Set up camp in the county of cream teas with these Devon properties
1. Higher Twitchen, Devon
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For you: a traditional Devon longhouse dating from the 16th century with four bedrooms. It is in an idyllic rural location with a pond and a stream running through the garden, and there is also a two-bedroom cottage.
For the horses: a timber stable block of six boxes, plus a tack/feed room. The grazing land totals about three acres and is divided into two fenced paddocks.
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2. Down Park Cottage, Devon
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For you: an attached cottage with three bedrooms, which has been updated and extended with superb moorland views from many rooms. Outside are pretty gardens with a terrace and a small orchard.
For the horses: a concrete yard and stable block with three loose boxes and a tack room, as well as a large barn for machinery or storage. The grazing land extends to about five acres.
For you: located within Exmoor National Park, this four-bedroom home has a separate three-bedroom annexe, surrounded by formal gardens with an array of terraced areas.
For the horses: a range of stables, a tack room, sand school, field shelters and two large timber barns suitable for storage. Set in 48.6 acres.
For you: a five-bedroom farmhouse with a cottage annexe, traditional barn suitable for use as a party barn, workshop and office and a productive vineyard, set in a total of 54.17 acres.
For the horses: eight stables, a 20x40m outdoor sand school and an open-fronted Dutch barn.
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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.
