A former stud farm renowned for breeding several successful racehorses is for sale in Berkshire.

East Woodhay House near Newbury, which has a rich equine history and boasts extensive equestrian facilities as well as a substantial family home, could be yours if you have a spare £3.5 million.

The Grade II listed seven-bedroom house is arranged over three floors and occupies more than 8000 feet. It has every room you could possibly need – several reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, larder, cellar, a utility area, cloakroom and boot room, dressing rooms, a study and four bathrooms – although many are in need of modernisation.

There is a one bedroom and a three-bedroom cottage offering secondary accommodation as well as a swimming pool and a tennis court.

The established gardens are private and secluded and include large areas of lawn, mature trees, shrubs, plants and an orchard.

Enviable equestrian facilities

The stable yard has an enviable selection of facilities with 22 loose boxes, a tack room, haybarn, indoor arena, feed store and various other outbuildings and garages. There are also three detached stallion boxes, six isolation boxes, several railed paddocks, a canter track and a horse walker. Every horse owner’s dream!

East Woodhay House has been run as a stud by its current owner for almost 40 years and in that time it has been home to several notable racehorses. It was where Brigadier Gerard, widely regarded as the finest racehorse of the 20th century, and Rhyme ’n’ Reason, who won the Grand National in 1988 as well as the Irish Grand National, both lived.

The property is three miles from Newbury Station, which is on a direct train line into London, and is 3.6 miles from Newbury Racecourse.

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