The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Three family farms are up for sale
Three well-known Highland farms have gone on the market with a price tag of just under £8.5 million.
The farms – Shandwick Mains, Wester Rarichie and Castlecraig – are described by selling agents Strutt and Parker as “one of the finest collections of farms in Scotland”.
Owned and run by the Whiteford family, which comprises brothers Stewart, Jim, David and Alan, the farms are situated in the Fearn Peninsula, near Tain in Easter Ross.
The Whitefords say the farms are now being offered for sale as the four brothers are retiring from farming.
Extending to 2,397 acres, the farms are offered for sale as a whole, as three individual farms, or 13 sub-lots.
Shandwick Mains is described as an “exceptional arable farm” with premium quality, mainly grade 2, landing extending to 370 acres. Wester Rarichie is a large arable and stock farm extending to 1,094 acres and Castlecraig is an arable and livestock-rearing farm stretching across 933 acres.
The Whitefords said they have held discussions with a travel and leisure company and there is the potential to develop themed tourist accommodation and a visitor centre on the site, which is near the North Coast 500 route.
Strutt and Parkers’ Scottish chairman, Andrew Rettie, said: “It is the single largest farm instruction in Scotland for many years and, as such, will command a great deal of attention in the agricultural industry. I anticipate we will attract buyers from Scotland, the rest of the United Kingdom and Europe.”