Auchenhill Farm Colvend • Dalbeattie • Dumfries & Galloway
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Auchenhill Farm Colvend • dalbeattie • dumfries & Galloway Auchenhill Farm Colvend • dalbeattie • dumfries & Galloway An attractive stock farm with a holiday letting portfolio with equestrian potential close to the Solway coastline. lot 1: auchenhill farm (about 39.29 acres) • A farmhouse with 2 reception rooms and 3 bedrooms. • A U-shaped courtyard containing three further cottages (2 bedrooms, 2 bedrooms and 1 bedroom) • Two pine holiday cabins (2 bedrooms each) used as holiday lets providing an attractive income. • A range of traditional and modern farm buildings with accommodation for 100 cattle. • Land consisting 33.03 acres pasture, 1.10 acres rough grazing and 1.25 acres woodland. lot 2: land at auchenhill (about 44.18 acres) • A ring-fenced block of pasture, rough grazing and woodland. • Land consisting of 31.92 acres pasture, 8.02 acres rough grazing and 4.24 acres woodland. • Loch frontage. about 83.47 acres (33.78 Ha) for sale as a whole Dalbeattie 4 miles • Castle Douglas 10 miles Dumfries 18 miles • Carlisle 54 miles (All distances are approximate) These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. situation Auchenhill Farm is situated about a mile to the northwest of Colvend close to the spectacular Solway Firth coastline. Colvend has a local shop, café, primary school, local produce market and golf course. There is also the Clonyard Hotel ½ mile away. The popular coastal village of Kippford (2 miles) has a pub, craft shop and two hotels. The town of Dalbeattie is 4 miles to the north and has a wider range of services including supermarkets, secondary schooling, hotels, doctor’s surgery, veterinary practice, museum and several restaurants. Dumfries is half an hour’s drive and has a hospital, University and a train station with connections to Carlisle giving access to London (4 hours) and Glasgow (1 hour). Dumfries & Galloway is an area of contrasting landscapes ranging from the stunning tops of the Southern Upland hills to the sandy coastline of the Solway Firth. The county has plenty of recreational activities to offer including hill and coastal walking, mountain biking, a myriad of forestry tracks and excellent hacking for riders. There are also over 30 golf courses across the region including the Solway links course at Southerness. Some of the finest beaches in Scotland are found along the Solway Coast. The area is a mecca for sailing with the Solway Yacht Club based at Kippford. Salmon fishing can rented on the River Nith whilst both pheasant shooting and stalking can rented on a number of nearby estates. Farming needs are well catered for in the area with a number of agricultural suppliers and livestock markets held regularly at Castle Douglas (10 miles), Dumfries (18 miles), Lockerbie (32 miles), Longtown (48 miles) and Carlisle (54 miles). description Auchenhill is a stock farm with holiday cottage portfolio extending to about 83 acres in total. The farm includes a 3 bedroom farmhouse and three further cottages. There are two pine holiday cabins providing an additional income. The farm is served by a range of traditional and modern farm building with accommodation capacity for about 100 cattle. The land consists of 64.95 acres pasture, 9.12 acres rough grazing, 5.49 acres woodland and 3.91 acres miscellaneous. The northern boundary marches onto Duff’s Loch. There are opportunities for roe deer stalking and rough shooting around the woodland areas. Auchenhill Farm provides great flexibility to a buyer with its current farming operation and income stream from two holiday cabins. There is an opportunity to adapt the current farm buildings for of harled stone, painted white beneath a pitched slate roof, the equestrian purposes and also to increase the holiday letting single storey accommodation is as follows: business with further log cabins and “glamping” facilities. Ground floor:Hall, sun room, sitting room (with wood burner), The farm is offered for sale in 2 lots as follows: shower room, bedroom, bedroom, bedroom, galley kitchen, boiler room/boot room. lot 1: auchenhill farm (about 39.29 acres) There is an attic bedroom. auchenhill farmhouse There is a garden area to the front of the farmhouse laid to lawn. The farmhouse is accessed via a hardcore driveway which terminates in a private parking area to the side. Constructed auchenhill farm, dalbeattie, dumfries and Galloway dGs 4Qw approximate Gross internal floor area 1,819 sq. ft. (169.0 sq. m) auchenhill farmhouse approximate Gross internal floor area 1,399 sq. ft. (130.0 sq. m) moyle