Lot 1 Hillhouse Farm, Sandilands, Lanark, ML11

Lot 1- Hillhouse Farmhouse, Farm Buildings and Land Extending To 24.40 ha (60.29 acres)

Hillhouse Farmhouse
Hillhouse Farmhouse is a traditional stone-built property set beneath a pitched slate roof, offering well-presented and generously proportioned accommodation arranged over two levels.

Ground Floor: Entrance porch, W/C, dining room (which could alternatively serve as a reception room), storeroom, utility room, kitchen, sitting room with wood-burning stove, double bedroom, and a versatile lounge/office also featuring a wood-burning stove, with an additional front porch.

First Floor: Three further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Garden Grounds:
The property benefits from an attractive area of garden ground to the front, predominantly laid to lawn and bordered by a number of mature trees, providing a pleasant and private setting. To the south, a tarmac courtyard offers ample parking for several vehicles.

Farm Buildings
The farm buildings are situated immediately to the south of the farmhouse and comprise a combination of traditional and semi-modern agricultural buildings. It is worth noting that there has historically been a conditionally approved planning application for the Demolition of existing sheds and erection of 4no. detached dwellings and garages with associated parking and access improvement works, granted in 2022 with planning reference P/21/1981.

Traditional Range
Set in a courtyard formation of traditional stone construction set under a slate roof comprising:

Garage (5.5m x 5.1m)
Old Byre (5.5m x 2.1m) + (14.3m x 6.7m)
Stables 1 (8.7m x 5m)
Quad Store with roller door (5.6m x 2.5m)
Log Store (5m x 2.5m)
Stables 2 (7.5m x 7.5m)
Medicine Room (5m x 3m)

Lean-to Store
Of timber frame construction under a box profile roof with block walls and a concrete floor.

Feed Store (7.3m x 4m)
Of stone construction under a slate roof with a concrete floor.

Stables 3 (10m x 6m)
Of stone construction under a slate roof with a concrete floor.

Calf Shed (19m x 6.75m)
Of steel construction under a corrugated tin sheeted roof with corrugated tin sheeted cladding, concrete block walls and a hardcore floor.

Twin silage pit (19m)

Cattle Shed (26.2m x 16.6m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a fibre cement sheeted roof with concrete block walls and Yorkshire board side cladding and a concrete floor. Central feed passage along the middle.

Cattle Court Lean-to (18.56m x 6.8m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a box profile roof with block walls and box profile sheeted cladding and a concrete floor. The shed is equipped with a gale breaker.

Lean-to (26.2m x 7.11m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a fibre cement sheeted roof with concrete block walls, Yorkshire board cladded walls and a concrete floor.

Straw Shed (27m x 13m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a fibre cement sheeted roof with ventair side cladding and a stone floor.

General Purpose Shed (18.5m x 11.9m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a corrugated roof with block walls, box profile sheeted cladding and a concrete floor.

Bruiser Shed (8.16m x 6.37m)
Of timber frame construction under a tin roof with block walls and a concrete floor.
Large Grain Tower (unused for some time)

Dutch Barn (24m x 7m)
Of steel portal frame construction under a tin roof and side cladding with an earth floor.

Stables 4 (6.8m x 3.55m)
Of stone construction under a pitched slate roof and a concrete floor.

The Land
The agricultural land within Lot 1 Hillhouse extends to approximately 24.40 ha (60.29 acres). The land is predominantly classified as Grade 3.2 and Grade 4.1 by the James Hutton Institute. The farmland was generally undulating but predominantly of a southerly aspect rising from the Douglas Water to the south. The land is mostly made up of Brown Soils through the middle of the farm, with alluvial soils adjacent to the Douglas Water. The land is well fenced, and all fields benefit from water supplies for the watering of livestock.

Planning Consent
Hillhouse Farm benefits from a lapsed approved planning consent for the Demolition of existing sheds and erection of 4no. detached dwellings and garages with associated parking and access improvement works, reference P/21/1981 which was granted on 15th March 2022 for a period of 3 years, expiring on 15th March 2025. The approved properties were detached houses with 4 double bedrooms and extensive living space. The designs ensured that the properties had ample outdoor space and benefitted from maximising the views of the surrounding countryside. The existing owners have carried out some enabling works such us upgrading the electricity supply to the farm to facilitate the extra demand.

Full details are available from the selling agents or direct from the South Lanarkshire Planning Portal -

EPC Rating = E