Gladstone Farm, Burntshields Road, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, PA10

Description
Gladstone Farm has been in the same family ownership since 1756. The package of assets is an excellent combination of period property, outbuildings and agricultural land assets which enjoy a rural yet highly convenient location. The main house is a stone-built cottage type farmhouse of white painted stone exterior under a slated roof with concrete ridge. The accommodation is laid out over two levels and the attached former byre, stables, garage and cart shed offer future owners (subject to planning permission) significant opportunity to develop the property and increase the residential footprint. Gladstone Farm sits centrally amid 2 ring-fenced blocks of land which provide excellent protected boundaries and the opportunity for future owners to participate in equine or hobby farming pursuits. From the highest point of the land at Gladstone Farm on the western side of the minor road, it is possible to view seven counties of the west of Scotland.

Ground Floor
Outer door to main entrance reception hallway with coat hooks to the side and access to attic, dual aspect sitting room with tiled fireplace, slips and hearth, cornice and mirrored Edinburgh press, TV/dining room with exposed ceiling beams, tiled fireplace, walk in general purpose store and shallow press, rear hallway with front and rear doors, attic space access, breakfasting fitted kitchen with space for informal dining table and chairs, shelved pantry, bathroom. From front reception hallway, access to bedroom 1 with cornice, double fronted fitted wardrobe and concealed en suite wet zone type shower room, bedrooms 2 & 3 with cornice, wash hand basin and shallow press.

First Floor
Door with access to staircase to first floor level with small store off, attic room 1 with dormer window formation, attic room 2 with velux window.

Outbuildings
Attached former byre with original bisses and oil-fired central heating boiler.

Attached steading providing 2 loose boxes, tack, hay and feed stores, garage, and former cart shed.
Detached stone built and slate roof poultry house.

Detached 18m x 5m brick and block-built hay barn under a corrugate sheet roof with polycarbonate roof lights, concrete floor.

Gardens
Gladstone Farm is accessed from Burntshields Road. The access road is to compacted road planings which terminates at a courtyard in front of the house. A fenced hardcore stock handling yard is beside the garage. The fields are accessible via a series of gates from the yard and the access road. The driveway is bounded by mixed hedging and post and wire fencing. On approach to the house there is an avenue of tall mature semi ancient native trees, Limes, Horse Chestnut and Sycamore to name a few. The rear gardens are to grass with a drying green and a line of mature Lime trees provide shelter and amenity.

Land
The agricultural land holding at Gladstone Farm extends to 24.39 acres (9.87Ha). The land is categorised as a mixture of class 3 & 4, it is in a good, ring-fenced block running from the east to the northwest. The land is divided up into a number of fields (5) with free swinging gates, easy access tracks and natural water supplies. The fields are generally in good heart and offer opportunities for haylage/silage cropping, livestock grazing and equine pursuits.

Farm Code
Gladstone Farm is a registered farm with farm code 730/0007.

Local Authorities
Renfrewshire Council.

Services
Mains water supply, drainage is by private septic tank, oil fired central heating, double glazing.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Council Tax
Gladstone Farm is in council tax band D and the amount of council tax payable for 2025/2026 is £1850.53 including water and excluding sewerage.

EPC
EPC rating F.

Situation
Gladstone Farm is located in very pleasant Renfrewshire countryside about 1 mile from the centre of the heritage Weavers conservation village of Kilbarchan.

Kilbarchan village offers a good range of local shops and services, churches, local professional services and numerous activity clubs. The village is steeped in history and as mentioned above, has the fully restored Weavers Cottage at its centre, which, when entered, one is transported back to a time when Kilbarchan was at the very heart of the Scottish textile industry.

The area is well served by local state primary and secondary schools and Kilmacolm village (6 miles) has the independent St Columba’s with its enviable record of academic achievement. Glasgow has further independent schooling.

Kilbarchan has a mid-sized and well stocked Greens food store, a Morrisons supermarket is about 2 miles, a large Asda superstore 4 miles and the latest Tesco centre is at Linwood about 4 miles away. The Braehead & Silverburn retail villages are around 10 & 13 miles where there are a tremendous range of High Street multiples together with Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s anchor stores. Braehead also has an IKEA furniture superstore. The city at 15 miles has all the cultural, higher educational and leisure services normally associated with a major international centre.

As with most parts of central Scotland one is never too far from a golf course and Gladstone Farm is no exception: Johnstone has Cochrane Castle golf club and at nearby Bridge of Weir there are two fine courses, Old Ranfurly & Ranfurly Castle, all of which are popular and challenging 18-hole parkland golf courses.

The River Cart runs between Kilbarchan & Johnstone, and it is possible by permit, to fish for brown trout, coarse fish, recent river improvements have seen salmon returning to the Cart.

Castle Semple loch offers inland sailing, and the Firth of Clyde has excellent chandlery and marina services as well as some of the UK’s most scenic and enjoyable coastal sailing.

The area has a regular bus service to Glasgow and there is a main line rail station at Milliken Park which is only about 1.5 miles from the house. Glasgow Airport is only 6.5 miles and offers domestic and international flights. The A737 on and off spur are at Kilbarchan which subsequently lead to the M8 motorway corridor which provides fast motor car access to central Scotland and beyond"
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