Wiltshire

Badgerstown, Foxhill

Guide price - £3,950,000
Sold

Area (approx)
5,430 Sq Ft / 504.5 Sq M

Foxhill, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 0DR

Layout

4 Bedrooms all with en suites
3 Reception rooms
Office/Gym
Cloakroom
Adjoining two bedroom annexe
Two bedroom flat
One bedroom flat
Outbuildings
36 Stables
Three gallops
Eight-stall horse walker
60m x 30m Arena
Lunging pen
Cross country training course
In all about 135 acres

Services

Mains water and electricity
Main house: Oil-fired boiler | Adjoining annexe: LPG heating
Annexe.2 bed and 1 bed annexes: Electric storage heaters
Private drainage with four separate septic tank

The AreaFoxhill

Badgerstown is located on the northern slopes of the Wessex Downs about 6 miles from Lambourn. Swindon and the M4 Junction 15 are both with easy each.  The property is equidistant between Swindon and Marlborough, both about a 15 minute drive away.  In the vicinity is the Barbury Castle Estate, with its premier training establishment, point-to-point course and affiliated eventing, and the Lambourn Valley, home to over 2,000 horses in training with over 50 racing yards.

For more comprehensive shopping beyond Lambourn and recreational needs, Marlborough, Oxford, Abingdon, Newbury, Swindon and Hungerford are all within striking distance.

The area has some excellent schools including St Hugh’s, Cothill, St Margaret’s Calne, Cheam, Pinewood, St Mary’s Calne, Downe House, Marlborough, Radley College, and Bradfield College.

Badgerstown, FoxhillAbout this home

Badgerstown is a fabulous, self-contained and diverse equestrian training establishment located within the North Wessex Downs, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with an impressive provenance for both eventing and race horse training.  The property generates three separate income streams; from the arable land, the gallops, the stables and other training facilities.

The property was created by Stan Mellor as a self-contained racehorse training establishment. It was subsequently acquired in 2002 and developed further to include a high quality, cross country training course and gallops.

The main house has been significantly extended and improved in recent years. The ground floor and first floor extensions have transformed and balanced the house.  The self-contained annexe and two flats provide crucial accommodation to allow the equestrian business to run effectively with the 36 loose boxes.

The five-furlong all-weather hill gallop, four-furlong grass gallop, one mile all-weather round gallop, coupled with the eight-stall horse walker, 60m x 30m arena, lunging pen and cross country training course all provide variety and excellent training facilities, both for racing and eventing.

The entire property extends to some 135 acres in a ring fence with road frontage, of which approximately 45 acres is laid to arable.  There is a grassland track opposite Badgerstown and across the road giving access for horses to extensive off-road hacking on the Ridgeway and the extensive bridleways on the Marlborough and Lambourn Downs..

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AREA (APPROX)

5,430 Sq Ft / 504.5 Sq M

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Christopher Bailey MRICS

Christopher, a country house specialist with 17 years at Knight Frank, brings extensive experience in high-end property sales. Previously, he served 19 years in the Army and qualified as a chartered surveyor. Now part of The Country House Department, he focuses on Hampshire, Wiltshire, South Oxfordshire, and West Berkshire.