MAINS OF BOQUHAN BY ,

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 (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 with Stirling Castle, 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, and , 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 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. On the 14m above sea level. All of the land has been classified as Region 1 which is currently used for fodder storage. eastern elevation there is a timber built lean-to extension the full for the purposes of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). length of the property. FARMLAND LOT 2 – MODERN AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND ABOUT 45.31 The farmland in Lot 2 extends to 42.58 Ha (105.22 Acres). The Boiler Shed (4.73m x 3.89m) HA (111.96 ACRES) OF FARMLAND land is classified as being Grade 3.2 by the James Hutton Institute Of timber frame construction with a corrugated roof/side cladding indicating that the land is well suited for fodder production growing and concrete floor. Currently houses the Hertz Firematic 80 kW Agricultural Buildings at Mains of Boquhan Farm other crops such as cereals. The land is generally level in aspect biomass boiler. Mains of Boquhan benefits from an excellent range of modern farm situated approximately 14m above sea level. All of the land has buildings situated to the east of the farmhouse and accessed via a been classified as Region 1 for the purposes of the Basic Payment Former Offices and Storage (22.3m x 7.3m) private farm road. The approximate construction and dimensions Scheme (BPS). Immediately to the south of the farm shop is a block construction are as follows: storage building with steel portal frame roof with metal box profile SERVICES cladding and rendered exterior walls and a full height timber sliding Cattle Shed 1 (38.94m x 28.76m) door. Internally, the walls are painted and there is a concrete floor. Of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof and Electricity Heating Water Drainage There is a mezzanine floor that has been fitted out as an office with Ventair side cladding with a concrete feed passage and concrete plasterboard walls. The property has a mains electricity supply. On floor. There are concrete panels surrounding each of the elevations. Mains of Mains Woodchip Mains Private the ground floor there is a lightweight partitioned storage area. The Boquhan Boiler Septic subjects have a net internal area of 1,508 sq ft (140 sq m). Cattle Shed/GP Store (38.94m x 9.96m) Farmhouse Tank Of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof and side Mains of Mains Woodchip Mains Private Garage (10.15m x 4.24m) sheeting with a concrete floor. There are number of feed barriers, Located to the rear of the farmhouse and steading range. Of timber and purpose built bullpens and cattle handling facilities within the Boquhan Boiler Septic frame construction under a corrugated roof with a concrete floor. building. Roundel Tank Commercial Mains Woodchip Mains Private Modern Store (38.94m x 28.25m) YARD AREA Buildings Boiler Septic There is a parking area immediately to the front and side of the Of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof and side Tank buildings and there is a large area of hardstanding to the rear of the cladding with a concrete floor and concrete panel walls. There is a property, extending in total to 1.04 Ha (2.57 Acres) which would large shutter roller door and personnel doors on the northern gable TENURE provide sufficient space for further development for a number of of the shed. All of the farmland and including field 1 of Lot 1, and two of the alternative uses subject to necessary planning consents. It should modern agricultural buildings to the east of the farm within Lot be noted that the yard area was used for car parking for the shop Lean to (11.31m x 6.90m) 2, are subject to a Short Limited Duration Tenancy until 30 March and the farmers market. Of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof and side cladding with a concrete floor. 2022 COUNCIL TAX BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME (BPS) Mains of Boquhan falls within Band G The Single Application Form has been submitted The Roundel falls within Band A to enable Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements The Farm Shop and associated stores/offices to be established. Any payments relating to have a rateable value of £28,500 per annum. the scheme year will be retained by the current tenant. If applicable, the purchaser(s) will be responsible upon occupation of the subjects ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE of sale to comply fully with the Statutory The Energy Rating for Mains of Boquhan Management requirements to maintain the Farmhouse is G13 farmland in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) as laid down under the Cross The Energy Rating for the Roundel is G17 Compliance rules of the Basic Payment Scheme The shop unit has been given an EPC rating of (BPS) 2018 for the remainder of the scheme year B28. LESS FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT SCHEME Further details are available from the Selling The land at Mains of Boquhan has been classified Agents. as being within a Non Less Favoured Area. DEPOSIT DIRECTIONS A deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be From Stirling/M9 junction 10 follow Dumbarton paid within seven days of completion of Missives. Road/A811 and continue along this road for Deposit will be non-refundable in the event of around 8 miles, Mains of Boquhan is on the right the purchaser failing to complete for reasons not just before the Kippen roundabout. The entrance attributable to the Seller or their Agents. is signed with “Boquhan Estates Agricultural & Rural Supplies”. VIEWING Viewings are strictly by prior appointment and POSTCODE only through the Selling Agents. The postcode for Mains of Boquhan is FK8 3JQ HEALTH & SAFETY The property is an agricultural holding and ENTRY appropriate caution should be exercised at all Entry will be by mutual agreement. times during inspection, particularly in reference to the farm buildings. SOLICITORS Shepherd & Wedderburn SPORTING RIGHTS Exchange Crescent Insofar as these rights form part of the property Edinburgh title they are included with the sale. EH3 8UL T: 0131 228 9900 TIMBER All fallen and standing timber is included in the E: [email protected] sale insofar as it is owned.

