Plot for sale

A fantastic opportunity to acquire a privately positioned traditional stone built farmhouse with an extensive range of commercial outbuildings with approximately 10.18 acres of garden and amenity woodland.

Secluded property with private gardens and woodland to enjoy.

A 4-bedroom extended farmhouse in excellent order.

Commercial outbuildings used for carpentry school and timber sales business.

The house was extensively renovated in 2009 to very high exacting standards with all new period windows and doors, the internal joinery work has been restored to original and an extension using matching stone and original features was built. Girdwoodend house is a traditional stone-built 4-bedroom house with a modern interior and traditional features and finishes throughout. The house is fully double glazed and benefits from under floor heating on the ground floor.

The house has an open-plan kitchen and dining area with a small utility and separate laundry
room. The downstairs bathroom is situated on the left as you enter the house, with a shower
and WC. The living room is off the dining area which brings you into the hallway where the
stairs are situated to reach the first floor. There is one bedroom situated on the ground floor.

There are 3 equally sized bedrooms one of which is accessed through another bedroom (see floor plan). There is the ability to install a new staircase to access the further bedroom directly without passing through the other bedroom.

There is a small office/study which leads into a bedroom with a further bathroom which includes a bath.

The property has a well-maintained garden at the front of the house which is enclosed by a beech hedge on one side and raised planted beds on the other. There is a patio accessed by a doorway from the kitchen providing an excellent area for outdoor entertaining. A short distance from the house is a strategically located summer house positioned to capture the evening sunshine.

The land at Girdwoodend predominately consists of amenity woodland and garden ground extending in total to approximately 10.18 acres. The woodland has been planted during the current owners tenure at Girdwoodend and has created a wonderfully private and secluded
feeling. There is a network of woodland paths around the whole property, providing wonderful
woodland walks. There is a small pond situated behind the outbuildings providing a wetland
habitat.

Buildings
There is an extensive range of traditional and modern buildings at Girdwoodend Farm as well
as useful hard standing yard areas.

1. The Biomass shed is of timber framed construction and adjoins the workshop building. This houses the 2 biomass boilers, one a log burner and one pellet, which provide heating and hot water for the house and workshops.

2. The workshop is a traditional stone-built building which was formerly used as a dairy, a
byre and a bothy under a pitched corrugated roof with a painted exterior. The building has been internally clad and insulated in areas to be used as a workshop and teaching area for carpentry classes. The workshops feature a kitchenette and WC and benefit from heating and hot water provided by the biomass boiler. There is a small lean-to addition to the workshop which provides additional storage.

3. Located a short distance from the workshop is a former stone-built barn that has been converted to provide studio space and a party room. There is a lean-to extension on the rear
side of this building which provides general purpose storage.

4. The shop building is two adjoining sheds under a pitched roof. The traditional building is a stone building, and the more modern one is a timber framed and clad building. The modern building has been heavily over engineered to take the weight of a forklift.

5. The modern large shed constructed in 2010 is a twin-span steel portal framed building measuring 24m x 30m approximately. One span is over a concrete base. The second span is over an earth floor and provides general purpose storage. The buildings have roller screen doors on the front and are accessed by a track from the main drive and benefits from ample space for an artic lorry to turn and for outside storage. The building has a 3 phase electricity supply

Girdwoodend is well located within central Scotland situated within South Lanarkshire in the small rural hamlet of Auchengray. The nearest village to Girdwoodend Farm is Carnwath (4.1 miles) which provides basic amenities with
Livingston approximately 10 miles from your doorstep offering an array of shops and facilities including a leisure centre and bustling high street. Auchengray is positioned only 25 miles from Edinburgh making commuting to the city centre very easy.