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Noup and Longhouse Farms and Land at Bisgeos NOUP AND LONGHOUSE FARMS AND LAND AT BISGEOS WESTRAY, ORKNEY NOUP AND LONGHOUSE FARMS AND LAND AT BISGEOS WESTRAY, ORKNEY, KW17 2DW AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A UNIQUELY POSITIONED ISLAND PROPERTY, SET UP FOR EXISTING AGRICULTURAL OR ALTERNATIVE USES Principal farmhouse (3 bedrooms) Farm cottage (4 bedrooms) Farm bungalow (3 bedrooms) Traditional and modern agricultural buildings and stores across two farmyards Development opportunities Private sandy cove Striking headland location with dramatic clifftop views In all about 944.84 acres (382.37 hectares) For sale as a whole or in three lots Savills Aberdeen Savills Edinburgh 5 Queen’s Terrace Wemyss House Aberdeen 8 Wemyss Place AB10 1XL Edinburgh EH3 6DH +44 (0) 1224 971 111 +44 (0) 131 247 3720 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SITUATION The Land at Bisgeos, adjoining Longhouse Farm, consists of grasslands on which sheep The farms of Noup and Longhouse and the Land at Bisgeos make up a large portion of the currently graze. striking Noup Head, the most northwesterly peninsula on the Isle of Westray, providing dramatic and uninterrupted clifftop views across the Atlantic Ocean. The land is predominately grassland arranged in large, fenced and gated fields with the buildings at Noup and Longhouse farmyards providing housing for up to 150 cows alongside Known as ‘The Queen of the Isles’ with good farmland, hilly moorland, magnificent cliff scenery feed and general storage and workshops. The landscape, which includes grassland, heathland, and attractive sandy beaches, Westray lies approximately 20 miles north of Orkney Mainland and wetland, cliffs and shoreline, alongside the adjoining RSPB Reserve at Noup Head, creates a is served by both ferry services and an airport. At only 10 miles in length, Westray offers a unique diverse and unique habitat for many native and rare species, including sea otters, seals, island way of life for those looking for a change of pace and a new adventure or the rare migratory seabirds, sea eagles and puffins. opportunity to purchase and operate a viable island agricultural business. With a vibrant population and reliable transport links to Mainland Orkney, Westray benefits from a range of Across all three lots, the land is classified as Class 6(2) and Class 6(3) by the James Hutton services including convenience stores, churches, medical centre, post office and banking services Institute for Soil Research. The soil is of the Olrig series being Greyish brown drifts derived from alongside recreational facilities, tourist accommodation and restaurants, allowing the purchaser to Middle Old Red Sandstone flagstones and sandstones with component soil types being peaty become fully immersed in island life. Primary and junior schooling is available on Westray, with a gleys and the similarly derived Mousland Series with component soils being saline gleys. senior secondary school providing weekday pupil accommodation on Mainland Orkney. Westray is the most prosperous of the North Isles, with a traditionally strong agricultural and The property is in most part served by council maintained public roads, with a section of private fishing culture set alongside emerging produce and creative industries and strong visitor numbers road leading from the final bend in the public road to Noup farmyard (approximately 100m) and making the Island a truly thriving place to live. on to Noup Steading (approximately 450m thereafter). The access road from Noup Steading to the Noup Head Lighthouse (Grade B Listed) is owned and maintained by the Northern Noup Head, where the property is located, extends into the Atlantic Ocean as Westray’s north Lighthouse Board, over which a right of passage is held. west peninsula, with uninterrupted, breathtaking sea views and a dramatic coastline, with the rocky cliffs of the headland home to a vast array of nesting seabirds. Of all the Orkney Isles, the residents of Westray in particular are known for their entrepreneurial flair, with many local businesses and cottage industries thriving both across the island and beyond. The numerous dwellings and buildings (including steadings) at the property offer DESCRIPTION limitless opportunities for a purchaser wishing to diversify, in full or part, from the existing In their spectacular clifftop position as Orkney’s most northwestern property, the farms of Noup agricultural nature of the property. and Longhouse and the Land at Bisgeos create an extensive ringfenced and diverse holding and an opportunity for a purchaser wishing to take on an existing agricultural property or those seeking a property ideally situated for personal enjoyment with the assets and resources to LOT 1: NOUP FARM develop new enterprises and income streams. In all, 577.67 acres (233.78 hectares) of permanent and temporary grassland alongside a farmhouse and cottage, farm buildings and stone steading. Advertised