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Auction Sale of Mr. William Webb's property
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SALE BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS. STONY STRATFORD, BUCKS. OLD STRATFORD NORTHANTS. GENUINE SALE OF DESIRABLE PROPERTIES. Particulars, Plan Conditions of Sale OF VALUABLE Freehold Properties COMPRISING PRIVATE RESIDENCES, SITUATE IN THE ABOVE PARISHES, To be sold by Auction by OSBORNE & SON At the BULL HOTEL, STONY STRATFORD, To view apply to Tenants, or Mr. William Dickens, Home Farm, Old Stratford ; and for further particulars to Messrs. PARROTT & SON, Solicitors, Stony Stratford ; or to the Auctioneers, Wolver-ton, Stony Stratford and Buckingham. STONY STRATFORD LOT 1. OXFORD STREET Nos. 1 and 3.
LOT 2. SILVER STREET, Nos. 16, 18, and 20. THREE DWELLING HOUSES (Brick and Slated), with front Gardens, with Parlour. Living-room, Scullery, and Two Bed-rooms, Out Offices, Yards, and Gardens, in the several occupations of Messrs.. Smith, Knibbs, and Atkins. Annual Rents. £31 4s. 0., landlord paying rates. Tenancies weekly.
LOT 3. SILVER STREET, No. 22. A Desirable DWELLING HOUSE, (Brick and Slated), with Front Garden, containing Parlour, Living-room, Kitchen, Pantry, Three Bedrooms, Wash and Coal-houses, Yard, Out-offices, and large productive Garden, side entrance to same, now in the occupation of Mr. William Smith. Annual Rent, £16 18s. 0d., landlord paying rates. Weekly tenancy. Auction result Lot 3: Dwelling-house, 22, Silver-street, Stony Stratford, let for £16 18s. gross; sold for £185 to Mrs. W. W. Dickens.
LOT 4. SILVER STREET, Nos. 24, 26, 28, 30 & 32. 5 DWELLING HOUSES, brick and slated, with front Gardens, enclosed with ornamental iron railings on brick wall and stone coping, with paved passage to rear of same, each containing Parlour, Living Room, Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms (No. 28 3 Bedrooms), Out-offices and Gardens, paved Courtyards, as now in the several occupations of Messrs. Harwood, Olney, Marsh, Stevens and Ratcliffe. Water and Sanitary arrangements in good order. Annual Rents £52 0s. 0d. Weekly tenancies; Landlord paying Rates. NOTE.—The Barns are Tenants' fixtures. Auction result Lot 4: Five dwelling-houses. 24 to 32. Silver-street, let for £52 10s.; bought for £450 by Mrs. W. W. Dickens.
LOT 5. OLD STRATFORD NORTHANTS. " Claremont House," a desirable Private Residence, cement, brick and slated, containing Entrance Hall, Drawing, Dining and Morning Rooms, well fitted with Oak Cupboards, 5 Bedrooms and Landing, Kitchen with sink, copper and cupboard, Pantry and Larder with Cellar, paved Courtyard and Out-offices, side entrance with double doors leading to Garden, Dairy, Coach-house, Stable and Paddock with Buildings ,Pigstye and Timber thereon, containing (more or less) 1A. 1R. 9P. Water and Sanitary arrangements in good order, as occupied for many years past by the late Mr, William Webb. Estimated Rental, £30 0s. 0d. Land Tax, £1 8s. 0d. Possession can be had on completion of purchase. Auction result Lot 5: Claremont House, Old Stratford, with paddock and outbuildings covering 1a. 1r. 9p., let for £30; bought by Mrs. W. W. Dickens, for £600.
