If you’re looking for a country retreat with equestrian facilities on the doorstep of some of the world’s best Flat racing, take a look at these properties for sale a stone’s throw from Ascot.
1. The Bridge House, Berkshire
(Image credit: William Hodgson)
Distance to Ascot racecourse: 25 minutes by car.
For you: a heavily timbered Grade II listed house in a beautiful rural setting, with four bedrooms, formal landscaped gardens and a heated outdoor pool. There is planning permission for an oak-frame annexe.
For the horses: a 100sq/m stable block with two boxes that is ready to be fitted out with more. There is also a hay barn with two more stables and separate access for a lorry. Set in two acres.
What’s the damage? £1.5m
Agent: Prospect PHD
Telephonenumber: 01189 799005
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For you: a large detached family house with five bedrooms, a four-oven AGA and walk-in larder, plus lawned gardens with rural views.
For the horses: the stables are set around a central concrete yard with 19 loose boxes, a tack room, feed room, day room and rug room. There is a sand and rubber arena with permission for six floodlights. It’s on the edge of Bucklebury Common, and set in 13.1 acres.
For you: an attractive country house set just outside of Twyford, with seven bedrooms, a games room, playroom, swimming pool, tennis court and detached recording studio.
For the horses: the stable yard comprises nine loose boxes and a hay store. There is a separate courtyard accessed from a country lane to the north of the property, which includes a good range of secondary outbuildings including two additional loose boxes. Set in 10.5 acres.
For you: an Arts and Crafts-style Surrey mansion with seven bedrooms and an indoor leisure complex including a pool, Jacuzzi, gym and steam room. There is a party barn and a two-bedroom staff cottage, plus a four-bedroom Grade II listed former water mill.
For the horses: a stable yard with 10 loose boxes, an all-weather arena and fenced paddocks. Set in 74 acres.
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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.
