Fit for a queen: dream equestrian properties on the doorstep of royalty
To celebrate this week’s Royal special of Horse & Hound magazine (16 November 2017), here’s our pick of equestrian properties near to royal residences — from Sandringham to Balmoral Castle
1. The Malt House, Gloucestershire
Near to: Highgrove
For you: a Cotswold-stone village house dating back to the 18th century in Ampney Crucis. There are six bedrooms, a separate three-bedroom cottage, studio, gym/games room and landscaped gardens outside. It has a gravel drive and wrought-iron automatic gates.
For the horses: beyond the cottage is an L-shaped stable yard with three looseboxes, a general store and a tack room, opening onto hard standing. Set in two acres.
What’s the damage? £2.2m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone: 01285 659771
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2. Twyford Hall, Norfolk
Near to: Sandringham
For you: a Grade II-listed 17th-century country house, set in grounds and parkland extending to about 70 acres. There are eight principal bedrooms, a one-bedroom staff wing and a one-bedroom coachman’s lodge flat above the stables.
For the horses: a range of traditional outbuildings and a stable yard, around a courtyard of brick and cobbled flint. The original stables are divided into three stalls, and the cow byre could be converted into stabling.
What’s the damage? £1.85m
Agent: Savills
Telephone: 01603 229229
Visit: savills.com
3. Steeple View, Berkshire
Near to: Windsor Castle
For you: a five-bedroom house located in a quiet and private rural road. There is extensive parking outside, with covered parking for a lorry and two car ports. The garage has a sizeable storeroom with an additional room on the first floor.
For the horses: eight stables, a tack room, grooms’ room, solarium/wash box, hay barn and a utility room. The 20x40m arena has floodlights and there are post-and-rail paddocks set in around 5.2 acres.
What’s the damage? £1.75m
Agent: Knight Frank
Telephone: 01344 624732
Visit: knightfrank.com
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4. Whitehills Farm, Aberdennshire
Near to: Balmoral Castle
For you: a south-facing country house with a long drive and views across the valley. It has six bedrooms and an open-plan kitchen. Outside are mature gardens and a wildlife pond.
For the horses: a traditional steading with 18 stables, a timber-frame hay barn and an all-weather arena. Set in a total of 148.5 acres. For sale as two lots or as a whole.
What’s the damage? £975,000
Agent: Strutt & Parker
Telephone: 01330 826800
Visit: struttandparker.com
Next week: Equestrian properties for sale in Wiltshire
Ref: Horse & Hound; 16 November 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.