7 bedroom house

AN EXCEPTIONAL RURAL RESIDENTIAL SMALLHOLDING / LIFESTYLE PROPERTY LOCATED IN AN AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY WITHIN DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY

• MODERNISED THREE BEDROOM FARMHOUSE
• TWO EXCEPTIONAL FARM COTTAGES (MYRTLE & ROSE)
• TRADITIONAL COURTYARD STEADING WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL
• ABOUT 21.91 ACRES OF GRAZING LAND
• ESTABLISHED HOLIDAY LETTING BUSINESS
• FULLY EQUIPPED AND ESTABLISHED HIGH STREET CAFÉ / RETAIL UNIT (LOT 2)
• EPC FARMHOUSE: F (38)
• EPC MYRTLE COTTAGE: C (72)
• EPC ROSE COTTAGE: C (71)
• EPC CAFÉ / RETAIL UNIT: G (120)
• IN ALL ABOUT 23.43 ACRES (9.48 HECTARES)
• AVAILABLE IN TWO LOTS OR AS A WHOLE

Whitecroft Farm is an exceptional residential smallholding which has been sympathetically modernised and dramatically improved over the years within the current ownership. The property benefits from a very well-presented traditional farmhouse incorporating a separate commercial kitchen (the hub for the Galloway Soup Company), two exceptional farm cottages, traditional courtyard steading and about 21.91 acres of agricultural land. The remainder of the traditional steading could well have potential for conversion to residential dwellings. If any interested party wishing to pursue this would need to make their own enquiries with Dumfries & Galloway Council’s planning department.

In recent years the farm cottages, Myrtle & Rose, have been utilised as successful holiday accommodation with occupancy rates achieving up to 35 weeks per year with many guests return year after year. Should any potential purchaser be interested in pursuing this line of business, the owners are willing to supply figures and occupancy rates to seriously interested parties, along with the opportunity to acquire the website domain, social media accounts and honour any bookings. The cottages will be sold fully furnished. At one time, Whitecroft benefitted from planning permission for a certified caravan site, which has now lapsed but could be reapplied for should any interested party wish to pursue this.

To compliment the very successful soup company, a café / retail unit is well-established on a prime high street site within the pretty town of Dalbeattie, which is available by separate negotiation should any interested party wish to continue with this ‘turnkey’ business. The retail unit benefits from a licensed sit in café, a shop which provides mostly locally produced products and to the rear exists a traditional stone-built barn, which could have some development potential. The owners are willing to supply figures to seriously interested parties, along with the opportunity to acquire the website domain and social media accounts.

The agricultural land at Whitecroft amounts to about 21.91 acres and at present is down to grass for grazing.

HOME REPORT

It should be noted that the property is an agricultural holding, which benefits from an agricultural holding number and therefore there is no requirement for the sellers to provide a Home Report, as it is classed as mixed use.