EVERTOWN FARM, EVERTOWN CANONBIE, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
A smallholding extending to around 8.99acres (3.64 has) overall and having a 4 or 5 bedroom detached house in need of improvement and repair, extensive buildings and grazing land. Subject to any required consents, the buildings include a range of traditional buildings with development potential and also later agricultural stock and general purpose buildings providing potential for non agricultural machinery and material storage or commercial and leisure use. Evertown Farm is an excellent family property with equestrian potential, PVC double glazing, oil fired central heating and accommodation briefly comprising on the ground floor; 4 reception rooms, conservatory, kitchen, utility room and shower room and on the first floor 4 bedrooms and a bathroom. Evertown is a quiet rural hamlet, a short drive from the popular village of Canonbie and readily accessible to the M6 and A74M Motorways or for local facilities at Longtown, Gretna, Langholm and the City of Carlisle. EPC = E GUIDE PRICE: £320,000 Carlisle 16 miles, Longtown 7.5 miles, Gretna 10 miles, Langholm 7.5 miles, Lockerbie 19 miles (All distances approximate)
SITUATION For directions from Junction 21 of the A74M at Kirkpatrick Fleming take the B6357 towards Canonbie and Langholm. Follow this road through Chapelknowe and Milltown and after approximately 6.5 miles the property will be seen on your left just as you enter Evertown. An alternative route would be from Junction 44 of the M6 and follow the A7 north through Longtown to Canonbie and take a left turning towards Kirkpatrick Fleming and Annan. Follow this road to a “T” junction where you turn left and the property will be seen on your right just as you leave Evertown as shown on the Location Plan.
SERVICES The property has mains water, electricity and sewerage. There is an oil fired central heating system to radiators throughout the principal accommodation with the backup of an immersion heater for hot water. No warranty is given regarding the heating systems or the Nobel range in the kitchen and buyers should make their own enquiries. The windows are PVC double glazed to include the conservatory.
LOCAL AUTHORITY Dumfries & Galloway Council, English Street, Dumfries, DG1 2DE. Tel: 03033 333000
COUNCIL TAX Following enquiry to the Assessor’s Office website we understand the property is in council tax band E.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS The fitted carpets are included within the sale price.
POST CODE DG14 0TJ.
VIEWING Strictly by appointment only with the sole selling agents on 01228 792299.
POSSESSION Early vacant possession with no chain is available for this property.
SOLICITORS Anderson Strathern, Rutland Court, Edinburgh, EH3 8EY. Tel: 0131 270 7700. F.A.O. Graeme Reid.
OFFERS Offers for the property should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to C & D Rural, Lakeside, Townfoot, Longtown, Carlisle CA6 5LY. Those parties wishing to be informed of a closing date for offers, should notify the selling agents of their interest, as soon as possible, to ensure they are contacted. The Vendor and selling agents, however, reserve the right to sell privately and without imposing a closing date and do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any offer. Our clients, Buccleuch Estates Limited, use a standard offer for selling houses and the selling agents can to email a copy of this standard offer and explanatory notes to interested parties or their solicitors on request.
ENTITLEMENTS No entitlements to the Basic Payment Scheme are included in the sale.
WAYLEAVES, The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all reservations, SERVITUDES & servitudes, rights of way and other matters whether public or private and RIGHTS OF WAY whether constituted in the title deeds or not. A right of way will be granted over the access road shown hatched on the Sale Plan on the south west boundary of the property for agricultural, light commercial, leisure and domestic purposes.
BOUNDARIES The Purchaser will be responsible for erecting a new stockproof boundary along the line A to B as shown on the Sale Plan. The line of the fence has been marked out by the Vendors.
RESERVATIONS The Vendors will reserve the mineral and air space rights over the property. Development of the outbuildings may only be undertaken with the vendors consent.
ACCOMMODATION The farmhouse accommodation retains much original character and features with traditional pine joinery and briefly comprises:
A PVC double glazed front door to entrance hall with two radiators, cornice, staircase and understair storage cupboard.
Reception Room 1 3.53m x 4.89m having a shelved recess, window shutters and radiator.
