Homes with stables

Wisbech, Norfolk. You’ll find plenty of room for horses and humans in the 14 acres of land for sale at Chestnut Farm, which comes with its own indoor riding school, 12 paddocks, 43 boxes, plus a farmhouse with three bedrooms and a big kitchen/diner. Cost: £499,995.
Abbotts Town & Country, 01328 738111 Photograph: Abbotts Town & Country

Penzance, Cornwall. There’s a stableblock with enough room for two horses at the back of Chy-An-Hobi, a very pretty four-bedroom, grey stone Cornish cottage set in over two acres of land, which could be yours for £575,000. When you’re not mucking out the horses’ new home, curl up by the inglenook fireplace and enjoy the views across the paddocks.
Stratton Creber, 01872 240999 Photograph: Stratton Creber

Carleton Rode, Norfolk. After a hard day’s riding in five acres of equestrian paddocks, retreat inside this white washed grade II-listed farmhouse. Dating back to the 1500s, the four-bedroom house at Corner Farm still has many original period features, including inglenook fireplaces with bressemer beams, exposed timbers and flagstone floors. Guide price: £450,000.
Abbotts Town & Country, 01603 616898 Photograph: Abbotts Town & Country

Guildford, Surrey. What could be more idyllic than riding in the privacy of your own secluded woodland and then coming home to this cosy three-bed red brick cottage with its leaded light windows? Keepers Cottage has a fairly hefty price tag – £975,000 – but it does boast a four-bay horse walker, 13 boxes and a useful horse transporter garage.
Strutt & Parker, 01483 306565 Photograph: Strutt & Parker

Swineshead, Bedfordshire. No horses? There’s potential to convert the stable block in the yard at the back of Pear Tree Farm into a home office. In the main house there are four bedrooms and a rambling pine kitchen with exposed bricks and beams to give a snug cottage feel. The whole lot can be yours for £575,000.
Taylors Executive Homes, 01234 325081 Photograph: Taylors Executive Homes

Copthorne, West Sussex. Serious horse lovers will love Whitegates, a luxury five-bed home set in 13 acres of land – you can blow the budget (£1.35m) on 21 loose boxes, an indoor riding arena, hay barn and tack room. The house itself is hugely impressive with a sweeping driveway and a 25-foot kitchen/diner.
King & Chasemore, 01403 264444 Photograph: King & Chasemore

Whitchurch, Cheshire. For £635,000 you’ll have a fenced paddock all to yourself at the Spinney, a sprawling five-bedroom house. You can enjoy sweeping views across the south Cheshire countryside from the bedrooms; for the horses, there are timber-framed boxes and tack rooms.
Strutt & Parker, Chester office, 01244 454 852 Photograph: Strutt & Parker