Little Creoch Farm

• A modern and adaptable livestock farm within East Ayrshire.
• New Cumnock 3 miles. Ayr 19 miles. Glasgow 41 miles
• About 133.27 Ha (329.31 Ac) in total.
• FOR SALE AS A WHOLE
• Farmhouse (four bedrooms, three public rooms).
• Bungalow (three bedrooms, one public room).
• An extensive range of predominantly modern farm buildings.
• Farmland comprising of predominantly of Grade 4(1) silage and grazing ground.

Little Creoch Farm is located within an accessible part of East Ayrshire, near to the settlement of New Cumnock, which has local shops as well as the New Cumnock Community Open-Air Swimming Pool. The farm is situated in an area suited primarily to beef and sheep as well as other mixed farming enterprises and is well placed for access to Ayr (19 miles) and Glasgow (41 miles).Ayr has an excellent range of amenities and facilities including cinema, hospital, a wide range of shops and supermarkets and a well-regarded private school. Glasgow, to the north, is within commuting distance via the M77 motorway. There are railway stations at Auchinleck and Ayr with regular services to Glasgow and beyond. Glasgow Prestwick Airport is served by a good range of international flights. Ayrshire is renowned for its range of outdoor pursuits. There are several world-renowned golf courses including Royal Troon, Turnberry and Prestwick Golf Club. The racecourse at Ayr provides regular fixtures. At Boswell’s Coach House on Auchinleck, there is a popular coffee shop and enjoyable riverside walks to Wallace’s Cave and Peden’s Cave with the River Ayr gorge walk at Mauchline is close by. Dumfries House Estate (about 6 miles) is one of Britain’s most beautiful stately homes with an outstanding collection of 18th century furniture, beautiful walled gardens and coffee house. This rural area is well served by the agricultural supply industry and the farm is about 17 miles from Ayr Market.Lochside House Hotel is close by and a popular wedding venue with well-regarded restaurant and spa.Little Creoch Farm is a beef unit, currently running around 80 cows and 200 ewes. The farm comprises a traditional four-bedroom farmhouse, a three-bedroom bungalow, an adaptable steading featuring an extensive range of predominantly modern farm buildings, a small range of traditional buildings adjoining the farmhouse and bare land extending to approximately 126.94 Ha (313.67 Ac) of principally Grade 4 grazing and silage land. There is a section of woodland within the land ownership which comprises a mix of conifers and broadleaves.METHOD OF SALEThe sale of Little Creoch Farm offers purchasers an opportunity to acquire the farm as a whole.Little Creoch FarmhouseLittle Creoch Farmhouse is of stone and slate construction with a later brick extension. The farmhouse comprises the following accommodation over two stories: Kitchen, living room, dining room, W.C., Utility Room, on the first storey there are four further bedrooms and a family bathroom. In addition, there is a floored cheese loft providing additional storage space. The services include mains water, mains electric, private drainage and is heated with a biomass boiler (pellet). The farmhouse is set within the traditional courtyard with adjoining outbuildings and benefits from ample parking to the front and garden area to the rear.Little Creoch BungalowLittle Creoch Bungalow is of brick construction under a slate roof and offers the following accommodation: three bedrooms, kitchen, living room, sitting room, shower room, family bathroom and utility room. Little Creoch bungalow benefits from a patio area to the rear with parking to the front on the tarmac drive. The services include mains water, mains electric, septic tank drainage and oil-fired central heating.Farm BuildingsAdjoining the farmhouse, there is a range of traditional stone and slate outbuildings in good condition providing useful storage spaces including a cart shed and former stables. There is a large concrete yard space in excellent condition, along with a tarmac courtyard where the farmhouse is situated. In addition, the farm buildings comprise the following:Slatted Shed (22m x 8.7m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panel walls, vent air cladding, fibre cement roof. With a central feed passage and cattle courts. Housing around 70 - 80 cattle.Bull Shed (22m x 8.3m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panel walls, vent air cladding, fibre cement roof. Housing 7 bull pens and midden area.Cattle Court Lean to (4.5m x 18.25m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panel walls, vent air cladding, fibre cement roof, concrete floor.General Purpose Shed (50.29m x 14.8m)Steel portal frame construction, breeze block walls, vent air and box profile tin cladding, concrete floor.Calving Shed (15m x 27.2m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panels/ breeze block walls, box profile cladding, fibre cement roof, concrete floor. Split into cattle pens.Workshop (18.6m x 6m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panels, box profile cladding, fibre cement roof, concrete floor.Cubicle Shed (32m x 24m)Steel portal frame construction, tin cladding, head locking yokes, fibre cement roof, central feed passage.Adjoining Lean to (6m x 22m)Steel portal frame construction, box profile tin cladding, hardcore floor. ROOFSilage Pit (22m x 7.35mSteel portal frame construction, concrete panels, fibre cement roof, concrete floor.Silage Pit (22m x 13m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panels, fibre cement cladding, fibre cement roof, concrete floor.Straw Shed (8.5m x 22m)Steel portal frame construction, concrete panels, box profile tin cladding, fibre cement roof, concrete floor. In addition, there are also three eight tonne feed bins within the concrete apron, which are included within the sale.The LandThe land extends to approximately 133.27 Ha (329.31 Ac) in total including woodland and miscellaneous areas. Much of the farmland has been classified as predominately Grade 4(1) with sections of Grade 5(3) and Grade 6(2/3) by the James Hutton Institute and is contained within one main block with parcel 8 bisected by the railway line (Glasgow South Western Line) and with access over a bridge. The farmland is currently down to grass and used for grazing and fodder production with all fields having access to mains water troughs or a spring supply. A proportion of the farm is fenced with post and wire, in addition there are some stone dyke boundaries. The land rises from 182m at its lowest point to 235m at its highest point above sea level. The small strip of amenity woodland located next to fields 1 and 2 extends to 5.05 Ha (12.48 Ac).NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE (NVZ)Little Creoch Farm is not included within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.IACS / BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME (BPS) 2025All the farmland is registered for IACS purposes. Any payments relating to the 2025 scheme year will be retained by the Seller. If applicable, the Purchaser(s) will be responsible upon occupation of the subjects of sale to comply fully with the Statutory Management requirements to maintain the farmland in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) as laid down under the Cross Compliance rules of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for the remainder of the scheme year. The Seller may enter discussions with the Purchaser to transfer the right to receive Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Entitlements in addition to the heritable property by separate negotiation. Further details are available from the Selling Agents.SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RURAL PAYMENTS AND INSPECTIONS DIRECTORATERussell House, King Street, Ayr, KA8 OBE. T: 0300 244 6300 E: SGRPID.ayr@gov.scotLESS-FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT SCHEME (LFASS)All the land has been designated as being within a Less-Favoured Area.