Solhøjgaard

Country estate with a pool and room for the horses

An avenue, a cobbled courtyard and living rooms with the garden along the windows. On Fredensborg Kongevej in Hesselrød, a complete country estate is available to rent with an indoor pool, a sauna, an office wing and equestrian facilities – a home where family life, work and life with the horses can each have their own place.

The approach runs between the trees, past white fences and through a covered, colonnaded passage. Inside, the courtyard opens up between white-painted façades, dark timber sections and red tiled roofs. Trees in the courtyard and the garden’s lawns draw the greenery right in between the buildings, while the wings divide the estate into residence, pool and office. In the residence, the living rooms lead on from one another. Double doors connect the two living rooms and the kitchen-diner, so you can lay the table in one room and move into the next after dinner. Plank floors, white columns and an open fireplace characterise the living rooms. Along the large glazed sections, the eye follows the garden, and there is access outside from the living room. The tiled hall with its broad steps offers a different, more rustic counterpoint to the wood and glass of the living rooms. The kitchen-diner has an island and direct access to the courtyard. A pantry and several utility rooms are in the connecting wing, so storage and practical chores have rooms of their own. There are bedrooms on both the ground floor and the first floor. Upstairs there are also two bathrooms and a walk-in closet adjoining one of the bedrooms; one bathroom has a corner bath and two washbasins.

The pool wing lies at the end of the connecting corridor, separate from the everyday living spaces. Here, the indoor pool sits behind large windows, with a shower and sauna alongside. You don’t have to go outside to get from a swim to the dinner table. The office wing has its own layout with a reception, offices, a kitchen and toilets on the ground floor, plus further offices on the first floor. Here, the working day can have its own setting, while the kitchen-diner and living rooms remain the heart of the home. The equestrian facilities bring together stables, paddocks, an outdoor arena and an indoor riding hall on the estate. The stables have boxes along a central aisle and a separate tack room with saddle racks. In the riding hall, curved timber structures span the arena, and tall windows along the sides bring daylight onto the riding surface. Outside, the fenced paddocks and the arena are kept separate from the garden’s lawns and outdoor areas. Hesselrød lies in the North Zealand landscape between Fredensborg and Hørsholm. Fredensborg Kongevej’s long, straight course through woodland and farmland contrasts with the older village roads that follow the terrain. It is part of the area’s cultural history that can still be seen on a drive through the landscape – and a different setting for everyday life than the residential streets closer to the coast. Shopping is available in Kokkedal, while Nivå Station is about seven kilometres away by road, with trains to Copenhagen and Helsingør. Towards the coast lie the Nivaagaard Collection of paintings and its park with old trees and rhododendrons: a destination where art and a walk in green surroundings go hand in hand. Here you live in the countryside, with what the towns offer as trips away from the estate rather than shops right outside the door. The horses on the estate, the garden by the living rooms and room to let the day move between them. Contact us to arrange a viewing.