A huge Perthshire estate owned by the same family for 300 years is now for sale for £5 million.
Finegand Estate in Glenshee, known as the Glen of the Faeries, lies within the Cairngorms National Park.
The 1,960-acre estate provides farming, forestry, sporting and conservation interests, centred on the original Finegand Farmhouse.
It features a range of traditional farm buildings, six cottages and a former steading at the north end of the estate, offering a potential development opportunity.
The estate extends to about 1,960 acres (793.87 hectares), with a mix of hill ground, productive and native woodland, diverse habitats for a range of native flora and fauna and permanent pasture.
‘Superb’ Finegand Estate for sale
Galbraith is handling the sale. Partner Emma Chalmers said: “Finegand Estate is a superb estate located in an iconic Scottish setting.
“With its expanse of in-bye and hill lands, diverse and highly varied wildlife and woodland, there are numerous opportunities for the purchaser.”
Those opportunities include creating a sizeable livestock farm or for traditional country sports or conservation projects.
The estate could also be used for further woodland creation and eco-tourism related enterprises.
Ms Chalmers added: “Finegand offers an excellent range of opportunities to the purchaser to pursue a variety of interests and priorities with the backdrop of its highly scenic Highland setting.”
Sporting and farming opportunities
The estate offers a range of traditional sports including deer stalking and grouse shooting.
There was formerly a driven grouse moor and the butts are still in-situ and currently undergoing refurbishments.
In addition, Finegand also offers potential to develop a low ground shoot, including duck flighting.
The farming enterprise is currently run in hand and with a shepherding contract arrangement for 500 ewes.
The farming could be expanded, given the mix of in-bye and hill ground available, together with the existing farm buildings and potential to build modern buildings if required.
At the northern end of the estate is a small lochan stocked with brown trout which has views across the estate. It can be used for fishing and picnics.
Finegand Estate is for sale as a whole for offers over £5m, or in two lots.
- Lot 1 – extends to about 787.81 hectares (1946.73 acres) and comprises six cottages, a former steading range and land of permanent pasture, rough grazings, hill ground and productive and native woodlands. Offers over £4.5m
- Lot 2 – Finegand Farmhouse with traditional farm buildings and about 6.06 hectares (14.97 acres); Offers over £500,000.
Royal connections to Perthshire estate
Glenshee has been used for centuries to access the Highlands and Deeside including by the Royal family travelling to Balmoral.
The route was often used by our late Queen and her mother to travel between Glamis and Balmoral.
The ford at Tigh na Coile on Finegand was one of the more perilous parts of that journey.
It caught them out once when the future Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, was about five years old. The river was just a bit too deep for their car.
Queen Victoria’s coach once got into difficulties on the ‘Lair Brae’, a notoriously steep and difficult part of the road near Finegand.
The Laird of Finegand came to her rescue and helped her on her way.
