Lot 1 Glenshellish Farm, Strachur, Cairndow, Argyll & Bute, PA27

SITUATION
Glenshellish Farm is an attractive residential and farming unit situated in a scenic area of the Cowal Peninsula on the West Coast of Scotland, a short distance from the village of Strachur. The village of Strachur is located on the eastern banks of Loch Fyne and offers a range of local amenities such as a post office, churches, a hotel, pubs, a village hall and a local shinty club.

The picturesque town of Dunoon 16 miles to the south is the main town on the Cowal peninsula, and home to a busy ferry terminal which operates regular ferry services to Gourock, which take approximately 25 minutes. The town offers a wide range of shops, restaurants, schools, leisure centre, events hall, supermarkets, sports stadium, hospital, garden centre, golf course and holiday village.

The area is connected by an excellent road network and provides wider travel networks to Glasgow and beyond. The county of Argyll is known for its stunning scenery, extensive wildlife and choice of outdoor pursuits including walking, climbing, cycling and its wide range of water sports.

Glenshellish is located on the western periphery of the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, an area renowned for its scenic beauty and populated with lochs and rivers to explore as well as numerous castles, distilleries, and forests. The area is also a popular field sports destination with a number of landed estates offering fishing along with driven and walked up game shooting.

HISTORY
Glenshellish Farmhouse and buildings were originally built in 1826 by David Napier the famous Scottish marine engineer and was used as his summer resort. Napier built the first iron steam passenger ship in the world on Loch Eck where he ran daily steamers. It is likely that the stables and outbuildings at Glenshellish Farm were used to house the horses that were used to convey the passengers from Loch Eck to Strachur Pier, hence the farmhouse and outbuildings being formatted within a horseshoe shape. In more recent times the property has been in the Seller’s family ownership for over 60 years and was originally run as dairy up until 1999, and now the majority of the farm land has been let to local farmers on a seasonal basis for fodder and grazing purposes.

LOT 1: GLENSHELLISH FARMHOUSE, STEADING AND LAND EXTENDING TO 14.59 HA (36.05 ACRES)
Farmhouse
Glenshellish Farmhouse forms an attractive traditional stone-built B-listed property under a pitched slated roof, which enjoys panoramic views over the surrounding countryside towards the River Cur and hills to the north of the property. The farmhouse provides spacious family accommodation set out over three levels comprising a connecting kitchen and utility room, large dining room, lounge and a double bedroom with an ensuite modern bathroom which was installed in 2021 on the ground floor, with 4 double bedrooms and shower room on the first floor, and two further attic rooms on the second floor. The accommodation and room dimensions are set out in more detail within the floor plans contained in the particulars.

Garden Ground
The property benefits from an attractive and large area of garden ground which surrounds the property to the front of the house and is mostly laid to areas of lawn enclosed with number of flower beds and shrubs providing an abundance of colour. The garden is sheltered by several mature broadleaved trees, and there is also a greenhouse and a small pond towards the east of the garden. The farmhouse can be accessed via a separate drive which leads to the front of the farmhouse where there is a gravel area providing ample parking. There is a cobbled courtyard which included a partially paved patio area to the rear of the property.

Garage (5.97m x 5.37m)
Located to the east of the farmhouse there is a double garage, of rough-cast brick walls under a pitched corrugated sheet roof with a concrete floor.

Farm Buildings
Glenshellish Farm is well equipped with a range of useful traditional and modern outbuildings which lie immediately to the south and west of the farmhouse. The buildings comprise:

Traditional Range Buildings
Adjoining the farmhouse to the east and west and extending south, there is a range of traditional B-Listed buildings which are set in a unique horseshoe courtyard formation and are of traditional stone construction under pitched slate roofs with a concrete floor. The buildings enclose an original courtyard which has a cobbled floor, and the buildings are split into various stores, former milking parlour, byre and a coal bunker. The layout and structure of the buildings may present future opportunities for conversion either as part of an extension to the existing farmhouse, or development to other forms of alternative use, subject to obtaining necessary planning and listed buildings consents. The layout and dimensions of the traditional buildings are set out in more detail within the floor plans contained in the particulars.

Modern Store Shed (21.11m x 9.37m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a tin roof, with stone and block walls and a concrete floor.

Former Silage Pit/Slatted Shed (27.5m x 14.9m)
Of concrete frame construction under a corrugated roof with shuttered concrete walls and a concrete floor. There is a raised slatted floor along one side of the building which was historically used as calf pens.

Lean-to (27.5m x 9.12m)
Of concrete frame construction under a corrugated roof with block walls with a slatted floor and a central concrete feed passage.

The Land
The land within lot 1 extends to approximately 14.59 Ha (36.05 Acres) in total including roads, yards and buildings and surrounds the farmhouse and steading to the south, east, and west. The land comprises of a mix of permanent pasture and grazing land which is currently utilised for grazing livestock, with a small area of amenity woodland to the east of the farmhouse and steading. The farmland has been predominately classified as Grade 4.2 and 5.3 by the James Hutton Institute. All fields benefit from an excellent level of vehicle access directly from adjacent Forestry and Land Scotland access roads. The land rises from approximately 30m above sea level at its lowest point at the north east boundary of Lot 1, to approximately 94m above sea level at its highest point near the southern boundary with the adjacent woodland plantation.

EPC Rating = E