Colliers End, Ware, Ware, SG11 1EN
Guide price of
£2,650,000
- Receptions
- 5
An exceptional Equestrian opportunity located within East Hertfordshire and lying outside the Green Belt, offering a rare chance to enhance the existing facilities and houses further.
The site benefits from its strategic location, access to local amenities, and strong transport links—providing easy access to London, Cambridge, and Stansted Airport. Its setting makes it highly attractive for equestrian and rural lifestyle use.
We believe this property offers an excellent opportunity for:
- Establishment or expansion of an equestrian facility
- Use by a private individual seeking to create a countryside retreat with existing buildings and infrastructure
The site comprises four separate titles as follows:
HD493516 – HD124086
Willow Tree Farm
Size: 3.049 acres
Previously a very well-known international training centre with excellent facilities, it is now perfectly suited for top-class competition horses and training operations. Consisting of 20x40 indoor arena with gallery, 20x60 outdoor arena plus jump lane, round pen, horse walker, storage anrea and 35 stables. Willow Tree Farm also benefits from a large detached house measuring 1,100 sq ft, ideal for staff accommodation or owner occupation, along with a separate brick-built office. Full details of inclusions within this title are found in the attached brochure.
HD239043
Size: 25.850 acres
This title includes a combination of ancient woodland and well-maintained grazing land, making it ideal for turnout and riding. The varied landscape offers excellent hacking opportunities directly from the property, with scenic bridleways and quiet country lanes nearby, perfect for both leisure riders and those training competition horses.
A mobile home is located on-site, measuring 897 sq ft and consisting of three bedrooms, a large kitchen, and an en suite bathroom. There is a tie on this dwelling to Contessa Riding Centre.
The Gables
Size: 3.93 acres
This site offers stunning views across open countryside. A spectacular family residence. In need of modernisation, the home measures 2,535 sq ft plus an undercroft garage of 1,278 sq ft and comprises four large bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, a large entrance hall, a spacious living room and a dining area with two conservatories.
Accompanied by 430 sq m of outbuildings including stables, paddocks and a large garden, The Gables also grants right of way to Woodlands (HD610904). Continued right of access will need to be maintained.
Note from our Vendor
Contessa Riding Centre has been our family home since 1968. At that time, we purchased The Gables and then gradually secured the surrounding land, which together became the Contessa estate. We have many happy memories from our years in this special valley, having built the centre into an internationally renowned equestrian facility.
In 2022, after receiving the award for Best Riding School in the United Kingdom, we made the decision to downsize. It felt like the right moment to offer someone else the chance to take over and continue serving the equestrian world—especially our local area.
We wish the next custodians every success and hope they find as much joy in it as we have. It will be a bittersweet farewell for us.
VIEWINGS ARE STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT.
We believe this property offers an excellent opportunity for:
- Establishment or expansion of an equestrian facility
- Use by a private individual seeking to create a countryside retreat with existing buildings and infrastructure
The site comprises four separate titles as follows:
HD493516 – HD124086
Willow Tree Farm
Size: 3.049 acres
Previously a very well-known international training centre with excellent facilities, it is now perfectly suited for top-class competition horses and training operations. Consisting of 20x40 indoor arena with gallery, 20x60 outdoor arena plus jump lane, round pen, horse walker, storage anrea and 35 stables. Willow Tree Farm also benefits from a large detached house measuring 1,100 sq ft, ideal for staff accommodation or owner occupation, along with a separate brick-built office. Full details of inclusions within this title are found in the attached brochure.
HD239043
Size: 25.850 acres
This title includes a combination of ancient woodland and well-maintained grazing land, making it ideal for turnout and riding. The varied landscape offers excellent hacking opportunities directly from the property, with scenic bridleways and quiet country lanes nearby, perfect for both leisure riders and those training competition horses.
A mobile home is located on-site, measuring 897 sq ft and consisting of three bedrooms, a large kitchen, and an en suite bathroom. There is a tie on this dwelling to Contessa Riding Centre.
The Gables
Size: 3.93 acres
This site offers stunning views across open countryside. A spectacular family residence. In need of modernisation, the home measures 2,535 sq ft plus an undercroft garage of 1,278 sq ft and comprises four large bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, a large entrance hall, a spacious living room and a dining area with two conservatories.
Accompanied by 430 sq m of outbuildings including stables, paddocks and a large garden, The Gables also grants right of way to Woodlands (HD610904). Continued right of access will need to be maintained.
Note from our Vendor
Contessa Riding Centre has been our family home since 1968. At that time, we purchased The Gables and then gradually secured the surrounding land, which together became the Contessa estate. We have many happy memories from our years in this special valley, having built the centre into an internationally renowned equestrian facility.
In 2022, after receiving the award for Best Riding School in the United Kingdom, we made the decision to downsize. It felt like the right moment to offer someone else the chance to take over and continue serving the equestrian world—especially our local area.
We wish the next custodians every success and hope they find as much joy in it as we have. It will be a bittersweet farewell for us.
VIEWINGS ARE STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT.
