Shielsknowe Farm

• Traditional 4-bedroom farmhouse
• Useful and adaptable modern shed
• Productive area of pasture ground and amenity woodland
• Set in a private rural position with outstanding views over the surrounding countryside

SituationShielsknowe Farm is situated in a peaceful rural setting within the Scottish Borders just 10 miles southeast from the delightful town of Jedburgh known as the ‘historic gateway to Scotland’. Jedburgh offers a variety of local amenities including independent shops and supermarkets, restaurants, a fitness and community centre, and a modern school campus providing education from nursery through to secondary level with private schooling available in the nearby town of Melrose (23 miles). The former market town of Hawick is 18 miles to the west of Shielsknowe and is the largest town in the region, offering a selection of business and retail services including several supermarkets, a secondary school and a variety of recreational and sporting facilities. The city of Edinburgh is approximately 57 miles to the northwest and boasts a substantial range of retail centres, leisure and business facilities, as well as many historic monuments and landmarks. The property is just 6 miles from the English border via the A68, providing swift access to the south and Newcastle Upon Tyne (52 miles). There is rail travel via the Edinburgh-Borders railway from Tweedbank (24 miles), connecting to Edinburgh Waverly offering regular mainline rail connections to the north and onward rail service on the east coast main line to London King’s Cross (journey time of just over 4 hours). Newcastle Airport (46 miles) and Edinburgh Airport (64 miles) both provide an array of domestic and international flights just over an hour’s drive southeast and north respectively. The farm offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a productive small holding unit benefiting from a number of agricultural suppliers and contractors, offering additional resources to support farming operations. The excellent road network provides easy access to livestock markets located in St Boswells (19 miles) and Wooler (32 miles).DescriptionShielsknowe Farm provides an exciting opportunity to acquire a manageable compact farming and amenity unit situated in a highly accessible area in the Scottish Borders. The property benefits from an extremely private position and is accessed via a shared private road which leads from a minor public road from the A68 which links to the village of Oxnam. The property comprises a spacious 4-bedroom farmhouse with a modern lambing/store shed and an area of land and woodland extending to approximately 32.40 Ha (80.06 Acres) in total. The farm is surrounded by rolling countryside and woodland offering incredible panoramic views.Farming HistoryThe current sellers have farmed Shielsknowe Farm since the late 1990’s. The holding has historically been operated as a sheep farming unit with approximately 150 breeding mule ewes plus followers and built up a successful registered Blue Faced Leicester flock over a number of years.Method of sale Shielsknowe Farm is offered for sale as a whole. Shielsknowe Farmhouse Shielsknowe Farmhouse is a traditional 4-bedroom stone-built farmhouse with a rendered brick extension under a pitched slate roof. The farmhouse is situated on the northern boundary of the holding, and benefits from a secluded rural position with views over the surrounding countryside and Goshen Hill. The property provides comfortable family accommodation over two levels. Details of the accommodation and room dimensions are set out in more detail within the floor plans contained in these particulars.Garden and GroundsThe farmhouse sits within a mature, well-maintained area of private garden ground which includes areas of lawn, established shrub borders and several mature trees providing shelter. The garden is enclosed by traditional dry stone dyke, and there is a generous driveway providing ample space for parking.OutbuildingsThe house benefits from an adjoining single garage and a small former byre which is currently used as a store, both would potentially provide scope for extending the existing footprint of the house subject to necessary planning consents. There is small lean-to timber garden store on the east elevation which has a tin roof and a stone floor.Sheep shed (35.5m x 18.5m)To the east of the farmhouse there is a modern purpose-built lambing shed of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof with vent-air side cladding, block and timber walls, with an earth floor. The shed is equipped with built in lambing pens along both sides and accessed via sliding barn doors at either end.The Land The farmland at Shielsknowe extends to approximately 32.40 Ha (80.06 Acres) in total (including buildings and yard area) and comprises a productive mix of pastureland and includes areas of mature Sitka Spruce, Scots Pine and Larch with smaller areas of open broadleaved woodland. The land has been classified as a mix of grade 5.1 and 5.2 with some small areas of grade 6.1 by the James Hutton Institute, and all of the fields provide adequately sized enclosures suitable for modern machinery. The land is currently let on a seasonal basis to a local farmer for the grazing of livestock with the current agreement ending on the 30th of September 2026. All of the pasture fields benefit from spring fed water troughs. The land is varied in aspect, with the land on the southern boundary of fields 6 and 7 sitting approximately 140m above sea level at its lowest point on the property, rising to its highest point of 300m above sea level near the small conifer plantation on the southeastern boundary. The remainder of the farmland to the north rises to 250m above sea level to the northeast of the sheep shed. The property also benefits from a right of access for agricultural purposes between points A-B.Flood RiskFlood maps of the area can be viewed at https://map.sepa.org.uk/floodmaps/FloodRisk/SearchIACSAll the farmland is registered for IACS purposes and the farm code is 778/0146 Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) The land at Shielsknowe Farm is not included within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements (BPSE)The Seller may enter discussions with the Purchaser(s) to transfer the right to receive the 27.65 Region 1 and 2.78 Region 2 Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements (BPSE) in addition to the heritable property by separate negotiation. Note that 2.26 of the Region 1 Entitlements have previously been activated against seasonal grazing land by the sellers. Further details are available from the Selling Agents. Any payments relating to the 2026 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) 2026 for the remainder of the scheme year.Less-Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) All of the land has been designated as being within a Less-Favoured Area.Local AuthorityScottish Borders Council, Newtown, St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0SA Tel: 01835 824000 or Email customeradvice@scotborders.gov.ukScottish Government Rural Payments And Inspections DirectorateScottish Government, Agriculture and Rural Economy, Cotgreen Road, Tweedbank, Galashiels, Scottish Border, TD1 3SG Tel: 0300 2441400 or Email SGRPID.galashiels@gov.scotMineralsIn so far as these rights form part of the property title they are included within the sale.TimberAll fallen and standing timber is included in the sale as so far as it is owned by the seller.Sporting RightsIn so far as these rights form part of the property title they are included within the sale. Fixtures And FittingsAll fixture and fittings within farmhouse and farm buildings are included in the sale price. No other items are included unless mentioned in the sales particulars.Ingoing ValuationThe purchaser(s) of Shielsknowe Farm shall, in addition to the purchase price, be obliged to take over and pay for at a valuation to be agreed by a mutually appointed valuer(s) with respect to the following:1. All cultivations and growing crops on a seeds, labour, lime, fertiliser, sprays and machinery basis with an increment representing the enhanced value of the establishment and age of such crops.2. All feed stuffs, hay, straw, fodder, roots, silage and farmyard manure and other produce at market value.3. All oils, fuel, 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 selling agents 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 8% over Bank of Scotland borrowing rate.DepositA deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid within seven days of completion of Missives. Deposit will be non-refundable in the event of the purchaser failing to complete for reasons not attributable to the Seller or their Agents.Possession And EntryVacant possession and entry will be given on completion or such mutual time to be agreed by the seller and the purchaser(s). AccessThe property is sold subject to any public rights of access exercisable in terms of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, it being noted that such rights do not apply to the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.Third Party Rights And ServitudesThe subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes,wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed as satisfied themselves in respect thereof.SolicitorsCullen Kilshaw LLP, Waverley Chambers, Ladhope Vale, Galashiels, TD1 1BW Post CodeTD8 6NWWhat3WordsTo find this property location to within 3 metres, download and use What3Words and enter the following 3 words: https://what3words.com/eggshell.scars.dishingViewingStrictly by appointment with the Selling Agents.Health & SafetyThe property is an agricultural holding and appropriate caution should be exercised at all times during inspection particularly in reference to the farm buildings, farm land and water courses.Anti Money Laundering (AML) RegulationsPlease note that under the 2017 AML regulations we are legally required to carry out money laundering checks against purchasers. Upon verbal acceptance of an offer, we require to identify the purchaser for Anti-Money Laundering purposes. Our service provider ‘First AML’ will contact the purchaser to gather the required identification documents. An information sheet is available from the selling agent on request. We are not able to enter a business relationship with a purchaser until they have been identified Failure to provide required identification may result in an offer not being considered.FinanceGalbraith work with a number of lenders in the specialist agricultural market. We are able to introduce you to various lenders for a variety of farming purposes including the purchase of land and property, restructuring debt, and to provide working capital for diversification, improving or erecting farm buildings. Please note, Galbraith acts as an introducer, only and has no direct or indirect influence on the outcome of any lending application. Please discuss any funding requirements in confidence with the Selling Agent, or contact Alistair Christie in confidence in our Galbraith Stirling office Alistair.christie@galbraithgroup.com