Horse & Hound
18th June 2026
The Wow Factor
Three striking homes that catch the eye for a wide range of budgets – with plentiful equestrian facilities to match.
Manor Farm, Teffont
For you: a Georgian country house with six bedrooms, an orangery and generous living spaces. The gardens are
extensive, including a partwalled vegetable garden, three greenhouses and a polytunnel.
Plus, three further cottages, a hangar and 450-metre airstrip.
For the horses: there are 12 looseboxes, a 20x60m indoor arena and 20x58m outdoor. Set in 34 acres.
In excess of £5m
Country Life Magazine
10th June 2026
Property News by Julie Harding
Well worth a bid !
The Dorset home of former UK Chairman of Sothebys The Hon James Stourton and his wife Verity, has come to the market through Rural View. King’s Provost is handsome, 4 bedroom Georgian property that stands on the edge of Stour Provost, a few miles west of Shaftesbury. The unlisted house is set on a no through lane and has 4 good sized reception rooms. Outside, the gardens have been significantly improved by the Stourton’s, consists of a variety of terraces and seating areas that lead down to the River Stour. It has a guide price of £1,650,000.
FT House & Home
5th April 2026
Should you change the name of your house? Rural View’s Charlie Stone speaks to Hannah Shuckburgh about whats in the name of a house. Certain names conjore up different things to different people and in some circumstances it could well be advisable to change the name. Cottages which have been greatly extended are perhaps no longer after all cottages?
The Sunday Times HOME
11th January 2026
The new -build normal. More rural buyers are choosing new homes over draughty period piles – its all about the energy bills and reno costs, says Hugh Graham
“James Bell has gone for a compromise. His wife wanted a traditional house and Bell an architect with Richmond Bell wanted modern. So he built a hybrid”
FT House and Home
17 / 18th August, 2024
Charlie Stone spoke with Hannah Shuckburgh about the power of a writing letters through the house buying process
“Its not going to work on every seller. But for those clients who feel emotional about the sale of their house, who have perhaps lived there a very long time, who are downsizing or finding the idea of moving difficult, they want to feel the new owner has fallen in love with their house. They want to like who they are selling to”
The Times
12 November, 2021
Charlie Stone was quoted by Zoe Dare Hall for her piece in The Times Property Bricks and Mortar.
“There are lots of beautiful houses tucked away with far reaching views and there’s a vibrant social life with an eclectic mix of wealthy and the artisan, plus a smattering of celebrities.”
Horse & Hound
30 May, 2021
Charlie Stone spoke with Madeleine Silver for her article in Horse & Hound.
“The demand from buyers at the moment is quite phenomenal, I’ve not seen demand like this for nearly 15 years, since before the 2007 financial crash.”
Country Life
29 May, 2019
Charlie Graham speaks to Madeleine Silver about the lure of the West Country beyond Stonehenge.
“Dribs and drabs started moving down, populating the local schools, and friends followed friends. It’s a little bit crazy to commute from here every day [1 hour 45 minutes to London Waterloo by train], but it coincided with the advances in technology and people being able to work from home”
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