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Barbuie Estate – A Tranquil Retreat with Excellent ConnectivityBarbuie lies just outside the charming village of Moniaive, less than 8 miles from Thornhill, and is surrounded by the historic Buccleuch and Queensberry estates. This peaceful rural setting offers both seclusion and convenience, with excellent local amenities and schooling options.Families benefit from a primary school in Moniaive and Wallace Hall Academy in Thornhill, with school transport available. Thornhill also boasts an 18-hole golf course, squash and tennis facilities, a health centre, pharmacy, dentist, bank, post office, library, and a variety of shops.Moniaive is a vibrant village with a strong arts and crafts community, hosting annual music festivals. It offers a general store, post office, pub, café, acclaimed restaurant, and a community shop. Medical practices are available in Moniaive, Dunscore, and Thornhill.Outdoor enthusiasts will love the area’s renowned hill walking, mountain biking, and rich wildlife. Dumfries, just 17 miles southeast, provides major supermarkets, high street shopping, a university campus, college, and diverse dining and healthcare options.For city access, Glasgow is only 70 miles to the north—around 1.5 hours via the M74—offering world-class amenities, culture, and transport links. Glasgow, Edinburgh and Prestwick Airports are all under 2 hours drive time offering both Domestic and International flights. The West Coast Mainline can be accessed at Lockerbie, 50mins to the east with connections to London in around 4hours.BarbuieBarbuie House is the most delightful Georgian Category C listed farmhouse, originally built in the mid 18th century. This impressive family home is set in glorious garden grounds and enjoys a tranquil and unspoilt rural location.Surrounded by open countryside, it also benefits from the Dalwhat Water meandering through the estate. Largely sustainable on its own heat and power, there are a range of outbuildings and stores to include a farm office, studio, workshops, boiler & woodchip store, byre and garage.Built of traditional construction under a slate roof, the house offers well proportioned rooms, retained period features and a flexible layout. The property has been renovated over recent years including being completely re-wired but still offers scope to improve further and put your own stamp on it.The extensive grounds include wooded areas; a charming walled garden; pond, with jetty suitable for boating or swimming; a loch; a south facing terrace, and extensive parking.ACCOMMODATIONA part glazed front door opens into the welcoming hallway, which offers direct access to the drawing room and sitting room and has carpeted stairs leading to the first floor. The charming drawing room is filled with natural light and enjoys a triple aspect, with multi-fuel stove and French doors opening out to the garden. The sitting room also has a multifuel stove, recessed display shelving and enjoys views over the front garden and beyond.The kitchen/dining room is an excellent size, with double height ceiling and a dual aspect, as well as glazed doors leading to both the inner courtyard and to the front terrace and garden. The kitchen is fitted with a range of solid wood units and complementary worksurfaces, and there is an electric Aga (connected to the solar and hydro systems). Adjacent to the kitchen is a useful pantry/store area, with WC off.Also on the ground floor is a flexible use room, presently used as an office, which in turn leads through to a generous utility room with shower room beyond. Timber stairs from the utility room lead up to a games/TV room, with exposed stone walls and rafters, a mezzanine area and an adjoining guest bedroom that boasts direct access to the walled garden.There are three generous double bedrooms on the first floor. Two of the bedrooms are to the front elevation and have lovely open views. The principal bedroom also has an ensuite dressing room with WC; there is plenty of room to add in a bath and/or shower here too if desired. The third double bedroom has a charming fireplace and views over the walled garden to the rear. The family bathroom comprises a traditional roll top bath, WC, wash hand basin, large walk-in shower (mains) and exposed painted floorboards.Stairs from the first-floor landing continue up to the second floor, where three bright attic bedrooms can be found. The larger bedrooms have double glazed windows to the front elevation, with lovely views, and the smaller bedroom has a skylight window. A WC completes the accommodation on the top floor.OutsideA pillared entrance with gravelled driveway leads to a large parking area at the side of the house, and then also splits, with the remainder of the driveway leading to Barbuie Cottage and additional outbuildings.Within the courtyard of the house are two workshops, a biomass boiler store, woodchip store, two general stores with insulated studio/party/games room above, garage and kennel.The property is set within beautiful established walled garden grounds comprising wooded areas, lawns, sunny terrace and specimen trees and plants. The Dalwhat Water meanders through the garden, and there is a large pond with a jetty.To the northwest of the house is a traditional 2 storey barn that offers scope for redevelopment subject to the necessary planning consents. This is an exciting opportunity for the creation of perhaps an annexe for a