GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE ABINGTON • SOUTH LANARKSHIRE GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 2 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE ABINGTON • BIGGAR • SOUTH LANARKSHIRE • ML12 6SQ Abington Services 2½ miles, Glasgow 41 miles, Edinburgh 44 miles, Carlisle 60 miles An attractive stock farm and equestrian property with excellent buildings and great communication links. Lot 1: Gilkerscleugh Mains Farm (About 215.45 Acres) • Traditional refurbished farmhouse with 4 reception rooms, 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms • Excellent yard with a range of traditional and modern farm buildings including cattle courts, sheep shed, workshop and stores LANARKSHIRE SOUTH • Stables with 5 stalls and tack room • In-hand farming operation with sheep flock of 400 head • Land including 212 acres pasture and 2 acres woodland ABINGTON • Lot 2: Woodfield House and Stables (About 8.39 Acres) • Modern family home with 1 reception room, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms (2 ensuite). • Integral garage, decking area and front garden. • Twin general purpose sheds including an upstairs gym with workshop • Modern stables with 3 stalls and kennels • Outdoor ménage, horse shelter, paddock and woodland Lot 3: Gilkerscleugh paddock (About 4.29 Acres) • A block of useful grazing For sale as a whole or in 3 lots About 228.13 Acres (92.32 Ha) – 3 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Situation Gilkerscleugh Mains and Woodfield House are nestled in the rolling hills of South Lanarkshire overlooking the Duneaton water. The area is renowned for its livestock and dairy farming, with the most productive land next to the river. The attractive village of Abington is about 3½ miles to the east and has local amenities including a village shop, bank and primary school, together with the renowned Abington services next to the motorway. Crawfordjohn village (2 miles away) has a renowned pub. Slightly further afield are the towns of Biggar (14 miles) and Moffat (23 miles) each providing a wider range of professional services as well as supermarkets, sporting facilities and secondary schooling. Glasgow city centre can be reached within 45 minutes and offers a selection of private schools, together with the airport (47 miles). SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH Gilkerscleugh Mains and Woodfield House have a rural but very accessible location with the M74 motorway only 2.5 miles away, providing swift links to Glasgow and ABINGTON • Carlisle (60 miles) and the A702 providing access to Edinburgh (44 miles). The surrounding countryside of the Southern Uplands has a variety of recreational activities including hill walking, mountain biking, shooting and horse riding. Golf courses in the area include Biggar, Moffat and Lanark. There are livestock markets at Lanark, Stirling, Longtown and Carlisle. – 4 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Description Gilkerscleugh Mains Farm is a productive livestock Adjoining the farm, Woodfield House comprises of farm and Woodfield House is an equestrian a 5 bedroom modern family home together with property extending to about 228 acres in total. It is excellent modern outbuildings, stables, ménage, situated in a peaceful setting overlooking the woodland and paddock, extending to 8.39 acres in Duneaton water, yet only 2.5 miles from the M74 total. motorway and Abington services. The total land holding consists of 220.60 acres Gilkerscleugh Mains includes an attractive pasture, 5.05 acres woodland and 2.48 acres traditional farmhouse with 4 reception rooms and roads/buildings/miscellaneous ground. It is 6 bedrooms which is currently used as a holiday available for sale in 3 lots or as a whole as follows: let. The farm includes an excellent range of farm buildings together with stables. The land holding rises from the Duneaton water from 240 metres (787 feet) above sea level at the northern boundary, to 310 metres (1017 feet) at the southern boundary. The majority of the pasture is suitable for silage production. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 5 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Lot 1: Gilkerscleugh Mains Farm (About 215.45 Acres) Farmhouse First Floor: landing, master bedroom with ensuite Accessed off a minor country road, the traditional bathroom and dressing room, 5 further bedrooms (2 farmhouse is situated in an elevated position with views ensuite) and a family bathroom. overlooking the surrounding farmland and the The farmhouse is double glazed throughout and has Duneaton water. The accommodation is perfect for been used as a holiday let in recent times providing a contemporary family living and is laid out over two useful income. storeys as follows: There is a large enclosed garden laid to lawn and a Ground Floor: entrance porch, sitting room, snug, gravelled parking area to the front. living room, dining room (with wood burning stove), dining kitchen, utility room, office and W.C. