Readymade diversification in Ayrshire

A fully equipped butchery cutting room and farm shop are part of the offering at Meikle Auchengree Farm, near Glengarnock, Ayrshire.

The 98ha (243-acre) farm also runs a livery with an indoor school and is on the market through Strutt & Parker with an overall guide price of £995,000. The holding, which has also been lotted in up to four lots priced from £20,000 to offers of more than £695,000, has 174 acres of pasture and 59 acres of woodland.

The seven-bedroom farmhouse has been refurbished, while outbuildings include a traditional steading and further farm buildings for general storage and winter stock housing.(Strutt & Parker 0141 225 3800)