Stockbridgehill Farm occupies an elevated site not far from the Village of Bankshill, just off the B7068 Lockerbie to Langholm Road. The property is within easy reach of the main M74 arterial route.  Stockbridgehill is a productive stock rearing and feeding farm benefitting from a traditional four-bedroom farmhouse, modern and traditional farm buildings, good access tracks and about 165 acres of agricultural land. The steading is a mixture of traditional and modern construction. The farmhouse occupies and elevated site affording stunning views across the surrounding countryside towards the Solway Coast. The farmhouse offers comfortable family accommodation over two floors.

THE FARM STEADING
Located to the rear of the farmhouse is a courtyard which leads to the steading buildings. The main of the steading buildings are all of steel portal construction and well-maintained. They briefly comprise of a general purpose shed utilised for workshop and feed storage, cantilever style shed utilised as calving boxes and cattle housing with lean-to slatted shed, sub-divided into pens for store cattle. Covered silage clamp (top filled), modern steel portal shed containing cubicles along with outdoor concrete yard. The steading is adequate for the present farming system to overwinter all the beef herd and it has, at some time in the past, been utilised for dairy production.

THE LAND
Stockbridgehill extends in total to about 165.8 acres (67.10 Ha), including the areas occupied by the farmhouse, steading, yards, woodland, access roads, etc. The land is contained within 13 clearly defined field enclosures, which benefit from good roadside access. The enclosures are well-fenced and watered. The land is classified as predominantly yield class 4 of the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research (Land Capability Study) as defined by the James Hutton Institute.

The land is all down to grass for grazing and or conservation (silage), with Stockbridgehill being self-sufficient in home grown forage. The land lies within payment regions 1 and wholly within the LFASS area. Contained within the acreage is a wood at field number 4 with a further planted area having been recently clear felled at field number 9.

BASIC PAYMENT ENTITLEMENTS – IACS / SAF
The whole of the agricultural land has been allocated payment region 1. We are advised that the vendors are active farmers (as currently defined under EU Regulation 1307/2013 and the Scottish Statutory Instrument 2014/58). We are further informed that the sellers completed an IACS/SAF submission 2023 (a copy of which can be made available for inspection from the sole selling agents during normal office hours).

Stockbridgehill Farm benefits from 62.53 units of region 1 entitlements with illustrative unit values of €165.63 (Euros). The sellers will use their best endeavours to complete the necessary documentation to transfer any and all established Basic Payment Entitlements. For the avoidance of doubt any such payments already applied for prior to the completion date, will be retained by the sellers, i.e., the 2023 Basic Payment, 2023 greening payment and LFASS. The purchaser upon occupation of the subjects of sale will be required and be responsible to comply with the statutory management requirements and good agricultural and environmental conditions, as laid down within the crosscompliance documentation 2023, this obligation expires on 31st December 2023.