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 6 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Gilkerscleugh Mains Farmhouse Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 305.55 m sq (3288 sq ft) 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. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH Ground Floor First Floor ABINGTON • – 7 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Farm Buildings Adjacent to the farmhouse, there is a concrete yard with E: Cattle Court – Steel portal frame, 6 bays, concrete an excellent range of traditional and modern farm floor and corrugated roof (27m x 12.28m). buildings (see sale plan) as follows: F: 8 bay lean-to feed passage and court (42m x 6m). A: Former Byre - Stone and slate construction with earth floor (13m x 5m). Used as a store together with a G: General store: Box clad profile (15m x 8.9m). separate workshop. H: Sheep Shed – Steel portal frame, 11 bays, earth floor, B: Stables – Block walls, concrete floor and corrugated part block walls and corrugated roof (50m x 8.7m). roof (22m x 8m). Includes 5 stables and a tack room. I: Workshop – Box clad profile, 5 bays with concrete C: GP Shed – Steel portal frame, 5 bays with block walls, floor with inspection pit and twin roller doors (22m x yorkshire boarding and corrugated roof (27.2m x 8.7m). 10m). D: Dutch Barn – Former silo, 7-bays, concrete floor, J: Indoor silo – 6 bays, reinforced concrete panel walls, concrete panel walls and corrugated roof (32m x 5.7m). concrete floor and corrugated roof (28m x 10m). SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • N Date: Drawn By: Scale: Plan Ref: Mapping Department 05:08:19 MMcC 1:750 @ A4 Knight Frank LLP Ramsbury House, 22 High Street Title Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0NF W E – 8 – Gilkerscleugh and Woodfield (t) 01488 688508 House Buildings (e) [email protected] This Plan is published for guidance only, and although it is believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed, S nor is it intended to form part of any contract. ©Crown copyright and database rights 2019 Licence No. 100021721 GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 9 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Land Sporting The farmland is accessed either off the main road or via a private track Whilst there is no formal sport on the farm itself, there is potential for which runs alongside the river. The farmland consists of 212.44 acres wildfowling alongside the river and roe deer stalking by the woodland. pasture, 2.34 acres woodland, and 0.67 acres roads/buildings/ miscellaneous. Farming System Gilkerscleugh Mains is farmed in-hand under the farm code Each of the fields have stock proof and electric fencing and the majority 83/522/0041. The current farming system is based upon a closed of them have access to either a private or natural water supply. flock of cross mules. Typically 80-90 acres are cut for silage and There are a couple of blocks of woodland which provide amenity for haylage each year. The mule lambs and everything else is sold as wildlife and shelter for livestock. store. There is also a herd of circa 70 suckler cows. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 10 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 11 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Lot 2: Woodfield House and Stables (About 8.39 Acres) Farmhouse Adjoining the farm, Woodfield Farmhouse is Entrance hall, dining kitchen (with aga and wood approached via a private tree-lined driveway and burning stove), sitting room (doors leading out to terminated in a tarmac yard to the rear. Constructed decking area), W.C, utility room, master bedroom with in 1995 Woodfield House is a modern family home ensuite bathroom and dressing room, 5 further with features including the dining kitchen with Aga bedrooms (1 ensuite) and family bathroom. and wood burning stove. The sitting room has doors leading out to the front decking area. There is an integral garage, front garden laid to lawn The accommodation is as follows: and a timber decking area. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 12 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Woodfield House Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area 273.90 m sq (2948 sq ft) 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. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SOUTH ABINGTON • – 13 – GILKERSCLEUGH MAINS FARM & WOODFIELD HOUSE Outbuildings Within the yard, Woodfield has a range of modern outbuildings as follows: • GP Shed: 4 bays, box clad profile, insulated, concrete floor and roller door (18m x 9m). • GP Shed: 4 bays, box clad profile, insulated, concrete floor and roller door (18m x 9m). There is a separate workshop area downstairs and stairs lead up to a mezzanine level which is used a gym (4.7m x 3.8m).