Wester Moy Farm, Muir of Ord, Ross-Shire

Wester Moy Farm is an attractive and highly productive farm which is well located in Ross-shire, to the west of Dingwall and close to the Black Isle. The farm includes a good mixture of arable and grazing land together with a modern and traditional steading, providing the farm with cover for livestock crops and storage. The land comprises an extensive acreage of arable and grazing land, the majority of the land is graded as 3.1, 3.2 and 4.2 by the James Hutton Institute and lies between approximately 25m and 100m above sea level with a southerly aspect. The land is all easily accessed from the main road and internal farm tracks.

The farm is offered for sale as a whole or in three lots.

Lot 1 - offers over £1,750,000
Approximately 246.58 acres (99.79 ha) of arable/grazing land and a range of farm buildings.

This lot comprises the majority of Wester Moy Farm and provides an attractive acreage of arable and pasture together with a useful range of modern and traditional farm buildings.

The buildings are summarised as follows:

General Purpose Shed – approximately 19.19m x 11.62m
Constructed of part concrete walls, steel portal frame, concrete floor, corrugated roof cladding.

Sheep Shed/Hay Store – approximately 18m x 14.1m
Concrete floor, timber frame

Adjacent Sheep Shed – approximately 11.5m x 18m
Steel portal frame, concrete floor, corrugate metal side cladding

Traditional range of buildings – U-shaped traditional stone building comprising central cattle court with central feed passage, steel portal frame, corrugated roof.

Lot 2 - offers over £385,000
Approximately 72.91 acres (29.51 ha) of arable and grazing land.

This lot is located at the northern boundary of the farm and comprises a block of pasture and arable ground which is accessed via the hamlet of Jamestown close to the far northern boundary.

Lot 3 - offers over £150,000
Approximately 10.72 acres (4.34 ha) of arable and grazing land.

Lot 3 comprises a ringfenced arable / grazing field which may have some potential for development subject to applying for and gaining the necessary consents.

Method of sale and tenure: The Property is offered for sale as a whole or in 3-lots.

Asking prices:
The Whole - Offers over £2,285,000
Lot 1 - Offers over £1,750,000
Lot 2 - Offers over £385,000
Lot 3 - Offers over £150,000

Wester Moy Farm is situated in the attractive countryside of Ross-shire, to the west of the town of Dingwall and to the north of the town of Muir of Ord. This area of Ross-shire is renowned as one of the best farming areas in Scotland. It has a reputation for productive, high-quality farmland at low altitude and has a well-developed agricultural infrastructure including a number of grain, potato and agricultural machinery merchants. There is a busy livestock market at Dingwall. The nearest settlement to the farm, is Dingwall, which provides an extensive range of services including supermarkets, shops, banks, cafés, restaurants, hotels and leisure facilities. The nearby A9 provides excellent links to the city of Inverness which provides a range of administrative, retail, recreational, educational and cultural facilities.

The farm is well served by communications links. Inverness has an airport which offers regular flights to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Belfast and a small range of European destinations (some of which are charter/seasonal).
There is a nearby railway station at Muir of Ord which has services into Inverness. A sleeper service operates from Inverness railway station to London. There are a number of primary schools in the local area, while Dingwall Academy provides secondary education. Private education is available at Gordonstoun, Elgin. The surrounding area has plenty of sporting opportunities, which include, for the golfer, the famous championship courses at Royal Dornoch and Castle Stuart. For the fly fisherman there is salmon fishing on the nearby River Conon and River Beauly.

There are also a host of lochs in the general vicinity which offer trout fishing by arrangement. Pheasant shooting and driven grouse shooting can be rented on estates in the surrounding area. Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands, lies approximately 20 miles to the southwest. Inverness, a vibrant city, has a full range of
retail, educational, leisure and commerce facilities together with a mainline railway station and an airport with flights to a wide range of UK destinations (including London Heathrow) and a limited number of European destinations (including Amsterdam).