in three lots but currently farmed and managed as a single property, the main farmhouse, farm worker’s cottage and yard at Noup Farm are set immediately adjacent to the Bay of Noup, with direct access to a private sandy cove and beyond to the spectacular Noup NOUP FARMHOUSE AND COTTAGE Head where the property extends to the clifftops. The original dwelling of partly harled stone and tile has been extended into a spacious farmhouse, with generous living accommodation and spectacular views across the garden to a private sandy With less than a mile of council maintained roads separating their respective farmyards, both cove and out to sea at the Bay of Noup. Noup Farm and Longhouse Farm are similarly arranged, with their houses set beside farmyards of modern and more traditional stock and store buildings. Their ring-fenced lands extend The single storey property includes an equipped farmhouse kitchen with a gas hob, double directly from each farmyard. Both farms are fully equipped allowing them to be operated as electric oven and an oil fired Stanley Range providing hot water and heating; a living room with a separate holdings or in their current arrangement as a single larger farm. wood burning stove; two double bedrooms; a single bedroom; an office and a bathroom. LOT 1 LOT 1 Constructed in 2008, a front conservatory has increased the living space while taking full 3. Feed Shed (9.36m x 23.78m). Stone walls and slats with concrete flooring, timber trusses advantage of the uninterrupted coastal views. To the rear of the property is a large utility space, and a corrugated fibre cement roof. currently used as a store room and workshop but which could lend itself to renovation into a further double bedroom. 4. Cattle Court / Byre (19.56m x 9.40m). Half steel frame and concrete mass walling with slats on both sides under a corrugated profile sheeted roof and with a central concrete feed The property is double glazed throughout and well insulated, with oil fired central heating, mains passage. electricity and a private water supply and drainage. 5. Workshop (22.02m x 6.20m). Half timber framed, half poured concrete walling with a Adjacent to the principal farmhouse is a two-storey detached farm worker’s cottage of harled corrugated profile sheet roof and a concrete floor with work pit. stone under a tiled roof construction. The cottage, although until recently rented out, would benefit from modest renovation and modernisation. 6. Straw Shed (22.02m x 8.41m). Traditional timber framed shed with Yorkshire board sides, box profile corrugated sheeting and a concrete floor. Internally, the cottage consists of an entrance porch and utility room, leading through to a hallway off of which is a kitchen with an oil fired AGA, a spacious living room, WC and a double bedroom 7. Feed Shed (13.56m x 5.29m) of concrete and timber truss construction with a low with an en suite shower room within a later ground floor rear extension. Upstairs are a further two corrugated fibre cement roof, a concrete floor and a capacity of approximately 80 – 100 double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a family bathroom. tonnes. The cottage is partially double glazed and has oil fired central heating and private drainage. 8. Traditional Steading redundant stone and tile steading set to the rear of the farm buildings. Externally, the residential properties are surrounded by a garden, laid to lawn, from which the 9. Slurry Tank (212,000 gallons). property enjoys direct access to a sandy, private cove within the Bay of Noup. NOUP FARM STEADING NOUP FARM BUILDINGS A redundant stone steading sits in a prominent hilltop position beyond Noup Farmyard, Located adjacent to the farmhouse and cottage the buildings of Noup Farm are a range of commanding open views across the clifftops and out to sea. The steading presents the livestock houses and stores, alongside a traditional timber framed steading offering potential for opportunity to develop a residential dwelling, for personal use or as a source of additional income development for a range of domestic or commercial uses (subject to consent). by means of holiday rental accommodation (subject to the necessary consents). Noup Farm is well equipped with a range of modern and traditional buildings suited to the needs LOT 1 of a livestock holding. With the exception of the general purpose shed, the buildings are adjoining, allowing easy internal access. The approximate dimensions and construction are as follows: 1. General Purpose Shed (6.12m x 15.09m) of concrete and timber under a corrugated roof. 2. Cattle Court / Byres Three adjoining byres of concrete floor and stone wall construction with timber trusses and corrugated fibre cement roofing, each with a central concrete feed passage. a. 7.43m x 23.38m, with pen sections. b. 7.61m x 27.62m. c. 8.12m x 27.70m. THE LAND The land extends in total to some 561.91 acres (277.40 hectares) of permanent and temporary grassland.
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