Hensol Estate, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire Hensol Estate Situation Hensol Estate is situated in the heart of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire in the southwest of Scotland, situated beside the Black Water of Dee river and Kirkcudbrightshire Loch Ken. A secluded waterside estate with Dumfries & Galloway is a region of contrasting a magnificent country house, five landscapes ranging from the high tops of the cottages, a home farm, amenity woods Galloway hills to the sandy coastline of the and commercial forestry, and a variety Solway Firth. It is an area of Scotland which is of sporting opportunities including an renowned for its dairy and livestock farming, established driven pheasant shoot. due to the mild climate. The estate is located in relatively close proximity to a busy livestock market in Castle Douglas which hosts weekly sales. There are also markets at Carlisle Mossdale 1.5 miles, Castle Douglas 9 miles, and Longtown. Dumfries 26 miles, Glasgow 79 miles, Edinburgh 97 miles The nearby Mossdale village is serviced by a local shop. It is one of the gateways to The Hensol House - an A-listed House overlooking Galloway Kite Trail where Red Kites and other the River Dee with 4 reception rooms, wildlife can be observed from a network of cycle conservatory, 10 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. paths and walks, which form part of Galloway Lovely gardens, grounds and wooded policies, Forest Park, the UK’s largest forest park. with private driveway. Useful outbuildings and The estate lies within the dark skies catchment a courtyard cottage. area from which viewing the night sky is particularly clear. Lodge Cottage, Riverside Cottage, Pine and Garden Cottages with Walled Garden. Castle Douglas is 9 miles distant. It is an 18th Home Farm with farmhouse and steading. century market town now known as Scotland’s ‘Food Town’, and provides a range of services 94 acres grass leys, 134 acres permanent including supermarkets, shops, banks, cafés, pasture, 460 acres rough grazings, 352 acres restaurants, a post office, secondary school, commercial and amenity woodland. hotels and leisure facilities. The town also hosts the Stewartry Agricultural Show annually Sportings in the form of an established driven in August. pheasant shoot, duck flighting, roe deer stalking, 2 miles of frontage to the River Dee. The Royal Burgh of Dumfries, 26 miles to the east, is historically famous as the town where The site of a radio mast yielding an income of Robert Burns lived out his final few years prior £4,500 per annum. to his death in 1796. It is now an important centre of commerce serving southwest Scotland Frontage on to Loch Ken with a boathouse. and has a good range of shops, leisure facilities Superb ornithological and bird watching on the and professional services plus a college of Ken-Dee Marshes. higher education. About 1,068 Acres (432 Ha) in total. Though nestled into a lovely private setting, the For sale as a Whole estate is easily accessible by transport networks. The M74 which connects Scotland to England is situated to the east and provides easy access to both the north and south. Prestwick Airport one of his tenants. He had previously purchased is 48 miles to the northwest and provides Lainshaw Estate in Ayrshire where he lived for international links to destinations outwith the 20 years before his death in 1799. UK. Glasgow airport and Edinburgh airport have domestic and international flights. The nearest William Cuninghame married three times and mainline train station is in Dumfries with regular had 12 children. He was, over the years, involved services to Glasgow and Carlisle. Cairnryan ferry in his first wife’s brother’s business in the port provides daily sailings to Northern Ireland. West Indies which traded in sugar and wine. Following his brother-in-law’s death, he bore The region has plenty of sporting opportunities. the burden of large debts and was forced to For the golfer, there is a selection of courses sell some of his property. Fortunately, Lainshaw to choose from. The closest 18-hole course and Duchrae Estate were not included and after is located at Gatehouse of Fleet and there is his death, having disinherited his two eldest a nine-hole course nearby at New Galloway. sons who were spendthrifts, he left Lainshaw There are international championship courses at to William, a son from his second marriage, and Royal Troon, Prestwick, and Turnberrry. For the Duchrae was inherited by John, a son from his