Our pick of equestrian properties in converted barns across the country, from West Sussex to Northumberland
1. The Grange, Herefordshire
For you: a barn conversion with four bedrooms dating back to the early 1800s, with double height windows that let in lots of natural light. There is a cart house, which has potential to be converted into further accommodation (subject to planning).
For the horses: a modern farm building with six stables and a tack room, a small indoor school, an outdoor school, and a concrete area ideal for more stabling (subject to planning). Set in 16 acres.
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2. Upper Swaynes Barn, West Sussex
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For you: a Grade II-listed four-to-five bedroom barn conversion, arranged around a pretty courtyard overlooking the pond and gardens. There is also a two-bedroom guest barn.
For the horses: a timber block of four stables and a post-and-rail fenced paddock, ideal for a 20x60m sand school (subject to planning). Across the driveway there are further paddocks. Set in 15 acres.
£1.475m Churchill Country & Equestrian, 01403 700222,
For you: a four-bedroom converted barn, set amid Tyne Valley countryside, which is approached through electric double gates, leading to a substantial gravelled yard. There is a summerhouse as well as a large store/office.
For the horses: seven loose boxes, a large tack room with a kitchen area, a double garage/hay barn with a hot power shower for horses and a 30x50m all-weather, floodlit arena. Set in just under 10 acres.
For you: a four-bedroom barn conversion, that was finished in 2011. There is an open plan kitchen and breakfast room, as well as an attached office with its own access and a double garage.
For the horses: a large yard area with two stables, complete with power and lighting. The mainly level grazing is divided into two large fields. Set in 15.7 acres.
Next week: The equestrian properties on our Christmas wish list
Ref: Horse & Hound; 15 December 2016
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
