Festival fever: move into a dream horsey home on Cheltenham’s doorstep
Our pick of properties within easy reach of Cheltenham Racecourse — from a Cotswold estate to a substantial farm
1. Westhurst, Worcestershire
Distance to Cheltenham Racecourse: 20 minutes by car.
For you: a seven-bedroom house between Bredon Hill and the River Severn with far-reaching views, plus a snooker room and study.
For the horses: a stable yard with four loose boxes, a tack room, feed store and garage. Set in 7.4 acres.
What’s the damage? £1.5m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone number: 01905 723438
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Visit: knightfrank.co.uk
2. Butlers Hill Farm, Gloucestershire
Distance to Cheltenham Racecourse: 20 minutes by car.
For you: a five-bedroom farmhouse with an annexe and a flat. The land provides a shoot, stalking and fishing on the River Churn.
For the horses: seven stables, a large portal frame barn and an outdoor arena. Set in 113 acres.
What’s the damage? £1.75m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone number: 01285 659771
Visit: knightfrank.co.uk
3. Duntisbourne House, Gloucestershire
Distance to Cheltenham Racecourse: 30 minutes by car.
For you: a Cotswold estate with seven/eight bedrooms, two guest apartments, a staff flat, three-bedroom lodge, swimming pool, tennis court and cinema.
For the horses: a stable yard with four loose boxes and a store. Set in 70 acres, including surrounding mixed woodland and pasture.
What’s the damage? £POA
Agent: Savills
Telephone number: 01285 627550
Visit: savills.com
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4. Benbow House, Gloucestershire
Distance to Cheltenham Racecourse: 45 minutes by car.
For you: a four-bedroom house near Minchinhampton Common, with an impressive kitchen with an AGA, and landscaped gardens.
For the horses: four stables, a tack room, feed room, machine shed and an arena with a Martin Collins surface. Set in 6.5 acres.
What’s the damage? £1.47m
Agent: Hamptons
Telephone number: 01453 270176
Visit: hamptons.co.uk
Next week: Equestrian properties in Oxfordshire
Ref: Horse & Hound; 9 March 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.