Harelawhill Farm, Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, DG14

Situation
Harelawhill Farm is an attractive and productive mixed farming unit situated in a highly accessible location in rural Dumfries and Galloway. The farm is just over 3 miles from the village of Canonbie which provides local amenities including a primary school, doctors surgery, village hall, local pub, bowling green, tennis court, playpark and activities centre. Langholm is within 8.5 miles providing a wider range of facilities including shops, cafes, restaurants, primary and secondary schools, professional services and various sporting facilities including a rugby club, golf course and cricket club. The larger towns of Dumfries and Lockerbie are within easy reach by car, both providing an excellent range of shops, professional services and transport links. About 19 miles south of the property is the city of Carlisle, where there is an abundance of supermarkets, high street shops, recreational facilities, cultural and amenity attractions, restaurants and much more.

Harelawhill is well placed for wider transport connections being within easy reach of the A7, A74 (M) and M6 offering access links to the north and south of the country. Train stations can be found at Carlisle which is on the West Coast Main Line (connecting to London in under 4 hours), and Gretna for the Glasgow South Western Line which runs between Carlisle and Glasgow, via Dumfries. Newcastle and Glasgow International Airports are accessible within a 2-hour drive from the property.
Traditionally the surrounding area is known for its varied landscape, with fertile land capable of producing a versatile range of crops and livestock forage. The area is well served by a wide variety of agricultural contractors, merchants, and suppliers. Regular livestock sales are held at the Borderway Mart (18 miles), Lockerbie Mart (25 miles) and Dumfries Mart (36 miles) each providing an excellent outlet for high quality livestock which the surrounding area is renowned for producing.

Description
Harelawhill Farm presents a productive mixed farming unit extending to approximately 89.06 Ha (220.07 Acres) within a ring fenced block just to the north of the small settlement of Harelaw, near Canonbie. The farm features a sizeable traditional two-storey farmhouse in a prominent position with panoramic views over the surrounding farmland, hills and forests on both sides of the Scottish/English border. The farm has a versatile range of traditional and modern farm buildings located northwest of the farmhouse, principally providing livestock and general purpose accommodation but with potential to be adapted for further residential or equestrian use, subject to obtaining the necessary consents. The land holding at Harelawhill comprises a mixture of permanent and temporary pasture with some small scale woodlands. The farmland is all currently down to grass and has been let for summer grazing until 31st August 2026.

Method of sale
Harelawhill Farm is offered for sale as a whole.

Farmhouse
Harelawhill Farmhouse is located to the southeast of the farm buildings and is accessed via a private farm driveway leading from the B6318 public road. The property comprises a traditional Georgian style stone farmhouse under a pitched slate roof with a single storey extension on the northern elevation. The house requires extensive refurbishment throughout but offers excellent potential to become a spacious family home, with accommodation spread over two floors plus two additional attic rooms (accessible via a staircase). The property benefits from UPVC double glazing (in sash and case style) and has an external oil boiler providing central heating. The dining kitchen also includes a traditional two oven oil fired Aga (not warranted). Full details of the accommodation and room dimensions are provided in more detail within the floor plans contained in these particulars.

Garden (and Grounds)
The farmhouse has a large area of garden ground to the south and east which is enclosed by a dry-stone wall. The garden is mostly laid to lawn with a gravel parking area to the front and some small trees and shrubs providing shelter and amenity.

Farm Buildings
The farm buildings are located to the northwest of the farmhouse and comprise a range of modern and traditional buildings, the latter in an ‘L’ shape formation adjoined by a large courtyard area. Briefly the steading comprises:

Cattle Shed (30m x 12.73m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a fibre cement roof with concrete panel walls, Yorkshire board side cladding and a mixed concrete and stone floor. The shed benefits from an external feed barrier and an external concrete feeding area.

Traditional Building (10.15m x 5.32m)
Of mixed stone and concrete blockwork construction under a tin roof with tin side cladding and concrete floor.

Traditional Building
Of stone construction with part box profile and part slate roof and a concrete floor. Lean-to of stone and box profile construction attached.

Traditional Building
Of stone construction under a box profile roof with concrete floor.

General Purpose Shed (16.70m x 5.60m)
Open fronted shed of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof with blockwork walls and concrete floor.

Cattle Shed (27.33m x 13.93m)
Of steel portal frame construction under an asbestos roof with concrete blockwork walls, Yorkshire board side cladding, concrete floor and central feed passage.

Lean-to (27.33m x 5.92m)
Adjoining Cattle Shed above. Steel portal frame construction under an asbestos roof with shuttered concrete and blockwork walls, Yorkshire board side cladding and mixed stone and concrete floor.

General Purpose Shed (30.14m x 12.82m)
Open sided shed of steel portal frame construction under a fibre cement roof with concrete panel walls, Yorkshire board side cladding and stone floor.

