Land For Sale £3,300,000
A first class arable and dairy farm in scenic South Ayrshire
Description
Lot 1 - Raith Farm (285 acres)
Raith Farmhouse
Raith Farmhouse is a handsome two storey, stone and slate farmhouse with extensive accommodation over two floors and adjoining traditional byres to the north and south which creates an attractive and private courtyard to the rear.
The front door opens into a spacious entrance hall which provides access to all the main ground floor rooms and the staircase to the first floor. The dining room is currently used as office space, while the two living rooms benefit from feature fireplaces with wood burning stoves. The kitchen has been refitted in recent years and provides a sociable cooking area with space for a dining table and chairs. The units are a mixture of fitted floor and wall units with a freestanding island providing additional worktop and storage space while the Rangemaster cooker sits within a traditional inglenook. There is a handy pantry off the kitchen as well as a separate utility room with various store rooms beyond which provides space to extend the kitchen in future years subject to appropriate consents. There is a shower room on the ground floor.
Upstairs there are five spacious bedrooms and a bathroom.
The farmhouse benefits from double glazed window units and heating and hot water are provided by the 200kW biomass boiler. There is a lovely enclosed garden to the front of the farmhouse with attractive views to the south, an area for outdoor dining and grass area with colourful borders containing flowers and shrubs.
Raith Cottage
Located to the east of the farmhouse and buildings, Raith Cottage is a traditional stone / brick and slate dwelling which provides additional accommodation to the farmhouse for either farm worker use or as a holiday / long-term letting potential. The accommodation is over one floor and includes a dining kitchen, sitting room, three bedrooms and a bathroom (with separate shower cubicle). The cottage is enclosed within a fenced / walled plot with a private driveway and small contained garden area.
Farm Buildings
Located to the east of the farmhouse as per the plan opposite, at the heart of the farm, is a range of farm buildings briefly described as follows:
1. Farmhouse
2. Traditional Buildings
Adjoining the farmhouse to the north and south and constructed of stone and brick with a mixture of slate and replacement corrugated / profile metal sheet roofs. These sheds provide useful general storage and space for calf or isolation pens.
3. Biomass boilers shed / Drying floors (maximum 23m x 15m)
A steel portal frame building with concrete floor, concrete panels, profile metal cladding and fibre cement roof sheets adjoining a brick and fibre cement sheet roof building and various lean-to additions.
4. New General Purpose Building (37m x 18m)
A steel portal frame shed with concrete floor, reinforced concrete panels, profile sheet cladding and fibre cement roof sheets.
5. Cubicle Shed and Dairy Complex (80m x 24m) + (48m x 14m) + (31m x 14m)
A purpose built shed constructed of steel portal frames with concrete floor (part solid / part slatted), vent cladding and fibre cement roof sheets. This shed houses the parlour (24:48 swingover), foot trimming crush and race with foot bath and shedding gates, 300 cubicles, bulk tank (10,000 litres) and farm office with toilet and shower. There is a central feed passage with barriers either side and locking head yokes plus outside feed barrier for dry cows. There is an 50kW array of solar panels on the roof feeding directly into the grid.
6. General Purpose Building / Cattle Shed (67m x 30m)
A concrete frame shed with fibre cement cladding and roof sheets. The shed houses two silage pits, cubicles for 90 cows and straw bedded pens for calves.
7. Silage Pit
Earth banked with concrete floor
8. Cottage
9. Slurry store
10. Slurry store
There is planning consent (reference: 19/01087/app) to construct an above ground slurry store (880,000 gallons) and reception tank between fields 4 and 5.
Land
In total the land within Lot 1 extends to about 285 acres and is generally level with an altitude ranging from 54 metres to 118 metres above sea level. It is classified by the James Hutton Institute of Soil Research as predominantly Class 3(1) with the exception of a band of 3(2) within fields 2,3,4,5,9 and 10. The surrounding public roads and internal tracks provide excellent access to the field enclosures which are bound by post and wire fences. All field enclosures benefit from water troughs.
The farmland is shown on the lotting plan and analysed in more detail on the accompanying table on page 17 of this brochure.
