The perfect home for animal lovers? Unique Yorkshire pad has horse paddock and heated dog kennel
A five-bedroom detached house in Galphay, near Ripon in North Yorkshire, has come onto the market for £3.75million with extensive facilities designed for animal owners. The property spans more than 8,000 sq ft and sits within six acres of grounds, featuring equestrian amenities including paddocks, an indoor riding arena, five stables, a tack room and a horse wash, alongside a heated dog kennel. Estate agents Fine and Country are marketing the fully furnished home, which combines rural practicality with high-end living.
Inside, the house offers a luxury open-plan kitchen, living and dining area with exposed beams, plus a pool, sauna, gym, cinema room with cocktail bar, and a games room, alongside five bathrooms and a ground-floor main bedroom with dressing room and ensuite. Outdoor features include multiple patio areas, a hot tub and a plunge ice bath, while the villages of Grantley and Kirkby Malzeard are nearby and Ripon is roughly a 15-minute drive away.
- North Yorkshire house listed for £3.75million with equestrian facilities
- Includes stables, paddocks, heated dog kennel and riding arena
- Interior boasts pool, cinema room, gym and cocktail bar
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Galphay is a small village in North Yorkshire, close to the market town of Ripon, in an area known for its rural countryside and rolling farmland. It sits within commuting distance of Ripon and near other small villages such as Grantley and Kirkby Malzeard, in a part of the county popular with buyers looking for larger rural properties.
The property market has a well-established niche for "equestrian" or "animal-friendly" homes, which are houses built or adapted with facilities for keeping horses and other animals alongside everyday family living. These typically include stables, paddocks (fenced grazing land) and riding arenas, features that appeal to a specific pool of buyers rather than the general market, and which can add significantly to a property's price and appeal.
Fine and Country, the estate agency handling the sale mentioned in this story, is a UK-wide agency network that specialises in marketing higher-value and unusual properties. Listings of this kind are often covered by property and lifestyle sections of news outlets as examples of notable or unusual homes currently for sale, rather than as reports on a completed transaction.