New Year steals: affordable equestrian properties you’ll want to own
We bring you four equestrian properties you don’t need to be a millionaire to buy...
1. Orchard House, Cumbria
For you: a three-bedroom detached Victorian house located on the edge of the coastal town of Silloth on the Solway coast, featuring a period staircase and an original well with a working hand pump.
For the horses: outbuildings, a manège and exercise arena and one stable, with planning permission to increase the number of stables. Set in 9.18 acres.
What’s the damage? £425,000
Agent: Finest Properties
Telephone number: 01434 622234
Visit: www.finestproperties.co.uk
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2. Park Barn House, Somerset
For you: a four-bedroom house situated on a country lane with views to the front over open countryside and towards Windwhistle Hill.
For the horses: two stables, a foaling box, tack and feed store, with a five-bar gate leading to a further yard area with an open-fronted hay barn and another stable. There is also an all-weather school. Set in 0.82 acres.
What’s the damage? £495,000
Agent: Greenslade Taylor Hunt
Telephone number: 01460 57222
Visit: www.gth.net
3. Mulberry, Devon
For you: a spacious four-bedroom barn conversion with generous living accommodation, situated in a quiet hamlet with pleasant gardens and a detached home office. It is a short distance from the nearby village of Shebbear and within reach of the north coast of Devon.
For the horses: five stables, tack rooms and feed stores, a storage shed and a sand school. Set in around 11 acres.
What’s the damage? £425,000
Agent: Miller Town & Country
Telephone number: 01837 54080
Visit: www.millertc.co.uk
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4. Ghylls Farm Cottage, North Yorkshire
For you: a stone-built property in a peaceful hamlet, set within the Ribble Valley. There are three bedrooms, generous landscaped gardens and a summerhouse with a log stove.
For the horses: an L-shaped stable block with two stables and a large tack room with electric lighting and power. There are around six acres of adjoining grazing land.
What’s the damage? £499,950
Agent: Fine & Country
Telephone number: 01254 828922
Visit: www.fineandcountry.com
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Ref: Horse & Hound; 5 January 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.