CANDY FARM GLENFARG, PERTHSHIRE CANDY FARM, GLENFARG, PERTHSHIRE A delightful dwelling set within a livestock farm offering a diverse range of opportunities. Glenfarg about 1 mile ■ Perth about 13 miles Dundee about 31 miles ■ Edinburgh about 35 miles About 146.28 acres (59.2 ha) in total ■ Imposing 5 bedroom house formerly run as a B&B ■ Stunning views over the valley below ■ Planting and Natural Capital opportunities ■ A range of buildings offering either livestock accommodation, small business use or a development opportunity ■ Land extending to 144.38 ac (58.43 ha) of good productive grassland with some rough ground and woodland For Sale as a Whole or in 3 Lots Perth 01738 451111 [email protected] GENERAL Candy Farm sits perched on the hillside to the west of the village of Glenfarg, upon the edge of the undulating landscapes provided by the eastern flank of the Ochil Hills. Glenfarg is a small rural village providing basic amenities including supermarkets, cafes, shops and restaurants. Nearby Perth provides a more extensive range of services and facilities including national retailers, banks, a mainline railway station, theatre, cinema, supermarkets and a university. Candy Farm offers a highly sought after combination of both a highly accessible location; with Perth, Stirling, Dundee and Edinburgh all within an hour’s drive, whilst providing the privacy and solitude obtained by the farm’s hillside location. There are rich schooling opportunities available with local primary schooling to be found at Arngask Primary School within Glenfarg; nearby secondary schooling opportunities include Kinross High School, Strathallan School, Kilgraston School and Dollar Academy as well as many other opportunities in Edinburgh and Dundee. Perthshire, and Fife, are sources of many recreational, leisure and educational pursuits. The 78 Ochil Hills provide close, extensive, walking opportunities; indeed for avid Munro Baggers, Candy Farm’s central location provides a worthwhile launching point to Scotland’s many mountains. The historic Kinross Golf Club, founded in 1884, offers a pair of 18-hole golf courses known as ‘The Bruce’ and ‘The Montgomery’. Notably, the Championship Old Course of St Andrews is within a short driving distance. Shooting can be enjoyed locally throughout the Glenfarg glen or, further afield, established simulated skeet shoots can be found at Dunkeld. The River Tay provides exciting salmon and trout fishing opportunities. For culinary enthusiasts; Perthshire and Fife offer some of the best dining opportunities that Scotland has to offer from Michelin star restaurants in St Andrews to award winning fish and chips in Anstruther. DESCRIPTION STRAWEARN HOUSE Strawearn House is a modern 5 bedroom U-shaped house worthy of its imposing location over Glenfarg. The house is of a roughcast construction under a slate roof. The front entrance of Strawearn proudly sits facing east enjoying the prominent view achieved by the houses location. Internally, an expansive living space has been created with a substantial kitchen and dining area, ideal for the family, being serviced by a twin facing stove accessible from either the kitchen space or the neighbouring living room. The living room of Strawearn is arguably the proverbial Sitting in the centre of the farm buildings and north-east jewel in the crown at Candy; with large twin gable windows of Strawearn House. The shed is of steel portal frame bathing the room in light with sleek twin chandeliers construction with fibre cement roof, mixture of tin and fibre arrogantly filling the high ceiling room. A separate dining cement cladding, breezeblock walls, partially concrete and room looks onto the private patio space at the heart of hard core floor and large tin doors. Strawearn, parallel to this dining room is a comfortable office space with patio doors allowing for a relaxing, yet Shed 2 – Adjoining lean-to (approx. measurements 15m x private, work space. There are three double bedrooms on 3.78m) the ground level, all with en-suite bathrooms and French Attached to the east of Shed 1, also of steel portal frame doors, with two further bedrooms upstairs including the construction with a tin roof, tin cladding, breezeblock walls large master bedroom which enjoys dual aspect windows and concrete floor. and a significant living area. Shed 3 – Rear lean-to (approx. measurements 12.55m x Strawearn House has been designed to be the ideal family 11.5m) home; with large modern living spaces offering a practical Built onto the south of Shed 1, mixture of steel and timber and warm living environment. The present layout of the frame construction, with box profile cladding and roofing, internal accommodation comprises; with breeze block walls and a concrete floor. Ground Floor: Vestibule, hallway, living room, kitchen, Shed 4 – Slatted Court with central feeding passage pantry, utility room, office, bathroom, dining room, study, (approx. measurements 12m x 55m) 3 bedrooms all with en-suites, stairway. Built onto the eastern side of Shed 2, of steel