Minishant, Maybole, South Ayrshire, KA19 8DL

A productive Class 3 livestock farm in an accessible location close to Ayr.

Location

Grange Mains is situated in a convenient location near the Ayrshire coast with easy access to the A77(M), the main arterial route for central Scotland. Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard, was born in nearby Alloway (3 miles), a beautiful village on the edge of Ayr, where the National Trust’s Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is located.

The county town of Ayr (7 miles) is easily reached and provides a wide range of high street shops and supermarkets, schooling (including private co-education at Wellington), banking and professional services. There is an excellent range of restaurants and a variety of sports and recreational facilities including Ayr’s first class racecourse which is the home of the Scottish Grand National meeting held annually in spring. The Scottish Rural University College (SRUC) and University of the West of Scotland (UWS) share a state of the art campus in Ayr town centre. Craig Wilson’s livestock market is situated only 7 miles away to the east of Ayr bypass.

The Ayrshire coast is renowned worldwide for its golfing, with championship courses at nearby Turnberry, Prestwick and Royal Troon. There is also a wealth of opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts and families. Culzean Castle and Country Park (run by the National Trust for Scotland) is a short drive away, and the Galloway Forest Park (one of only four national parks in the western world to have official Dark Sky status) is an area of outstanding natural beauty and offers excellent walking, mountain biking and fishing. The southwest of Scotland is also noted for its field sports, including pheasant, partridge and grouse shooting as well as red, roe and fallow deer stalking.

Only a short distance to the north is the popular sailing area of the Firth of Clyde with yachting marinas at Troon, and further up the coast at Largs and Inverkip.

Glasgow city centre (41 miles) can be reached easily by both rail and road and is widely regarded as a vibrant and dynamic city with one of the UK’s best shopping districts. Edinburgh, Scotland’s famous capital city, lies just over 87 miles to the northeast.

Prestwick Airport is about 3 miles to the north of Ayr and has services to various European destinations. Glasgow Airport (46 miles) and Edinburgh Airport (80 miles) provide a wide range of domestic, European and international flights. Cairnryan lies around 39 miles to the southwest and is the main ferry terminal for Northern Ireland with services to both Larne and Belfast.

Description

LOT 1 Grange Mains Farmhouse, Steading and 28.42 Hectares (70.22 acres)

Farmhouse
Grange Mains Farmhouse is constructed of stone under a
slate roof. On the ground floor there is a kitchen, utility room,
shower room, lounge, dining room and study. On the first floor
there are two bedrooms and a bathroom on a half landing.
The property benefits from oil fired central heating/hot water
system and is connected to mains electricity and water.

Attached to the farmhouse is the Bothy, which has previously
been used as a farm shop and as an artist’s studio. It
interconnects to the house and could be developed for further
residential accommodation. There is a medium sized enclosed
garden with lawn, gravel and a range of hedging, bushes and
shrubs.

The farmhouse is presently occupied by a residential tenant.

Farm Buildings
The farm benefits from a range of buildings predominantly of
modern (but dated) construction as set out below.

Dutch Barn (31.7m x 10.4m) – Steel portal frame with concrete
floor, blockwork walls and profile metal sheet cladding and roof.

General Purpose Building – (30.1m x 24.6m) – Steel portal
frame, mixture of solid concrete and slatted floors, concrete
panels and Yorkshire boarding and fibre cement or asbestos
roof sheets.

Byre and Lean-to (40.2m x 7.7m) – Brick built under an asbestos sheet roof with metal framed and clad lean-to.

Farmland
The farmland and woodlands with Lot 1 extend to about 28.42
hectares (70.22 acres) in total, comprising three field enclosures plus woodland strips, within a ring fenced block rising from 5m to 22m above sea level. The land is generally level with gentle slopes and is classified by the James Hutton Institute as a mixture of classes 3(2) and 4(2) on the Land Capability for Agriculture scale. The land is enclosed predominantly by post and wire fencing and hedges, and is watered from a metered mains water supply. The fields are accessed from the farm steading and the public road.

General Remarks & Information

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.

Farmhouse Occupation
Grange Mains Farmhouse is let to a residential tenant. Notice has been served to terminate the tenancy and the tenants are seeking alternative accommodation. The farmhouse may not be available to view until vacant.

Entry and Possession
Entry by mutual agreement, and on consideration of the sitting tenants who require to find alternative accommodation.

Offers
Offers in Scottish Legal Form are to be submitted to the selling agents, Savills, Monreith House, Crichton, Dumfries, DG1 4ZZ. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents following inspection.

Solicitors
Gillespie MacAndrew, 5 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 8EJ.
Tel. 0131 221 6914.

Fixtures and Fittings
No additional fixtures and fittings are included in the sale.

Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)
There are 62.06 Region 1 Entitlements which are available to transfer as part of the sale (which will be apportioned if the property is sold in lots).

Less Favoured Area Status Scheme (LFASS)
The farm has wholly LFA status, although LFASS has not been claimed.

Services, Council Tax and Energy Performance Certificates
Mains electricity and water, private septic tank drainage. Oil fired central heating.

Council tax band = Band D. EPC = F. The Bothy has a rateable value of £4,300.

Mineral and Timber Rights
In so far as they are owned, the mineral rights are included in the sale. All standing and fallen timber is included in the sale.

Acreage: 70.22 Acres

Directions

Directions
From Ayr, head south on the A77 and enter Minishant village. Just before leaving the village, take the last turning on the right hand side (School Road) and continue for 0.5 miles leaving the village. There is a small residential development on the left hand side (St Helen’s Crescent) and Grange Mains is the next property on the left hand side thereafter. The
postcode is KA19 8DP.

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