SOMERSET

FROME PRICE: £3.295MILLION

Horse lovers can rest calm in the knowledge that the living room of this 28-acre, five-bedroom modernist house has speedy access to the stables. It is kitted out with a fireman’s pole especially.

The kitchen also has direct access to the tack room, and seven loose boxes. But more importantly, the steel stairs, which connect it to the open-plan library, are accompanied by a slide.

Agent: Strutt & Parker (07458 087293; struttandparker.com)