South Quintinespie, Laurieston, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland, DG7

FOR SALE AS A WHOLE

SITUATION
South Quintinespie is situated just on the outskirts of Laurieston. There is a bus service to Castle Douglas several times a day, which passes the road end of South Quintinespie. Laurieston has a small art gallery which serves coffee and cake, and Bellymack Red Kite Feeding Station sits opposite the property. On the edge of the village sits a memorial to S R Crockett the 19th and early 20th Century novelist who was born in Balmaghie. The village sits close to Laurieston Forest, part of the Galloway Forest Park, which has parking and walks. The RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes Nature Reserve is just a short drive from South Quintinespie.

The nearby market town of Castle Douglas has a good range of shops, supermarkets, and other services, and is designated Dumfries and Galloway’s Food Town. The regional capital of Dumfries offers a wider range of shops, retail outlets and services including the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

Communications to the area are very good, with a regular weekday bus service from the village to Castle Douglas and onward travel to towns across the region from Castle Douglas including Dumfries, Dalbeattie and Kirkcudbright. Railway stations in both Dumfries and Lockerbie, providing connections to both North and South. The M74 motorway is about 50 miles distant allowing easy access north and south. Regular flights to parts of the UK and Ireland as well as continental Europe depart from Prestwick Airport, which is 53 miles to the north. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh, which have international airports are around 89/ 120 miles respectively.

DESCRIPTION
South Quintinespie offers a rural package of great appeal and adaptability to the new buyer and their specific needs. Occupying a peaceful rural location with far reaching countryside views on the edge of the village of Laurieston near to the Red Kite Feeding Station. The farmhouse offers deceptively spacious accommodation over two levels with double glazing, electric storage heating and hot water tank with back boiler. The sitting room houses a wood burning stove for the cooler seasons with an open fire to the living room. The kitchen dining area provides the hub of the home and offers a sociable space to meet as a family or entertain. Beyond the kitchen is a utility room, storage cupboard and modern fitted shower room with entrance porch leading to the garden at the rear. From the kitchen the accommodation continues with a living room and open fire, bedroom with storage and sitting room with wood burning stove. On the first floor 2 bedrooms with views over the countryside, a large storage cupboard and master bedroom suite with shower completes the accommodation offering. The garden to the rear offers a greenhouse and space suitable for growing your own veg. As a whole South Quintinespie offers an attractive lifestyle package with a range of outbuildings (listed below) and with 56.5 acres there is great scope to develop as a small livestock holding, tourism or equestrian property (all dependant on relevant planning). There is scope for the outbuildings to be developed or adapted to incorporate an extension to the existing farmhouse.
South Quintinespie offers an attractive package and is of a type which is of continued demand and rarely available within the area.

METHOD OF SALE
South Quintinespie is offered for sale as a whole.

South Quintinespie
Farmhouse
South Quintinespie Farmhouse is a traditional stone built farmhouse under a slated roof. The accommodation over two floors comprises:

Ground Floor:
Entrance Porch. Utility Room. Larder Cupboard. Family Bathroom. Kitchen/Dining. Snug. Bedroom. Sitting Room.

First Floor:
Master Bedroom with En suite shower. Bedrooms x2.

Farm Buildings
South Quintinespie is well equipped with a range of outbuildings with a sizeable yard area adjacent to the buildings & farmhouse. The farm buildings comprise:

Coal Shed (2.3m x 5.1m)

Barn/Workshop (12.18m x 5.67m)
Stone/Brick built, Concrete flooring.

Bike Shed (2.7m x 5.9m)
Sliding door with padlock.

Sheep Shed (11.9m x 10.8m)
Concrete panel walls. Corrugated roofing. Concrete Flooring. Circular pen race with 3 holding pens.

Car Port (7m x 8.8m) Open fronted concrete block construction and concrete flooring.

Hay/Straw Shed (8.68m x 18.2m)
Earth/Concrete Flooring
Adjoining
Lambing Shed (18.3m x 5.89m)

Stall Shed (21m x 4.9m) Brick Built. Concrete Floor. Connects to:
Sheep Shed (7.94m x 7.46m) Brick built/concrete floor. Door to field. Walk through pens/sheep feeders.
Lean to stick sheds: 3.6m x 2.2m.
Stick Shed (at end): (3.2m x 1.6m)

Tank House/Store (4.62m x 3.4m)

Dog Kennels/Chicken Shed

The Land
South Quintinespie extends to approximately 56.5 acres (23.85ha), lying to the south of the public road with a farm track leading directly to the farmhouse and buildings. The fields are mainly accessed from the internal farm track towards the entrance or through the steading to the enclosures beyond with further field-to-field access. The land at South Quintinespie is classified as Grade 4(1) to 5(3) according to the James Hutton Institute. The land is used for grazing and is bound by post & rylock fencing and dry-stone dykes with mature trees and hedges to define field parcels. The land is gently undulating and is of a scale which would suit a small livestock farmer or for equestrian purposes.


SERVICES, COUNCIL TAX AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE(S)
Property Water Drainage Electricity Heating Council Tax Tenure EPC
FARMHOUSE Mains Septic Tank Mains Back Boiler / Electric Heating Band D Freehold F 28

IACS
All the farmland is registered for IACS purposes and the farm code is 490/0067

NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE (NVZ)
The land at South Quintinespie is not included within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

RIGHTS OF WAY
A Right of Way exists as an alternative access for the neighbouring Drumbreck. This is not currently exercised.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME (BPS) 2019
Basic Payment Entitlement was established on 15th May 2015. The Basic Payment Entitlements will be available for sale by separate negotiation. Further details of the Basic Payment Entitlement are available from the Selling Agent.

Any payments relating to the 2019 scheme year will be retained by the Seller. If applicable, the purchaser(s) will be responsible upon occupation of the subjects of sale to comply fully with the Statutory Management requirements to maintain the farmland in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) as laid down under the Cross Compliance rules of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2019 for the remainder of the scheme year.

LESS-FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT SCHEME (LFASS)
All of the land has been designated as being within a Less-Favoured Area.

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Dumfries & Galloway Council

MINERALS
The mineral rights are included.

TIMBER
All fallen and standing timber is included in the sale as so far as it is owned by the seller.

SPORTING RIGHTS
In so far as these rights form part of the property title they are included within the sale.

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
No items are included unless specifically mentioned in the sales particulars.

POST CODE
DG7 2PL

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SOLICITORS
Gillespie Gifford & Brown
Castle Douglas

VIEWING
Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents.

POSSESSION AND ENTRY
Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion or such mutual time to be agreed by the seller and the purchaser(s).


ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) REGULATIONS
Please note that under the 2017 AML regulations we are legally required to carry out money laundering checks against purchasers. Upon verbal acceptance of an offer, we require to identify the purchaser for Anti-Money Laundering purposes. Our service provider ‘First AML’ will contact the purchaser to gather the required identification documents. An information sheet is available from the selling agent on request. We are not able to enter a business relationship with a purchaser until they have been identified.

Failure to provide required identification may result in an offer not being considered.

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EPC Rating = F