The Lloyd, Hales, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9

A fantastic equestrian yard, with about 53 acres, indoor school and outdoor ménage, covered horse walker, a Georgian farmhouse and a separate barn conversion.

Description

Lloyd Farm offers a rare mix of superb residential accommodation together with first class equestrian facilities and outbuildings, all set within the properties 53 acres.
The spacious farmhouse, arranged over three floors including a cellar, is fully double glazed and is a classic Georgian property with well proportioned rooms and high ceilings offering versatile living accommodation.

The accommodation flows really well, with three large reception rooms, an office, a beautiful farmhouse style kitchen with orangery, a boot room and separate utility, and lovely views over the ornate garden and land surrounding the house is perfect for family living whilst also being a great space for entertaining. On the first floor is a generous principal suite, including a double bedroom, sitting room, walk through wardrobe and a bathroom.

There are a further two double guest rooms on the first floor and a family bathroom. The second floor offers a great space either as a teenagers own 'pad', as guest accommodation or a games room. There is a large room which could serve as a bedroom/living area, a kitchenette, two double bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The property has four separate gated entrances & the farmhouse is conveniently separated from the yard and equestrian facilities. The farmhouse is approached over a gravel driveway leading to a good vehicular parking sweep, with a detached garage.

Landscaped and ornate gardens surround the property to three sides, with traditional garden stores, log stores & a greenhouse. There is pedestrian access to the courtyard stabling, land and equestrian facilities.

Equestrian Facilities & Outbuidlings

The on site equestrian facilities are of an exceptional standard, resulting from considerable strategic investment by the vendors to produce first class facilities & yard.

The yard is currently set up to run as a DIY livery yard and stud, but it would easily lend itself to a range of equine uses. A particular feature is the 66m x 27m indoor arena with LED lighting, together with the floodlit 62m x 25m outdoor menage with a Flexiride surface.
The current livery income brings in circa £70,000 per annum (2025-6), and there is further potential for external hire of facilities income, offering the ability to run the two businesses together with multiple income streams.

There are five separate yards, including;
1 x 6 box foaling size boxes
1 x 7 box yard, under flat windows (foaling box size) plus 4 pens.
1 x 8 box yard foaling box size.
1 x 6 box monarch yard 12x12 stables, with tack room and wash box
5x pony box yard with solarium /wash box and store room

There are six bays behind the indoor school which are used as stabling/turnout, a shed with four stallion pens and seven stables with feed store, WC, a set of stocks and a spacious tack room. This shed also has access to the barn conversion and further accommodation.

Location

Lloyd Farm occupies a delightful, slightly elevated rural location on the Shropshire / Staffordshire borders; it enjoys a high degree of tranquillity in amongst the glorious surrounding rolling countryside.

The property is well placed for accessing the following competition venues, all within an hour, (all timings are approximate), Southview Arena, Kelsall Hill, Field House, Rodbaston, Radfords Equestrian and Tushingham Arena.

The property is also conveniently situated to access a good range of services and communications. Local amenities are available from Loggerheads, Norton in Hales or Market Drayton with the nearby towns of Stafford, Whitchurch, Eccleshall, Nantwich, Crewe, Shrewsbury or Newcastle under Lyme providing a wider variety of shops, amenities, leisure facilities & an excellent variety of schooling options within the private and public sector.

The motorway network via junctions 14 & 15 (10m) enable daily commuting to the Midlands or North West. Main line rail services to London approximately (1hr 20 mins) can be found at both Stafford (15miles) & Crewe (19miles).

Square Footage: 5,810 sq ft


Acreage: 53.68 Acres

Directions

Leave the M6 motorway at Junc 15 onto the A5182. Continue on this road to the junction with the A53. Turn left onto the A53, signposted Market Drayton. Stay on the A53 and go through the villages of Baldwins Gate and Loggerheads. Once through Loggerheads proceed for approx 1 mile then take the left hand turning (at crossroad) signposted Chipnall and Hales. Follow the
road to a T-junction with the village church on your left hand side. Turn left, continue down the hill and Lloyd Farm is on the left hand side.

Additional Info

Barn Conversion & Land

A beautifully presented barn conversion with room for further conversion.

There is a principal bedroom with built in wardrobes, a large bathroom with marble tiled underfloor heating, a separate gym, a sitting room with windows to stables on both sides, a spacious kitchen with a central island and a Stoves cooker.
There is a separate shower room and a further double bedroom with a landing area and another set of stairs down to a utility area.
Together with the main house and barn, there is potential for multigenerational living and also potential for groom accommodation on the ground floor separately.

Land, Paddocks & Turnout

There is a quadruple paddock, and five, 6 ft high stallion paddocks and nine, 5ft high paddocks, all beyond the outdoor manege, made from horse rail with a 14 year warranty (2026). In total there are 53 acres.
The paddocks are predominantly flat but some have a gentle gradient to them.

All fields have mains electric and all have water connected plus some have been further subdivided for the use of the livery clients.

There is an outdoor, all weather turnout pen at the end of the outdoor school. There is a short lane hack to a 1000 acre wood.

There are man made lakes beyond the property specifically for drainage purposes, offering year round turnout.
The current owners have never experienced any flooding issues during their ownership.

SERVICES:

Mains water and electricity. Private drainage via septic tanks. Oil fired central heating, LPG hob and electric Aga.

Newcastle Council- Band F

Wifi is through Star Link with 100-200MG in house and flat.

Photographs: 2026/08 & 2024/04
Brochure prepared- 2026/09 BTJ