Mains of Boquhan by Kippen, Stirling
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MAINS OF BOQUHAN BY KIPPEN, STIRLING MAINS OF BOQUHAN, BY KIPPEN, STIRLING A compact farming and commercial unit within the Carse of Stirling Stirling 8.5 miles Glasgow 36 miles Edinburgh 47 miles • Mains of Boquhan Farmhouse: attractive modern 4-bed farmhouse • Roundel: traditional one bedroom apartment • Excellent range of commercial buildings, shop space and modern office suites • Planning for further retail, office and other alternative uses • Shop for the sale of country goods and clothing • High profile location on the A811 linking Stirling to Balloch • Excellent links to Stirling, M9/M80 and larger populations beyond • A first class range of modern agricultural buildings • Productive block of Grade 3.2 arable land About 48.35 Ha (119.47 Acres) For Sale as a Whole or in 2 Lots National Farm Sales Centre Suite C Stirling Agricultural Centre Stirling FK9 4RN 01786 434600 Roundel [email protected] GENERAL Mains of Boquhan Farm is located in an accessible location, approximately one mile to the east of the village of Kippen and eight miles to the west of the City of Stirling. The popular village of Kippen offers an excellent range of local amenities including a primary school, a convenience store, a post office, a delicatessen, two gastro pubs, a tennis club and a playgroup. The historic City of Stirling offers a full range of amenities including shopping, leisure and business facilities with regular mainline rail connections to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Balfron has a highly regarded state secondary school, whilst independent private schooling can be found at Beaconhurst in Bridge of Allan (15 miles) or Dollar Academy (26 miles), with a further range of schools in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perthshire. The City of Stirling is the historic heart of Scotland with Stirling Castle, Bannockburn and the Wallace Monument just a few of the many sights to visit in the local area. There are some excellent golf clubs in the area including courses at Stirling, Callander and Dunblane, whilst the world famous courses at Loch Lomond, Gleneagles and St Andrews are all relatively easily accessible. Mains of Boquhan lies within the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park which offers world famous scenery with a plethora of recreational and leisure opportunities including water sports, hill walking and climbing. The surrounding hills of the Trossachs and the Campsie Fells are extremely popular with hill walkers and climbers, and the area also offers excellent opportunities for mountain biking, sailing, pony trekking, shooting and fishing. The farm is situated just to the north of the A811 which provides swift access to an excellent transport infrastructure with the M9/ M80 motorway systems being accessible within a 15-minute drive, as well as Stirling and Dunblane Railway Stations. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh International Airports are only 40 minutes away offering regular domestic and international flights. Edinburgh City Centre is only 47 miles to the east and Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, is only 28 miles away to the west, both can be reached within a little over an hour’s drive from the farm. Agriculturally, the Carse of Stirling area is well provided for by Ground Floor: Externally, the walls are rendered with timber detailing to the merchants and suppliers, with the nearby United Auctions Mart Entrance Vestibule (3.2m x 1.16m), Kitchen (7.51m x 5.61m), upper surfaces of the gable ends with balconies at both ends of providing a fantastic outlet for good quality livestock which the Conservatory (6.15m x 3.69m), Sitting Room (10.93m x 5.03m), the building. There is a steel staircase (fire escape) leading from the area is renowned for producing. The Carse land itself also provides Shower/Toilet (2.75m x 1.62m) and Utility Room (4.18m x 1.12m) northern gable end. The main entrance to the property is recessed a mix of productive arable and grassland and the area is well known with double stable type doors that are glazed to full height. The for growing the finest quality Timothy Hay which is widely regarded First Floor: eastern elevation also has double stable type doors and a timber as being the very best in the UK. Bedroom 1 (5.23m x 3.73m), Bedroom 2 (4.45m x 3.38m), Bedroom built open sided covered storage area. The subjects have a net 3 (3.30m x 2.69m), Bedroom 4 (5.18mx 4.75m), Bathroom (2.69m x internal area of 5,656 sq ft (525 sq m). DESCRIPTION 2.09m) and WC (2.40m x 2.30m) Mains of Boquhan Farm is a mixed farming unit equipped with The western roof elevation is almost entirely covered in solar panels two residential dwellings, an excellent range