LOCAL AUTHORITY MINERALS Stirling Council The mineral rights are included in the sale insofar Teith House as they are owned by the Seller. Kerse Road Stirling THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND SERVITUDES FK7 7QA The subjects are sold together with, and subject T: 01786 404040 to, all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to SGRPID have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof. Strathearn House Broxden Business Park MORTGAGE FINANCE Lamberkine Drive Galbraith are approved Agents for the Agricultural Perth Mortgage Corporation (AMC) and we can assist PH1 1RX you in securing finance loans for a variety of T: 01738 602000 farming purposes including the purchase of land F: 01738 602001 and property, restructuring debt, and to provide working capital for diversification, improving or IACS erecting farm buildings. For further details and All of the farmland is registered for IACS purposes to discuss any proposals in confidence please contact Robert Taylor on 0800 389 9448. Email: under the Basic Payment Scheme. The farm code [email protected] is 822/0056. BEDROOM BEDROOM MAINS OF BOQUHAN, BY KIPPEN, 11' x 8'10 16'9 x 11' STIRLING (3.35m x 2.69m) (5.11m x 3.35m) FK8 3JQ BEDROOM BEDROOM 17'3 x 16'1 17'2 x 14'5 (5.26m x 4.90m) (5.23m x 4.39m)

FIRST FLOOR GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 1261 SQ FT / 117.2 SQ M

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SUN ROOM 18'11 x 11'6 IMPORTANT NOTES (5.77m x 3.51m) 1. These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing. Prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice. 2. Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to UTILITY ROOM the structural condition, nor the working order of services and 8'5 x 7'7 appliances. 3. These particulars shall not be binding on our clients (2.57m x 2.31m) UP whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated KITCHEN / HALL SITTING ROOM within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, DINING ROOM 19' x 16'5 24'4 x 16'8 satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of (5.79m x 5.00m) (7.42m x 5.08m) Writing (Scotland) Act 1995. 4. Closing Date A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties. 5. Offers Formal offers in the acceptable IN Scottish Legal Form confirming; if an offer is in relation to the whole, or a specific lot, or a combination of lots, and if an offer is subject to the sale of a property, together with proof of funding, GROUND FLOOR should be submitted to: Galbraith, Suite C, Stirling Agricultural GROSS INTERNAL MAINS OF BOQUHAN FARMHOUSE Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN. T: 01786 434600, F: 01786 450014, E: FLOOR AREA 1575 SQ FT / 146.3 SQ M NOT TO SCALE - FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY [email protected] 6. Third Party Rights and Servitudes APPROXIMATE GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 2836 SQ FT / 263.5 SQ M The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing (INCLUDING AREAS OF RESTRICTED HEIGHT) rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained All measurements and fixtures including doors and windows in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed are approximate and should be independently verified. to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof. 7. Particulars Copyright © exposure prepared March 2018 8. Photographs taken March 2018. www.photographyandfloorplans.co.uk

Mains of Boquhan

Area

Field No BPS Region Ha Acres

Lot 1

1 1 PGRS 1.04 2.57

Misc RYB 2.00 4.94

Total 3.04 7.51

Lot 2

2 1 PGRS 8.52 21.05

3 1 PGRS 4.33 10.70

4 1 PGRS 5.30 13.10

5 1 PGRS 12.15 30.02

6 1 PGRS 3.66 9.04

7 1 PGRS 4.66 11.51

8 1 PGRS 3.96 9.79

Misc 2.73 6.75

Total 45.31 111.96

Overall Total 48.35 119.47