3 bedroom equestrian property

INTRODUCTION

Heatherwold has been a stud farm for many years producing thoroughbreds of consistent quality. As a stud farm it has its own mares and boards high quality mares and young stock for French and Irish breeders to due to its central location and reputation for quality. The opportunity has arisen to purchase the core of the stud with 26.89 acres with an additional 50 acres of land available in Lot 3, and another cottage, Lot 4 (unless already sold)

In addition to its status as a stud farm, it has some excellent flat land, and its accessibility makes it eminently suitable for a sport horse centre or polo. The core of the stud farm is being offered as Lot 3 of Heatherwold Stud.

LOCATION

Extremely well placed in central southern England, on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, close to Newbury and the junction of the M4 and A34. Its location is ideal for most equestrian uses, whether as a stud farm, a centre for sport horses or as a polo centre. Heatherwold Stud has quick access to London. It is normally an hour from Heathrow and various polo clubs, and under 2½ hours from Newmarket. Due to its central location, it attracts boarding mares visiting stallions, and acts as a staging post for mares between Ireland and France.

Heatherwold Lodge

The Stud Manager's Cottage by the entrance: Approximately 1,485 ft² with hall, kitchen, sitting room, 3 bedrooms and a garage and a garden.

THE STUD BUILDINGS

Substantial and extremely practical, the stud buildings consist of:

The main barn and foaling unit containing four large foaling boxes and 34 further boxes. All have automatic drinkers and corner mangers. The foaling boxes are fitted with CCTV. There is also a veterinary examination room with a stock.

A second barn of 32 identical boxes, all fitted with automatic drinkers and corner mangers. Adjoining this barn is a tack room and feed room.

Between the two main barns there is a 5 horse Claydon horse walker and covered 14m lunge pen with viewing platform.

There is a third open-fronted barn used for storage of machinery, hay and straw as well as two large turnout pens.

THE LAND

With total paddock area of approximately 23 acres, the free-draining land is primarily flat or gently sloping. There are three large paddocks of 4, 6 and 9 acres respectively and eight nursery paddocks by the stable buildings.