Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    HF41/1/1/32
  • Title
    Printed Sale Catalogue with plan
  • Date free text
    28 Jul 1881
  • Production date
    From: 1881 To: 1881
  • Scope and Content
    Reversionary Interest on life of Lady in 85th year Lot 1) dwelling house, brick built, tiled and slated (a small portion lath and plaster) contains 6 bedrooms and dressing room, entrance hall, front and back sitting rooms, kitchen, washhouse and cellar adjoining, 2 lean to brick and pantiled doghouses and large piece of garden ground enclosed by brick walls in which is a greenhouse adjoining house by covered gateway entrance is brick, boarded and slated drying shed with open shed office and storeroom under And brick and tiled stables; timber and pantiled horn house, brick, boarded and tiled beam house with storeroom over, And boarded and slated drying shed with a 3 stall stable, carriage house, open shed and hen house under And boarded and slated bark barn on brick foundations to hold 300 tons of bark. Lean to boarded and pantiled pigstye And boarded and pantiled currier’s shop with drying shed over; brick and tiled bark mill house; WC. And tanyard in which are 77 tan pits, 6 spenders, 4 taps, 5 lime pits, 2 skin lime pots with piece of ground running down to the swing bridge called “the Slipe” frontage of 247 ft to High Road abutting property formerly of Robert Gresham deceased and the River Ivel and High Road and Lot 2) Bridge Meadow (3 acres 20 perches) (well adapted for building) abutting S. side of River Ivel with 264 ft frontage to High Road, with timber built and pantiled stable or doghouse and fencing round forming a yard abutting properties belonging to Mr Cheshire, A S Wade-Gery and River Ivel subject to charge of 30s per annum to be paid to Churchwardens of Clifton and Lot 3) brick, boarded and slated building used as a stable with storehouse and loft over in yard in occupation of S King, butcher with right of way (let to Ellis and Everard at rent of £10 per annum) All in Shefford Contract Note for Lot 3) Wells and Company of Biggleswade (purchasers) for £125 Auctioneers George Jackson and Messrs Conder and Son jointly concerned on this occasion)
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