If you’ve been wowed by Blenheim Horse Trials this weekend and the surrounding Oxfordshire countryside, moving within striking distance of the event is likely to have shot to the top of your wish list. Here are four horsey properties just a stone’s throw away from the palace.
1. The Bridge House, Oxfordshire
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Time to Blenheim: 30 minutes by car
For you: The Bridge House is a six-bedroom house with landscaped gardens and a tennis court.
For the horses: there are three stables and a storeroom, set in 9.1 acres.
What’s the damage? £2.65m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephonenumber: 01865 988515
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For you: the impressive Arlescote House is an eight-bedroom Grade II-listed property dating from 1625 with a two-bedroom coach house, billiard room, tennis court and swimming pool.
For the horses: there are three stables, a tack room and a hayloft, set in 18.78 acres.
Don’t miss our report from Blenheim International Horse Trial in the 24 September issue of Horse & Hound magazine
Ref: Horse & Hound; 17 September 2015
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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.
