Scottish farmhouse where RAF held meetings for D-Day goes on sale for offers over £330,000

A sprawling rural Scottish farmhouse on the estate where D-Day was planned has gone up for sale for offers over £330,000.

Dankeith Farmhouse, in Symington, Kilmarnock, South Ayrshire, has been owned by the same family for 54 years and has now been put on the market.

The 19th-century building, which is C-listed, was originally two cottages, and was part of the Dankeith Estate along with Dankeith House.

RAF secret ops were planned in Dankeith House, including D-Day.

After the war it was sold to the Catholic Church, and priests played badminton in the farmhouse steading.

There are more than five acres of land at the property, located in Kilmarnock, South Ayrshire

In addition to four bedrooms, the property boasts several outdoor buildings, pictured above

There is also a vegetable plot at the property and flowerbeds as well as nearly 5.5 acres of land

The traditional courtyard at the property, which is being sold by Galbraith, has a ‘party shed’

The 19th-century building, which is C-listed, was originally two cottages 

It has four-bedrooms and a paddock for horses, as well as a vegetable plot and flowerbeds as well as nearly 5.5 acres of land.

Only the kitchen is double glazed, and the house is being sold with all curtains and blinds.

The traditional courtyard includes a former dairy, stables, a workshop, and ‘party shed’.

It is heated with open fires and oil central heating, and only the kitchen is double glazed.

It is being sold by Galbraith for offers over £330,000.

It is heated with open fires and oil central heating, and only the kitchen is double glazed

In 1948, nearby Dankeith House was acquired by Roman Catholic priests and used as a retreat

The C-listed courtyard property has a grazing paddock and more than five acres of land

One of the four bedrooms at the property, which is on the market for overs over £330,000

The classical courtyard-planned property steading incorporates a farmhouse to the north side 

In WW2, Dankeith House, which neighbours Dankeith Farmhouse (above) was used by the RAF

The traditional courtyard also includes the former dairy, stabling and a workshop

A spokesman for Galbraith said: ‘Dankeith Farmhouse is an impressive early 19th-century, C-listed courtyard property with a grazing paddock and around 5.34 acres of land.

‘This classical courtyard-plan steading incorporates a farmhouse to the north side with a distinctive tall, gabled entrance clock tower.

‘The traditional courtyard further includes the former dairy, stabling, workshop, ‘party shed’ and numerous separate storage areas.

Priests used the laundry room while on retreat and played badminton at Dankeith House

‘In WW2, Dankeith House, which neighbours Dankeith Farmhouse, was used by the RAF and secret planning meetings for D-Day and other allied operations took place there.

‘In 1948, Dankeith House was acquired by Roman Catholic priests and used as a retreat.

‘Dankeith Farmhouse was originally two cottages and the priests used the laundry room and played badminton in the badminton house within the steading.’