LOT 6. OLD STRATFORD “Trinity House.” WATLING STREET ROAD. (2½ miles from Wolverton Station, L. & N.W.R.) CHARMING RESIDENCE Very private, compact and convenient, facing South, with TENNIS LAWNS, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, FLOWER and KITCHEN GARDENS, ORCHARD and small FARMERY with rich GRASS PADDOCK, con785058taining together 3A. 1R . 4P. (more or less). THE HOUSE contains: Portico with Verandah overlooking the Ouse Valley, Hall, Drawing, Dining, Breakfast and Morning Rooms, well fitted with china cupboards, shelves, glass cases and tiled grates; 11 Bed and Dressing Rooms, fitted with wardrobes and cupboards; a large Bathroom, well fitted, h. & c.; Lavatory and Linen Cupboards on Landing ; Butler's Pantry, fitted with h. & c. water, cupboards and shelves ; Servants' Hall, Kitchens, Scullery, Wash-house, Beer and Wine Cellars ; excellent Force Pumps (hard and soft water), with Tanks, all well and conveniently fitted, and usual Out-offices. An extensive Courtyard, approached from the Watling Street Road through double doors, to a building formerly a SCHOOL HOUSE, containing: Main Room (38ft. x 25ft.) and a Class-room (25ft. x lift.), with h.w. apparatus, Coach-house or Garage, Stables, Harness Room, Fowl Houses, and Farmery Buildings, &c. The PLEASURE GARDENS and TENNIS GROUND are tastefully arranged; the large KITCHEN GARDEN being well stocked with Fruit Trees, 3 Greenhouses, Potting and Tool Houses thereon. The PADDOCK is a very valuable Pasture Field, having a river frontage, with Bathing Place, and a side draught for water therefrom if required. The above would make an excellent Private Nursing Home, or adaptable for a Boys' or Girls' Private School. The usual Landlord's Fixtures will be included in the Purchase. The fence between this Lot and Lot 7 is to belong to and be maintained by the purchaser of this Lot. Timber included. Modern Sanitary arrangements and excellent Water Supply. Annual Rental, £80 0s. 0d. (Late C. W. Powell, Esq.) Outgoings: Land Tax, £2 3s. 7d.; Tithe, £2 12s. 10d. Possession can be had on completion of purchase. Auction result Lot 6: Trinity House, Watling Street-road, Old Stratford, rental £80; withdrawn at £1,400.
LOT 7. Accommodation Pasture Field. A very valuable Close of Pasture Land, containing 2A. 3R. 17P. (more or less) adjoining the last Lot, having a considerable frontage to the public road to Buckingham and Towcester, thereby forming a valuable BUILDING SITE, with the timber thereon. Annual Rent, £12 0s. 0d. Possession on completion of purchase. Tenancy expires at Michaelmas next. Outgoings : Land Tax, 9s. 4d. ; Tithe, 12s. 10d. Auction result Lot 7: Pasture land adjoining lot 6 2a. 3r. 17p., rental £12; bought by Mrs. Dickens for £310.
LOT 8. COSGROVE ROAD—" WILLOW TERRACE," Nos. 1 & 2. 2 DWELLING HOUSES, brick and slated, newly erected, each with Front Garden, enclosed by an iron fence, and containing Parlour, Living Room, Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms, Barn and E.C.; a large productive Garden and paved Courtyard, with side entrance to same, as now in the respective occupations of Messrs. Grace and Chapman. Annual Rents, £23 8s. 0d. Weekly Tenancies; Landlord paying Rates. Auction result Lot 8: Nos. 1 and 2, Willow-terrace, Cosgrove-road, Old Stratford, let at £23 8s., sold for £300 to Mr. Webb Giles, Old Stratford.
LOT 9. “WILLOW TERRACE," Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. A BLOCK OF 6 DWELLING HOUSES, brick and slated, newly erected, with front Gardens enclosed with iron fencing, each containing Parlour, Living Room and Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms, Barn and E.C., and large productive Garden, with paved Courtyard at the back and passages, as now in the several occupations of Messrs. Tombs, Sibthorpe, Smith, John Webb Giles, Holton and G. Grace. Annual Rents, £70 4s. 0d Weekly tenancies, Landlord paying Rates. Auction result Lot 9: Six dwelling-houses, Nos. 3-8, Willow-terrace, let for £70 4s. gross, sold to Miss; Emma Giles, Old Stratford, for £900.
