Lower Porterbelly Farm

Lower Porterbelly Farm, Dalbeattie, DG5 4NJ

We are delighted to present an exciting opportunity to acquire a smallholding suitable for a range of uses in a rural yet extremely accessible location. Lower Porterbelly comprises a substantial farmhouse and steading with a range of modern and traditional buildings and 48 acres of land. (19.42 Hectares).

The property provides great scope and opportunities for farming or diversification in a superb location and therefore viewings are highly recommended to fully appreciate both the secluded accessible location and the accommodation on offer.

The Farmhouse

The farmhouse is a substantial two storey dwelling of traditional construction and enjoys a superb outlook. The property would benefit from some modernisation.

The kitchen offers a range of storage units and space for white goods, and there is a serving hatch to the dining room. The adjacent breakfast/living room benefits from a two-door oil fired Aga, and a large window offering attractive, far-reaching views. All reception rooms are spacious and enjoy a superb outlook, with the sitting room also benefiting from sliding doors that lead directly out to the garden. All the bedrooms are generous doubles and enjoy great views. The bathroom and en- suite bathroom offer baths with electric shower over the en-suite bath, and there is an additional shower room located on the ground floor.

The accommodation is spread over two floors and has a good balance of reception rooms and bedrooms as briefly described below:

Ground Floor: Front and rear entrances, kitchen, utility room, breakfast/living room, snug/bedroom, sitting room, dining room, shower room, double bedroom with en suite bathroom.

First Floor: Two double bedrooms, bathroom. Accessed via stairs from the ground floor bedroom is a further double bedroom/dressing room, which in turn leads through to an additional room. These two rooms sit above the garage and workshop and this area offers excellent development potential (subject to the necessary planning consents), to create an annexe or cottage.

Externally there is an attached workshop, single garage and large south west facing garden.

The Steading

The Steading comprises a mix of traditional and more modern buildings suitable for agricultural purposes, workshops or conversion to equestrian or holiday lets (subject to necessary consents). The principal yard to the rear of the farmhouse is concrete alongside a number of general stores, the principal sheds include:

Old dairy parlour – Sliding doors from courtyard open into Room 1 (5.33m x 3.6m). Steps down to old milking parlour (8.4m x 4.5m) with concrete floor and pedestrian doors to yard.

General Purpose Shed (31.59m x 25.21m) – steel framed
with fibre cement sheet roof, power and water supply. Partially sub-divided for grain storage and bull pens.

Former Byre – this has previously been stabling but now offers open workshop/garage space with sliding door to the yard.

Pole Barn – A large pole barn with sheet tin roof constructed on an area of hardstanding.

The outbuildings offer scope for conversion or
development to holiday lets or commercial uses subject to the necessary consents, these may qualify under
Permitted Development Rights for redundant agricultural buildings.

The Land

The land extends to 48 acres (19.42 ha) of good grazing land surrounding the house and steading. All land parcels benefit from a water supply – either mains or natural.

Lower Porterbelly Cottages

The Cottages adjacent to the access track are available separately, together with land extending to 9.14 acres at Offers Over £275,000.

Services: Lower Porterbelly Farm is serviced by mains water, mains electricity and oil fired central heating. There is a shared septic tank. A servitude right will be granted to the farm to use this tank for the existing dwelling.

EPC Ratings: Farmhouse – G

Local Authority: Dumfries & Galloway Council, English Street, Dumfries, DG1 2DE. Tel: .

Council Tax: Lower Porterbelly is within Dumfries and Galloway Council tax band F.

Solicitors: Walker & Sharpe, 37 George St, Dumfries (R. Styles Esq acting), .

Tenure and Possession: The property is held freehold and offered for sale with vacant possession including both cottages.

Fixtures and Fittings: All standard fixtures and fittings are to be included in the sale.

Sporting and Mineral Rights: Included in the sale insofar as they are owned by the Seller.

Basic Payment Scheme: The BPS Entitlements are included in the sale. Copies of the SAF form for 2022 are available for inspection from the selling agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if the sale completes after 15th May 2023, the 2023 payment will be retained by the seller.

Matters of Title: The property is sold subject to all existing servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such servitude rights and others.

Money Laundering Obligations: In accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 the selling agents are required to verify the identity of the purchaser at the time an offer is accepted.

Viewing: Strictly by appointment only through the sole selling agents, C&D Rural Tel: .

Offers: Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents. The owner reserves the right to sell without imposing a closing date and will not be bound to accept the highest, or indeed any, offer. All genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection.

Access: The access road will be conveyed with Lower Porterbelly Farm. The purchaser of the cottages will be granted a right of access and an obligation to contribute to the maintenance on a per user basis.