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Meikle Galdenoch Estate, Leswalt, Stranraer

Stranraer about 7 miles, Ayr about 56 miles.

Offers over £1,900,000 for the whole

Lot 1 Offers Over £1,150,000

Lot 2 Offers Over £750,000

Overview

An exceptional residential, agricultural and sporting property in a wonderfully private part of South West Scotland.

About 1,096 acres (443 hectares) For sale as a whole or in two Lots.

Lot 1: Meikle Galdenoch. Approximately 703 acres (284 hectares)

* Meikle Galdenoch Lodge:

Kitchen. Gun Room. Sitting Room. Dining Room. Five Bedroom Suites.

Two Further Bedrooms and Bathroom.

* Greenburn Farmhouse:

Kitchen. Sitting Room. Four Bedrooms. Bathroom. Shower Room.

Farm Buildings and Steading.

Lot 2: Little Galdenoch. Approximately 393 acres (159 hectares).

Productive farmland

Traditional farm steading with potential for conversion to residential use.

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General

Meikle Galdenoch Estate is made up of the two adjoining properties of Meikle Galdenoch and Little Galdenoch. The Estate is situated on the Rhins of Galloway, part of Scotland’s most south westerly point, about seven miles north west of Stranraer. The port of Stranraer provides good ferry services to Northern Ireland whilst the town provides a good range of shops, schools and services. Regular flights to UK Airports and Continental Europe depart from Prestwick Airport approximately one and half hours drive to the north of Meikle Galdenoch. Glasgow Airport is within two hours drive of the Estate.

The area is renowned for its livestock farming and is a genuinely rural part of Scotland. In addition to the sporting opportunities which are available on the Estate there is a wide variety of country sport available in the area. These include fishing and stalking as well as pheasant and partridge shooting on the surrounding estates.

There are a number of excellent golf courses within a short drive including the course at Portpatrick as well as the championship courses of the Ayrshire Coast. The Solway Coastline provides an abundance of opportunities for sailing and sea-fishing, and there is a harbour in Portpatrick as well as Stranraer.

DESCRIPTION

Meikle Galdenoch Estate is a delightful mixed Estate with a variety of woodland, moorland and good quality grassland as well as an extensive stretch of coastline and beach at Salt Pans Bay which is wonderfully secluded and sheltered on three sides by cliffs.

The Estate has been run as a commercial sporting enterprise and the Lodge at Meikle Galdenoch has been substantially modernised and renovated to provide comfortable accommodation for the guns and their guests. Situated in the heart of the Estate the Lodge and Farmhouse enjoy an entirely private setting. The stock on the Estate is currently approximately 60 deer (red, sika and fallow), 70 mountain goats and 30 moeflon. Approximately 10 roe deer are shot annually. The coastal position and the open fields provide excellent conditions for wildfowling there is good pheasant shooting as well as duck flighting, woodcock and snipe. The present owners have constructed three Finnish summer huts located at exceptionally beautiful spots on the Estate. There is one at the big loch on Meikle Galdenoch, one at Salt Pan Bay and one at Port Beg. These provide wonderful locations for barbecues and outdoor entertaining. Further details can be seen on the Estate website www.meiklegaldenochestate.com

In addition to the sporting enterprise run by the proprietor of the Estate the farm at Meikle Galdenoch has been let on a Limited Partnership Arrangement which terminated in early 2008. The farmland has been well maintained and is capable of growing good early crops of grass and grain due to the mild nature of the climate and the influence of the gulf stream.

LOT 1: MEIKLE GALDENOCH MEIKLE GALDENOCH LODGE

DESCRIPTION

Meikle Galdenoch Lodge is a delightful traditional house built of stone under a slate roof which has been renovated and modernised to provide comfortable accommodation as a Shooting Lodge with a warm and friendly atmosphere. The wood work is all oak and the house has been finished to an exceptionally high standard.

The accommodation on two floors comprises:

Door to:

 

Utility/Gun Room

4.37m x 3.59m (14’ 3” x 11’ 8”)

With slate floor. Bench seating, fitted full height cupboard housing gas fired central heating and hot water boiler. Stone sink set in a slate work top with cupboards below.

