An attractive livestock rearing unit within Dumfriesshire
The farmhouse is a traditional two storey stone and slate dwelling with four bedrooms and two reception rooms providing family sized accommodation with a southeasterly aspect enjoying views over the large enclosed garden.
The farmland extends to approximately 339 acres and sits within two blocks, dissected by the public road.
Hightown of Tinwald Farmhouse is a 19th century dwelling of stone and slate construction with a substantial brick and flat roofed first floor extension to the northern elevation. The house benefits from oil fired central heating and UPVC double glazing. There is a separate driveway to the farmhouse with a red gravelled parking area to the front elevation. The front door enters into a hallway which provides access to the ground floor accommodation as well as the staircase leading to the first floor. There are two reception rooms, one with an open fire and the other a larger family room (also with open fire) with space for both dining and lounge furniture, featuring views over the garden and adjoining woodland. The farmhouse kitchen features bespoke solid wood floor and wall units and a four oven Aga (2 in the main range and 2 in the adjoining electric module which also features an electric hob). A conservatory overlooking the garden provides an informal day to day living area, and a utility/boot room is situated at the rear entrance from the farm courtyard. A downstairs shower room completes the ground floor accommodation.
On the first floor there are four bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Located at the heart of the farm, and accessed separately from the house, is a range of modern farm buildings which are both practical and versatile. These have been developed over a number of years to provide an easily managed indoor setting for rearing livestock, with the design and placement of the buildings helping to minimise the labour required to move feeding and straw between them.
In total the land at Hightown of Tinwald extends to about 339 acres (137.5 hectares) rising eastwards from the steading on to the hill with an altitude ranging from 120m to 250m above sea level. It is classified by the James Hutton Institute of Soil Research as an equal mixture of classes 4 and 5 on the land capability for agriculture scale and F3 and F4 on the land capability for forestry scale. Approximately 130 acres is croppable with a further 137 acres of permanent pasture / green hill and 69 acres of woodlands planted in 2023 under a Forestry Grant Scheme (which has 3 years of maintenance payments remaining). All of the farmland is classified as being in a Less Favoured Area (LFA) for the purpose of grants and subsidies.
The farm is a productive grassland holding but equally capable of good yields of silage and forage crops. The land sits within two distinct blocks, intersected by the public road. There are four fields to the west of the road which are all accessible from the farm steading. These provide excellent grazing and silage land with convenient access to the farm buildings. The land to the east can be accessed from the public road or via an internal track, providing further grazing and mowing land as well as newly planted woodlands and an area of green hill upon which a trig point provides outstanding 360 views over the surrounding countryside including towards the Solway Coast.
The fields benefit from post and wire fencing and stone dykes, and are watered via a spring fed private water supply.