The view: the property is in an elevated position within the Llantysilio Hills, which run to the north-west of the River Dee.
For you: a refurbished farmhouse with four bedrooms and an open-plan kitchen and dining room. There is also a stone-built shippon with lapsed planning consent for conversion into a four-bedroom dwelling.
For the horses: four stables, a tack and feed room and CCTV, plus a seven-bay Dutch barn and lean-to. Set in just over nine acres.
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2. Sowerby Hall, Penrith
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The view: the property is set amid the majestic scenery of the northern Lake District, on the very edge of the National Park.
For you: a four-bedroom Grade II-listed home which has retained many traditional features, including exposed timbers.
For the horses: a stone building with three stables around a large store room, with a separate tack room and two further store rooms providing plenty of space. Set in 5.5 acres of grazing and woodland.
The view: beautiful views across the Loud Valley to Parlick Hill and the Fylde Coast.
For you: a five-bedroom barn conversion with a triple car garage, which has an office above and could offer a separate annexe if required (subject to planning).
For the horses: a timber stable block with three boxes, a tack room and a 20x40m outdoor arena. Set in about three acres.
Next week: Equestrian properties with grooms’ accommodation
Ref: Horse & Hound; 12 August 2016
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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.