Cloakroom

2.33m x 0.85m (7’ 6” x 2’ 7”)

With slate floor. WC and wash hand basin.

 

Kitchen

4.63m x 4.11m (15’ 2” x 13’ 5”)

Slate tiled floor, fitted floor and wall units with slate work surfaces, one and a half bowl stone sink and drainer. Smeg oven, gas fired oven and 6 hob burner with extractor above. Under stairs cupboard, walk in cupboard with pressurised hot water system and expansion tank.

Back stairs to first floor.

 

Dining Room

5.08m x 3.72m (16’ 7 “ x 12’ 2”)

Timber floor, fitted corner unit with shelves and cupboard below, slate tiled hearth with wood burning stove. Archway to:

 

Living Room

6.02m x 3.64m (19’ 7” x 11’ 9”)

Sliding doors to patio, timber floor, wood burning stove set into fireplace. Built in glass fronted shelved cupboards.

Castle Caerlaverock Suite

 

* Bedroom

3.61m x 3.30m ( 11’ 8” x 10’ 8”)

* En-suite Shower Room

2.20m x 1.76m (7’ 2” x 5’ 7”)

Walk in shower with tiled surround, WC, wash hand basin, wall mounted heated towel rail, partly tiled walls and tiled floor.

Threave Castle Suite

 

* Bedroom

3.59m x 3.25m (11’ 8” x 10’ 7”)

* En-suite Shower Room

2.27m x 1.37m (7’ 4” x 4’ 5”)

Walk in shower with tiled surround, WC, wash hand basin, partly tiled walls and tiled floor, wall mounted heated towel rail, extractor fan and access to roof space.

Hall

5.74m x 1.76m (18’ 8” x 5’ 8”)

Timber floor, under stair cupboard, front door to garden. Store cupboard.

McClellan’s Castle Suite

* Bedroom

3.58m x 2.97m (11’ 7” x 9’ 7”)

* En-Suite Shower Room

2.23m x 1.55m (7’ 4” x 5’ 2”)

With walk in shower with tiled surround, partly tiled walls, tiled floor, WC, wash hand basin, wall mounted heated towel rail, extractor fan.

Wooden stair case to first floor.

Meikle Galdenoch Castle Suite

* Bedroom

3.65m x 3.24m (12’ 1” x 10’ 8”)

* Dressing Room

1.24m x 1.20m (4’ 1” x 4’ 0”)

* Shower Room

2.38m x 1.26m (7’ 10” x 4’ 2”)

With walk in shower with tiled surround, WC, wash hand basin, wall mounted heated towel rail, extractor fan.

Shower Room

2.17m x 1.32m (7’ 3” x 4’ 4”)

Walk in shower with tiled surround, tiled floor, partly tiled walls, WC, wash hand basin, wall mounted heated towel rail, extractor fan.

Castle Douglas Bedroom

3.58m x 2.34m maximum (11’ 9” x 7’ 8”)

Castle Kennedy Bedroom

3.58m x 2.14m (11’ 9” x 7’ 2”)

First Floor from the kitchen leads to:

Bedroom

4.50m x 3.25m (15’ x 10’ 8”)

Shelved linen cupboard.

Bathroom

2.67m x 1.65m (8’ 9” x 5’ 5”)

With marbled tiled floor and walls, marbled topped wash stand with porcelain sink. Bath with shower over, WC, wash hand basin, heated towel rail, extractor fan.

GARDEN AND GROUNDS

The house is surrounded by a low stone wall and a sheltered garden to the north and east laid down to a lawn with a border with herbaceous plants and trees.

Game Larder and Wash Room

2.58m x 1.52m (8’ 6” x 5’ 1”) and 2.69m x 2.51m (8’ 9” x 8’ 4”)

With wash hand basin, electric hot water system and cupboards below and adjoining cool room.

GREENBURN FARMHOUSE

Built of white painted stone under a slate roof Greenburn Farmhouse is a comfortable family home which has been occupied by the head stalker on a service occupancy.

The accommodation on two floors comprises: -

Door to:

Hall

3.44m x 0.94m (11’ 3” x 3’ 1”)

With coat hooks, tiled floor. Stair to First Floor.

Shower Room

1.92m x 1.91m (6’ 4” x 6’ 3”)

Tiled floor, tiled walls, walk in shower cubicle with electric shower, WC, wash hand basin.

