West Darlochan Farm, Campbeltown

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1 West Darlochan Farm, Campbeltown Desirable dairy and beef finishing farm with substantial 8 apartment dwelling house, extensive modern and commodious range of steading buildings with grazing and arable lands extending to acres. LAWRIE & SYMINGTON LIMITED, LANARK AGRICULTURAL CENTRE, MUIRGLEN, LANARK ML11 9AX TEL: FAX: / property@lawrieandsymington.com WEB SITE:

2 Proprietor: Mr and Mrs W Ralston West Darlochan Farm Campbeltown Solicitors: Stewart Balfour & Sutherland 2 Castlehill Campbeltown PA28 6AW Tel: Campbeltown offers a vast range of services including medical, banking, legal and commercial, along with traditional high street shops and supermarkets. Both primary and secondary education is provided in Campbeltown. The airport is 1¼ miles from the farm providing a regular service to Glasgow. There is a regular bus service to Glasgow and ferry service to Ardrossan. Selling Agents: Lawrie & Symington Limited Lanark Agricultural Centre Muirglen Lanark ML11 9AX Tel: Directions: From Campbeltown take the A83 signposted Glasgow. Continue for 2¼ miles turning left signposted Campbeltown Airport. Continue on this road for one mile and West Darlochan Farm is on your left hand side. Introducton: A unique opportunity to purchase a desirable dairy and beef finishing unit. The farm has one of the highest yielding herds in Kintyre and in 2012 was shortlisted for an award as one of the top 20 herds in Scotland at the annual Agri- Scot Winter Show. Situation: The farm is situated approximately 3½ miles north west of Campbeltown and 5½ miles north east of Machrihanish, all within the parish of Campbeltown, district of Argyll and Bute. Dwelling House: One and a half storey stone built dwelling house with slated roof and part roughcast finish providing the following accommodation on 2 floors: Ground Floor - Lounge (14 x ) Corner tiled grate, alcove with mirror and cupboard. Livingroom (15 6 x 11 9 ) Tiled grate. Bedroom (15 x 12 3 ) With en-suite shower, wc and wash hand basin, storage cupboard. Kitchen (18 7 x 15 7 ) Base and wall mounted kitchen units, oil fired Raeburn. Pantry Base and wall mounted kitchen units.

Office Base and wall mounted kitchen units. Drainage: To septic tank. Garden Room (16 7 x 9 10 ) Storage heater. Upper Floor Bathroom (15 3 x 9 ) Bath, wc, wash hand basin, shower and vanity unit.

3 Office Base and wall mounted kitchen units. Drainage: To septic tank. Garden Room (16 7 x 9 10 ) Storage heater. Upper Floor Bathroom (15 3 x 9 ) Bath, wc, wash hand basin, shower and vanity unit. Double Bedroom (13 x 12 3 ) Mirror doored fitted wardrobes. Double Bedroom (15 8 x 11 9 ) Walk in cupboard with loft access. Master Bedroom (14 3 x 14 ) Accessed by Separate Staircase - Double Bedroom (15 9 x 9 3 ) Double Bedroom (17 x 15 9 ) Fitted wardrobes. Fittings: Double glazing throughout and all floor coverings. Garden: Two enclosed gardens comprising lawn and shrubbery. Council Tax: Council tax band is D. Steading Buildings: Tank House Stone built with tiled roof and concrete floor with 3,100 litre bulk tank and toilet adjacent. Milking Parlour Stone built with slated roof and concrete floor with 8 x 16 swing over herringbone milk parlour with controlled feeders and cake loft. Cattle Shed Timber and steel framed breeze block built, box profile sheeted roof, vent air side cladding and concrete floor comprising collecting area, cattle handling area and 2 loose pens, 12 calf cubicles, cubicles for 57 head, catching yokes, silage bunkers and slurry channels. Water: House mains supply, fields and buildings private borehole supply. Power: Mains electricity.

