the The land is classified as Class 13 by the James Hutton Institute and lies at between 100m and 120m above sea level. The fields are well laid out and of a generous size, and easily accessed from the core central track which runs the length of the farm. The commercial forestry plantations have been managed to produce a final crop of harvestable timber. The smaller woods within the heart of the farm have been planted and managed with sport and conservation in mind, and now form the basis of an informal driven shoot, with around 500 birds put down each year, allowing for six to eight days’ sport every season. The rolling topography of Cowford offers the potential to show good quality driven pheasants and partridge, and with additional planting of game crops and woodlands, a larger shoot could be established. There are three ponds for duck flighting, and unusually, Cowford presents the opportunity to stalk four different species of deer, with red, roe, fallow and sika all being taken in the past. Roe are the most common species of deer, with an average of 15 bucks being shot each year. Cowford is contained within a single block and is not dissected by any public roads. The internal network of private roads and tracks ensures good access around the farm. Cowford is being offered for sale as a whole or in 3 lots as follows: Lot 1 – Cowford Farm u Farmhouse (5 bedrooms) u Farm buildings u 366 acres arable u 9 acres permanent grass u 28 acres woodland u About 417 acres in total Lot 2 - Land at Whitehills u 93 acres arable u About 95 acres in total Lot 3 - Tavern Wood u 265 acres commercial woodland floorplans cowford farmhouse Gross internal area (approx): 228.81 sq.m (2463 sq.ft) For Identification Only. Not To Scale. Double Kitchen Bedroom 4 3.73 x 2.79 Pantry 5.54 x 3.00 12'3" x 9'2" 18'2" x 9'10" B Vestibule Dining Room Double 5.08 x 4.19 Bedroom 3 16'8" x 13'9'' 4.09 x 3.66 13'5" x 12' WC Bathroom Hall Sitting Double Double Double Room Hall Bedroom 5 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 1 4.72 x 3.73 Store 4.78 x 3.89 4.78 x 3.25 4.78 x 3.66 15'6" x 12'3" 15'8" x 12'9" 15'8" x 10'8" 15'8" x 12' Garden Study First Floor Room 2.79 x 2.51 4.93 x 2.79 9'2" x 8'3" 16'2" x 9'2" Ground Floor Farm Buildings LOT 2 LAND AT WHITEHILL LOT 3 TAVERN WOOD The range of traditional and modern farm buildings comprises: 95 acres 265 acres The land at Whitehill forms a block of approximately 95 acres of bare Tavern Wood forms a single block of commercial forestry which 1. Implement Store – 17m x 10.9m Timber framed building with arable ground which is accessed directly from Cowford Farm by extends to about 265 acres (107.54 hectares) in total. While the corrugated iron roof and hardcore floor. means of a track running through Tavern Wood, or by the shared wood contains small pockets of Douglas fir, European and Japanese private track which leads from the public road which forms the eastern larch, and mixed broadleaves, Sitka spruce forms the predominant 2. Workshop – 9m x 18.2m Stone and brick walled building with boundary of Lot 1. The land is classified as Class 13 by the James species accounting for over 85% of the total area. The area planted profile sheet roof. Concrete floor. Hutton Institute. to Sitka spruce comes to 94.29 hectares, of which 77.84 hectares 3. General Purpose Shed – 13.5m x 17.9m Steel framed building with Cropping Schedule fibre cement roof and concrete floor. No. Hectares Acres 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 4. Cattle Court – 18.3m x 22.6m Steel portal frame shed with fibre cement roof and concrete feed passage.