Loch Ettrick, Forest of Ae, Dumfries
- SIZE AVAILABLE
1,228,392 sq ft
114,121 sq m
- SECTOR
Land for sale
Description
About 11.40 hectares ( 28.2 acres)
Offers above £130,000
Loch Ettrick is a beautiful, tranquil Loch located in the heart of the Forest of Ae about 17km North of Dumfries.
The property consists of the Loch, surrounding wooded banks, the dam and the old boat house. There is a good vehicle track across the dam to the boat house and access on foot along the Loch shores. The boat house offers excellent potential for "off grid" recreational use and the property will make an ideal weekend retreat, conservation project or private fishing loch.
General Description
Loch Ettrick is a beautiful, tranquil Loch located in the heart of the Forest of Ae about 17km North of Dumfries.
The property consists of the Loch ( 7.3 hectares), a separate pond, surrounding wooded banks, the dam and the old boat house. There is a good vehicle track across the dam to the boat house and access along the Loch shores.
The boat house requires renovation but has excellent potential for "off grid" recreational use.
The Loch has been used as a stocked Trout Loch in the past and fish are still present.
There is an area of conifer woodland which has blown down in recent storms. A felling licence has been submitted to clear the conifers and restore this to native trees.
Tenure and possession
The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession upon completion.
Access
There is good and easy access via minor public roads from the A701 via Ae village to the East or from the A76, near Thornhill to the West.
Viewing is available by appointment
Method of sale
The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty. Offers should be submitted to the vendor's agent, David Atkinson, Edwin Thompson, FIFTEEN Rosehill, Montgomery Way, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2RW. The vendors reserve the right to fix a closing date for offers, change the method or sale or sell the property without notification. Therefore, prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents.
Rights, Easements and Outgoings
The Loch provides a source of drinking water to several local properties and there is a requirement to maintain the dam and fixtures.
The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way, whether public or private and any existing or proposed wayleaves, easements, restrictions and burdens of whatever kind whether referred to in these particulars or not. The buyer will be held to have satisfied himself or herself on all such matters.
The property is subject to the access provisions as set out in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The Scottish Outdoor Access Code sets out the rights and responsibilities of land managers and those exercising access rights and it should be noted that these extend to water bodies.
General Reservations
The right is reserved by the vendors to amend or incorporate fresh provisions as appropriate in respect of all the above matters.
Brochures
Loch Ettrick, Forest of Ae, Dumfries
NEAREST STATIONS
Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Dumfries Station10.7 miles
About EDWIN THOMPSON, Carlisle
Fifteen Rosehill Montgomery Way, Rosehill Industrial Estate, Carlisle, CA1 2RW
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