The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Estate on sale for £10.9 million
Bolfracks Estate includes homes, forestry, a farm and a hydro scheme
A 3,790-acre estate in Highland Perthshire has been placed on the market with a price tag of offers over £10.9 million.
Bolfracks Estate, near Aberfeldy, is described by selling agents Strutt and Parker and John Clegg and Co as “a superb residential, farming, sporting and forestry estate in a majestic Perthshire setting”.
The sale includes a stunning ninebedroom principal house built in the 17th Century and enlarged in the 19th Century, together with renowned gardens and a separate contemporary five-bedroom house.
It also comes with a residential property portfolio of 10 houses and cottages, an organic livestock farm carrying approximately 940 ewes and 85 cows, 2,674 acres of commercial forestry plantations and a hydroelectricity scheme that earns an average net annual income of £90,000.
There are also leisure and tourism opportunities and a diverse range of traditional field sports.
Owner of the Bolfracks Estate, Athel Price, said it was going on the market because his children have no desire to take it on.
He said: “The younger family have more interest in arable farming and that is not something this estate offers.
“We’re now at an age to hand over the estate but they don’t want to take it on.”
Strutt and Parker partner Robert McCulloch said: “Highland Perthshire is amongst the most attractive and sought after parts of the UK and Bolfracks is one of the best estates in the county.
“With a diverse selection of lots appealing to buyers right across the rural property spectrum, we are anticipating a busy few months promoting the sale.”
The forestry element of the estate – Bolfracks Forest – combines vigorous, high yield-class conifer crops with mixed native woodland and native Caledonian woodland.
The entire estate is offered for sale as a whole or in 16 separated lots, with the forest was available individually for offers in excess of £3.75 million.