Location
Raith is situated in the scenic countryside of South Ayrshire with outstanding views over the surrounding farmland stretching out towards the west coast towards Arran and the Clyde Estuary. The area is renowned for its productive dairy and stock farms as a result of the mild and wet climate creating perfect grass growing conditions.
The village of Monkton is about 3 miles west where there is a primary school, fuel station with M&S food hall and post office. Prestwick (7 miles) is a larger town to the south of Monkton which provides more choice of high street shops, supermarkets and professional services as well as secondary schooling. There is also Prestwick Airport (4 miles) which offers a wide range of domestic and European flights.
Adjoining Prestwick to the south is the market town of Ayr which provides an even wider range of professional services and amenities including banking, supermarkets, high street shopping, restaurants, primary, secondary and private schooling, further education campuses and a railway station. There is also a first class racecourse which is the home of the Scottish Grand National meeting held annually in spring. Ayr United, formed in 1910, is the local football team and there are both rugby and cricket clubs in the town. Ayr also has a swimming pool, ten pin bowling, an ice rink and a choice of golf courses as well as river and park walks. Scottish Rural University College (sruc) also has a campus in Ayr. The nearest livestock market is on the outskirts of Ayr.
Travel connections in the area are good with excellent access to the A77 (less than 2 miles away), linking the ferry port at Cairnryan (near Stranraer) to Glasgow.
South Ayrshire is a picturesque mix of rolling landscapes, extensive woodlands and rugged coastline, making for an especially attractive setting and providing a wealth of opportunities for outdoor pursuits including golf (several courses around Ayr, Prestwick and Troon), shooting, cycling, hill walking and water sports.
Square Footage: 890 sq ft
Acreage:
285 Acres
Directions
Directions
From the A77 (north or south bound) at Sandyford Toll Roundabout, take the A719 junction and turn left immediately (signposted for Galston). Follow this road for just over a mile and then take the left for the B739 (signposted for Monkton). Raith Farm is on the right-hand side. The postcode for sat nav purposes is KA9 2SN.
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Description
Lot 1 - Raith Farm (285 acres)
Raith Farmhouse
Raith Farmhouse is a handsome two storey, stone and slate farmhouse with extensive accommodation over two floors and adjoining traditional byres to the north and south which creates an attractive and private courtyard to the rear.
The front door opens into a spacious entrance hall which provides access to all the main ground floor rooms and the staircase to the first floor. The dining room is currently used as office space, while the two living rooms benefit from feature fireplaces with wood burning stoves. The kitchen has been refitted in recent years and provides a sociable cooking area with space for a dining table and chairs. The units are a mixture of fitted floor and wall units with a freestanding island providing additional worktop and storage space while the Rangemaster cooker sits within a traditional inglenook. There is a handy pantry off the kitchen as well as a separate utility room with various store rooms beyond which provides space to extend the kitchen in future years subject to appropriate consents. There is a shower room on the ground floor.
Upstairs there are five spacious bedrooms and a bathroom.
The farmhouse benefits from double glazed window units and heating and hot water are provided by the 200kW biomass boiler. There is a lovely enclosed garden to the front of the farmhouse with attractive views to the south, an area for outdoor dining and grass area with colourful borders containing flowers and shrubs.
Raith Cottage
Located to the east of the farmhouse and buildings, Raith Cottage is a traditional stone / brick and slate dwelling which provides additional accommodation to the farmhouse for either farm worker use or as a holiday / long-term letting potential. The accommodation is over one floor and includes a dining kitchen, sitting room, three bedrooms and a bathroom (with separate shower cubicle). The cottage is enclosed within a fenced / walled plot with a private driveway and small contained garden area.
Farm Buildings
Located to the east of the farmhouse as per the plan opposite, at the heart of the farm, is a range of farm buildings briefly described as follows:
1. Farmhouse
2. Traditional Buildings
Adjoining the farmhouse to the north and south and constructed of stone and brick with a mixture of slate and replacement corrugated / profile metal sheet roofs. These sheds provide useful general storage and space for calf or isolation pens.
