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Category A listed Dumfries House, built between 1754 and 1759 to the design of John, Robert and James Adam and recognised as the most important house designed by the three brothers in the early period. The 1,945 acre estate is centred on Dumfries House and its surrounding designed landscape. The outlying agricultural and residential properties generate a current income of over £90,000 per annum, and are strategically placed around the principal house to provide privacy and seclusion. Within the policies, the ‘core’ estate, in addition to Dumfries House, there are 11 estate houses and cottages, two of which were also designed by the Adam brothers. The remainder of the estate has three further estate houses or cottages in addition to two farmhouses, two potential house sites, and two traditional stone steadings with development potential. On the estate fringes lie three farms, Orchardton, Bankend and Glenside, two of which have farmhouses. The land is best suited to mixed farming practice, comprising a variety of arable and ploughable ground, permanent pasture and rough grazing. Interspersed woodlands provide shelter for stock. Good roads and estate tracks facilitate easy access to most parts of the estate. As a whole, the land may be approximately analysed as follows: Land Type Acres (approx) Policies/parkland 84 Arable/ploughable 690 Permanent Pasture 550 Rough Grazing 164 Woodland (established) 365 Woodland (other) 64 Other 28 With the exception of Orchardton, all the agricultural land on the estate will be available with vacant possession at 28th November 2007, being let either on a seasonal basis (policy fields within Lot 1A and Glenside), or under a Short Limited Duration Tenancy (SLDT) expiring on 28th November 2007 (Bankend and the south-eastmost field within Lot 1A). The estate is for sale as a whole or in up to 10 lots as follows: Lot No. Description Acres Lot 1A Dumfries House with 7 cottages, walled garden, policies, farmland, woodland and salmon fishing on the Lugar Water 743.75 Lot 1B Dumfries Mains including a 9 bedroom house, 3 cottages and stone outbuildings with development potential 2.11 Lot 2A Orchardton Farm including farmhouse, farm buildings, arable land and pasture 635.80 Lot 2B Coachford Cottage (potential development site) 3.38 Lot 2C Watston Cottage (potential development site) 0.87 Lot 3 Kennels Cottage and paddock 1.99 Lot 4A Mountallan Cottage No 1 (east) 0.19 Lot 4B Mountallan Cottage No 2 (west) 0.36 Lot 5 Bankend (bare arable land, pasture and woodland) 296.98 Lot 6 Glenside Farm including farmhouse, farm buildings, arable land and pasture 260.05 Whole 1945.49

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