Thanksgiving Farm

Built for the
hunt breakfast.

The living room sits under a coffered ceiling, with a wall of French doors that open to the loggia and the long view. The dining room opens to the same covered terrace, so a dinner drifts outside without anyone having to decide it should.

The kitchen works the way a farm kitchen should: two granite islands, stone floors, a hooded range wall and a bay of windows over the grounds, with a cooled walk-in pantry behind it and a scullery that carries the overflow, fitted with two dishwashers, an additional oven and a pair of wine chillers. Next door, the snug wraps a wood-burning stone fireplace in beams and French doors, and the bar, under a coffered ceiling in dark wood, has beverage chillers, an ice drawer and backlit glass shelving.

Two studies with custom built-ins, a dedicated theater, a mudroom and a walk-in laundry complete the floor.

Ride in any weather.
Ride out any morning.

The covered arena measures 150 by 75 feet and has sprinklers to keep the footing right through a dry spell, so schooling never waits on the forecast. The center-aisle barn, 36 by 48 feet, has four stalls today, a climate-controlled tack room with laundry and a half bath, a feed room, and a hot and cold wash bay.

Three large paddocks are fenced in three-board with no-climb wire, an additional pasture is set with jumps, and the farm has direct access to the private trail system and frontage on the North Pacolet River. The two-bedroom, two-bath guest cottage, about 1,159 square feet with a wood-burning fireplace and a covered deck over the barn and paddocks, suits a trainer, a farm manager or the houseguest who never quite leaves.

• Covered, sprinkled riding arena, 150′ × 75′
• Center-aisle barn, 36′ × 48′, four stalls
• Climate-controlled tack room with laundry and half bath
• Feed room and hot and cold wash bay
• Three large paddocks, three-board fence with no-climb wire
• Additional pasture set up with jumps
• Direct access to the private trail system
• North Pacolet River frontage
• Guest cottage, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, about 1,159 sq ft
• Main entrance plus a gated service entrance

Caroland, Landrum, and the horse country between.

Caroland Farms is a private enclave of estate farms in northern Landrum near the state line, where parcels run roughly 28 to 58 acres and protective covenants keep the country looking like country. Its private trail network gives residents ride-out access through the foothills and along the North Pacolet River.

Landrum, about ten minutes away, is the kind of small town people move to on purpose. It grew up around a railroad station in the 1880s, was incorporated in 1883, and kept its brick downtown when so many towns lost theirs: antique shops, galleries and restaurants along a walkable main street, and summer concerts at the old depot.

Equestrian life here sets the social calendar. The Tryon Riding & Hunt Club runs the Block House Steeplechase each spring, FENCE keeps 384 acres of meadow and trail open outside Tryon, a private network of member trails laces the hunt country between the towns, and the Tryon International Equestrian Center at Mill Spring hosts a dozen or more disciplines a year.