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Printed Sale Catalogue
Auctioneer George Jackson, junior,
at the Sun Inn, Hitchin
lot 1) The Bucklersbury Brewery with large yard
and entrance from Tilehouse Street. Consists
of:- brick built Counting House with Loft
over, Chaise House with Loft over, 2 stall
stable with loft over; 4 stall stable, chaff
house and Dung Pit; timber built and tiled
Barn now used as a coal depot, large store
houses with loft over: cooperage, open cask
and cart sheds, Foreman's Counting House;
Brewhouse with Cleansing Room, working room,
Malt shop with lofts and corn loft.
And adj Beer Shop called 'The Woodman' cont
5 bedrooms, tap room, kitchen, wash house,
sitting room and barn
(above is well supplied with water; is on a
front of 94 ft to Bucklersbury; 91 ft to
Tilehouse Street and a depth of 128 feet.)
Option of purchaser to take plant etc at
Valuation and Trade fixtures on premises
lot 2) The Walsworth beershop known as 'The Red
Cow' in occ of Philip Bass cont:- 4 bedrooms,
Tap room, Pantry, 2 parlours (may be used as
one) cellar
AND yard, stable and loft over, shed, pig sty,
Cow house and Common Right
Land Tax 3s pa
[Lot lately consisted of 2 cottages, one
copyhold of Manor of Hitchin, other freehold]
lot 3) 'The Three Horseshoes', Langley Bottom on
side of road from Hitchin to Welwyn cont 4
bedrooms, large front parlour, small parlour,
tap room, kitchen, 2 cellars, wash house,
large yard in which is a well
AND two 2 stall stables, a 3 horse stable,
chaise house, shed, hen house
AND piece of garden gnd
(all copyhold of Manor of Minsden Bury)
lot 4) Royal Oak, Pirton, Herts with large yard
in which is built a 3 bayed barn, now used as
a carpenter's shop, oven, shed and pigsty.
AND large piece of gdn gnd, stocked with
fruit trees
AND two cottages adj
AND enclosure of arable (2A)
present tenant held property for c 40 years
lot 5) 'Old Licensed Public House'!
Horse and Jockey, Park Road, Hitchin, near to
proposed cattle market cont:-
tap room, cellar, parlour, pantry, 3 bedrooms
AND enclosed yard in which is a range of brick
and slate buildings comprising wash house, coal
house, cart shed, timber built waggon shed,
timber built and slated 5 stall stable with
lofts over , cow house and piece of gdn gnd
AND cottage adj cont front sitting room,
kitchen, cellar, 2 bedrooms on 1st floor and
large attic
lot 6) Dwelling house with slated roof adj lot 5;
fronts Park Road in occ of Mr Gray at rent of
10 10s pa incl rates
cont parlour, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, on the first
floor and large attic; wash house
AND piece of gdn gnd at the back
AND right of way through the passage by side
of lot 8)
lot 7) House and premises adj lot 6) in occ of
Mr Foster at yealry rent of 10 10s incl rates
with entrance by side of lot 8
Well on this site subject to use of lots 6-8;
they paying a proportion of the expenses of
keeping it 'in proper condition'
lot 8) House and premises adj lot 7) in occ of
Mr Carrington at yearly rent of 12 12s
subject to right of way to lots 6, 7 and 9
lot 9) Piece of garden ground (to rear of lots
6, 7, 8) well adapted for building upon or as
a garden of four previous lots.
lot 10) Brick built and slated dwelling house
'built within the last few years', Park
Road, Hitchin
with flower garden in front, enclosed from
the road by a substantial oak fence with
brick underpinning, a gateway entrance to a
walled in pleasure and kitchen garden, a
yard in which is built a 2 stall stable and
chaise house with loft over, Poultry yard,
wash house, and tool house.
The House contains entrance hall, breakfast
parlour, dining room, kitchen, cellar,water
closet, drawing room, 4 bedrooms 'with
convenient closets'
in occ of Mrs Cox at rent of 35 pa.
lot 11) 5 25 shares in Hitchin Town Hall Company
lot 12) 4 25 shares in above
Conditions of sale give good detail of previous
history of various properties
3 Jun 1852
Contract of sale (on dorse) of lot 5 to
Wm Young for 375
3 Jun 1852