Feeling the heat? 4 dream equestrian properties with swimming pools [PICTURES]
When the sun comes out, a dip in the pool is the perfect post-ride remedy. These properties can make your summer dreams come true. Who needs holidays anyway?
1. Kelanne Stud
County: Hampshire
For you: A six-bedroom farmhouse (complete with an AGA) two miles from Hambledon, with a cottage, office and heated swimming pool.
For the horses: 63 loose boxes, 4½-furlong oval all-weather gallop, outdoor school, indoor school, a horse walker and two storage barns. Set in about 61.16 acres.
Price: £1.95m
Agent: Windsor Clive
Tel: 01672 521155
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Visit: www.windsorclive.co.uk
2. Barnfield
County: Surrey
For you: A refurbished seven-bedroom Tudor home dating back to the mid-16th century. The property has two additional cottages, extensive garaging, a gym, games room, tennis court and swimming pool.
For the horses: Set in 50 acres of land, the equestrian facilities include a modern American-style 10-stable barn, a further stable block with a kitchenette, a hay barn and fenced paddocks.
Price: £6.75m
Agent: Savills
Tel: 020 7409 8823
Visit: www.savills.com
3. Pentre Heylin
County: Shropshire
For you: A 10-bedroom period house with later additions, a separate three-bedroom, first-floor barn conversion, another barn with an office and an outdoor heated swimming pool with a hot tub and bar area.
For the horses: 25 stables, a horse walker, an arena and post-and-rail paddocks set in around 116 acres.
Price: £1.8m
Agent: Fox Grant
Tel: 020 7318 7083
Visit: www.foxgrant.com
4. Pensfold Farm
County: West Sussex
For you: Surrounded by rolling countryside, this five-bedroom house has a swimming pool, pond and two-bedroom barn with a garage and storage below.
For the horses: Paddocks plus the potential to add stables, subject to the usual planning permission, with unlimited access to riding. Set in 37 acres.
Price: £2.75m
Agent: Knight Frank
Tel: 01403 339180
Visit: www.knightfrank.co.uk
Ref: Horse & Hound; 4 June 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.