Usk Valley Stud, Hardwick, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Monmouthshire's premier stud farm comes with a modern, Georgian-style main house, a stud yard, a period barn with foaling boxes, and an indoor arena. 5 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, indoor pool, 4-bed manager's house, 2-bed staff flat, 136 acres. £2.95m Knight Frank 029 2044 0150.
The Old Cow Shed, Northend Southam, Warwickshire. This house has been converted from an old farm's cow shed and comes with excellent equestrian facilities that include two stables and a mange with a new Pro-Ride surface that allows for year-round access. The house has exposed oak trusses and an open-plan living area with a modern wood-burning stove. 4 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, 2 kitchens, gardens, 2.9 acres. £1.135m Strutt & Parker 01295-676580.
Pembley Farm, Copthorne, Copthorne Common, Crawley, West Sussex. A family house set in large, landscaped gardens with a lake and a barn conversion with stables as a separate lot. The house has wood-burning stoves, 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, 2 studies, a breakfast kitchen, a courtyard and 20.9 acres. Available separately, he two-bed barn conversion comes with five stables, tack room, sand school and 19.8 acres. £1.55m Knight Frank 01403-339180.
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Newstead Farm Upperville, Virginia, USA. An early 1800s house near the Blue Ridge Mountains with equestrian facilities that were once home to the 1980 Kentucky Derby winner. Main house: 6 beds, 7 baths, swimming pool. Stable barns, two riding arenas, guest houses, 350 acres. $13.5m Washington Fine Properties +1 703 216 1118.
Ivybridge House & Upper Lordswood Stables, Ivybridge, Devon. A refurbished Victorian rectory and nearby equestrian facilities available as separate lots. The house has 6 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, an orangery and a garage with a gym, 3 outhouses, pool, 0.75 acres. The equestrian facilities were built seven years ago and include six loose boxes, a tack room, a horse walker, a sand school, paddocks, a staff lounge with kitchen, 7.5 acres. £1.29m Savills 01548-800462.
Grangemoor House, Scots Gap, Morpeth, Northumberland. This renovated period house has beamed ceilings, a newly fitted kitchen with an Aga, and stables set around a courtyard leading onto a mange, a paddock and woodland. 4 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, 8.66 acres. £950,000 Finest Properties 01434-622234.
Colmer Farm Stud, Marshwood, Bridport, Dorset. A small country estate with a traditional stable yard with 24 stables, a barn, and two covered yards. The main, Grade II-listed farmhouse is currently divided into two properties with the older half dating from the 1400s. Colmer Farm East: 3 beds, bath, recep, kitchen. Colmer Farm West: 3 beds, bath, recep, kitchen. 56.14 acres. £1.85m Strutt & Parker 01392-229405.
Berth Fedw Farm, near Talgarth, Brecon, Powys. A smallholding on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park with a longhouse dating from the 1700s that is currently divided into two interconnecting properties. 4 beds, 3 baths, recep, breakfast kitchen, secondary kitchen, 2 stone barns, modern and traditional outbuildings, stables, all-weather mange, paddocks, 25 acres. £750,000 Savills 02920-368930.
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