Macplants Berrybank Nursery, Pencaitland, East Lothian | Property for sale | Savills
Guide price £1,375,000($1,734,975)

Macplants Berrybank NurseryPencaitland, East Lothian

  • Sole agency
  • Freehold
Leisure

Key features

  • Established plant nursery supplying a range of plants to trade clients & public
  • Retail shop
  • Clovis Lande, Keder and shade polytunnels
  • Glasshouse for propagation
  • Plant preparation workshop
  • Outbuildings providing storage of materials and equipment
  • Four-bedroom house benefiting from private gardens
  • Additional land adj. forming 2 separate paddocks & approximately 2 acres of land
  • Approximately 3.39 hectares (8.37 acres)

Long-established and successful plant nursery on the outskirts of Edinburgh with shop, 4 bedroom house and over 8 acres

About this property

  • Macplants plant nursery extends to an area comprising 0.86 hectares (2.12 acres) in total, forming an area roughly rectangular in shape and relatively level in gradient for the plant beds and structures provided for plant cultivation, propagation and storage. Macplants has been held within the same family ownership since 1979 and has established a national client base with a diverse range of trade clients within the landscape, garden design and garden centre sectors and are proud to serve a particularly prestigious clientele including Balmoral Castle, Historic Scotland, Holyrood Palace, The Royal Horticultural Society and The National Trust for Scotland. The family are now retirement planning, providing an opportunity for a new operator to acquire the business and either continue the operation of the site independently or incorporate it into an existing business.

Local information

  • The property is situated approximately 2.5 miles south of the main A1 trunk road, approximately 16 miles southeast of the vibrant city of Edinburgh and 6 miles south of the coast at Longniddry, with views of the Lammermuir Hills distant in the south. The property is ideally located being close to both the A1 and A68, both providing excellent transport access to the wider road network.

Additional information

  • The plant nursery extends to an area comprising 0.86 hectares (2.12 acres) in total, forming an area roughly rectangular in shape and relatively level in gradient for the plant beds and structures provided for plant cultivation, propagation and storage.
  • The business has an excellent reputation for growing a vast range of quality hardy plants including many interesting and unusual varieties not typically available for sale. Amongst the specialist species grown are award-winning autumn gentians bred on site by Dr Ian McNaughton and also probably the largest range of meconopsis cultivars found anywhere.
  • A number of structures are situated adjacent to the plant beds which include four single span Clovis Lande polytunnels (35m x 6.6m approx.), a Keder multi-span polytunnel (35m x 16m approx.) a glasshouse for propagation with mist propagation unit (15m x 5m approx.) and a shade tunnel (35m x 6.6m approx.).
  • The retail shop is of brick construction with an asbestos sheet pitched roof and is situated to the right of the entrance of the property, with car parking provided adjacent within a car park laid to gravel.
  • Expansion of the nursery can be provided by utilising two additional parcels of land if desired. A triangular paddock comprising approximately 0.45 hectares (1.12 acres) of land is situated to the northeastern boundary and a second, square parcel comprising approximately 1.657 acres (0.36 hectares) is situated to the southwest boundary of the property.
  • Accommodation is provided by way of a spacious four-bedroom detached home situated to the left of the property entrance, accessed via the main entrance roadway into a parking area to the side of the property. The property is constructed of block and render under a pitched slate roof and benefits from an expansive and private south-facing rear garden, extending to approximately an acre (0.40 hectares) in its entirety.
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Energy performance

The Energy Performance Certificate rating for Berrybank house is E(51).