HILLESDEN,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
HILLESDEN, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
AN EXCELLENT EQUESTRIAN YARD VERY WELL EQUIPPED IN A BEAUTIFUL RURAL SETTING WITH EASY ACCESS TO A BRIDLEWAY AND PICTURESQUE RIDING. IN TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES 3 Blocks of Stables with 5 Loose Boxes (1 Foaling Box), Hardstanding/Parking, Alarmed Tack/Day Room, Hay Barn/Feed Room, Open Covered Store, 40m x 20m Charles Britton All Weather Arena, Fenced Pens and Duck Pond, 3 Paddocks, Solar Power & Mains Water
GUIDE PRICE £250,000
DESCRIPTION The third block is L-shaped of timber on a brick base with onduline roofing. The yard enjoys a lovely location on the edge of Hillesden, a small rural village There are 2 boxes and a hay barn/feed room. All three have auto drinkers. 3 miles form Buckingham and less than 7 miles from Addington Equestrian Centre. Off the back of the first block is a covered open lean to barn and store. It provides superb facilities including stabling, enclosures and an all weather arena. At the entrance are secure electric gates and near the top boundary is a The manege is 40m x 20m by Charles Britton with a rubber surface and mirrors mobile home comprising of a living area, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and a shower at one end. room. We are informed that there is no formal planning consent for the mobile home although the local authority are aware of its existence and have not raised From the yard is another fenced pen containing some trees and a duck pond that an issue with it being there, no services are currently connected. Also at this end has an island in the middle. is an orchard which is fenced, the muck heap and hardstanding for parking or turning. The land is separated into three paddocks by post and rail and the whole is surrounded with mature hedging. In the bottom paddock is a field shelter and The yard itself is concreted and with drainage. There are three blocks of buildings supplying the to two is an automatic trough. as follows:
2 Timber boxes with onduline roofing. The boxes are on skids and thus portable. LOCATION Hillesden is derived from the Old English family name Hild and Dun meaning The second block are timber on a brick base with onduline roofing. There is a Hill and it appears as Ilesdone in the Domesday Book. foaling box and an alarmed tack/day room with a sink and power points. The tack room is lined and insulated and the foaling box has a side window and an auto The village is in three areas Church End, The Orchard and The Barracks, the drinker. Church though dominates the Hamlet and is considered one of the finest examples of perpendicular architecture in the county. The monks of Notley Abbey rebuilt it save the tower in 1493. The celebrated architect Sir Gilbert
Scott grew up a few miles away and sketched many drawings of the Church, one of which hangs in the vestry.
The Manor House, now long since gone, was in the Civil War a garrison for the King and the seat of Sir Alexander Denton. In the Spring of 1644 the house came under siege from 2000 Roundheads led by Oliver Cromwell himself. The house fell and after being plundered and was set ablaze, the old door now hangs at the Church and has the old bullet holes still visible.
Buckingham is 3 miles with good day to day shopping facilities, hotels etc. Bicester, approximately 11 miles and Bletchley approximately 14 miles provide train services to Marylebone and Euston respectively. Milton Keynes is some 16 miles and Aylesbury 16 miles.
IMPORTANT NOTICE W. HUMPHRIES for themselves and as Agents to the Vendors of the property give notice that: 1 These particulars have been prepared to give a fair overall description of the property whilst some descriptions are inevitably subjective, all information is given in good faith. No statement within these particulars should be relied upon as being either a statement or a representation of fact. The descriptions within do not contribute part of any offer or contract. 2 All measurements, areas and distances mentioned in these particulars are approximate and are issued as a guide only. If such details are fundamental to a purchase, purchasers must rely on their own enquiries. 3 Photographs incorporated within these particulars show only certain parts of the property and no assumptions should therefore be made in respect of parts of the property which may not be shown. 4 Nothing in these particulars should be seen as a statement that the property or any fixture described is in good condition or otherwise. Purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the condition of any property or item included within the sale. None of the appliances or services mentioned in these particulars have been tested by W. Humphries and no warranty is given or implied by them that they are in good working order. 5 If reference is made either to alterations to the property or a change of use, no warranty is given by W. Humphries or the Vendors/Lessors that any planning or other consents or Building Regulations approval has been obtained. Where references are made to potential uses (subject to planning) this information is given in good faith although purchasers must take their own enquiries to the relevant authorities. 6 Most importantly if there is any particular aspect of the property about which you would like further information, we invite you to discuss this with us before you travel to view the property. J042 Printed by Ravensworth 01670 713330
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