Distance to Burghley Horse Trials: 30 minutes by car
For you: a Grade II-listed period house, set in parkland with four bedrooms. There is a separate Grade II-listed three-bedroom barn conversion and a self-contained studio flat above the stables.
For the horses: paddock land of about three acres, three Monarch stables with water and a 20x40m floodlit outdoor arena.
Distance to Burghley Horse Trials: 20 minutes by car
For you: a double-fronted detached farmhouse with five bedrooms, plus an internal two-bedroom ancillary house and a two-bedroom cottage.
For the horses: 16 stables, indoor and outdoor arenas, wash and solarium facilities, groom’s accommodation, a horse walker and lunge ring. Set 13.3 acres.
Distance to Burghley Horse Trials: 35 minutes by car
For you: a six-bedroom period former rectory, which is in need of renovation. An additional wing offers three further rooms.
For the horses: extensive outbuildings, including a stable courtyard, again in need of renovation. The gardens extend to 1.87 acres but an adjacent 3.3-acre paddock is available by separate negotiation.
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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.
