Guiltreehill Farm MAYBOLE • AYR

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Guiltreehill Farm MAYBOLE • AYR • KA19 7JU

Maybole 4.4 miles, Ayr 8 miles, Glasgow 45 miles (all distances approximate) Attractive Mixed Livestock Farm Located within South Ayrshire

Category C listed farmhouse (3 reception rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 attic rooms)

3 bedroom cottage requiring renovation

Former dairy buildings and cubicle shed

Range of traditional and modern farm buildings

480 acres ploughable pasture

About 488 acres in total (197 hectares)

For sale as a whole

Savills Dumfries Savills Edinburgh 28 Castle Street 8 Wemyss Place Dumfries Edinburgh DG1 1DG EH3 6DH 01387 263 066 0131 247 3720 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Situation Guiltreehill Farm lies near to Kirkmichael village, about Ayr provides an extensive range of services to be expected of Communications in the area are good with the A77 providing 8 miles south of Ayr on the south west coast of Scotland. The a larger town. There is also a first class racecourse which is the a link both to the north and south. There are railway stations area is renowned for its active farming community, as well as home of the Scottish Grand National meeting held annually in in Maybole and Ayr (providing regular services to Glasgow), its country sporting and leisure opportunities. Kirkmichael has spring. Ayr United, formed in 1910, is the local football team and international airports at Prestwick (15 miles) and Glasgow. a community run shop and tearoom, public house and nursery and there are both rugby and cricket clubs in the town. Ayr Ferry links to Ireland (Larne and Belfast) operate from Troon and primary schooling, with secondary schooling available also has a college campus, swimming pool, ten pin bowling, (17 miles) and Cairnryan (39 miles). Glasgow offers all the in the larger town of Maybole. There is a well established an ice rink and a choice of golf courses as well as river and services and transport connections expected of a major city. livestock market in Ayr as well as in Lanark (50 miles) and park walks. Scottish Rural University College (SRUC) has a Southwest Scotland provides a wealth of opportunities for Stirling (69 miles). campus within Ayr. outdoor pursuits. The Ayrshire coast is famous worldwide for golf, with championship courses at Turnberry, Prestwick and Troon. The Galloway Forest Park to the south is an area of outstanding natural beauty and offers excellent walking, mountain biking and fishing, and is one of only four national parks in the western world to have official Dark Sky status. There is a thriving sailing community at Troon.

Description Guiltreehill Farm has been in the current owner’s family for three generations, having originally been a tenanted farm on the Culzean and Cassillis Estate. It was run as a dairy farm for many years with the present owners converting to beef and sheep in the 1990s.

The holding extends in total to about 488 acres (197 hectares) and includes a traditional category C listed farmhouse with a range of traditional farm buildings forming a courtyard behind. There is a predominantly modern steading providing accommodation for over 200 head of cattle.

The farmyard sits prominently in the centre of the farm, the land surrounding it being in three distinct blocks bissected by the minor public road which provides excellent access. The land is of predominantly Grade 4(1) quality according to the James Hutton Institute land classification map and although predominantly down to grass, the majority is capable of cereal production. The holding lies between 100 – 196 metres above sea level and is wholly within the Less Favoured Area.

Guiltreehill Farmhouse Guiltreehill Farmhouse stands centrally on the farm with a The large utility room has a generous range of fitted storage westerly aspect providing outstanding views over the Ayrshire cupboards as well as a Belfast sink, clothes pulley and ample countryside towards the coast. The property is category C space for utilities. External stairs adjacent to the back door listed with the original part of the farmhouse thought to date provide access to a farm office. back to the 18th century (with later 19th and 20th century From the main hallway a staircase leads up to the first floor additions), and is predominantly of harled stone and slate landing which provides access to the five bedrooms and a construction, with spacious accommodation over two floors family bathroom. A further doorway houses a stairway to the and an attic as shown on the accompanying floorplans. attic where there are three further rooms. The front door opens into a small porch leading to the main hallway which provides access to the ground floor The farmhouse benefits from principally UPVC double accommodation, including lounge, dining room, living room, glazing, electric heating and an immersion water heater. kitchen, back hall and utility room. The spacious kitchen has Externally there is a large garden including a raised south recently been modernised with a range of good quality floor facing patio area with gravelled drying area below, and a west and wall units and has space for a family sized dining table. facing enclosed lawn. Guiltreehill Farm Gross internal area(approx.): 373.83 sq.m (4024 sq.ft) (Including WC,Utility & Office) Dairy Cottage The Dairy Cottage sits within the modern For identification only. Not to Scale. steading complex, in an elevated position with

