Hillend Farm CROSSFORD, LANARKSHIRE

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1 Hillend Farm CROSSFORD, LANARKSHIRE

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3 Hillend Farm CROSSFORD, LANARKSHIRE, ML8 5QN Dairy farm in the Clyde Valley Lanark 4 miles Glasgow 27 miles Edinburgh 45 miles Traditional farmhouse (3 reception rooms and 5 bedrooms) Extensive farm buildings including modern dairy complex acres arable / temporary grassland 70 acres pasture 7.5 acres rough grazing A pair of semi-detached cottages (each 1 reception room and 2 bedrooms) Vodafone Telecommunications mast About acres in total For sale as a whole or in 2 lots Solicitors Gillespie Gifford and Brown 27 St. Cuthbert Street Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DJ Tel: Fax: Selling Agent Savills 163 West George Street Glasgow, G2 2JJ Tel: srobinson@savills.com

4 Situation Hillend Farm is situated in the Clyde Valley with extensive views over the surrounding Lanarkshire countryside. The farm lies just over a mile to the west of Crossford where there is a primary school and post office. The market town of Lanark is approximately four miles to the east of the farm, where Lanark Grammar School is located as well as shops, banking and professional facilities and other everyday services. The Southern Uplands, with their rolling landscapes, extensive woodlands and hill ranges, provide a wealth of opportunities for outdoor pursuits including golf (Lanark, Carluke and Carstairs), shooting and hill walking. Hillend is easily accessed by road from both Glasgow and Edinburgh, the M74 is within 10 minutes drive, and the nearest railway station is in Lanark from where there are regular trains to Glasgow. The area is renowned for its productive dairy and stock farms. Description Hillend Farm is a productive dairy and arable farm with an extensive range of both traditional and modern buildings housing the dairy parlour and cubicles, fitted in The land is predominantly arable and silage ground and easily accessed from internal tracks or the main roads surrounding the farm. A period farmhouse provides comfortable family accommodation including a kitchen, three reception rooms, five bedrooms (1 ensuite) and a recently refurbished family bathroom. Adjoining the farmhouse are a range of traditional buildings which form a sheltered courtyard. The property extends in total to about acres and includes arable/temporary grassland, permanent pasture, rough grazing and woodland shelterbelts. The land is gently undulating, ranging from 80m to 200m above sea level, and is classified as class 3 2 and 4 1 by the James Hutton Institute for Soil Research. All winter fodder is produced on the farm and silage/wholecrop can be taken off the majority of farmland. With regular applications of manure the land is in good heart. The unit currently carries 170 commercial Holstein milking cows plus followers as well as a pedigree flock of 90 Suffolks. The milk is currently sold under contract with First Milk. Lot 1: Hillend Farm acres Farmhouse The farmhouse is situated within a traditional courtyard building with a northerly outlook towards the Clyde Valley and the city of Glasgow beyond. The garden to the rear of the farmhouse is south facing and enjoys the sunshine for most of the day. The farmhouse is of stone and slate construction.

5 The layout and style of the farmhouse is typical for the area and comprises kitchen, dining / sitting room, further sitting room, sun room, office, utility room and family bathroom on the ground floor, and three bedrooms on the first floor (one with en suite shower room). Two further bedrooms above the kitchen are accessed via a separate staircase. The room dimensions and layout are shown on the accompanying floor plans. A private farm road provides direct access from the main road, passing the farm cottages, before turning in to the courtyard. Farm Cottages To the west of the farm steading, located adjacent to the farm road is a pair of semi-detached cottages of rendered block and tile construction. They are of identical layout, as shown on the accompanying plans, with accommodation including kitchen, sitting room, two bedrooms and a bathroom. Hillend Cottage 2 is included within lot 1 and is occupied under an assured tenancy. Hillend Cottage 1 is vacant and is available separately as Lot 2.

6 Bathroom Diesel Tank Diesel Tank 2.87 x '5'' x 7'2'' Bothy 5.08 x '8'' x 16'5'' Barn x '8'' x 17'4'' Garage 5.59 x '4'' x 17'4'' Office 4.14 x '7" x 12'9" Mezzanine 8.23 x ' x 17'4'' Bathroom Sitting Room 5.49 x ' x 13'6'' Hall Vestibule Mezzanine Conservatory 4.22 x '10'' x 13'8'' Living Room/ Dining Room 9.19 x '2'' x 11' Kitchen 5.49 x ' x 12'9'' Hillend Farmhouse and Adjoining Steading For Identification Only. Not To Scale. Square Foot Media. Sauna Utility 4.24 x '11'' x 9'4'' B Cool To Room Loft 3.76 x '4'' x 9'5'' WT Wash House 3.73 x '3'' x 11' Hall Byre x '11'' x 24'11'' Steamer Engine Room 3.20 x '6'' x 10'4'' Ground Floor

7 Attic x '10'' x 24'5'' WT Bedroom x '7'' x 13'3'' En-suite Master Bedroom 4.95 x '3'' x 9'11'' Bedroom x '6'' x 11' HW CWT Bedroom x '10'' x 10' Bedroom x '4'' x 12'5'' No. 1 & 2 North Hillend Cottages No. 1 Gross internal area (approx) sq.m (715 sq.ft) No. 2 Gross internal area (approx) sq.m (717 sq.ft) For Identification Only. Not To Scale. Square Foot Media. Lot 1 Lot 2 First Floor Kitchen 4.19 x '9" x 8'4" Bathroom Bedroom x '5" x 9'9" Bedroom x '5" x 9'8" Bathroom Kitchen 4.22 x '10" x 8'4" Hall Hall Diesel Tank To Loft Byre x '11'' x 24'11'' Living Room 4.83 x '10" x 11'9" To Loft Vestibule Master Bedroom 3.58 x '9" x 10'1" Master Bedroom 3.68 x '1" x 11'9" Vestibule Living Room 4.83 x '10" x 11'9" Ground Floor

8 Traditional Buildings Adjoining the farmhouse and forming a courtyard are the traditional farm buildings of stone and slate construction, as shown on the accompanying floor plans. These are mainly used for general storage and during lambing. Modern Buildings 1. General Purpose Buildings (38.4m x 23.9m) 3 adjoining sheds of concrete frame construction with part solid concrete and part earth floor, corrugated iron cladding and fibrous cement roof. 2. Sheep Sheds (14.4m x 12.1m) A pair of sheds of mixed construction brick / metal frame with corrugated iron cladding and roof. 3. Dairy Complex including Cubicle Shed (45m x 52m) Modern steel framed, double span buildings with solid concrete floor, part block walls with profile metal sheet cladding under corrugated roof. 206 cubicles, loose pens for dry cows, 5500 litre bulk tank and 24:24 Westfalia Herringbone milking parlour (2008). Scraper system to slatted channel, capacity 20,000 gallons, running towards slurry tank with capacity for approximately 620,000 gallons. 4. Silage Pits A pair of earth banked silage pits Farmland In total Hillend extends to acres and can be broken down as follows: Arable/Temporary Grassland: Permanent Pasture: Rough Grazing: Woodland: Other: acres 70 acres 7.5 acres 19.4 acres 7.1 acres The majority of the farmland is accessed from the main road or internal tracks. The farm is intersected by Blair Road, running from Crossford to Lanark Road (B7086), providing an easy access to many of the fields

9 Farm Buildings Telecoms Mast Included within Lot 1 is a telecommunications mast, the approximate location is shown on the farm plan. The lease is currently being renewed but can be summarised as follows: Tenant: Passing Rent: Vodafone Ltd 4,000 per annum The current lease is available for inspection. Lot 2: Hillend Cottage acre Lot 2 comprises Hillend Cottage 1 which is a semi-detached cottage adjacent to cottage 2 and as described under Farm Cottages. A home report is available for this property. Please note Lot 2 will not be sold prior to the sale of Lot 1. General Remarks & Information Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills. Given the potential hazards of a working farm, we request you take care when viewing the property, especially around the farm yard. Directions From the south, take junction 10 of the M74 towards B7078 in Lesmahagow and from the north, junction 9 of the M74. In the village of Kirkmuirhill, turn right on to the B7086 towards Lanark and after 2.3 miles, turn left in to Blair Road and Hillend Farm is approximately 0.3 miles on the right hand side, signposted Hillend Farm. Entry & Possession Entry by arrangement. Ingoing Valuation The purchaser of Hillend shall, in addition to the purchase price, be obliged to take over and pay for at a valuation to be agreed between two valuers, one acting for each party, or an arbiter appointed by the valuers, or failing agreement as to the appointment by the President, for the time being, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Scottish Branch) the following: All hay, straw, fodder, roots, silage, whole crop and farmyard manure and other produce at market value. All oils, fuels, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds and sundries at cost. Note: If the amount of the valuations has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion, then the purchaser shall pay to the seller such a sum as Savills shall certify on account at the valuation pending agreement. Should the payment not be made within seven days then the interest will become payable on outstanding monies at 5% over Bank of Scotland borrowing rate. This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. ( ). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. Fixtures & Fittings All fitted carpets and curtains in the farmhouse are included in the sale.

10 Services, Occupancy, Council Tax and Energy Performance Rating Property Occupancy Services Council Tax Band Hillend Farmhouse Hillend Cottage 1 Hillend Cottage 2 Owner Occupied Mains water, mains electricity, private drainage Vacant C E Assured Tenancy D C EPC Rating Servitude Rights, Burdens, Wayleaves and Statutory Public and Other Access Rights 1. The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing servitude and wayleave rights, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private. The property is also sold subject to the rights of public access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act The purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others following their solicitors examination of the title deeds. 2. If the property is sold in lots, appropriate rights of access, servitude and wayleave will be granted and reserved as appropriate. 3. There is a wayleave agreement in favour of Scottish Power for overhead power lines. The 2015 payment amounted to approximately The owner of Hillcroft has a right of way over the farm road to their shed (located between farm cottages and farmhouse). Basic Payment Scheme The BPS Entitlements are included in the sale. For the avoidance of doubt the 2015 claim will be retained by the vendor. Copies of the SAF form for 2015 are available for inspection from the selling agents. Sporting Rights The sporting rights are in hand. G F Field Schedule Field Arable Permanent Pasture Rough Grazing Woodland/Scrub Buildings etc Total BPS No. Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Payment n/a n/a n/a n/a Other n/a PLEASE NOTE: Above areas are based on total parcel areas from IACS land parcel map, detailed breakdown available upon request

11 Mineral and Timber Rights In so far as they are owned, the mineral rights are included in the sale. All standing and fallen timber is included in the sale. Offers Offers in Scottish Legal Form are to be submitted to the selling agents, Savills, 163 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2JJ. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents following inspection. Stipulations Purchase Price Within 7 days of the conclusion of missives a non-returnable deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid. The balance of the purchase price will fall due for payment at the date of entry (whether entry is taken or not) with interest accruing thereon at the rate of 5% above Bank of Scotland base rate. No consignation shall be effectual in avoiding such interest. Disputes Should any discrepancy arise as to the boundaries or any points arise on the Remarks, Stipulations or Plan or the interpretation of any of them, the question shall be referred to the arbitration of the selling agents whose decision acting as experts, shall be final. Plans, Areas and Schedules These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. They have been carefully checked and computed by the selling agents and the purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to the description of the property and any error or mis-statement shall not annul the sale nor entitle either party to compensation in respect thereof. Overseas Purchasers Any offer by a purchaser(s) who is resident outwith the United Kingdom must be accompanied by a guarantee from a bank which is acceptable to the sellers. Lotting It is intended to offer the property for sale as described, but the seller reserves the right to divide the property into lots, or to withdraw the property, or to exclude any property shown in these particulars. Generally Should there be any discrepancy between these particulars, the General Remarks and Information, Stipulations and the Missives of Sale, the latter shall prevail. Servitude Rights, Burdens and Wayleaves The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private. The purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. Apportionments The Council Tax and all other outgoings shall be apportioned between the seller and the purchaser(s) as at the date of entry. Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact, unless the same is incorporated within a written document signed by the Sellers or on their behalf satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 or is granted in pursuance of any such document. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. 15/11/05 SR

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13 Hallhill Well Dismantled Railway River Clyde (um) 78.9m Crossbank Farm Well 16 Underbank Primary School 77.1m Brock Knowe Stables Brodiehill Silo Sinks Drain Silverbirch Garden Centre Sandalwood Holmhead Underbank m Woodside Doonfield River Nethan Weir Sinks LANARK ROAD 57.0m Oakbank 58.9m Cannonholm 35 Spread Burn River Gauging Station 110.6m Lammas Knowe 12 Telecoms Mast 60.1m Playground 29 Tank 36 Quarry Park FB Sheep Wash Drain POND Clydesdale Terrace 136.6m 129.2m ETL Hillcroft Hillend Cottages Lot 2 Hillend Stanhope Waterfall Hazelbank Hall ETL Welkin Hillend Bungalow 163.8m Clydebrae 08 FB m Hillend Park Cottage 162.0m Ashdean Bethany B Springbank Alderbank Broomhouse 146.0m Pond Dismantled Railway Hallhill 07 Burn ETL m Sinks 177.9m KEY LOT 1 HILLEND FARM N Well 147.3m LANARK ROAD Poplarbank Hurlywell HAZELBAN 04 Hallhill Burn ETL Glendar 177.0m Hallhill Hallhill Cottages LOT 2 NOT TO SCALE Trough 20 LANARK ROAD 16 Workings (dis) m WOODLAND FB 15 Not to Scale 170.8m AUCHNOTROCH ROAD ETL WATERCOURSE Ordnance Survey, (c) Crown Copyright All rights reserved. Licence number Mast 163 W George St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire G2 2JJ +44 (0)