The Property

A most desirable country residence of genuine scale and privacy, set behind electric gates on the elevated fringes of East Kilbride. Five bedrooms, indoor swimming pool, converted stone barn and extensive outbuildings sit within 1.3 impeccably kept acres, with panoramic countryside views in every direction and the city within easy reach. An exceptional home, offered in excellent order.

There is a particular kind of Scottish evening, the sky burning orange above open farmland, the countryside stretching quietly in every direction, that this property was built for. From its elevated position on the fringes of East Kilbride, Lockhartshields Farm looks out across a panorama that feels genuinely removed from the everyday, while remaining accessible to motorway connections, schooling, and everything a family could need. Properties that achieve that balance with any conviction are rare.

Past the gated entrance, the full scope of what’s on offer reveals itself gradually, unhurried, and Lockhartshields Farm is all the more impressive for it. Whilst being a large home, the space on offer is worn with confidence rather than excess. Light moves through the rooms generously, countryside views appear at every turn, and the relationship between formal and informal living feels instinctive rather than designed.

The kitchen sits at the heart of things, granite-topped, well-proportioned, and oriented to make the most of the outlook across open fields. Elsewhere, social spaces range from the quietly elegant to the unapologetically convivial. A firelit west-facing sitting room with balcony above the fields at one end; an upper-floor entertaining room with its own bar at the other. Five bedrooms and six bathrooms are distributed with care throughout, the principal suite offering the kind of feel and space the rest of the house leads you to expect.

A leisure wing, which is accessed separately to the main home, houses a heated indoor swimming pool, light-filled on three sides and opening to a private terrace, with changing facilities accounted for. It is finished to a standard that feels unhurried and considered, a space for daily use as much as occasional indulgence. Connecting directly to it, a converted stone barn of real character adds an additional dimension to the property: exposed beams, flagstone floors, and a bar area completes the leisure facilities on offer.

Externally

The ancillary buildings at Lockhartshields Farm are serious in both scale and purpose. Suitable as extensive garaging, workshops or storage, the large barn has previously been used as secure helicopter storage. A Victorian Hartley Botanic glasshouse brings the grounds to a well-considered close. The grounds themselves reward closer inspection to fully appreciate the maturely planted gardens, with an abundance of established shrubs, colour, and various secluded seating areas that make the outdoors feel as considered and liveable as the house itself.

Lockhartshields Farm is the kind of home that takes a moment to fully appreciate. The quality is consistent, the specification
is genuine, and the setting being so close to the city yet so thoroughly removed from it, is something that simply cannot be manufactured. An exceptional home, offered in excellent order.