• Reference
    HN10/354/GH31
  • Title
    Sale catalogue for the George Hotel and premises, George Street, Luton [Two copies]. Including: - Particulars of sale... 'The Premises contain: - On the First Floor: 23 Visitor's bed chambers, three staff bed rooms, bath room and house-maid's sink, one lavatory and w.c. and two other w.c.'s., linen cupboard, store and house-maid's cupboards and four attics over (Secondary Staircase to ground floor). - On the Ground Floor: Entrance hall: commercial room, large coffee room, two private sitting rooms and reading room, smoke room with dispense bar and office, spacious billiard room (two tables) with urinal, lavatory and w.c.; Servants' hall, kitchen pantry &c, excellent public and private bars, large stock room (about 29ft. by 15ft. 6in.) and luggage room (about 26ft. by 15ft. 6in.). - In the Basement: Fine cellarage for beers, ales, wines, spirits &c. - Adjoining the hotel and fronting George Street is the wine and spirit department with paved cellar in the basement. - At the rear is the large yard (approached in the front from George Street and access also from Waller Street in the rear), stabling for about 40 horses, harness room, three large coach houses, ostler's room, ample lofts and storage accommodation, well kept lawn and pleasure garden with arbour, larged walled in kitchen garden with two green houses, potting shed &c. - A substantial brick built and slated detached tap house, abuts on Waller Street in the rear and contains four upper and four lower rooms, cellars &c. - The hotel premises have a frontage of about 92 feet to George Street and in the rear including the Tap a frontage of 45 feet to Waller Street. - The George Hotel is one of the oldest established businesses of its kind to be found in the whole of this County, holds a most commanding position in the centre of this flourishing and progressive town and covers an area of about ¾ of an acre, which itself is extremely valuable. The whole of the property is Freehold'. - 2 large photographs of the George Hotel, one a view from the front from George Street and the other a view from the garden. - Conditions of sale. - One copy includes a detailed plan of the site. - One copy includes a copy contract whereby William Henry Miles of 25 Trewsbury Road, Lydenham, Surrey has agreed to purchase the site by private treaty for £13,000 from W.E. Dipple and A.W. Gladwin is intended to act as witness. - To be sold at auction by Sidney H. Motion of 23 Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C, auctioneer at the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, London, E.C.
  • Date free text
    7 Nov 1911
  • Production date
    From: 1911 To: 1911
  • Level of description
    item