An attractive livestock rearing unit within Dumfriesshire

Description

The farmhouse is a traditional two storey stone and slate dwelling with four bedrooms and two reception rooms providing family sized accommodation with a southeasterly aspect enjoying views over the large enclosed garden.

The farmland extends to approximately 339 acres and sits within two blocks, dissected by the public road.

Hightown of Tinwald Farmhouse is a 19th century dwelling of stone and slate construction with a substantial brick and flat roofed first floor extension to the northern elevation. The house benefits from oil fired central heating and UPVC double glazing. There is a separate driveway to the farmhouse with a red gravelled parking area to the front elevation. The front door enters into a hallway which provides access to the ground floor accommodation as well as the staircase leading to the first floor. There are two reception rooms, one with an open fire and the other a larger family room (also with open fire) with space for both dining and lounge furniture, featuring views over the garden and adjoining woodland. The farmhouse kitchen features bespoke solid wood floor and wall units and a four oven Aga (2 in the main range and 2 in the adjoining electric module which also features an electric hob). A conservatory overlooking the garden provides an informal day to day living area, and a utility/boot room is situated at the rear entrance from the farm courtyard. A downstairs shower room completes the ground floor accommodation.
On the first floor there are four bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Located at the heart of the farm, and accessed separately from the house, is a range of modern farm buildings which are both practical and versatile. These have been developed over a number of years to provide an easily managed indoor setting for rearing livestock, with the design and placement of the buildings helping to minimise the labour required to move feeding and straw between them.

In total the land at Hightown of Tinwald extends to about 339 acres (137.5 hectares) rising eastwards from the steading on to the hill with an altitude ranging from 120m to 250m above sea level. It is classified by the James Hutton Institute of Soil Research as an equal mixture of classes 4 and 5 on the land capability for agriculture scale and F3 and F4 on the land capability for forestry scale. Approximately 130 acres is croppable with a further 137 acres of permanent pasture / green hill and 69 acres of woodlands planted in 2023 under a Forestry Grant Scheme (which has 3 years of maintenance payments remaining). All of the farmland is classified as being in a Less Favoured Area (LFA) for the purpose of grants and subsidies.

The farm is a productive grassland holding but equally capable of good yields of silage and forage crops. The land sits within two distinct blocks, intersected by the public road. There are four fields to the west of the road which are all accessible from the farm steading. These provide excellent grazing and silage land with convenient access to the farm buildings. The land to the east can be accessed from the public road or via an internal track, providing further grazing and mowing land as well as newly planted woodlands and an area of green hill upon which a trig point provides outstanding 360 views over the surrounding countryside including towards the Solway Coast.

The fields benefit from post and wire fencing and stone dykes, and are watered via a spring fed private water supply.

Location

Hightown of Tinwald is situated in rural Dumfriesshire, close to the village of Lochmaben where there is a primary school, local shops and cafes, a golf course and a sailing club. Dumfries, approximately 8 miles, is a busy county town providing a wide range of facilities including primary and secondary schooling, a university campus, sports and healthcare facilities as well as retail parks, high street shopping and professional services.

The A75, A76, A702 and M74 are all readily accessible linking the region to west and central Scotland and the north of England. There are railway stations at both Dumfries and Carlisle with regular services to Glasgow and London. Edinburgh and Glasgow international airports are approximately 76 and 79 miles to the north respectively.

The southwest of Scotland is well known for its mild climate, attractive unspoilt countryside and the diversity of its recreational facilities and field sports including shooting and stalking as well as trout and salmon fishing on numerous rivers and lochs. A wide variety of beaches, coastal paths and beautiful walks are within easy reach. The location is also famous for excellent hill walking and cycling along a wide variety of popular trails (for example, the 7stanes route can be joined at nearby Mabie and Dalbeattie). In 2009, the International Dark Sky Association confirmed Dark Sky Status to the Galloway Forest Park, the first designated area in Scotland. There are several golf courses within travelling distance including at Lochmaben and Dumfries as well as a championship links course at Southerness on the picturesque Solway coast.

Hightown of Tinwald has been in the seller’s family since 1957, traditionally farmed for beef and sheep production, with some woodland creation in recent years providing additional amenity and shelter to complement the farmland. The steading has been developed over the years and benefits from a useful range of predominantly portal-framed buildings for housing sheep and cattle, as well as an attractive and useful range of stone buildings which form a courtyard to the rear of the farmhouse.




Acreage: 339 Acres

Directions

From the A75 Dumfries bypass, head north onto Edinburgh Road (A701). Stay on this road for approximately 4 miles, passing through Amisfield. After about 0.6 miles, turn right onto Lanegate Road. Follow Lanegate Road for 0.7 miles, then make a right turn. Continue for another 0.4 miles, and make another right turn. Hightown of Tinwald Farm is about 0.5 miles further on the right hand side.
The postcode for satellite navigation purposes is DG11 1SH.
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Additional Info

Viewing - Strictly by appointment with Savills. Given the potential hazards of a working farm, we request you take care when viewing the property, especially around the farmyard.

Basic Payment Entitlement Scheme (BPSE) - Basic Payment Scheme entitlements for the woodland area are included in the sale. There are 28.04 units of region 1 entitlements available. No BPS entitlements are available for the productive farmland.

Cross Compliance - The payments due under the scheme in relation to the years up to and including the current farming year will be retained by the sellers. The purchaser will be required to ensure that all cross compliance requirements and standards are maintained on the farm during the year to 31 December 2024.

Forestry Grant Scheme - In 2023, 28.04 hectares of new woodlands, Sitka Spruce, mixed conifer and native broadleaves, were planted in fields 7 and 13 on the sale plan. A maintenance grant is payable in respect of the woodlands until 2026. The purchaser will be obliged to take on responsibility for the maintenance of the plantations in line with the grant scheme rules. Please note the scheme was not registered for carbon credits. Further details can be obtained from the selling agents.

Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS) - Hightown of Tinwald lies wholly within the Less Favoured Area.

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 failing 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 hay, straw, fodder, roots, silage and farmyard manure and other produce at market value. 2. All growing crops, on a seeds, labour, lime, fertiliser, sprays and machinery basis with an increment representing the enhanced value of the establishment and age of such crops. 3. All oils, fuel, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds and sundries at cost. Note: If the amount of the valuations has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion, then the purchaser shall pay to the seller such a sum as Savills shall certify on account at the valuation pending agreement. Should the payment not be made within seven days then the interest will become payable on outstanding monies at 5% over Bank of Scotland borrowing rate.

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Servitude Rights, Burdens, Wayleaves and Statutory Public and Other Access Rights - The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing servitude and wayleave rights, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private. The property is also sold subject to the rights of public access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others following their solicitors’ examination of the title deeds. 1. There is a spring fed private water supply to the land and buildings which is shared with the proprietor of Hightown of Tinwald Cottage, with maintenance on a user basis. Appropriate rights will be reserved for the continued use of services and access to Hightown of Tinwald Cottage.sian 2. The property lies within the Torthorwald Ridge Regional Scenic Area. 3. There is a fort located on the hill, but it is not a scheduled monument. 4. There is a trig point on the hill which is accessed occasionally by walkers. 5. There is a public footpath as shown on the sale plan.

Lotting - It is intended to offer the property for sale as described, but the seller reserves the right to divide the property into lots, or to withdraw the property, or to exclude any property shown in these particulars.