Eaves Storage uninterrupted views across open countryside. WT There are three bedrooms, kitchen, living

4.50 x 3.68 4.37 x 3.30 room and a bathroom. The cottage is in need 14'9" x 12'1" 14'4" x 10'10" of complete renovation, having last been occupied approximately 14 years ago. 3.00 x 2.69 9'10" x 8'10" Loft

Utility Office 4.57 x 4.32 4.52 x 4.34 15' x 14'2" 14'10" x 14'3"

Vestibule

To Hatch Above Living Kitchen Bedroom 2 Room Bedroom 3 6.45 x 4.32 4.78 x 4.17 4.70 x 4.11 6.55 x 3.02 21'2" x 14'2" 15'8" x 13'8" 15'5" x 13'6" 21'6" x 9'11"

Bathroom

Store Sitting Dining Master Room Room Bedroom 5.84 x 4.42 5.87 x 4.52 5.87 x 4.52 19'2" x 14'6" 19'3" x 14'10" 19'3" x 14'10" Bedroom 4 4.47 x 3.71 Hall 14'8" x 12'2" Bedroom 5 3.02 x 2.69 9'11" x 8'10"

Ground Floor Vestibule First Floor Farm Buildings Forming a courtyard with the farmhouse is a range of traditional farm buildings constructed in stone and slate in a courtyard formation as shown on the accompanying plan. The modern building sits behind the traditional range with N separate access from the public road, allowing greater privacy to the farmhouse. The steading comprises the following buildings:

1. Farmhouse (see floorplans) 3 2. Dairy Cottage 4 9 3. Cattle Shed (37m x 17.3m max) Steel frame, concrete block walls, concrete floor, aluminium profile cladding and roof. Loose beds with 5 8 feed passages. 10 4. Cattle Court (28.3m x 13.1m narrowing to 25.5m x 2 15 11.7m) Steel frame, concrete block/brick walls with part Yorkshire 11 13 14 boarding and asbestos sheet roof. Part slatted and part 6 bedded courts with central feed passage. 7 12 18 5. Straw Shed/General Storage (23.4m x 21.7m max) Steel frame, brick/stone walls with corrugated iron 1 17 cladding and roof. 16 6. Straw Shed/Dutch Barn (23.0 x 6.7m) Steel frame, concrete block walls, concrete floor, corrugated iron cladding and roof. 11. Feed store (11.6m x 7m) 15. Cubicle Shed and Slatted Collecting Yard (56.4m x 7. Tool Shed (6.2m x 4.3m) Lean-to brick building with corrugated iron roof and 24.7m max) Stone built with corrugated iron roof. concrete floor. Steel frame, concrete block walls and asbestos roof. Partly slatted floor, automatic chain scrapers, central feed 8. Former Dairy (10.7m x 8.2m) 12. Garage, workshop and stores (18.2m x 6.8) GUILTREEHILL FARM passage and fitted with cubicles for 148 head. Stone/brick walls with concrete flooring and corrugated Two storey stone and slate range with loft area above. 16. Byre (30.1m x 5.4m) iron roof. 13. Feed Shed (14.6m x 8.2m) Stone and slate range adjoining farmhouse. 9. Silage Pit (x2) Sits above two storey stone building. 17. Lean-to Store (12.7m x 4.4m) Concrete shuttered side walls and timber sleeper rear 14. Loose Pens (15.9m x 6.1m) Stone and slate store adjoining the byre above. walls, asphalt flooring. Concrete block and asbestos roof. Opens into cubicle 10. Former Parlour and Loose Cattle Housing (18m x shed. 18. Slurry Lagoon 11.9m) Reinforced concrete block walls. 28 Castle Street, Dumfries, Concrete block walls, concrete floor and asbestos roof. Dumfries & Galloway DG1 1DG +44 (0) 138 726 3066

NOT TO SCALE Ordnance Survey (c) Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432 Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed

Farmland Extending to 488 acres in total, the land is in three blocks and is bisected and fully accessible from the minor public road and via internal tracks. The majority of the land is capable of either arable or silage use, with about 180 acres of silage taken annually, and 53 acres of spring wheat planted in 2017. The land is enclosed with a mixture of drystone dykes, post and wire/mains electric fencing and hedges. All enclosures benefit from troughs or natural water supply.

The holding presently carries 97 beef cows which are spring calving, with young stock being reared for the store trade. In addition, approximately 700 winterers are taken on each year from a neighbouring farmer. Prior to the owner scaling back their farming enterprise (in preparation for retirement) the farm carried 220 beef cows and 750 ewes.

The land is identified on the map with enclosure numbers which are detailed in the following table:

FIELD BPS Ploughable Permanent Other TOTAL NO Region Pasture Pasture Ha Acres Ha Acres Ha Acres Ha Acres 1 1 15.01 37.09 15.01 37.09 2 1 14.85 36.69 14.85 36.69 3 1 9.44 23.33 9.44 23.33 4 1 13.84 34.20 13.84 34.20 5 1 6.03 14.90 6.03 14.90 6 1 2.40 5.93 2.40 5.93 7 1 11.12 27.48 11.12 27.48 8 1 6.35 15.69 6.35 15.69 9 1 8.20 20.26 8.20 20.26 10 1 0.37 0.91 0.37 0.91 11 1 4.32 10.67 4.32 10.67 12 1 3.01 7.44 3.01 7.44 13 1 8.09 19.99 8.09 19.99 14 1 9.66 23.87 9.66 23.87 15 1 9.29 22.96 9.29 22.96 16 1 10.45 25.82 10.45 25.82 17 1 9.12 22.54 9.12 22.54 18 1 8.40 20.76 8.40 20.76 19 1 8.60 21.25 8.60 21.25 20 1 7.06 17.45 7.06 17.45 21 1 9.96 24.61 9.96 24.61 22 1 19.17 47.37 19.17 47.37 Other: 2.75 6.80 2.75 6.80 TOTAL: 194.37 480.29 0.37 0.91 2.75 6.80 197.49 488.00 GUILTREEHILL

WATERCOURSE

9 4 12 16

10 20

3 7 17 18

General Remarks and Information Mineral and Timbers Rights In so far as they are owned, the mineral rights are included in the sale. All standing and fallen Viewing timber is included in the sale. Strictly by appointment with Savills. Given the potential hazards of any farm, we request you take care when viewing the property, especially around the farmyard. Ingoing Valuation The purchaser of the property, in addition to the purchase price, will be obliged to take over Directions and pay for at a valuation to be agreed between two valuers, one acting for each party, or an From Ayr, follow the A77 south passing through Minishant village. Upon leaving the village arbiter appointed by the valuers, or failing agreement as to the appointment by the President, take a left turning onto the B7405 (signposted Kirkmichael/Straiton) and continue on this road for the time being, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Scottish Branch), the until entering Kirkmichael village. Turn left at the Kirkmichael Arms and then take the first left following: onto Dalrymple Road and follow this for approximately 1 mile. Guiltreehill sits to the right hand side of the road and the first entrance takes you to the farmhouse. The postcode is KA19 1. All hay, straw, fodder, roots, silage and farmyard manure and other produce at market 7JU. value.