LOT 10. " WILLOW TERRACE," Nos. 9 & 10. 2 DWELLING HOUSES, Semi-detached, brick and slated, newly erected, with Front Gardens enclosed with iron fencing, with side entrance to same through passage adjoining, each containing Parlour, Living Room and Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms, Barn and Out-offices, paved Courtyard, and a large productive Garden, as now in the occupation of Messrs. Crow and H. Holman. Annual Rentals, £23 8s. 0d. Weekly Tenancies ; Landlord paying Rates. Auction result Lot 10: Two semi-detached dwelling-houses, 9 and 10, Willow-terrace, let for £23 8s. gross, sold for £420 to Mr. Webb Giles.
LOT 11. " WILLOW TERRACE," Nos. 11 & 12. 2 DWELLING HOUSES, Semi-detached, brick and slated, newly erected, with Front Gardens enclosed by iron fencing, with side entrance to same, each containing Parlour, Living Room and Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms, Barn and Out-offices, paved Courtyard, and a large productive Garden, as now in the respective occupations of Messrs. Munday and French. Annual Rentals, £23 8s. 0d. Weekly Tenancies ; Landlord paying Rates. These Properties are In excellent order, and command good and reliable tenants, and will make a sound investment. NOTE.—The Sanitary arrangements of the foregoing Properties (Lots 8, 9, 10 & 11) are all up to date and In good order, and the water supply to Lots 9, 10 & 11 will be subject to the stipulations mentioned In the Conditions of Sale. Auction result Lot 11: Two semi-detached dwelling-houses, 11 and 12, Willow-terrace, gross rentals £23 8s., sold for £535 to Mr. Webb Giles.
LOT 12. COSGROVE ROAD. A valuable Close of Pasture Land adjoining Lot 11, having a long frontage to the road, and forming an excellent Building Site or Accommodation Close, containing 1A. 2R. 35P. (or thereabouts), with the Building and Timber thereon, as now in the occupation of Mr. John S. Cowley. Annual Rent, £7 0s. 0d. Tenancy expiring Christmas next. Landlord paying Rates. Auction result Lot 12: Pasture land adjoining lot 11, la. 2r.35p,, annual rent £7, sold to Mr. Webb Giles for £195.
LOT 13. COSGROVE ROAD. "BRIDGE FIELD." THE VALUABLE ACCOMMODATION Close of Superior Pasture Land, adjoining the Turnpike Road from Old Stratford to Northampton and the Grand Junction Canal, containing 7A. 0R. 0P. (more or less), as now in the occupation of Mr. Walter Slaymaker, at a moderate Annual Apportioned Rent, £22 0s. 0d. Yearly Michaelmas tenancy ; Landlord paying Rates. Land Tax, 18s. 8d. The Timber on this Lot is to be taken by the purchaser at the sum of £20 15s. 0d. Auction result Lot 13: Pasture land adjoining the road from Old Stratford to Northampton, occupied by Mr. Walter Slaymaker, 5a. 2r. 9p. in extent, rental £22, sold to Mr. William Panter, Old Stratford for his son, Trooper Harry Panter, for £550.
LOT 14. COSGROVE ROAD. "COWHOUSE FIELD." THE VALUABLE ACCOMMODATION Close of Rich Pasture Land, adjoining the above Lot, with a frontage to the Turnpike Road, containing, with the strip of Garden Ground at the bottom of the Close, 5A. 2R. 9P. (more or less), with the Slated Cowhouse for 4 Cows, Calf Pens and Loft, Rick Yard and good Water Supply, as now in the occupation of Mr. Walter Slaymaker, at a moderate Annual Apportioned Rent, £28 0s. 0d. Yearly Michaelmas tenancy Landlord paying Rates. Land Tax, 18s. 8d. The Timber on this Lot is to be taken by the purchaser at the sum of £20 15s. 0d. Auction result Lot 14: Pasture land and cowhouse adjoining lot 13, 7a. in extent, let for £28, bought by Mrs. Dickens for £700.
LOT 15. COSGROVE ROAD THE WHARF. The above is a very valuable accommodation COAL DEPOT, with the Landing Stage, adjoining the Grand Junction Canal, and being close to the Turnpike Road, containing 16 poles (more or less), as now in the occupation of Mr. William Warr. Annual Rent, £3 0s. 0d. Yearly Tenancy; Landlord paying Rates. Outgoings: Land Tax, 3s. Auction result Lot 15: Coal depot with loading stage on the Grand Junction Canal, annual rental £3 10s., bought by the tenant, Mr. Warr, for £40.
LOT 16. COSGROVE ROAD. A valuable piece of Garden Ground, Adjoining Lot 14, containing 18 poles (or thereabouts), as now in the occupation of Mr. G. Grace. Annual Rent, 10s 0d. Tenancy expires at Christmas. Landlord paying Rates. Auction result Lot 16: Garden ground adjoining lot 14, let for 10s., sold to the tenant, Mr. G. Grace, for £10. The solicitors for the vendors were Messrs. Parrott and Sons, Stony Stratford. ---------------------------------- Stipulations The brick front wall and paled garden fence dividing Lots 8 and 9 belonging to and form part of Lot 8. The brick front wall dividing Lots 9 and 10 shall belong to and form part of Lot 9 The paled fence dividing Lots 11 and 12 shall belong to and form part of Lot 11 The sale of Lot 9 is subject to the right for the owners and occupiers of Lots 10 and Lot 11 of access to and user of the well and pump of drinking water situate on Lot 9. Such owners paying a rateable proportion with the owner of Lot 9 of the expense of keeping the said well and pump in repair. Conditions of Sale. 1. The highest bidder for each Lot shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise as to any bidding the Lot shall be put up again at the last undisputed bidding. The amount of the advance of each bidding shall be regulated by the Auctioneer and no bidding shall be retracted. The sale of each Lot will be subject to a reserved price and to a right for the Vendors to bid. The Vendors reserve the right to consolidate two or more Lots into one. 2. Each purchaser shall, immediately after the sale, pay to the Auctioneer a deposit of £10 per cent. on his purchase money and sign an Agreement in the form subjoined, and shall pay the residue of the purchase money, together with the amount of the agreed valuation of the Timber, to the Vendors, or as they shall direct, on the 29th day of September, 1917, at the office of the Vendors' Solicitors, MESSRS. PARROTT & SON, of Stony Stratford, Bucks, at which time and place the purchase shall be completed. 3. Each purchaser shall, on the completion of the purchase, be let into possession or receipt of the rents as from the 29th day of September next, up to which day all outgoings will be discharged by the Vendors, the rents and outgoings, if necessary, being apportioned for this purpose. If from any cause whatever other than the wilful default of the Vendors, the purchase of any Lot shall not be completed on or before the 29th day of September next, the purchaser shall pay to the Vendors interest on- the balance of the purchase money and the amount of the aforesaid valuation of the Timber at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum from that day until the completion of the purchase, and shall not be entitled to any compensation for the Vendors' delay or otherwise, but this stipulation is without prejudice to the Vendors' rights under any other of these Conditions. The Vendors are selling as Trustees and shall not be required to enter into any covenant other than the implied statutory one against incumbrances, nor shall the concurrence of any party beneficially interested in the purchase monies be required. 4. Each Lot is sold subject to all outgoings and to all incidents of tenure, rights of way, party walls, water, drainage, lights and other easements, if any, affecting the same. 5. The titles will commence as follows: As to Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 with an Indenture of Conveyance on Sale dated 1st August, 1884. As to Lot 5, with an Indenture of Conveyance on Sale dated the 26th day of April, 1880. As to Lots 6 and 7, with an Indenture of Mortgage, dated the 27th day of September, 1895. As to Lots 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, with an Indenture of Conveyance dated the 29th day of September, 1880. As to Lots 13 and 15, with an Indenture of Conveyance dated the 1 1th day of October, 1877. As to Lot 14, with an Indenture of Conveyance on Sale dated the 3rd day of November, 1876; and as to Lot 16, with the Will of the late Mr. Wm. Webb. With regard to Lot 16, no proof shall be required of the Testator's seisin or ownership other than a Statutory Declaration to he supplied (if required), at the Purchaser's expense, that the Testator was in the possession or receipt of the rents and profits of the property at the tune of his death and for some time previously thereto. 6. Any requisitions or objections arising on the Abstract, Particulars or C6nditions shall be sent in within 10 days after the delivery of the Abstract, otherwise the same shall be considered as waived (in which respect time shall be of the essence of the contract), and if any Purchaser shall insist on any objection or requisition which the Vendors shall be unable or unwilling to satisfy the Vendors may by notice in writing to the Purchaser or his Solicitor, annul the sale on returning or tendering the deposit without interest, costs or other payments, and the Abstract of Title and all other documents shall thereupon be returned to the Vendors by such Purchaser. 7. The property is believed and shall be taken to be correctly described as to quantity or otherwise, and any error, misstatement or omission in the Particulars or Plan shall not annul the sale or be a ground for any abatement or compensation on either side. 8. The Purchaser shall in every case be satisfied with and accept as sufficient the statement in the Particulars as to the amount of any Land Tax or Tithe Rent charge or apportioned part thereof or other outgoing to which the Property or Lot or part of a Lot is now subject or is for the purpose of the present Sale to be taken as subject and shall not make any objection on the ground of any Land Tax, Tithe Rent charge or other outgoing not being now or not having been on a former occasion legally apportioned or any indemnity against any part thereof which ought to be borne by other property. The respective Purchasers shall also be satisfied with the arrangements made by the Particulars for the apportionment of the rents payable by the tenants in the case of properties held by one tenant being separated into one or more Lots and shall not require the consent of the tenants to such apportionment or require any legal apportionment of the said rents or make any requisition in respect thereof. 9. Every recital or statement contained in any deed or other instrument dated 12 years or upwards prior to the day of Sale is to be accepted as conclusive evidence of the matter or fact recited or stated, and the purchaser is to admit the identity of the property purchased by him with that comprised in the muniments of title upon the evidence afforded by the muniments and a declaration to be made (if required) at the Purchaser's expense, that the property sold has been enjoyed according to the title for 12 years prior to the day of Sale, and it shall be assumed that no wife or widow of any former owner is entitled to dower, unless it appears on the Abstract that he was married and that the parties to all abstracted deeds and documents were of full age at the time of execution thereof. And the Purchaser is to hear the expense of tracing and getting in all outstanding legal estates (if any) and of stamping or re-stamping any unstamped or insufficiently stamped muniments of title, dated prior to the 16th May, 1888, should any such there be (which however is not known or believed to be the case) or of furnishing any incumbrance to be discharged other than by the incumbrancer joining in such Purchaser's conveyance, or make any claim for costs in reference thereto, or require from any conveying party any further covenant than the statutory covenant or covenants implied by virtue of Section 7 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881, and appropriate to the particular case. 10. Where two or more Lots are held under the same title the Purchaser of the greatest part in value of the estate so held shall have the custody of the title deeds (unless the Vendor is entitled to retain the same) upon his entering into the proper acknowledgment and undertaking for their production and safe custody. Every such acknowledgment and undertaking whether by the Vendor or a Purchaser shall be prepared by and at the expense of the person requiring it, but approved and executed at the expense of the person giving the same. 11. The general remarks and stipulations which precede the Conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated in and form part of these Conditions of Sale. 12. If any Purchaser fail to comply with any of these Conditions, his deposit shall be absolutely forfeited and the Vendors shall he at liberty (without being obliged to tender a conveyance) to re-sell the Lot or Lots sold to him either by public auction or private contract, and the deficiency (if any) arising on such re-sale shall be immediately made good and paid by the Purchaser at the present Sale as liquidated damages ; and any increase of price on such re-sale shall belong to the Vendors. Memorandum. I of do hereby acknowledge that I have this day purchased from William Walter Dickens, Thomas Osborne and William Henry Bull, the Vendors, the property described as Lot in the within Particulars for the sum of £ and have paid to the Auctioneers the sum of £ as a deposit and in part payment of the said purchase-money, and I hereby agree to pay the balance thereof and in all other respects to complete the purchase according to the before Conditions of Sale. Dated this day of 1917. Purchase Money £ : : Deposit £ : : £ : : As Agent for the above-named Vendors we hereby confirm the Sale of the above Lot and acknowledge receipt of the deposit of £ Abstract to be sent to—
The Northampton Mercury July 13th 1917 BIG PRICES AT STONY STRATFORD A most important and successful sale of properties was conducted at the Bull Hotel, Stony Stratford, on Friday evening. by Messrs. Osborne and Son, the well-known auctioneers of Buckingham. |
