Bowland, Scottish Borders, TD1

The Bowland Estate: Lots 1 - 3 - £18,500,000

Bowland House and Policies with surrounding pastureland and Caddonhead Moor extending in total to 5,386 acres. (2,179 hectares).

Further lots available by separate negotiation including six agricultural holdings, 12 residential properties and a further 2,684 acres of agricultural land.

LOT 1 - BOWLAND HOUSE & POLICIES: 325.43 acres (131.7 hectares)

Bowland House is a castellated Tudor-Gothic mansion built around 1813-15 to designs by James Gillespie Graham, set with far-reaching views across an attractive mosaic of green sloping parkland and mature trees.

Bowland House is a striking Category B listed house of significant architectural merit with its impressive Porte-cochere.

The principal accommodation is set over three floors with the formal reception rooms providing excellent entertaining space as well as comfortable day to day living. There are three bedroom suites on the first floor, and a further thirteen bedrooms, four bathrooms and three shower rooms across the first and second floors. There is also a large cellar with gun room, wine cellars and stores.

Sloping gently away from the front of the house are immaculately maintained gardens and grounds with a south facing terrace for outdoor entertaining.
To the west of the house is a traditional walled garden which extends to approximately half an acre and has been meticulously restored and maintained, with a wide variety of flowers for the house, fruit trees and vegetable beds. In addition to providing fresh produce for Bowland House, the Head Gardener also grows more unusual vegetables, supplying restaurants in Edinburgh and Melrose.

There is a range of attractive traditional outbuildings predominantly used for garaging (heated) and garden machinery stores. Other outbuildings include a game larder and beaters' lunchroom.

To the north of the walled garden are a series of 5 cottages, with all but one having been unoccupied for a number of years. There is also a 3-bedroom detached gate lodge at the bottom of the main drive.


LOT 2 - WINDYDOORS FARM: 680.90 acres (275.56 hectares)

Windydoors Farm provides the link between Bowland House and moorland and is a large pasture farm providing grazing for the sheep and beef enterprise.
There are 3 residential properties; a 3-bedroom chalet bungalow and a pair of semi-detached 2-bedroom cottages. Opposite the cottages is a small range of livestock buildings.

Windydoors is predominantly a lowland grass farm with 608 acres of pastureland and rough pasture, 29 acres of arable ground and 38 acres of woodland.

LOT 3 - CADDONHEAD MOORLAND: 4408.20 acres (1783.97 hectares)

The moorland extends to 4,235 acres and has provided for excellent grouse shooting, with 16 lines of grouse butts across the moor providing driving options in varying wind conditions. The moor is easily accessed by a central hardcore track which runs up the Caddon Water valley, with a number of offshoots providing for access to most of the drives and for moorland management. In addition to the moorland, there are approximately 89 acres of pastureland is the lower areas of the moor and 48 acres of woodland.

The Caddonhead game keeper's cottage is a detached two-bedroom bungalow conveniently situated towards the middle of the moor and enjoys exceptional views over the spectacular landscape. At the eastern edge of the moor, the Millennium Hut offers a comfortable purpose-built stone shoot bothy; easily accessible and with stunning views up the valley, it provides for great entertaining on the moor. It comprises a kitchenette, WC and a large lunchroom with a stone fireplace and doors leading onto a covered terrace. There is a second, more modest, traditional lunch bothy located at the head of the Caddon Water at Scroof.

Stow and Galashiels 4 miles
Melrose 9 Miles
Edinburgh City Centre 32 miles
Edinburgh Airport 36 miles
(Distances are approximate)