Kitchen/Breakfast Room

8.44m x 2.35m maximum (27’ 7” x 7’ 9”)

Fitted floor and wall units, stainless steel sink and drainer, plumbing for washing machine, double oven, 4 hob electric cooker. Gas fired hot water and central heating boiler, understairs cupboard.

Bedroom 1

3.53m x 2.69m (11’ 7” x 8’ 10”)

Hall

3.54m x 0.89m (11’ 8” x 2’ 10”)

Living Room

5.94m x 4.75m (19’ 5” x 15’ 7”)

Open fire place with stone surround and tiled hearth.

Bedroom 2

3.35m x 3.37m (11’ 0” x 11’ 2”)

En-Suite Bathroom

2.48m x 1.71m (8’ 2” x 5’ 7”)

Bath with shower screen and electric shower over, extractor fan, WC, wash hand basin, medicine cabinet with mirror and light above wash hand basin.

FIRST FLOOR

Bedroom 3

3.22m x 2.01m (10’ 7” x 6’ 7”)

Built in store cupboard.

Bedroom 4

3.27m x 2.70m (10’10” x 8’ 11”)

Built in storage cupboard.

OUTSIDE

Store Shed

1.97m x 1.88m (6’ 5” x 6’ 2”)

Meikle Galdenoch Steading

The farm steading at Meikle Galdenoch has a good range of buildings comprising:

Atcost Concrete Portal Frame Shed

With asbestos cement roof and concrete floor – 120’ x 100’.

600 gallon diesel tank and a 1200 gallon molasses tank.

Adjoining Steel Portal Frame Shed

90’ x 45’ (27.4m x 13.7m)

With part concrete floor, part hard-core floor. With a fibre cement roof and space board sides with concrete block wall to 2m high.

Store Shed/Workshop

7.28m x 4.69m (23’ 10” x 15’ 5”)

Built of brick with a fibre cement roof.

8 Ton Collinson Feed Bin

Traditional Barn

30.34m x 4.75m (99’ 6” x 15’ 7”)

Built of stone with a corrugated tin roof.

Lean to Cart Shed

9.74m x 4.82m (31’ 11” x 15’ 10”)

Of stone with a corrugated tin roof.

Traditional Barn

14.62m x 4.89m (47’ 10” x 15’ 11”)

With a corrugated tin roof. Housing the cattle handling system.

Two further Traditional Stone buildings

5.14m x 6.69m and 20.74m x 4.58m (16’ 10” x 21’ 11”) and (68’ 0” x 15’ 11”)

In a semi-derelict state.

LAND

The land at Meikle Galdenoch which extends to approximately 703 acres lies between sea level and approximately 82 metres above sea level at the top of Galdenoch Moor. Approximately 275 acres of the farm has been let on a Limited Partnership Arrangement which expired in early 2008. The remainder of the land has been used as the basis of a sporting enterprise with numerous ponds and lochs, woodland, moorland and an enclosed deer park. The woodland is well planned and provides good shelter for livestock as well as cover for game. The land at Meikle Galdenoch Estate is classified by the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research as grade 3, 4 and 5.

The land can be analysed as follows:

To the rear of the modern sheds is a midden and an area used for big bale silage storage.

LITTLE GALDENOCH.

Extending to approximately 393 acres of farmland together with woodland which has been planted to encourage game and wildlife as well as provide shelter for livestock, Little Galdenoch forms an attractive block of land adjacent to Meikle Galdenoch. The land ranges in quality from good quality grass and cropping land to moorland and benefits from early growth in the season due to the mild climate and the influence of the gulf stream.

The steading comprises:

Earth Banked Silage Pit

With capacity for up to 1,500 tonnes of silage.

Lean to 22.5m x 35.35m (73’ 9” x 115’ 9”)

Of steel and a timber framed roof with corrugated tin roof cladding. Cubicles and a central feed passage with a creep space to the rear of the cubicles providing housing for 60 cows.

Hay Shed

35m x 13.3m (114’ 8” x 43’ 6”)

With partly concrete floor and partly hard core floor, and corrugated tin walls.