3. Biomass boilers shed / Drying floors (maximum 23m x 15m)
A steel portal frame building with concrete floor, concrete panels, profile metal cladding and fibre cement roof sheets adjoining a brick and fibre cement sheet roof building and various lean-to additions.
4. New General Purpose Building (37m x 18m)
A steel portal frame shed with concrete floor, reinforced concrete panels, profile sheet cladding and fibre cement roof sheets.
5. Cubicle Shed and Dairy Complex (80m x 24m) + (48m x 14m) + (31m x 14m)
A purpose built shed constructed of steel portal frames with concrete floor (part solid / part slatted), vent cladding and fibre cement roof sheets. This shed houses the parlour (24:48 swingover), foot trimming crush and race with foot bath and shedding gates, 300 cubicles, bulk tank (10,000 litres) and farm office with toilet and shower. There is a central feed passage with barriers either side and locking head yokes plus outside feed barrier for dry cows. There is an 50kW array of solar panels on the roof feeding directly into the grid.
6. General Purpose Building / Cattle Shed (67m x 30m)
A concrete frame shed with fibre cement cladding and roof sheets. The shed houses two silage pits, cubicles for 90 cows and straw bedded pens for calves.
7. Silage Pit
Earth banked with concrete floor
8. Cottage
9. Slurry store
10. Slurry store
There is planning consent (reference: 19/01087/app) to construct an above ground slurry store (880,000 gallons) and reception tank between fields 4 and 5.
Land
In total the land within Lot 1 extends to about 285 acres and is generally level with an altitude ranging from 54 metres to 118 metres above sea level. It is classified by the James Hutton Institute of Soil Research as predominantly Class 3(1) with the exception of a band of 3(2) within fields 2,3,4,5,9 and 10. The surrounding public roads and internal tracks provide excellent access to the field enclosures which are bound by post and wire fences. All field enclosures benefit from water troughs.
The farmland is shown on the lotting plan and analysed in more detail on the accompanying table on page 17 of this brochure.
Location
Raith is situated in the scenic countryside of South Ayrshire with outstanding views over the surrounding farmland stretching out towards the west coast towards Arran and the Clyde Estuary. The area is renowned for its productive dairy and stock farms as a result of the mild and wet climate creating perfect grass growing conditions.
The village of Monkton is about 3 miles west where there is a primary school, fuel station with M&S food hall and post office. Prestwick (7 miles) is a larger town to the south of Monkton which provides more choice of high street shops, supermarkets and professional services as well as secondary schooling. There is also Prestwick Airport (4 miles) which offers a wide range of domestic and European flights.
Adjoining Prestwick to the south is the market town of Ayr which provides an even wider range of professional services and amenities including banking, supermarkets, high street shopping, restaurants, primary, secondary and private schooling, further education campuses and a railway station. There is also a first class racecourse which is the home of the Scottish Grand National meeting held annually in spring. Ayr United, formed in 1910, is the local football team and there are both rugby and cricket clubs in the town. Ayr also has a swimming pool, ten pin bowling, an ice rink and a choice of golf courses as well as river and park walks. Scottish Rural University College (sruc) also has a campus in Ayr. The nearest livestock market is on the outskirts of Ayr.
Travel connections in the area are good with excellent access to the A77 (less than 2 miles away), linking the ferry port at Cairnryan (near Stranraer) to Glasgow.
South Ayrshire is a picturesque mix of rolling landscapes, extensive woodlands and rugged coastline, making for an especially attractive setting and providing a wealth of opportunities for outdoor pursuits including golf (several courses around Ayr, Prestwick and Troon), shooting, cycling, hill walking and water sports.
Square Footage: 890 sq ft
Acreage:
285 Acres
Directions
Directions
From the A77 (north or south bound) at Sandyford Toll Roundabout, take the A719 junction and turn left immediately (signposted for Galston). Follow this road for just over a mile and then take the left for the B739 (signposted for Monkton). Raith Farm is on the right-hand side. The postcode for sat nav purposes is KA9 2SN.
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