The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Range of farms, land and woodland put on market
Lots, offered by Galbraith, were part of the former Castle Fraser Estate
A range of Aberdeenshire farms, land and woodland has been put on the market by Galbraith.
The portfolio, offered in lots, comprises two farms, two blocks of land, and two areas of woodland. All were part of the former Castle Fraser Estate, and were bought by current owner Richard Ratcliffe in the early 1990s.
Galbraith partner Tom Stewart is handling the sales from the firm’s Aberdeen office.
Courtcairn Farm, near Kemnay, is offered for sale at £3.25 million. It comprises 734.43 acres of mainly Grade 3 (2) land, a traditional two-bedroom farmhouse with bothy, a range of portal frame farm buildings, and a telecommunications mast. The buildings include capacity for 600 fattening cattle, and the mast provides an annual rent of £4,400.
The other farm for sale, on the market at £2.55m, is Cairnfold Farm near Sauchen. The sale includes a threebedroom farmhouse, a range of modern farm buildings, and 476.71 acres of mainly Grade 3(2) land. The buildings include a grain store with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes and a weighbridge.
Meanwhile, two blocks of land are available near Dunecht.
The first block, at Corskie, extends to 329.38 acres. It is Grade 3(2), and has a price tag of £1.18m, or just above £3,582 per acre.
The second block, at Kinnernie, is 270.82 acres of Grade 3(2) land. It is available for £780,000, which equates to around £2,880 per acre.
Lastly, the two blocks of woodland are available to buy in separate lots for a combined price of £240,000.
The first lot – Gallow Hill Woodland, near Kemnay – comprises 76.7 acres of mixed commercial woodland, with a large proportion approaching harvestable stage.
It is available for £90,000.
The other lot of woodland – Corskie Woodlands, also near Dunecht – comprises two accessible commercial woodland areas stretching across 124.76 areas.
It is available for £150,000.