view mcClumpha’s Cottage Galalec view this plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. attention is drawn to the important notice on the last page of the text of the Particulars farm Cottages Attached to the rear of the farmhouse, there are three farm cottages in a u-shape formation with single storey accommodation as follows: moyle view: sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom. Galalec view: sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom. mcClumpha’s Cottage: kitchen with sitting room (with wood burner), shower room and bedroom. There is a shared front garden. There is a central courtyard for shared parking. Holiday lodges Immediately to the west of the courtyard of cottages, there are two pine holiday cabins, each surrounded by some mature woodland providing privacy. Each cabin (Auchenhill Lodge and Forest Lodge) are of pine log construction and have the following accommodation: Two bedrooms, kitchen with sitting room, shower room and linen cupboard. The lodges are let through “Scottish Cottages” for up to £592 per week. farm buildings Auchenhill is served by a range of traditional and modern farm buildings as follows: • Workshop: Brick construction, timber frame, with concrete floor beneath a corrugated roof (6.18m x 3.01m). • Pole Barn: 3-bays, timber frame with corrugated roof (9.68m x 12.47m). Includes cattle handling facilities with run and crush. • Lean-to Pole Barn: Timber frame, beneath a corrugated roof (8.84m x 5.36m). • Cattle Court: 3-bays, steel portal frame, block walls, concrete floor beneath a corrugated roof (18m x 12m). • GP Shed: 5-bays, timber frame, block walls and yorkshire boarding beneath a corrugated roof (25m x 12m). • Cattle Court: 5-bays, timber frame, concrete panel walls, with concrete floor, corrugated roof and side feed passage (30m x 15m). • Cattle Court: 4-bays, steel portal frame, concrete panel walls, central feed passage and corrugated roof (18m x 10m). • Tool Shed: Brick construction beneath a corrugated roof (5.2m x 2.8m). the land The land within Lot 1 extends to 39.29 acres in total and consists of 33.03 acres pasture, 1.10 acres rough grazing, 1.25 acres woodland and 3.91 acres roads/buildings/ miscellaneous ground. There are five main fields each of which have stock proof fencing and access to field troughs from a mains water supply. lot 2: land at auchenhill (about 44.18 acres) Situated to the north of the main road (A710), Lot 2 consists of a ring-fenced block of land extending to 44.18 acres in total. It consists of 31.92 acres pasture, 8.02 acres rough grazing and 4.24 acres woodland. sporting With the variety of terrain, there is some opportunities for rough shooting and roe deer stalking. Trout fishing is available on Duff’s Loch. acreage schedule lot no field no Pasture rough woodland other total Grazing 1 1 0.40 1.16 0.20 1.76 2 4.24 0.09 4.33 3 12.46 12.46 4 0.79 0.79 5 5.19 1.10 6.29 6 9.95 9.95 Misc 3.71 3.71 sub-total 33.03 1.10 1.25 3.91 39.29 2 7 4.49 3.38 7.87 8 4.65 1.10 5.75 9 3.8 1.82 5.62 10 0.98 0.98 11 2.38 0.31 2.69 12 3.62 0.09 3.71 13 3.95 3.95 14 4.55 0.03 4.58 15 8.43 0.31 0.29 9.03 sub-total 31.92 8.02 4.24 0.00 44.18 whole TOTAL 64.95 9.12 5.49 3.91 83.47 directions From Dalbeattie take the A710 south signposted for the Solway Coast. Continue for 3½ miles and after the Kippford Holiday Park, the entrance to Auchenhill is located on your right. residential schedule Property occupancy services Council tax ePC rating Auchenhill Farmhouse Owner Occupied Mains electricity, mains water, private drainage, oil-fired central heating. C D Moyle View Short Assured Tenancy Mains electricity, mains water, private drainage, oil-fired central heating B C Galalec View Owner Occupied Mains electricity, mains water, private drainage, oil-fired central heating B D McClumpha’s Cottage Short Assured Tenancy Mains electricity, mains water, private drainage, night storage heating A E Auchenhill Lodge Holiday let Mains electricity, mains water, private drainage, gas heating - - Forest Lodge Holiday let Mains electricity, mains water, private drainage, gas heating - - agri-environmental schemes timber and minerals offers • All of the farm land is registered by Agricultural, Food and Rural All standing and fallen timber and the mineral rights are included in Offers should be submitted in Scottish legal form to the selling Committee in Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate the sale insofar as they are owned. agents. Prospective purchasers are advised to register their (AFRC-RPID) under the code 82/499/0032. interest in writing with the selling agents following inspection.