Queniborough LEICESTERSHIRE

Residence

A BESPOKE, SPACIOUS FOUR BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSE WITH PROFITABLE KENNELS AND CATTERY BUSINESS AND FANTASTIC EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES, SET IN APPROX. 11 ACRES, OFFERING A SUPERB LIFESTYLE OPPORTUNITY WITH EXCELLENT INCOME POTENTIAL.

● Spacious Detached Four Bedroom Bespoke Artichouse (Solid Log Construction)
● Highly Profitable Kennels and Cattery Business
● Equestrian Facilities including Stabling, Manège, Horse Walker and Grazing Paddocks
● Staff / Groom Facilities
● In All Approx. 11 Acres
● A Diverse and Versatile Property with Excellent Income and Scope to Grow Further

A bespoke, spacious four bedroom detached house with profitable kennels and cattery business and fantastic equestrian facilities, set in approx. 11 acres, offering a superb lifestyle opportunity with excellent income potential.

This highly profitable kennels and cattery business, currently licensed for ninety-four dogs and twenty-six cats, is set in approx. eleven acres of land and also hosts a range of equestrian facilities which includes stables, tack room, manège, horse walker and paddock grazing land.  The accommodation comprises a fantastic, bespoke four bedroom Artichouse home, of solid log construction, with a brick and block extension. The property is offered for sale due to semi-retirement and a downsize.

Queniborough is a conservation village with a particularly unspoilt village centre, dominated by attractive period cottages and houses, some thatched. The village offers a thriving community, and local facilities include a primary school, popular butchers, general store, two pubs and an ancient village church. The village is particularly well placed for commuting to Leicester, Melton Mowbray and Loughborough, with the A46 now affording fast access via the North West Leicester bypass to the M1. London St Pancras is an approx. 1 hour train commute from Leicester. More extensive local facilities and amenities are available at nearby Syston.

Land & Buildings

The property and outbuildings are accessed via a long driveway from the road via electric gates, which leads to the staff and customer carparks and the owner’s private parking area. 

Immediately to the rear of the house there is a Stable Yard in a courtyard arrangement, which comprises of Five Stables and a Tack Room.  Additionally, there is an Open-Fronted Garage used for storage, and a Hay Store/Workshop space.

To the first floor of the building there are Staff Facilities/Occasional Use Grooms’ Accommodation, which comprise a Bedroom to one end with skylight, a central Reception Area with a Kitchenette with a range of base units, single drainer sink unit and electric hob, and three skylights. Off the kitchenette is a Shower Room with wash hand basin, WC and shower.  This area benefits from oil-fired central heating.

There are the following outbuildings, please refer to the floorplan for approximate sizes.

Main Kennel Block is heated with an Entrance Area, Grooming Parlour, WC, Kitchen And Prep Room, with a range of  Luxury Kennel Suites to one side and Standard Kennels to the other, all with External Runs. There is a further Secure Exercise Paddock beyond the external runs. 

Second Kennel Block comprising Ten Kennels all with heat lamps.

Hotel Kennel Block with Six Luxury Suites, benefitting from tiled flooring with under floor heating, and part tiled walls.

Main Cattery Block and Second Cattery Block providing Nineteen Cat Pens in total.

Office/Reception Area

Barn with Fourteen Internal Kennels and Office (with CCTV system). Stairs lead off to a useful Mezzanine Storage Area.

New Kennel Block comprising Nine Kennels, each with a  heat pad in the living area and it’s own external run. This block would be used for the larger dog breeds. There are Two Secure Paddocks to the front of this block.

Two Isolation Kennels

Barn used as a machine and implement store, and housing a range of freezers for storage of animal feed.

Three Storage Units with power and lighting (currently rented out)

Equestrian Facilities

Stable Yard with potential for livery use, subject to gaining any necessary consents, comprising the following:

Barn with space for tractor and hay storage and Five Internal Stables.

One Further Stable adjoining the exterior of the barn. 

Youngstock Barn/Lambing Shed

Brick Log / Implement Store with adjoining Chemical Store.

Manège approx. 40m x 20m with a sand surface, flood lights and post and rail surround.

Four Horse Walker with surface

Muck Heap Recess

Large HGV Horsebox Parking Area

Chicken Shed with adjoining storage units with power and water supplies.

The Grazing Land surrounds the house to the front, rear and one side, and is predominantly flat pasture, divided into paddocks that can also be utilised for dog walking paddocks,

JUST UNDER 11 ACRES (About 4.4 Hectares) 

Business Accounts for the kennel and cattery enterprise are available and will be provided to serious potential purchasers on request.

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