One of the latest farms on the market from Savills is New Keig & Kinstair Farms, an extensive holding centred around an established grain seed processing and storage facility in the Donside region of Aberdeenshire.
The New Keig & Kinstair Farms comprise five named agricultural units which are farmed as a single extensive arable enterprise alongside a custom-built grain processing and storage facility, currently handling circa 4,000t of seed/annum.
Formerly known as Caledonian Seeds, one of the named units Prospect Buildings, forms an integral part of the current farming business utilising staffing resource from autumn through to early spring specialising in the processing, treatment and bagging of high-quality grain seed for regional and national agricultural merchants.
The area under crop extends to just over 1,000ac of Class 3 land with a south and west facing aspect.
The land is in good heart, consistently producing high-quality crops including oilseed rape, winter wheat, winter barley and spring barley for malting.
Cairncosh Farmhouse (which is currently undergoing a full renovation which will be completed prior to a sale) provides a spacious single-storey home including four bedrooms enjoying fine views across open countryside and located adjacent to the site of a former steading, now demolished and with planning permission for three new dwelling houses.
The property, which is about 1,147ac (464ha) in total, is for sale as a whole or in eight lots, the prices for which are below.
Lots and prices
Lot 1 – Prospect Buildings
This is an established modern grain drying and seed processing facility, with grain storage for 4,500t; offices, laboratory and weighbridge.
The 11ac site is going for offers over (o/o) £650,000.
Lot 2 – Crookmore Farm:
This is 166ac of arable land; 2ac of pasture; 9ac of woodland. The site also has planning permission for three-bedroom house and a range of farm buildings including steading with development potential.
It is seeking o/o £950,000.
Lot 3 – New Keig Farm:
This 443ac of arable land and 20ac pasture, with a steading and derelict farmhouse is seeking o/o £2,400,000.
Lot 4 – Land at Old Keig:
This 104ac of arable land is seeking o/o £550,000.
Lot 5 – Cairncosh Farmhouse:
This recently renovated four-bedroom house is seeking o/o £280,000.
Lot 6 – Cairncosh Steading:
This former steading site with planning permission for three dwellings is seeking o/o £120,000
Lot 7 – Land at Cairncosh:
This land, 127ac of arable and 26ac pasture, is going for o/o £750,000
L0t 8 – Kinstair Farm:
This land, 160ac of arable land and 42ac of mixed age woodland, is going for o/o £825,000.
Savills invites offers over o/o £6,525,000 for New Keig & Kinstair Farms
There are a number of traditional steadings and sites across the property, offering the opportunity for creating new steading complexes, or potential for development to alternative uses (subject to planning).
For Savills, Evelyn Channing commented:
“This is an important launch for the 2022 farmland market in Scotland.
“Prospect Buildings is a large scale modern grain facility with an established client base serving a significant area of Scotland.
“With an experienced workforce adding value to both home produced and imported seed, the outcome is a meaningful additional diversified income which will be attractive to many.
“As result we anticipate interest from all corners of the UK. The farms are being offered for sale in lots and therefore are also likely to appeal to those looking to expand locally as well as those seeking to relocate from further afield.”