Slurry Lagoon
Concrete blockwork walls and concrete floor.

The Land
The farmland at Harelawhill extends to 89.06 Ha (220.07 Acres) in total including roads, yards and buildings. The land is situated in a ring fenced block bound to the west by the B6318 public road and the B6357 to the south. The farmland comprises a mix of permanent and temporary grassland and a number of small areas of amenity woodland. It has been classified as predominantly Grade 4.2 by the James Hutton Institute for Soil research and rises from 115m to 186m above sea level and provides a mixture of silage and pasture land for grazing purposes.

Property

Harelawhill Farmhouse: Mains water and electricity | Private drainage | Oil fired central heating
Harelawhill Farm Buildings: Mains water and electricity

Flood Risk
Flood maps of the area can be viewed at

IACS
All the farmland is registered for IACS purposes.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ)
The land at Harelawhill Farm is not included within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements (BPSE)
For the avoidance of doubt there are no entitlements available with the land. If applicable the purchaser(s) will be responsible upon occupation of the subjects of sale to comply fully with the Statutory Management requirements to maintain the farmland in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) as laid down under the Cross Compliance rules of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2026 for the remainder of the scheme year.

Less-Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS)
All of the land has been designated as being within a Less-Favoured Area (severely disadvantaged).

Historic Scotland
The farm includes former limestone mine workings and includes Harelaw Limekilns, which are Category B listed status by Historic and Environment Scotland.

Scottish Government Rural Payments And Inspections Directorate
161 Brooms Road, Dumfries, DG1 3ES
Tel:
SGRPID.

Minerals
In so far as these rights form part of the property title they are included within the sale.

Timber
All fallen and standing timber is included in the sale in so far as it is owned by the sellers.

Sporting Rights
In so far as these rights form part of the property title they are included within the sale.

Fixtures and Fittings
All fixture and fittings in the farmhouse are included in the sale price. No other items are included unless mentioned in the sales particulars. The Seller does not warrant the working condition of any systems, apparatus or appliances at the Property.

Ingoing Valuation
The purchaser(s) of Harelawhill Farm shall, in addition to the purchase price, be obliged to take over and pay for at a valuation to be agreed by a mutually appointed valuer(s) with respect to the following:
1. All cultivations and growing crops on a seeds, labour, lime, fertiliser, sprays and machinery basis with an increment representing the enhanced value of the establishment and age of such crops.
2. All feed stuffs, hay, straw, fodder, roots, silage and farmyard manure and other produce at market value.
3. All oils, fuel, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds, and sundries at cost.

Note: If the amount of the valuations has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion, then the purchaser shall pay to the seller such a sum as selling agents shall certify on account at the valuation pending agreement. Should the payment not be made within seven days then the interest will become payable on outstanding monies at 8% over Bank of Scotland borrowing rate.

Deposit
A deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid within seven days of completion of Missives. Deposit will be non-refundable in the event of the purchaser failing to complete for reasons not attributable to the Seller or their Agents.

Possession and Entry
Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion or such mutual time to be agreed by the Seller and the Purchaser(s).

Access
The property is sold subject to any public rights of access exercisable in terms of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, it being noted that such rights do not apply to the curtilage of a dwellinghouse.

Third Party Rights and Services
The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed as satisfied themselves in respect thereof.

There is a public water tank/reservoir (owned by Scottish Water) located in field 18. Scottish Water have a right of vehicular access across the sale area to the site.

Solicitors
Anderson Strathearn, 58 Morrison St, Edinburgh, EH3 8BP. convinces.mailbox.focal Post Code DG14 0RX.

Viewing
Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents.

Health & Safety
The property is an agricultural holding and appropriate caution should be exercised at all times during inspection particularly in reference to the farm buildings, farmland and water courses.

Anti Money Laundering (AML) Regulations
Please note that under the 2017 AML regulations we are legally required to carry out money laundering checks against purchasers. Upon verbal acceptance of an offer, we require to identify the purchaser for Anti-Money Laundering purposes. Our service provider ‘First AML’ will contact the purchaser to gather the required identification documents. An information sheet is available from the selling agent on request. We are not able to enter a business relationship with a purchaser until they have been identified
Failure to provide required identification may result in an offer not being considered.

Finance
Galbraith work with a number of lenders in the specialist agricultural market. We are able to introduce you to various lenders for a variety of farming purposes including the purchase of land and property, restructuring debt, and to provide working capital for diversification, improving or erecting farm buildings. Please note, Galbraith acts as an introducer, only and has no direct or indirect influence on the outcome of any lending application. Please discuss any funding requirements in confidence with the Selling Agent, or contact Alistair Christie in confidence in our Galbraith Stirling office at alistair.