of modern buildings Garden Ground equating to 17kW in total. currently used for commercial and agricultural purposes and There is a garden area to the west of the house which is laid to lawn a productive block of arable and grassland. The residential and with a section of patio to the front enclosed by a picketed fence. Ground Floor (19.74m x 8.09m) commercial buildings are located centrally within the holding and Internally, the shop has been fitted with plasterboard walls and benefit from a large area of hard standing. The agricultural buildings PLANNING/ALTERNATIVE USE a hard wearing linoleum floor. Racking and display panels have are situated to the east of the main complex and are accessed via a Please note full planning permission was granted in April 2015 been fitted to the internal walls typical of a retail unit fit out. The separate farm drive which leads past the farmhouse from the A811. (Application No. 10/00472/FUL) for the change of use, extensions property has ceiling mounted fluorescent strip lighting. The shop and alterations to the dwelling house at Mains of Boquhan to form has an open plan layout with a main retail counter and secondary METHOD OF SALE a café with associated access improvements. counter to the rear of the shop. Toilet facilities are also available on The farm is offered for sale as a whole or in 2 lots as follows: the ground floor with an internal staircase leading to the first floor. MAINS OF BOQUHAN ROUNDEL LOT 1 - MAINS OF BOQUHAN FARMHOUSE, COMMERCIAL A small circular shaped building attached to the commercial First Floor (19.45m x 5.40m) Office (6.86m x 6.0m) BUILDINGS AND ABOUT 3.04 HA (7.51 ACRES) buildings at the Mains of Boquhan complex. Of stone construction The first floor has a part open plan and cellular layout with under a slate roof. The accommodation comprises: plasterboard walls, carpeted floors and ceiling mounted recessed FARMHOUSE spot lights. The accommodation comprises a reception area, board The farmhouse lies adjacent to the commercial buildings and is Entrance Hall (4.91m x 1.37m) room, two offices, open-plan office area and under eaves storage. approached via a tarmac driveway which leads directly from the Sitting Room (5.34m x 3.48m) A811 trunk road to the front of the house. The property occupies Bedroom 1 (4.58m x 2.63m) Store Shed (22m x 7.5m) a south facing position with views over the Gargunnock Hills. Kitchen (3.68m x 2.86m) The building was previously let in conjunction with the adjacent car The property is a substantial and attractive modern two storey Bathroom (2.07m x 1.58m) park for use as a local Farmers Market which ran every Wednesday farmhouse erected in the 1990s of timber frame construction with a and Thursday. The market brought a significant number of visitors block wall outer shell under a slate roof. The accommodation is well MAINS OF BOQUHAN FARM SHOP to the site every week which was a significant benefit/opportunity laid out over two levels, providing a large kitchen and sitting room The farm shop was previously run as Boquhan Country Store, which to the shop. The building is of block construction under a steel which provides generous space for entertaining on the ground served a wide catchment area for the sale of agricultural feed portal frame roof with metal box profile sheet roof. The external floor, with four well apportioned bedrooms and a family bathroom supplies, equestrian supplies and country clothing. The subjects walls are rendered and there is an open sided timber frame covered on the first floor. The accommodation and room dimensions are laid are suitable for a wide range of retail uses or office use subject to lean-to storage area on the western elevation. out in more detail in the floorplans included within this brochure. obtaining the necessary consents. The buildings are of steel portal frame construction with block infill walls under a pitched insulated metal box profile roof. General Purpose Shed (24.28m x 16.58m) LOT 1 FARMLAND ABOUT 1.04 HA (2.57 ACRES) Machinery Shed (23.10m x 15.14m) Steel portal frame shed with lean-to extension with metal box The farmland in Lot 1 extends to 1.04 Ha (2.57 Acres). The land Of steel portal frame construction under a corrugated roof and side profile sheet roof and block walls to dado height and timber clad is classified as being Grade 3.2 by the James Hutton Institute cladding with block walls and a hardstanding floor. above. The property has a concrete floor and is partitioned by a indicating that the land is well suited for fodder production and is light weight ply board wall. The shed has a metal sliding door to the generally level in aspect situated between approximately 13m to There is a large area of hard standing surrounding the buildings western elevation and double doors to the northern gable.