There is a set of traditional stone buildings with a mix of slate and corrugated tin roofs which comprise:

Barn

19.7m x 4.11m (64’ 6” x 13’ 5”)

With cattling handling facilities.

Barn

21.3m x 4.48m (69’ 9” x 14’ 7”)

With lean to timber framed building with corrugated tin roof. 12.5 x 5.79m. (41’ 1” x 19’ 0”)

Barn

9m x 5.4m. (29’ 5” x 17’ 7”)

The traditional buildings could be converted to residential use subject to obtaining the necessary planning consents.

LAND

The land can be analysed as follows:

MEIKLE GALDENOCH CASTLE

Adjacent to Meikle Galdenoch Lodge are the remains of Galdenoch Castle which dates from 1547 and forms an attractive focal point of the Estate.

Additional Information

SERVICES

Both houses have:

Electricity Mains

Water Mains

Drainage Private

Heating Calor Gas Fired Hot Water and Central Heating Systems.

Site of Special Scientific Interest

An area of shoreline is scheduled as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

DIRECTIONS

From Stranraer take the A718 and then the B798 to Leswalt. In Leswalt turn left onto the B7043 and after two miles pass the junction with the B738 to Portpatrick. The entrance to Meikle Galdenoch Estate is the next turning on the left and there is an electric security gate set a little way down the driveway.

SOLICITORS

Tho & J W Barty

Solicitors

61 High Street

Dunblane

Perthshire

FK15 0EH

Tel: 01786 822296

Fax: 01786 824249

LOCAL AUTHORITY

Dumfries & Galloway Council.

Carruthers House,

English Street,

Dumfries DG1 2DD

Tel: 01387 260000

Fax: 01387 260225

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS

Certain items of furniture in the Lodge together with carpets, curtains and light fittings maybe available to a purchaser at separate valuation. No other items are included unless specifically mentioned in these particulars.

ENTITLEMENTS

No entitlements for payment of Single Farm Payment are included in the sale.

LAND MANAGEMENT CONTRACT SCHEME

The former General Partner at Meikle Galdenoch entered into a 5 year Improved Access Menu Option in 2006 and a purchaser will be bound by the obligations of this scheme.

WOODLAND GRANT SCHEME

The woodlands are not subject to any grant schemes.

INGOING VALUATION

The Purchaser shall in addition to the purchase price be obliged to take over and pay for at a Valuation to be agreed between two Valuers, one acting for each party or an arbiter appointed by the Valuers, or for any agreement as to the appointment by the president for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Scottish Branch) the following:-

1. All cultivations carried out in preparation for the 2008 crop to be valued on a labour and machinery basis.

2. All growing crop on a seeds, labour, lime fertiliser, sprays and machinery basis with an increment representing the enhanced value of the establishment and the age of such crops.

3. All hay, straw and silage, farmyard manure and other produce at market value.

4. all oils, fuels, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds and sundries at cost.

N.B. If the amount of the Valuation has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion then the Purchaser shall pay to the Sellers such sum as CKDGalbraith shall certify on account at the Valuation pending agreement. Should payment not be made within seven days then interest will become payable on outstanding monies at 5% over Royal Bank of Scotland borrowing base rate.

HISTORIC SCOTLAND

Meikle Galdenoch Lodge together with boundary wall is scheduled as a Listed Building Category C (S).

OUTGOINGS

For Council Tax purposes for Meikle Lodge has been assessed as Band E, and Greenburn Farmhouse as Band C.

APPORTIONMENTS

Council Tax and all other outgoings will be apportioned between the Seller and the Purchaser as at the date of entry.

VIEWING

By appointment with the Selling Agents.

INTERNET WEBSITE

This property and other properties offered by CKD Galbraith can be viewed on our website at www.ckdgalbraith.co.uk as well as our affiliated websites www.primelocation.com and www.rightmove.co.uk.

Selling Agents / Local CKD Galbraith Office

IMPORTANT NOTES

1 These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing Prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice.

2 Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the structural condition, nor the working order of services and appliances.

3 These particulars shall not be binding on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995.

4 Closing Date

A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to CKD Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously.

The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties.

5 Offers

Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, through a Scottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, 120 King Street, Castle Douglas , DG7 1LU.

7 Third Party Rights and Servitudes

The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof.