Reference
Z491/24-25
Title
Photocopy of sale notice (3 sheets of photocopying). Two copies.
Auctioneers: Maulden and Son at Royal Oak Inn, Biggleswade
Freehold residence and grounds now occupied as Academy in the centre of Shortmead Street, Biggleswade.
Date free text
Nov 1924
Production date
From: 1824 To: 1824
Scope and Content
Comprises 'very substantial and modern built dwelling house' with 2 sitting rooms, entrance hall, kitchen, wash-house and scullery, '6 cheerful and airy chambers' with staircase leading to hall; capacious dry cellarage, long room now used as a school, small stable; other unspecified domestic offices, gardens and grounds (divided into stone pitched yard, large gravelled playground; small flower garden (communicating with the drawing room with 'French folding doors'; small paddock or lawn, large kitchen, garden) (total 1 acre)
abutting N. Cowfair Buildings
E. Chapel Field
S. J Malden's premises
W. Shortmead Street on a frontage of 75ft 6ins
and valuable common rights
(all now in occupation of John Lancaster, "who is now removing to a distant part of the country")
Advantages for building: of "3 distinct frontages to leading thoroughfares"
"only Gentleman's Academy in a considerable Town on the Great North Road"
Malden also mentions "An excellent thrashing machine of 3 horse-power, with corn mill to the same, fitted and fixed up at Tempsford Hall ... to be sold CHEAP!"
24 Nov 1824
On dorse : Agreement to sell property above for £900
1) Joshua Malden, auctioneer as agent for John Lancaster, schoolmaster (vendor)
2) William Larkins of Biggleswade, draper (purchaser)
26 Nov 1824
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