• Reference
    Z1510/1/15
  • Title
    The Clapham Park Estate, Bedfordshire. Sale Catalogue of property comprising a total of 523 acres to be sold by direction of Mr Frederick Howard & devisees of the trust of James Howard at auction by Farebrother, Ellis, Clark & Co at the Auction Mart, Tokenhouse Yard in the City of London.
  • Date free text
    17 July 1889
  • Production date
    From: 1889 To: 1889
  • Scope and Content
    Front page photograph of the lodge in Kimbolton Road. The handsome mansion, well timbered park, three picturesque lodges. Photographs of the mansion, entrance front & south front. The Mansion comprises: Top floor: west bedroom, tower bedroom, south bedroom; First floor; principal bedroom, red bedroom, west bedroom, blue bedroom, spacious balcony over the entrance porch. Ground floor; Inner hall, library, central hall, principal staircase, morning room, drawing room, dining room, billiard room, smoking room, gentlemen’s lavatory, ample domestic offices. Removed from the house: well room, engine room & boiler house; detached stabling. Ornamental grounds with spacious lawns, shrubberies, a cottage ornee or shooting box, well stocked kitchen garden, damson & apple orchards, three capital vineries, peach house, green house. Park Farm with brick built house, cow sheds and labourers cottages. Green Farm with comfortable residence, model farm buildings. College Farm with brick built residence. Eight cottages. Schedule of Estate. Coloured map and plan of the estate. Particulars & conditions of sale.
  • Level of description
    item