relative, a large home office, or perhaps holiday let accommodation.The Cottage:Barbuie Cottage is a charming, detached 1½ storey traditional cottage, with private parking and enclosed gardens to the front and rear, with a decked area to the front, a terrace at the rear, lawns, established trees and a greenhouse and a timber shed within a small kitchen garden.Largely sustainable on its own heat and power, the accommodation comprises an entrance hall, kitchen/dining room, sitting room, large conservatory, utility/cloakroom, and 3-4 bedrooms. The kitchen has a range of fitted units and ample space for a dining table and chairs, while the sitting room boasts an open fire within a stone surround.There are two well-proportioned double bedrooms on the ground floor, along with a bathroom comprising electric shower over the bath, WC and wash hand basin.Upstairs, two bright attic bedrooms can be found, both with velux windows.Upper Bardennoch:This semi-derelict cottage sits high on the hill above Barbuie and offers potential for development to provide a 3 or 4 bedroom off-grid cottage benefitting from outstanding views across the valley.The vendors had detailed architect proposals prepared and these plans can be provided to interested parties.The cottage benefits from a spring water supply but would need a sewerage treatment plant installed and off grid electricity supply.The Buildings:There is an array of outbuildings suitable for a variety of purposes or further conversion or development (subject to consent) and include:Sheep shed: 45.92m x 15.05m plus 23.07m x 8.04m . The principal agricultural building is a steel portal framed slatted sheep shed housing sheep buchts and providing general storage, with plenty of height for an additional floor or general development.Woodship shed: 8.93m x 18.04m A modern steel portal frame shed with partial concrete floor provides secure machinery storage and open-fronted main wood chip storage.Open fronted stock shed: 23.33m x 7.37mThe traditional range of buildings adjacent and surrounding the house includes a former byre suitable for conversion or development (subject to consent), 2 secure workshop/quad bike garages, biomass and boiler house and carports/wood stores.The Land:Comprised of the farming lands of Caitloch, Bardennoch and Barbuie Farms which extend to 877 claimed acres (SGRPID 354.90ha) or thereabouts including c.150 silagable acres; 454 acres good permanent pasture; 240acres hill ground and 33 acres of forestry. The land is well draining; there are good water supplies (a mix of natural and trough) in all land parcels and the dykes, fences and gates are in good condition and stock proof. The land is all currently in grass and has had Lime and Fertiliser applied recently and is in good heart. Offered for sale with vacant possession upon completion, the land is currently managed on Seasonal Grass lets. Details of the current lets can be provided to interested parties.Renewables:The current owners have put in place multiple renewable energy schemes, generating significant incomes , to include:Biomass Boiler - 75kw woodchip boiler on Index linked commercial RHI tariff, with c.9 years remaining.Hydro Electric turbine – 12kw turbine on Index Linked Feed in Tariff with c.14 years remaining.Solar - 8kW of Photovoltaic panels (2 x c.4kw) on Index Linked Feed in Tariff with c.13 years remaining.These renewable schemes also provide free heat and electricity for the Estate, resulting in significant running cost savings.Opportunities:Barbuie is a diverse estate offering immediate profits, with extensive opportunities to generate and develop estate revenues further.The current owners have professionally investigated proposals for fish breeding in the water bodies, including commercial fishing; forestry and biomass drying and production; woodland creation (including significant potential for carbon credit income) and further development of the buildings as well as potential for enhanced and further renewable schemes including pumped Hydro Electric potential.Many of these could be developed in conjunction with traditional farming, either in-hand or by letting the land on seasonal grass lets or longer-term tenancies.Details of these proposals can be provided to genuinely interested parties.General Remarks and Stipulations:Tenure and Possession: The Heritable (Scottish equivalent of Freehold) title is offered for sale with vacant possession upon completion. The land is currently being managed on Seasonal Grass lets. Details of the current let scan be provided to interested parties.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.Mines & Minerals: All mines and mineral rights are included insofar as they are owned.Sporting rights: All sporting and fishing rights are included.BPS: The land is all registered with SGRPID and extends to 354.90ha all of which has been claimed every year. A total of 237.49 Region 1 Entitlements and 58.23 Region 2 Entitlements are included in the sale. The purchaser shall pay to the selling agents £250 + VAT to cover the costs of transferring the entitlements and completion of the relevant paperwork. The vendors will retain the full payment for 2025.Timber: All standing timber is included in the sale. All felled timber stacked in the yard is to form part of the ingoings.Ingoings: The purchaser shall be obliged to purchase the felled timber; woodchip and diesel at market value at the point of sale.Fixtures and Fittings: All standard fixtures and fittings are to be included in the sale.EPC Rating: Barbuie Farmhouse - E ; Barbuie Cottage – CCouncil Tax: Barbuie Farmhouse – F; Barbuie Cottage - AServices: Mains electricity together with 8kw of Solar panels and Hydro electric turbine generating electricity for on site usage. Mains water and private septic tank (please note that the septic tank is registered with SEPA). The biomass boiler provides both hot water and heating to both dwellings and all of the connected stone outbuildings and has the potential to provide further heat to the former byre, converted or otherwise. Partially double glazed.Viewings: Strictly by appointment through the selling agents, C&D Rural. Tel 01228 792299Offers: 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.Money Laundering Obligations: We are required by law to carry out Anti Money Laundering Checks once an offer has been accepted. We use an external agency to conduct these checks. Once an offer has been agreed, Coadjute will contact you to complete the checks electronically. A fee of £45 + VAT per person will apply and will be processed by Coadjute. If you have any queries please contact the office.Website and Social Media: Further details of this property as well as all others offered by C&D Rural are available to view on our website www.cdrural.co.uk. For updates and the latest properties like us on facebook.com/cdrural and Instagram on @cdrural.Referrals: C&D Rural work with preferred providers for the delivery of certain services necessary for a house sale or purchase. Our providers price their products competitively, however you are under no obligation to use their services and may wish to compare them against other providers. Should you choose to utilise them C&D Rural will receive a referral fee.

Introducing Bogbain Mill, an award‑winning architectural home that effortlessly combines the character of an 1850s former mill with striking contemporary design by Rural Design, completed in 2011. Thoughtfully reimagined, the original stone elevations sit beautifully alongside Scottish larch cladding and sleek modern detailing, creating a truly unique Highland residence that feels both timeless and current.Arranged over multiple split levels, the house offers a wonderful sense of drama and flow, with four separate staircases linking the various zones, including a magnificent principal suite crowning the tower with far‑reaching views over the gardens. Generous, light‑filled living spaces are centred around an internal courtyard, which draws natural light into the heart of the home and connects seamlessly to the south‑facing garden and a charming burn, perfect for relaxed indoor‑outdoor living.The accommodation is superbly appointed, with six stylish en-suite bedrooms providing flexible options for family and guests, complemented by a bright garden room, a large dedicated home office, both casual and formal dining areas, and a characterful wine cellar for the enthusiast. A detached gym or yoga studio with spa facilities overlooks the gardens, offering a private sanctuary for wellbeing, retreat and entertaining.Set within approximately 6.1 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, Bogbain Mill enjoys meandering paths, established planting and thoughtfully curated outdoor spaces, all lovingly developed by the current owner to create a peaceful and engaging setting in every season. Despite its sense of seclusion, the property lies on a quiet country lane just north of Inverness, around 17 miles from the Highland capital and about 30 miles from Inverness Airport, making it ideal for both local life and wider travel.The surrounding area offers a wealth of outdoor pursuits, including fishing, cycling and mountain biking, walking and a variety of country sports, placing exceptional lifestyle amenities quite literally on the doorstep while you return home to one of the Highlands’ most distinctive contemporary country houses.GENERAL REMARKS AND INFORMATION Photos taken August 2024.Viewings: Strictly by appointment through the sole selling agents, Fine & Country ScotlandOffers: Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents by email [email protected]. 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.Tenure and Possession: The Heritable (Scottish equivalent of Freehold) title is offered for sale with vacant possession upon completion. EPC Rating: C Services: Bogbain Mill is served by mains water, mains electricity, private drainage and LPG fired central heating. Local Authority: The Highland Council. Council Tax Band G .Money Laundering Obligations: We are required by law to conduct anti-money laundering checks on all those selling or buying a property. Whilst we retain responsibility for ensuring checks and any ongoing monitoring are carried out correctly, the initial checks are carried out on our behalf by Lifetime Legal who will contact you once you have an offer accepted on a property you wish to buy. The cost of these checks is £60(incl. VAT), which covers the cost of obtaining relevant data and any manual checks and monitoring which might be required. This fee will need to be paid by you in advance of formal acceptance of your offer, directly to Lifetime Legal, and is non-refundable. We will receive some of the fee taken by Lifetime Legal to compensate for its role in the provision of these checks.Website and Social Media: Further details of this property as well as all others offered by Fine & Country are available to view on our website www. f ineandcountry.co.uk. For updates and the latest properties like us on facebook.com/fineandcountrysouthscotland and Instagram on @fineandcountrysouthscotland.Referrals: Referrals: Fine & Country work with preferred providers for the delivery of certain services necessary for a house sale or purchase. Our providers price their products competitively, however you are under no obligation to use their services and may wish to compare them against other providers. Should you choose to utilise them Fine & Country will receive a referral fee ranging from £50 -£300 depending on the price and product

HistoryBroomhill House is an imposing private Arts and Crafts house, constructed of solid granite with ashlar dressings under a series of large stone slabbed roofs. The house was commissioned by the architects Balfour, Paul & Partners and constructed for Sir Alfred Booth of Liverpool, best known for his role as Chairman of the Cunard Line, and completed in 1918.In 1924, the Aspin family purchased this residence exclusively for their 6-year-old daughter Rosemary, who was suffering from pneumonia, while the rest of the family continued to live in their lavish town house in Glasgow.In 1935, when the Second World War became imminent, Rosemary’s parents exchanged their townhouse for a safe haven and took up residence at Broomhill House. They commissioned the highly acclaimed architect Sir Basil Spence to extend the house, incorporating an awe-inspiring barrel-vaulted music room. The pristine air quality worked wonders and Rosemary spent 85 years calling this fine property home.DescriptionGround FloorBroomhill House extends to around 7,500 sq ft (approx. 700sqm) and has been painstakingly renovated to provide all modern conveniences whilst staying true to its historic roots. The present owners have retained the original features and charm and have worked with the original layout to create a warm and welcoming home showcasing superb craftsmanship throughout.The house is filled with natural light. Each room offers wonderful panoramic views of the surrounding countryside or of the prepossessing building itself.The house is accessed by the rear through a commanding wooden door under the carport. The ground floor accommodation comprises an impressive central hallway with doors off to a cloakroom, sitting room, office, drawing room, covered verandah, formal dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, butlers’ pantry and storage room.The central hallway is open plan to the welcoming sitting room with exposed timber beams, a wood burning stove providing warmth on cooler days and where the focus of the room is the large carved stone mantelpiece. There are two sets of French doors that open to the covered verandah; an ideal spot for alfresco entertaining and for enjoying the breathtaking views over the River Spey towards the Cairngorm mountains.The generous drawing room is accessed via the sitting room and has magnificent views to the southernly mountains and an open fire. The dining room is also accessed from the sitting room; both rooms offer spacious and elegant rooms for formal entertaining, and in addition the dining room has direct access to a charming sunroom, which in turn leads out to the covered verandah.The butler's pantry, with original wooden cabinets and working servants' bells, is located directly next to the dining room and can be used as a preparation area for larger events. The main kitchen/breakfast room incorporates a dining area and features Shaker style cabinets (DeVol), granite worksurfaces, a 4-oven AGA and a large walk-in pantry. A generous storeroom and utility/boot room beside the kitchen provide scope for expansion in the future if required.First FloorA fine solid wood staircase rises to a spacious first floor landing.The principal bedroom, bathroom and a second bedroom is on the first floor and form a separate wing.This floor comprises five other generous double bedrooms and two bathrooms. The eighth bedroom is en-suite and at ground level, making it useful for those with mobility issues.The bedrooms are all centred off the main corridor and enjoy a southerly aspect and far-reaching views. The bedrooms are all substantial in size and each features a seating area or desk. Each bedroom has been decorated to reflect its own unique style with layered textures and a thoughtful use of natural fabrics and a muted natural palate with accent colours reflecting the historical period of the house, whilst use of Scottish designer wares, William Morris wallpapers and natural fibres bring a chic elevated country style to the property whilst still reflecting its past and emphasising the doctrine of the Arts and Crafts Movement:- the use of vernacular design, patterns inspired by nature and simplicity of design. The bathrooms have all been sympathetically upgraded with original fixtures retained where possible, and high quality fittings.One of the bedrooms also gives access to the roof terrace overlooking the courtyard to the rear of the property. The spectacularly lavish vaulted music/living room is a later addition and is a superb reception space with a barrel-vaulted ceiling that was designed by Sir Basil Spence, a pristine Indian rosewood wood floor and a large woodburning stove. Formerly used as a room for entertainment it has also been used as a library and is now set up as a meeting room. Alternative uses are endless with scope to provide a boardroom, informal zoned family living space or as a grand reception hall for guests, if the house would become a non-domestic living space.Overall, Broomhill House provides excellent accommodation for permanent living and remote working, with the added benefit that the house can be used as a multi-generational home, a summer house with staff accommodation or for luxury private lets. AnnexeThe well-designed annexe benefits from its own driveway, parking and entrance separate to that of the main house. This impressive annexe could easily be amalgamated with the main house as there is access via a secret door by the kitchen. The recently refurbished unit has a good-sized family bathroom, three bedrooms and an open plan country kitchen/diner/sitting room with exquisite views to the valley and the mountains from the lovely garden. Gardens and GroundsBroomhill House is approached by a sweeping private drive from the road up through a quiet wooded area with ample parking. A secondary drive spurs off from the main drive providing access to the annexe.The mature gardens are easy to maintain and extend to approximately 6 acres, providing sunny expansive lawns, well established herbaceous borders, and magnificent scenic views across the river Spey and its valley to the highest Cairngorm mountains. The gardens are south-facing and benefit from sun throughout the day with the verandah providing shade for alfresco entertaining. The former lawn tennis court with its thatched pavilion is a charming feature offering the perfect area for drinks or other social gatherings. The house and gardens are framed by mature trees which extend into ancient Caledonian pine forest to the rear of the property. OutbuildingsIn addition to the main house there are a range of traditional stone outbuildings with original features including a Coach House within the courtyard. There is additionally a large Siberian Larch multi-functional building. Built in 2016 for storage of garden machinery/furniture, the storage of fire logs, patio and BBQ area. With good proportions these buildings have potential for further development in the future (subject to statutory consents). Lot 2: Woodland (optional)Broomhill woodland extends to just under 20 acres. This ancient Caledonian Pine woods provides some superb habitat and is home to red squirrels, cross bills, kites, but it is perhaps best known for its wildflowers. This is the most important site in the UK for the rare Twinflower. The woods are also home to Creeping Ladies Tresses, a tiny orchid. Broomhill woodland borders Curr Wood (approx. 500 acres) and offers total privacy, tranquillity and the opportunity to walk, relax and enjoy.Approximately 1 acre of this woodland could be designated as a potential building plot, as marked on the southwest corner of the land plan. Please note that no pre-planning enquiries have been carried out and offers that are ‘subject to planning’ will not be considered. Please enquire for further information.ServicesMains water and electricity. Oil fired heating with additional woodburners. Oil fired Aga. Private drainage to septic tank (registered with SEPA). Partial secondary glazing and/or double glazing. Broadband supplied by BT; superfast broadband to be installed imminently.Fixtures and FittingsMost contents may be made available by separate negotiation, as will the machinery and equipment.Historic ScotlandBroomhill House is category B Listed by Historic ScotlandLocal AuthorityHighlands Council. Council Tax Band HHome ReportA copy of the Home Report is available on request from Fine & Country Scotland. EPC rating: FViewingsStrictly by appointment with the sole selling agents, Fine & Country Scotland.OffersAll offers should be made in Scottish Legal Form to the offices of the sole selling agents, Fine & Country Scotland by email to [email protected] of TitleThe property is sold subject to all existing easements, 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 matters.Boundary Plan and ScheduleThe boundary plan was produced in good faith however all plans are for guidance purposes only. Purchaser(s) must satisfy themselves with the Title Deeds and the description of the property. Any error or misstatement shall not annul the sale nor entitle either party to compensation in respect thereof.Tenure and PossessionThe Freehold title is offered for sale with vacant possession upon completion.Money Laundering ObligationsWe are required by law to conduct anti-money laundering checks on all those selling or buying a property. Whilst we retain responsibility for ensuring checks and any ongoing monitoring are carried out correctly, the initial checks are carried out on our behalf by Lifetime Legal who will contact you once you have an offer accepted on a property you wish to buy. The cost of these checks is £60(incl. VAT), which covers the cost of obtaining relevant data and any manual checks and monitoring which might be required. This fee will need to be paid by you in advance of formal acceptance of your offer, directly to Lifetime Legal, and is non-refundable. We will receive some of the fee taken by Lifetime Legal to compensate for its role in the provision of these checks.Website and Social MediaFurther details of this property as well as all others offered by Fine & Country are available to view on our website www.fineandcountry.co.uk. For updates and the latest properties like us on facebook.com/fineandcountrysouthscotland and Instagram on @[email protected]