Title
Lease
i)Waldegrave Cooper Battely, Ipswich, Suffolk, engineer; Ellen Battely, Ipswich, spinster
ii) John Thomson, 70a, Grosvenor Street, London, photographer
i) demise to ii)
- messuage and shop, with studio, outbuildings and garden being no 72, High Street, Bedford, now in occupation of Edwin Drury Stowe
- fixtures, as in schedule
term - 9 years and 72 days from 1 March 1899
rent - £130 p.a.
premises to be kept in repair and painted on outside every 3rd year and interior twice during said term
No trade except that similar to present to be carried on on on premises without licence in writing of i)
term may cease on 11 May 1901 if 3 months notice given
Schedule
Artist Room. Negative rack, shelves etc
Negative Room. Negative box rack, shelves, bench etc.
Copying Room.Camera Rack. Negative box rack, shelves, painted cabinet etc
Printing Room. Shelves, frames, high pressure taps etc.
Printing House. "The structure 11 feet 2 inches x 5 feet 6 inches with glass roof, inside table and fittings"
Dark Room - Upstairs. Bench, shelves, galvanised iron tank, chemical cupboard etc
Dark Room - downstairs. "The Structure with shelves, sink, gas and water fittings"
Studio. "One radiating stove with flue pipe"
Also mentioned: dressing room, greenhouse, W C under studio, pantry, wood cupboard under stairs, china cupboard, cellar, scullery, cellar, kitchen, passage, shop - south window, north window, south side of shop, dining room, hall, W,C., W.C. in basement, drawing room, back bedroom, dressing room, stair landing, front bedroom, small front bedroom, back bedroom, servants bedroom, landing, entrance passage
signature of ii)
witness Henry Tebbs, solicitor, Bedford.