Entry and Possession 2. All oils, fuel, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds and sundry at cost. Entry by arrangement. Note: If the amount of the valuations has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion, then the purchaser shall pay to the seller such a sum as Savills shall certify on account at the Offers valuation pending agreement. Should the payment not be made within seven days then the Offers in Scottish Legal Form are to be submitted to the selling agents, Savills, 28 Castle interest will become payable on outstanding monies at 5% over Bank of Scotland borrowing Street, Dumfries, DG1 1DG. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers rate. are advised to register their interest with the selling agents following inspection. Basic Payment Scheme Solicitors The sale includes 194.96 Region 1 Basic Payment Entitlements with an approximate value Dales Solicitors LLP, 18 Wallace Street, Galston, Ayrshire, KA4 8HP. Tel. 01583 820216. Fax. of €26,769 in 2016. Should the property be sold in lots, the entitlement will be apportioned 01583 822188. accordingly. The payment in relation to the current farming year will be retained by the seller. Fixtures and Fittings Copies of the SAF form for 2017 are available for inspection from the selling agents. All fitted carpets and lighting are included in the sale. Curtains may be available by separate Less Favoured Area Support Scheme negotiation. Guiltreehill lies within the Less Favoured Area. Any payments made by SGRPID in the current Services, Council Tax and Energy Performance Certificates farming year will be retained by the seller. The purchaser will be responsible for any claims Property Services Council EPC made by SGRPID under the scheme against the seller in respect of any payments made prior Tax Band Rating to completion which are the result of the purchaser’s actions. Guiltreehill Mains electricity (3 phase), metered mains water, F F Farmhouse septic tank drainage, electric storage heaters. Dairy Mains electricity, metered mains water, septic tank C G Cottage drainage, oil fired boiler (not guaranteed to be in working order).

Sporting Rights The sporting rights are in hand. Stipulations Purchase Price Within 7 days of the conclusion of missives a non-returnable deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid.

The balance of the purchase price will fall due for payment at the date of entry (whether entry is taken or not) with interest accruing thereon at the rate of 5% above Bank of Scotland base rate. No consignation shall be effectual in avoiding such interest.

Disputes Should any discrepancy arise as to the boundaries or any points arise on the Remarks, Stipulations or Plan or the interpretation of any of them, the question shall be referred to the arbitration of the selling agents whose decision acting as experts, shall be final.

Plans, Areas and Schedules These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. They have been carefully checked and computed by the selling agents and the purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to the description of the property and any error or mis-statement shall not annul the sale nor entitle either party to compensation in respect thereof.

Overseas Purchasers Any offer by a purchaser who is resident out with the United Kingdom must be accompanied by a guarantee from a bank which is acceptable to the sellers.

Lotting It is intended to offer the property for sale as described, but the seller reserves the right to divide the property into further lots, or to withdraw the property, or to exclude any property shown in these particulars.

Generally Should there be any discrepancy between these particulars, the General Remarks and Information, Stipulations and the Missives of Sale, the latter shall prevail.

Services We have been advised that the farmhouse and cottage have the benefit of metered mains water and electricity supply. Drainage to private septic tanks. The farmhouse has electric heating and the cottage has an oil fired boiler. It should be noted in respect of the cottage that the services have not been used for approximately 14 years and therefore no warranty can be given on their condition. The steading has a 3 phase electricity supply. Servitude Rights, Burdens, Wayleaves And Statutory Public And Other Access Rights 1. The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude and wayleave rights, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private. The property is also sold subject to the rights of public access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The purchaser will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. 2. There are wayleaves in favour of Scottish Power for electricity pylons. Apportionments The Council Tax and all other outgoings shall be apportioned between the seller and the purchaser as at the date of entry.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:

1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact, unless the same is incorporated within a written document signed by the Sellers or on their behalf satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 or is granted in pursuance of any such document. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.

17/06/08 SH

This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE.