ARDENCAPLE RHU, HELENSBURGH

ARDENCAPLE RHU, HELENSBURGH

ARDENCAPLE, RHU, HELENSBURGH A renowned equestrian property overlooking the Clyde Estuary to the north of Helensburgh Helensburgh 2.1 miles Dumbarton 11 miles Rhu 2.3 miles Glasgow 33 miles Traditional 4 bedroom detached house with spacious family accommodation over two levels Modern adjoining 2 bedroom flat with scope to expand further An excellent range of buildings to include a modern stable building containing 17 loose boxes Large timber fibre surfaced indoor arena Established livery business with capacity for up to 20 horses overall Situated in a private position but within commuting distance of larger populations Panoramic south facing views over the Clyde Estuary and surrounding countryside Large block of productive ring fenced grassland and amenity woodland About 18.80 Ha (46.45 Acres) in total For Sale as a Whole National Farm Sales Centre Suite C Stirling Agricultural Centre Stirling FK9 4RN 01786 434600 stirling@galbraithgroup.com

GENERAL Ardencaple comprises an attractive equestrian unit situated approximately 2 miles to the north west of the town of Helensburgh, some 33 miles to the north west of Glasgow. The property is situated in a private yet accessible rural location and benefits from unspoilt views over the Clyde Estuary and the surrounding countryside. The nearby town of Helensburgh is only a short drive away and offers a wide range of independent and high street shops, a Waitrose Supermarket, with good schooling both at primary and secondary level, and Lomond School offering private education. There is also a range of banks, a post office, bars and restaurants all found within the town. Helensburgh train station provides links to Glasgow and Edinburgh and even a sleeper service to London. This part of Argyll and Bute combines stunning scenery with surprising accessibility with Glasgow being about 40 minutes drive along the M8 and A82. Glasgow Airport is about 24 miles away offering domestic and international flights. The area is well suited for a range of outdoor pursuits with many sports and recreational clubs in and around Helensburgh and Rhu and excellent yachting facilities available at the marina in Rhu and at the highly regarded Holy Loch Sailing Club. The area offers many opportunities for field sports with fly fishing available on the region s prolific lochs and rivers, as well as superb sea fishing. The surrounding hills and glens are famed for their beautiful scenery, with the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park nearby offering hill walking, pony trekking, and other popular outdoor activities. The area has a wealth of historical and cultural places of interest including many fine gardens and castles. HISTORY Ardencaple Farm has been the home, heart and hub for the Paul family over the past 20 years. The property is currently run as a family livery yard benefitting from extensive off-road hacking, purpose-built indoor stables and the luxury of an indoor arena. The farm has very close links to nearby settlements and the property is situated on the outskirts of Helensburgh, only a few minutes drive from the town centre and around 40 minutes from Glasgow. The current owners have established a reputation for providing high quality horse care throughout the years with more than 100 horses having been stabled at Ardencaple Farm. The family commenced a breeding programme during their ownership of Ardencaple, which had always been their dream, to produce talented sports horses. As a result the family have competed to a high level in all spheres including national PC Championships in Dressage, Eventing and Show Jumping, also competing at the Royal Highland Show and Horse of The Year Show, with the pinnacle of being selected for the British Show Jumping Young Riders Team at the Horse of the Year show and the Young Riders GB Team. DESCRIPTION Ardencaple extends in total to approximately 18.80 Ha (46.45 Acres) and provides an attractive smallholding situated in a very private yet accessible location within Argyll and Bute. The property is centred on an attractive traditional farmhouse with adjoining modern 2 bedroom annexe. Ardencaple House sits in an elevated position and provides spacious family accommodation over two levels. Plans have been drawn up with a view to extending the existing accommodation further, or there is the option of using the adjoining annex which is currently split by a dividing door but could easily be incorporated to form a single dwelling. There is a good range of modern and traditional outbuildings which present an excellent opportunity to continue with the existing equestrian use or to convert to other business and amenity purposes, subject to necessary planning consents. The buildings are currently utilised for equestrian purposes and a successful livery business. There is an extensive area of hacking available through the adjacent woods to the north of the property. ARDENCAPLE HOUSE Ardencaple House is of traditional stone construction with ornate sandstone window frames under a slate roof. The property dates back from 1863 being built by Sir James Colquhoun as Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. The property offers spacious accommodation over two levels comprising of: Ground Floor: Entrance Vestibule, WC/Utility Room, Kitchen, Office, Living Room, Conservatory, Sitting Room and Porch. First Floor: 4 double Bedrooms and a Family Bathroom. The house is equipped with double-glazing throughout, an oil fired Aga in the kitchen and oil central heating. MODERN FLAT (ADJOINING THE HOUSE) Constructed in 2015 the flat adjoins the house on the eastern elevation. It is of timber frame and block construction under a slate roof. The property offers spacious and modern accommodation over one level comprising: Utility Room, Kitchen, Hallway, Entrance Vestibule, Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Shower Room and Sitting Room. The flat is equipped with double-glazing throughout and has LPG central heating.

The accommodation for each property is laid out in more detail on the floorplans within this brochure. GARDEN GROUND On the southern elevation of the property there is an area of garden ground which consists of lawn and several terraced raised beds. The garden benefits from unspoilt views over the Clyde Estuary and the surrounding countryside to the south. BUILDINGS The farm buildings are utilised as part of an established livery yard business and are situated adjacent to the house in a group, they comprise: Traditional Range (14m x 5m) Of stone construction under a slate roof with a concrete floor. The building is currently utilised as a Tack Room, Feed Store and Workshop. Modern Stable Block (35m x 11m) Of steel portal frame construction with block walls under a corrugated sheet roof with a concrete floor. The shed is currently equipped with 17 internal timber and galvanised steel stables all benefiting from automatic water drinkers. Indoor Arena (40m x 20m) Of steel portal frame construction with block walls under a box profile roof and side cladding with treated timber fibre floor. Dutch Barn (18m x 6m) Of steel frame construction under a corrugated sheet roof and side cladding with an earth floor. External Stable Shed (5.6m x 3.7m) Of timber frame construction under a corrugated sheet roof with a concrete floor and housing 2 loose boxes. Double Garage (7m x 6m) Of brick construction with roughcast render finish and a concrete floor under a mono-pitch tar roof. Portacabin Within the yard area there is a Portacabin which is used in conjunction with the livery yard. FARMLAND The farmland surrounds the farmhouse and steading and lies within a ring fenced block and extends to approximately 18.80 Ha (46.45 Acres) in total. The land is largely down to pasture with about 2.5 Ha (6.17 Acres) of woodland and the remaining 1.24 Ha (3.05 Acres) being made up of roads, yard and buildings. The farmland which has been classified as Grade 4.2 by the James Hutton Institute, is well suited to grazing and is currently all down to grass and utilised in conjunction with the livery yard business. The land is of a southerly aspect sloping from 120m above sea level at its highest point along the northern boundary, down to 80m above sea level at its lowest point along the southern boundary adjacent to the railway line. DIRECTIONS Please ignore Satnav, as it will take you to wrong access road. From Glasgow take the M8 west, before taking the cut off for the Erskine Bridge (Junction 30). Cross the bridge and merge left on to the A82, signposted Crianlarich. Follow the A82 and signs for Loch Lomond past Dumbarton, Renton and Alexandria for 11 miles, before taking the first exit on the left at the Arden roundabout onto the B831 signposted Helensburgh. On entering Helensburgh proceed down Sinclair Street before turning right into Queen Street. Travel along this street for about ½ a mile, before turning right onto Duchess Drive and travel on this road, then at the T-junction turn right onto Macleod Drive. Travel along Macleod Drive before taking first left onto Paterson Drive. Continue along this road heading north and away from the housing development passing under the railway bridge. Follow the private tarmac road under the railway bridge and Ardencaple Livery Yard is located at the end of the track about ¾ of a mile from Paterson Drive. POSTCODE G84 8JX SOLICITORS Raeburn Hope 77 Sinclair Street Helensburgh Argyll and Bute G84 8TG T: 01436 671 221 F: 01436 675 888 E: email@raeburnhope.co.uk ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE The Energy Rating for Ardencaple House is F37. COUNCIL TAX The Council Tax banding for Ardencaple House is F. SERVICES Electricity: Water: Drainage: Heating: Mains Private Private Septic Tank Kerosene (LPG for the Flat) LOCAL AUTHORITY Argyll and Bute Council Kilmory Lochgilphead Argyll PA31 8RT T: 01546 605522 E: enquiries@argyll-bute.gov.uk W: www.argyll-bute.gov.uk SGRPID Albany Street Oban PA34 4AE T: 0300 244 9340 F: 0300 244 9331 E: SGRPID.Oban@scotland.gsi.gov.uk DEVELOPMENT CLAWBACK The missives of sale for the farmland at Ardencaple will be subject to the purchaser(s) granting a Standard Security in favour of the Sellers to claw back 25% of the uplift in value, in the event of planning permission being granted for development for any purpose other than agricultural over any part of the farmland being obtained subsequent to the date of entry for a period of 25 years. IACS The land is not registered for IACS purposes. A purchaser would have to apply to the Scottish Government Rural Payments and Services Division to establish a farm code for their business for IACS purposes. BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME (BPS) 2017 There are no Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements available for transfer as part of this sale. A purchaser would have to apply to the Scottish Government Rural Payments and Services Division to establish their own entitlements on the land.

ENTRY A date of entry will be by mutual agreement. SPORTING RIGHTS Insofar as these rights form part of the property title they are included with the sale. TIMBER All fallen and standing timber is included in the sale insofar as it is owned. MINERALS Insofar as these rights form part of the property title they are included with the sale. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND SERVITUDES The 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 to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof. There is a right of pedestrian and vehicle access in favour of Luss Estates between points A to B on the sale plan. However please note this right has currently not been exercised for sometime. DEPOSIT A deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid within seven days of completion of Missives. Such Deposit will be non-refundable in the event of the purchaser failing to complete for reasons not attributable to the Seller or their Agents. VIEWING Viewings are strictly by prior appointment and only through the Selling Agents. HEALTH & SAFETY The property is an agricultural holding and appropriate caution should be exercised at all times during inspection. MORTGAGE FINANCE Galbraith are approved Agents for the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) and we can assist you in securing finance loans 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. For further details and to discuss any proposals in confidence please contact Robert Taylor on 0800 389 9448. Email: robert. taylor@galbraithgroup.com

IMPORTANT NOTES 1. These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing. Prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice. 2. Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the structural condition, nor the working order of services and appliances. 3. These particulars shall not be binding on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995. 4. Closing Date A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties. 5. Offers Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish Legal Form confirming; if an offer is in relation to the whole, or a specific lot, or a combination of lots, and if an offer is subject to the sale of a property, together with proof of funding, should be submitted to: Galbraith, Suite C, Stirling Agricultural Centre, Stirling FK9 4RN. Tel: 01786 434600 Fax: 01786 450014 Email: stirling@galbraithgroup. com 6. Third Party Rights and Servitudes The 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 to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof. 7. Photographs taken August 2017 8. Particulars prepared August 2017