Blow the budget with these dream horsey homes near Blenheim Horse Trials
Our pick of wow-factor properties within easy reach of this weekend’s three-star horse trials
1. North Aston Manor, Oxfordshire
Distance to Blenheim: 15 minutes by car
For you: a Grade II-listed manor house approached by a tree-lined drive, with eight bedrooms, a billiards room, wine cellar, gun and boot room, indoor pool, tennis court, ha-ha and award- winning rockery. There are also three one-bedroom cottages.
For the horses: five loose boxes, a wash box, a feed room and tack room, a 25x40m arena, exercise track, cross-country course, paddocks and a field shelter. Set in 18.22 acres.
What’s the damage? £7.25m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone: 020 78611078
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2. Lower Brook Farm, Buckinghamshire
Distance to Blenheim: 30 minutes by car
For you: a farmhouse originally from the 17th century, in a peaceful setting on the edge of a village, with seven bedrooms, a sauna, swimming pool, tennis court and orchard. There is also a three-bedroom Gate Lodge.
For the horses: a former stable yard backing onto paddocks, plus a brick and timber framed stone-cladded hay barn along with timber stables in one paddock and a range of traditional farm buildings.
What’s the damage? £3.25m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone: 018657 90077
Visit:knightfrank.com
3. Copse Stile House, Oxfordshire
Distance to Blenheim: 40 minutes by car
For you: a Grade II-listed country house with five bedrooms, a self- contained two-bedroom annexe, one-bedroom gardener’s cottage, home office/entertainment complex, tennis court, pool and walled garden.
For the horses: a stableyard dating back to the early 18th century with 13 loose boxes, one of which is converted into a workshop, another containing utilities. There are further stables and outbuildings. Set in 15.35 acres.
What’s the damage? £3.75m
Agent: Strutt & Parker
Telephone: 020 7629 7282
Visit: struttandparker.com
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4. Angelbrook Stud, Oxfordshire
Distance to Blenheim: 25 minutes by car
For you: a five-bedroom house ripe for an extension (subject to planning), a three-bedroom cottage plus a barn, a staff room with loo, office and gym.
For the horses: numerous outbuildings include a barn with 17 loose boxes and a feed/wash room. There is a 30x60m arena and a hay barn. Set in 56 acres.
What’s the damage? £1.65m
Agent: Hamptons
Telephone: 01635 224133
Visit: hamptons.co.uk
Next week: Equestrian properties for sale in Wales
Ref: Horse & Hound; 14 September 2017
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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.