If Badminton Horse Trials has made you giddy for Gloucestershire, we don’t blame you. With all of those stone walls, yellow stone houses and horses happily grazing, it’s easy to start dreaming of a Cotswold idyll to set up camp in. Take a look at our selection of equestrian properties for sale to get you started…
1. Norcote House
Where is it? Cirencester
What’s the damage? £2.5 million
What you need to know: A Cotswold manor situated in around 20 acres of parkland and pasture, with six bedrooms, a range of outbuildings, carefully designed gardens, secondary accommodation in a coach house and stabling. The long drive leads up to a wide gravelled parking area outside the house, past the parkland and ha-ha, and amongst the carefully-designed gardens is a large walled kitchen garden.
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone: 01285 659771
Visit: www.knightfrank.co.uk
2. Ilsom Cottage
Where is it? Tetbury
What’s the damage? £1.5 million
What you need to know:This four-bedroom house — cottage is misleading — is set in nine acres, with a stone and timber stable block with three loose boxes and a gated yard.
Agent: Strutt & Parker
Telephone: 01285 897602
Visit: www.struttandparker.com
3. Wyck Hill Lodge
Where is it? Stow-on-the-Wold
What’s the damage? £775,000
What you need to know: A Grade II Listed lodge with three en-suite bedrooms, a stable block, paddock and “exceptional” views.
Agent: Fine & Country
Telephone: 01451 824977
Visit: www.fineandcountry.com
4. Willowside Farm
Where is it? Cirencester
What’s the damage? £2.85 million
What you need to know: This recently renovated five-bedroom house is in the pretty Cotswold village of Withington. It has a range of traditional farm buildings, including stabling and a tack room.
Agent: Savills
Telephone: 01285 627558
Visit: www.savills.com
5. Coldcroft Farm
Where is it? Gloucester
What’s the damage? £1.3 million
What you need to know: Set in just over 42 acres, this four-bedroom house comes with an indoor swimming pool, stables, a horse walker and an all-weather arena.
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone: 01242 246959
Visit: www.knightfrank.co.uk