portal frame construction which comprises of 10 bays each 5.5m long, First Floor: bedroom, family bathroom, master bedroom pens on concrete slats with a concrete feeding passage and attic space. in the middle, block walls with a fibre cement roof and cladding. The house enjoys a garden laid to lawn on its eastern aspect. There is a large gravel parking area which leads to Shed 5 – Western lean-to (approx. measurements 18.27m a private patio space in the central area of the U-shaped x 5.15m) building. The dwelling benefits from a large store, of Final lean-to addition on Shed 1 built on to the western timber construction, which is split between an open faced side of the shed of timber frame construction with a fibre section and a secure closed compartment. cement roof, tin cladding breezeblock walls and a mixed hard-core and concrete floor. Strawearn was designed to accommodate guests under a B&B arrangement. Two of the bedrooms on the lower Shed 6 – Workshop (approx. measurements 12.42m x floor can be utilised for this purpose. They have external 7.25m) doors to the rear courtyard allowing for access into the Additional workshop build onto the south-east corner of dining room. Shed 3, steel portal frame construction, box profile roof and cladding with breezeblock walls and fitted with an CARAVAN PLOT electric roller door. Situated directly south of the Strawearn House is a site complete with a caravan. This has the benefit of Former Handling Pens providing holiday accommodation or temporary work Concrete pad adjacent to Shed 4 with some remaining accommodation for labour requirements on Candy Farm. gates and potential to be set-up into livestock handling This site may also have the potential to gain planning pens. consent for a residential dwelling, however this would be subject to gaining the necessary planning consents. YARD Open yard area situated to north-east of the sheds, made- FARM BUILDINGS up of hard-core, offering ample standing for the movement Shed 1 – Cattle Court / General Purpose Shed (approx. of machinery and livestock to the front of the sheds and measurements 18m x 5m) around them. 312000 LAND AT CANDY FARM The agricultural land at Candy Farm extends to around 144.38 acres (58.43ha) in total, forming 15 field parcels. The holding has a combination of uniform shaped permanent pasture fields on the lower slopes of the hill as well as rougher hill ground at the top of Candy Hill. Overall, the land ranges between 200m and 240m above sea level and rainfall in the area averages 701mm per annum. The land has good access from the main road and internal gates provide access round the farm between the fields. All of the fields are stock-proof and have been grazed in recent years The land is classified as being a mixture of Grade 3.2, 4.1 and 5.1 by the James Hutton Institute. The better, Grade 3.2 and 4.2, land is found on the southern side of the property, notably the lower areas of Candy Farm, with the poorer Grade 5.1 found to the northwest of the farmhouse, further up the hill. There is approximately 94.16 acres of high quality improved grassland suited for the grazing of livestock, with the poorer grassland hill ground occupying 40.49 acres of the holding. There is an additional 9.71 acres (3.93 hectares) of woodland areas interspersed across the farm. 0 0 0 0 0 LOT 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 Strawearn House together with caravan plot and land extending to approx. 29.52 acres 7 (11.95 hectares) LOT 2 Farm Buildings with land extending to approx 40.65 acres (16.45 hectares) LOT 3 Block of bare land extending to approx 74.20 acres (30.03 hectares) CROPPING HISTORY LOT Map No FID Area (Ha) Area (Ac) 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 1 1 NO/11479/09940 9.18 22.68 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 1 3 NO/11783/09884 2.77 6.84 WAF WAF WAF WAF WAF 2 5 NO/11846/10012 0.51 1.26 RGR RGE RGR RGR RGR 2 6 NO/11877/10237 7.21 17.82 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 2 7 NO/11930/10082 0.96 2.37 WAF WAF WAF WAF WAF 2 9 NO/11986/09844 3.24 8.01 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 2 10 NO/12003/10045 1.10 2.72 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 2 11 NO/12043/10146 1.60 3.95 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS Candy Farm 2 13 NO/12157/10033 1.83 4.52 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 0 3 2 NO/11599/09585 4.78 11.81 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 0 0 0 0 Lot 1 0 9 9 0 0 7 3 4 NO/11833/09546 4.25 10.50 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS 7 Lot 2 3 8 NO/11944/09757 1.36 3.36 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS Lot 3 3 12 NO/12081/09569 9.11 22.51 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS Date: 09/07/2021 3 14 NO/12216/09793 10.33 25.53 PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS PGRS N 3 15 NO/12268/10010 0.20 0.49 WAF WAF WAF WAF WAF Page Size: A4 Scale: 58.43 144.38 © Crown copyright and database rights (2021) Ordnance Survey Licence No.