watersports enthusiast, Galloway Activity Centre third marriage who was a mere three years old. on Loch Ken offers sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and canoeing. At the age of 16, John employed a reputable English architect named Robert Lugar, who The southwest of Scotland has a mild, Gulf was renowned for designing country houses. Stream climate which promotes the growth of a Together they designed a house for the much wider range of plant species than in other estate which was completed 12 years later. parts of Scotland. Within the region there are It is constructed of grey granite sourced from some spectacular gardens which are open to nearby hills. The house was named after an the public including Threave Gardens at Castle English friend, Hensol. Later, in his book Villa Douglas, and both Logan Gardens and Castle Architecture, architect Robert Lugar wrote: Kennedy near Stranraer. “This newly erected mansion stands on a Historical Note bold rise of ground in the midst of romantic Hensol Estate was formerly known as Duchrae scenery. In full view and quite near the house Estate or Duchra, and is steeped in history. runs the River Dee, which at a short distance Two generations of the Charters family had empties itself into Loch Ken; the banks of possession of the estate, during which they were which, on either side, are clothed with wood granted a charter of the lands from King Charles and interspersed with rocks, amongst which I in the mid-17th century. Over a period of 29 the river passes, skirting a beautiful bank of years, a Dumfries merchant, named William hanging wood, beyond which the mountain in Craik (a forward-thinking farmer in terms of the distance, melting with soft air show a highly liming and crop rotation), became principal finished picture of the greatest character… sasine of the lands of Duchrae. On the whole, the domain of Hensol may be considered of the importance and rank in the The estate was purchased by William highest class of noble domain.” Cuninghame in 1786, a Scottish tobacco merchant from Kilmarnock who became In 1824, John 2nd of Duchrae also became 3rd one of Glasgow’s largest importers. of Lainshaw, when bequeathed the estate on He made his fortune at Cochrane, Murdoch & the death of his stepbrother William. In 1864, Company overseeing business in Virginia. On on his death, he left Lainshaw Estate to his visits to the estate, as there was no principal eldest son John and Hensol to his son Richard house at Duchrae, William would reside with Dunning Barré. Having attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and served for nine years in the 4th 1971 her husband Admiral Sir Nigel Henderson, Dragoon Guards and 2nd Life Guards, Richard once a chairman of the military committee of retired as captain and lived alone at Hensol, NATO, Brussels, came to live at Hensol. They unmarried for 52 years. On his death his nephew restored the house to that designed by Lugar, Richard John Cuninghame of Lainshaw, son of and in doing so demolished an earlier addition John, inherited Hensol. to the house, the Victorian servants wing. Around the same time a conservatory was Richard John Cuninghame, or Dick as he was erected. The garden established by ‘Wee’ was known, spent part of his life in eastern and simplified and a water garden was included. central Africa and became one of the greatest The let farms which became vacant initiated an big game hunters. He led safaris, and along in-hand farming venture. The woodlands were the way saved the life of President Roosevelt replanted and an area of wetland and woodland from wild elephants. Following the war, Dick beside the River Dee was leased to the RSPB, of returned home to Hensol and married Helen which Lady Henderson was a firm supporter. Ethel McDouall, known as ‘Wee’, their initials can today be found carved into the stone lintel Sir Nigel died in 1993 and, on Lady Henderson’s of the fireplace in the drawing room of Hensol death in 2010, the estate was sold and the House. contents were put up for auction, which included Cuninghame’s, books of big game ‘Wee’ came from a family of great gardeners hunting, safari knives and an elegant latrine tent. who designed the garden at their home, Logan near Stranraer, which now forms part This historical note has been primarily sourced of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. from “R.J., Richard John Cuninghame 1871 – She established the gardens at Hensol and the 1925, Naturalist, Hunter, Gentleman by Monty walled garden. Brown, 2004.”
In 1922 the Cuninghame family sold Lainshaw Description Estate in order to focus their efforts on Hensol Hensol is an all-round lowground estate with a Estate, and a noteworthy sundial brought from useful combination of main house, farmhouse, Lainshaw Estate was installed into the garden five cottages, productive farmland, commercial developed by ‘Wee’. However, following illnesses and amenity woodlands, various sportings, the including tropical diseases such as malaria, site of a telecommunications mast, and a very Richard John Cuninghame died in 1925 aged 53. attractive wildlife reserve. Of particular note is the privacy of the estate, being situated beside In 1933 Richard’s widow re-married Lord the River Dee and Loch Ken. Charles Kennedy, heir to his older brother, the 4th Marquess of Ailsa, and they lived together Residential Property at Hensol. At its core, overlooking the River Dee, is Hensol House, a magnificent category ‘A’ listed property Shortly after 1943, when Lord Charles Kennedy of Gothic/Tudor design, constructed from local succeeded his brother, Lord and Lady Ailsa granite stone. The house has lovely views down chose to continue life at Hensol rather than at the River Dee towards Loch Ken. Culzean Castle which was gifted to the National Trust of Scotland in 1945. In addition to Hensol House, the estate includes a courtyard cottage situated in the grounds of Lord Ailsa died in 1957 followed by Lady Ailsa in Hensol House, a gate lodge, a farmhouse, and 1959. The estate and its archives were inherited three cottages. by his wife’s God-daughter Lady Henderson. In Land and Farming Sportings Woods carbon sequestration sink, protect and improve The estate extends to about 1,068 acres in total. The estate has an established driven pheasant The forestry element of Hensol covers almost environmental and archaeological features, It is ring fenced with a number of attractive dry shoot, and also has the capacity to enjoy a third of the estate, and is a particular feature. and increase the estate’s sporting capability. stone walls. It consists of 94 acres of grass leys, less formal walked-up days. A keen shooting Of the 352 acres of woodland, 182 acres are 134 acres of permanent pasture, 460 acres of enthusiast will identify with the contours, conifers and 170 acres are mixed broadleaves. There is considerable potential for a large scale rough grazings, 352 acres of woods, and habitat and scale at Hensol. afforestation programme. 28 acres of miscellaneous/unclassified land. The woods are a key part of the landscape. The proximity of the river provides duck They provide amenity, shooting coverts, timber Method of Sale The land lies between 50 and 139 metres above flighting; there is roe deer stalking; and rough production, and livestock shelter. Hensol Estate is being offered for sale as a whole. sea level and the soil type consists of brown shooting for pigeon, snipe and woodcock. soils derived from lower Palaeozoic greywackes The vendor has a long term forest plan Note and shales. The estate has two miles of single bank river (prepared by Langholm based consultants, Interested parties should note the vendors also frontage on the River Dee. Forest and Land Management Ltd.) which began own the adjoining 1,188 acres to the south which The farmland qualifies for agricultural grants in 2014 and runs up until 2034. It identifies include a modern dairy farm, two farmhouses, under the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme. Information regarding the fishing rights is plantations which can be maintained, thinned two cottages, and old mill, and a combination available from the selling agent on request. and in due course felled. of modern and traditional farm buildings. The vendors may consider a sale of these There is a boathouse on Loch Ken. The objectives of the forest plan incorporate a cash subjects in combination with Hensol Estate. flow for the estate, create a long term positive Hensol House The only major alterations since the house was The category A-listed country house is at the built took place firstly in the 1920s when a porch northern end of the estate and is accessed via was moved from the south façade to the north a private tarmacadam driveway. After passing façade and secondly in the 1960s when the the Lodge Cottage, the drive which runs parallel conservatory was built in the original position with the River Dee continues past overhanging of the porch. trees creating an avenue effect and then reveals the stunning house. In the spring, the driveway Internally the house has high ceilings and and other parts of the policies are full of colour large windows. On the ground floor there is an with snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells. entrance hall, a large inner hallway with a vaulted ceiling incorporating a sitting area and wood- On approach to the house, views open up over burning stove, a conservatory, three reception the river and beyond. A gravelled parking area is rooms, drawing room, library and billiards room. situated to the front. Features such as the architraves around the doors, shutters and cornices are mainly original. The house is constructed of granite, sourced locally from a quarry on Bennan Hill, under a The drawing room is naturally lit by three slate roof. The house features four ogee large windows. A Jacobean carved wooden roofed turrets. mantelpiece complete with a marble fireplace, incorporating the wedding stone of Richard John Cuninghame and Helen Ethel McDouall, forms a striking centrepiece to the room. From the hall, a cantilevered staircase rises to a mezzanine landing and continues to reach a hallway which is flooded with light from a beautiful cupola, off which is a family bathroom and five bedrooms: Louis Philippe bedroom, the Admiral’s bedroom, the Marquis’ bedroom, the Nursery and a fifth bedroom which includes an en-suite.
The Marquis’ room is the master bedroom; its large bay window overlooks the garden, as does the Admiral’s bedroom.
There are an additional five bedrooms, two family bathrooms, and a laundry and linen room. Floorplans Hensol Estate, House internal area 14,128Mossdale, sq ft (1,312.49 sq m) For identification purposesCastle Douglas, only. Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 2NE Attic 3 Yellow Room Bedroom 16'8'' x 12'5'' 16'9'' x 12'4'' 5.08 x 3.78m 5.11 x 3.76m Approx. Gross Internal Area 14128 Sq Ft - 1312.49 Sq M For identification only. Not to scale. Louls Philippe Bedroom © SquareFoot 2017 23' x 13'2'' 7.01 x 4.01m
Linen Room 17'1'' x 8'1'' 5.21 x 2.46m
Attic 2 Void Landing Room Green West Dressing West Hallway 18'4'' x 17'1'' Bedroom Room Bedroom 5.59 x 5.21m 21'2'' x 16'11'' 14'7'' x 12'9'' 19'7'' x 12'9'' Laundry 6.45 x 5.16m 5.97 x 3.89m 4.44 x 3.89m 10'3'' x 9'3'' 3.12 x 2.82m Store
Hall 18'4'' x 13'1'' Landing 5.59 x 3.99m Hallway
Bathroom Ensuite Bathroom
WC Ensuite River Dressing River Master Bathroom Room Bedroom Bedroom 15'7'' x 13'2'' 19'11'' x 13'2'' 4.75 x 4.01m 6.07 x 4.01m Attic 1 27'7" x 19'2" Room 8.41 x 5.84m Red Dressing 16'6'' x 16'5'' Room Red Dressing Bathroom 5.03 x 5.00m 13'1'' x 13' Bedroom Room 3.99 x 3.96m 19'9'' x 18'3'' 6.02 x 5.56m
Second Floor
First Floor
Conservatory 17'10'' x 10'9'' 5.44 x 3.28m
Freezer Room 16'8'' x 12'3'' 5.08 x 3.73m
Dining Inner Room Kitchen Hall 27'8'' x 19'9'' 21'6'' x 17'6'' 36'7'' x 35'5'' 8.43 x 6.02m 6.55 x 5.33m 11.15 x 10.79m Service Pantry Wine Wine 12'9'' x 8'10'' Cellar Cellar 3.89 x 2.69m
Larder
Hall Hallway Store Rear Drawing Porch Room 46'3'' x 19'2'' 14.10 x 5.84m Entrance Hall 19'2'' x 14'5'' Cloak Boiler Boiler 5.84 x 4.39m Room Cellar Sitting Room Study 12'6'' x 8'8'' 12'6'' x 8'9'' Room 3.81 x 2.64m 3.81 x 2.67m Library 30'9'' x 18'3'' 19'8'' x 13'1'' 21'4'' x 13' 9.37 x 5.56m 5.99 x 3.99m 6.50 x 3.96m Utility 16'7'' x 15'5'' WC 5.05 x 4.70m WC
Porch Basement
Ground Floor Gardens The property is let out as a holiday cottage on a Courtyard Cottage The gardens originally designed by Helen weekly basis, which provides useful revenue. Ethel Cuninghame, encircle the house. To the south there is a well maintained garden with Riverside Cottage yew trees. A stone pathway leads through the An attractive detached cottage painted white, garden. Here, on a pedestal, the 17th century located near the main driveway of the estate. Lainshaw sundial is located. Distinctive in style, It overlooks the river and the accommodation it is carved with the initials of Sir Alexander comprises a kitchen, sitting room, dining room, Cuninghame and Dame Margaret Stewart, two bedrooms and bathroom. The property is thought to date back to their wedding in 1673. let out as a holiday cottage on a weekly basis. It is complex with many dials, some hollowed and some heart-shaped. The sundial was Pine and Garden Cottage, with the transported to Hensol in the 20th century when Walled Garden Lainshaw estate was sold. Pine Cottage Features of the gardens include gravelled areas Located off an internal estate road, is this and a variety of flower borders and shrubs. semi-detached stone-built cottage with a slate There is also a summerhouse and a tennis court. roof. The gross internal area of the cottage totals approximately 59.97 square metres. The policies provide a sense of seclusion and It is currently vacant. There is a kitchen, sitting peacefulness, and are a particularly attractive room, two bedrooms and a bathroom. There is part of the estate which include some a small garden. outstanding specimen trees. Garden Cottage Outbuildings Adjoining Pine Cottage, with the potential to To the north of the house are several be incorporated into a single house if required, Hensol Lodge outbuildings. They form a courtyard accessed is Garden Cottage. This two-storey cottage has via steps at the rear of the house or by a branch a sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a of the drive through an archway. It includes a bathroom. It has recently been re-roofed and cottage, garden shed, former stables, garaging has a small garden. The cottage is let at a rent and storage. of £4,800 per annum. There is a lean-to store, shared garden and parking area. Courtyard Cottage This is a single storey cottage sitting above Walled Garden the garages accommodating two bedrooms, The walled garden is located to the west of a kitchen, bathroom and sitting room. the cottages.
Hensol Lodge Boat House This is an attractive B-listed gate lodge, situated Built around 1931, the Boat House beside Loch at the entrance to the estate. Constructed in Ken is a feature of the estate. It provides access 1822 of granite stone, this Gothic, asymmetrical to the loch for fishing and kayaking. lodge has a sitting room, dining room, kitchen, utility, shower room, two bedrooms and bathroom over one-and-a-half levels. Externally there is a well maintained garden to the rear which leads down to the River Dee. An area of surrounding amenity woodland extending to 0.80 acre is also included. Riverside Cottage Home Farm Farmhouse
Pine Cottage Ken-Dee Marshes Home Farm Farmhouse General Remarks and Additional Local Authority: Note: The services have not been checked by A single storey, traditional stone-built Information Dumfries & Galloway the selling agents. farmhouse, painted white with a slate roof. The Council HQ accommodation comprises two reception rooms, Directions: Hensol Estate (Postcode: DG7 2NE) English Street Listings and Environmental Designations: four bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom, and has From the north, take the A74 (M) towards Dumfries DG1 2DD Hensol House, including the Lainshaw sundial, a gross internal area of approximately 157 square Carlisle. At Junction 15 leave the motorway Tel: 030 33 33 3000 is a category A listed building of architectural metres. It is accessed via a spur off the drive following signs for the A701 to Dumfries. After Website: www.dumgal.gov.uk/ and historic interest. and has its own enclosed garden to the front. 19 miles and after passing through Locharbriggs, The house has recently been installed with central at the roundabout take the A75 to Stranraer SGRPID: Hensol Lodge, including the gate piers, is a heating. It is presently let at a rental of £5,400 and Kilmarnock. Four miles beyond Springholm Dumfries category B listed building. per annum, but this can be terminated. village follow the signs towards the B795 for 161 Brooms Road Laurieston. Once in Laurieston turn right onto Dumfries DG1 3ES Little Duchrae fort, a prehistoric and defensive Farm Buildings the A762. Continue along this road for almost Tel: 01387 274 440 fort, is a scheduled ancient monument. A traditional courtyard steading sits alongside 4 miles and you will reach the gates of Hensol Email: [email protected] the farmhouse, measures approximately Lodge. The tarmacadam driveway leads to Parts of the River Dee and its banks are 859 square metres and is constructed of Hensol House. Holiday Cottage Business: designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest white-washed stone walls under a slate roof. Discover Scotland and Ramsar sites. The steading is used for general purpose From the south follow the M6 to junction 22. 1A Academy Street storage and for wintering sheep. Towards the Turn onto the A75 signposted Annan and Castle Douglas DG7 1AP Tel: 01556 504030 Mineral Rights: As far as they are owned the rear are livestock pens and a silage pit with Dumfries. Once past Dumfries continue on Website: www.discoverscotland.net minerals are included in the sale. concrete floor and earth walls. the road, passing through Springholm and after 4 miles turn right onto the B795 towards Residential Schedule: Amenity Laurieston. Once in Laurieston continue as above. Present EPC Property Services Council Tax A particular feature on the estate is a nature Occupancy Rating area known as the Ken-Dee Marshes, a wetland Hensol Estate is one hour from Carlisle, one hour and woodland reserve which is beside the River and 45 minutes from the centre of Glasgow, and Oil-fired central heating, Dee and Loch Ken. The reserve is situated on the one hour and 15 minutes from Prestwick Airport. Hensol House Owner occupied oil fired boiler, private water, H F - 33 largest lowland river and floodplain system in the private drainage south of Scotland. Its remote location provides Solicitors: Service Night storage heating, private Courtyard Cottage C F - 23 the perfect location for viewing a number of Turcan Connell Occupancy water, private drainage species including white-fronted and greylag Princes Exchange Oil-fired central heating, geese, redstarts, willow tits, red kites, otters, and 1 Earl Grey Street Hensol Lodge Holiday let N/A F - 28 mains water, private drainage red squirrels. It includes a nature trail and two Edinburgh EH3 9EE Night storage heating, separate bird hides. A car park is located at the Tel: 0131 228 8111 Riverside Cottage Holiday let N/A G - 2 entrance to Mains of Duchrae farm. Email: [email protected] mains water, private drainage Electric heating, private Pine Cottage Vacant A F - 24 Land marked as Field 71 on the sale plan and Machinery Ring: water, private drainage. some surrounding land is let to the Royal South West Machinery Ring Ltd Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Tarff Town & Country Central heating off wood- as a bird reserve until 10th April 2020 at a Lockerbie Road Garden Cottage Let burning stove, private water, B G - 15 peppercorn rent. Dumfries DG1 3PF private drainage. Tel: 01387 257 270 Central heating off wood- Telecommunications Mast Email: [email protected] Home Farmhouse Let burning stove, private water, D F - 28 In the centre of the estate, there is a private drainage. Telecommunications mast. The site is let to E-E who pay a rental of £4,500 per annum. The lease commenced in 2017 and has a term of 20 years. Timber: All standing and fallen timber on the Closing Date: A closing date for offers may be or mis-statement shall not annul the sale nor fit. Furthermore, they shall be entitled to retain estate is included in the sale. fixed. The sellers reserve the right to conclude a entitle either party to compensation in in his hands the initial payment of ten per cent bargain for the sale of any part(s) of the estate respect thereof. herein before referred to which shall be set off Sporting Rights: The sporting rights are in-hand. ahead of a notified closing date and will not be to account for any loss and expense occasioned obliged to accept the highest or any offer for Health and Safety: Given the hazards of an to them by the purchaser’s failure and in the Rights of Access: There is a public access any part of the subjects of sale. estate with a working farm we ask you to event of the loss and expenses being less than provision in regard to the Ken Dee Marshes be as vigilant as possible when making your the amount of the said deposit the sellers Nature Reserve. 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