4 Cubicle House (Adjoining Cattle Shed) Stone built with slated roof with concrete and slated floor, slurry tank below contains 62 cubicles. Cubicle House (Adjoining Cattle Shed) Stone built with concrete asbestos roof and concrete floor providing accommodation for 34 cubicles with slurry tank below. Dungstead Concrete panel walls and concrete floor. Slurry Store Permastone slurry tower with capacity for 90,000 gallons. Various underground slurry tanks with capacity for a further 140,000 gallons. comprising wholecrop pit, grain store with capacity for 110 tonnes and implement shed. Cattle Handling Area Outdoor race crush and collecting pen with concrete floor. Draff Pit Concrete panel walls and concrete floor. Silage Pit (120 x 50) Steel framed, 12ft high concrete walls, cement fibre sheeted roof, concrete floor, box profile sheeted side cladding. Cubicle House Timber framed reinforced concrete walls, box profile sheeted roof, Yorkshire boarding side cladding, concrete floor, slurry tank below, silage bunkers comprising passageway and 16 cubicles. Silage Pit (60 x 40) Steel framed concrete walls and floor, box profile sheeted roof and side cladding. Cubicle House Timber framed block walls, box profile sheeted roof, concrete floor, feed passage, slurry tank below, providing accommodation for 75 cubicles. Silage Pit Steel framed sleeper walls, corrugated iron roof and side cladding, concrete floor. General Purpose Shed Steel framed, concrete panel walls, cement fibre sheeted roof, box profile sheeted side cladding, concrete floor Cattle Court (60 x 45) Steel framed concrete walls, cement fibre sheeted roof, concrete and slatted floor comprising 21 cubicles, 3 calf pens and 2 calving boxes, feed passage and air fan. Store Steel framed breeze block walls, box profile sheeted roof, corrugated iron side cladding and concrete floor. Calf House Brick built slated roof and concrete floor with air fan.

5 Workshop Lean-to with box profile sheeted roof and corrugated iron side cladding comprising workshop, feed store with 4 feed bins with capacity for 14 tonnes. Race Outdoor race of crash barrier construction comprising collecting pen and race. Summary of Lands: Arable Permanent Pasture Rough Grazing acres The land classed as permanent pasture is all ploughable. Dungstead Field dungstead, free standing concrete panel walls and concrete floor. Lands: Field Count Area Description Arable Arable Arable Arable Permanent Pasture Arable Arable Arable Arable Permanent Pasture Permanent Pasture Permanent Pasture Arable Arable Arable Permanent Pasture Arable Permanent Pasture Permanent Pasture Arable Permanent Pasture Rough Grazing Rough Grazing All fields have access to private or public hard roads. Currently the owner is also renting another 10 acres adjacent land from Machrihanish Airebase Community Company (MACC). Fences: The fences are all stob and wire and mostly electrified with a mains wire. Basic Payment Scheme 2016 (BPS): The 2016 single application form was submitted to enable a basic payment scheme claim The vendor will transfer the right to receive payment for future claims. Secured Crop: Any secured crop will require to be taken over by the purchaser at valuation.

6 Mineral Rights: The mineral rights are included in the sale only in so far as the seller has the rights thereto. Entry: Early entry on a date to be mutually agreed. Offers: All interested parties should notify their interest with the Sole Selling Agents, Lawrie & Symington Limited, so that they may be notified of a closing date for offers. Tel: Note: The seller is not bound to accept the highest or any offer. Inspection: Inspection of the subjects is strictly by appointment only on telephoning the Sole Selling Agents, Lawrie & Symington Limited, Lanark. Tel: The foregoing particulars whilst believed to be correct are in no way guaranteed and offerers shall be held to have satisfied themselves in all respects. Title Deeds: The Title Deeds may be inspected at the offices of Stewart Balfour and Sutherland. Any error or omission shall not annul the sale of the property, or entitle any party to compensation, nor in any circumstances give ground for action at Law. Deposit: The purchaser shall within five days of acceptance of their offer, make payment of a sum equal to 10% of the purchase price. The balance payable at date of entry.

LEWINSIDE FARM FORTH LANARK

LEWINSIDE FARM FORTH LANARK Offered for Sale as a whole former productive dairy unit, Comprising 7 apartment house with steading and 188.5 acres or thereby. Seller: Thomas Aitken Lewinside Farm Forth Lanark