Lot 2 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 2: LAND EXTENDING TO APPROXIMATELY 41.79 HA (103.26 ACRES)
The land in Lot 2 extends to approximately 41.79 Ha (103.26 Acres) and comprises a contiguous block of temporary and permanent grassland. The land is situated to the north of the farmhouse and steading and stretches to the south east and is bound to the north by the River Cur, and to the west by the Glenshellish Burn. The land has been predominately classified as Grade 4.2 and 5.1 by the James Hutton Institute and is generally level in aspect rising overall from approximately 21.5m above sea level at its lowest point towards the south east to approximately 31.5m above sea level at its highest point towards the west of the parcel of land. An area of the land towards the south west forming field 8 on the sale plan falls within the Loch Eck Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The land to the west of Lot 2 has historically been cut for hay and silage with the land to the east predominately used for grazing. The land benefits from access into each enclosure via the Forestry and Land Scotland access road which bounds the subjects to the south.