Reception Room 2 4.89m x 4.25m with radiator and previously used as a fifth bedroom.
Reception Room 3 4.96m x 4.56m having an open fire, shelved recess, ceiling cornice, radiator, door to the kitchen and providing a potential dining room.
Reception Room 4 4.35m x 3.97m with a pine boarded floor, radiator and door to conservatory.
Conservatory 4.3m x 5.3m with PVC double glazed windows and French doors to the garden. There is a wide window shelf providing seating and a door to the kitchen.
Kitchen 4.87m x 4.46m having fitted wall and base kitchen units, including a 1½ bowl coloured sink and a blue coloured Nobel range. There is a radiator and electricity meter cupboard.
Rear Hall With PVC double glazed door to the rear and a shelved pantry.
Utility Room 3.23m x 2.13m having wall and base cupboard units with a single drainer stainless steel sink and the central heating boiler.
Shower Room With WC, wash hand basin, shower and heated towel rail.
First Floor A staircase from the entrance hall leads to a first floor landing with loft hatch and to the first floor bedrooms;
Bedroom 1 4.88m x 3.46m max measured into the dormer window and having a part coombed ceiling, radiator and built in cupboards.
Bedroom 2 3.93m x 3.2m max into the dormer window with radiator and part coombed ceiling.
Bathroom 2.68m x 2.56m max having a W.C., vanity unit, “P” shaped bath with electric shower over plus hot water cylinder/airing cupboard and a heated towel rail/radiator.
Bedroom 3 4.43m x 3.64m max into the dormer window with radiator and part coombed ceiling.
Bedroom 4 4.31m x 2.94m into the dormer window with radiator and part coombed ceiling.
Outside There are two main entrances to the farm with the principal entrance on to a large gravelled drive and parking area with drystone walls adjoining the farmhouse. There is a secondary entrance at the western side of the buildings as shown blue on the Sale Plan, which has a right of way. There is a good sized garden to the front and side of the house with stone walls and hedge and to the rear of the house a traditional farm yard which is mostly concrete and surrounded by traditional buildings. The better grazing land lies to the east of the buildings to include a belt of land on the riverside with further land to the rear of the buildings to include a small area of woodland.
The Buildings with approximate internal measurements comprise;
a) A range of traditional buildings of single and two storey height, which are mainly stone with some brick and blockwork and slated and sheeted rooves. These buildings include:
- Garage/store 7.8m x 4.3m with oil tank - Open fronted loose box 5.2m x 4.6m - Open fronted loose box 5.3m x 4.6m - Store 4.2m x 3.6m - Former parlour/collecting yard 31.3m x 4.3m - Store 3.3m x 4.6m - Store 6.4m x 4.5m - Barn 11.8m x 4.6m plus steps to loft room - Two bay machinery shed 5.2m x 4.6m - Detached central building 12.6m x 4.0m
b) Later buildings and structures, listed from the west include:
- Silage clamp 14.7m x 30m approx - Open fronted pole barn 9.7m x 4.6m - Cubicle shed 39.6m x 8.4m - Covered feed passage 40m x 8.2m approx - Cubicle shed 22.5m x 10m being a five bay steel portal framed building - Cubicle shed 19m x 17.9m - Machinery shed 6.3m x 19m
HOME REPORT A copy of the Home Report is available by email on request or can be downloaded from our website and an extract from the Energy Performance Certificate graph is shown below. We stress that the Home Report covers the house only and not the buildings and land.
Details prepared 7th March 2016 Ref: NPH
Important Notice C & D Rural for themselves and for the Vendors/Lessors of this property, give you notice that:-
1. The mention of any appliances and or services within these particulars does not imply that they are in full and efficient working order. 2. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers or lessees and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract. 3. All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given having taken all reasonable steps to avoid misleading or committing an offence. Nonetheless, such statements do not constitute any warranty or representation by the Vendor and are accurate only to the best of the present information and belief of the Vendor. 4. No person in the employment of C & D Rural has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property nor is any such representation or warranty given whether by C & D Rural or the Vendors/Lessors of this property.