Particulars and conditions of sale of the Sharnbrook House Estate, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire...

Particulars and conditions of sale of the Sharnbrook House Estate, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire to be sold by auction by W & H Peacock on 20th May 1950 at The Swan Hotel, Bedford viz:

(a) Georgian Country House known as "Sharnbrook House" with garages, stabling, boiler house, dairy with loft, timber built store, lean to shed, brick and slate gardener's store with gardens, orchard, shrubbery and lakes. Gardener's cottage in grounds of the house.

Includes schedule showing acreage of 10.865 and OS numbers. With vacant possession and note that ownership of this lot carries with it the ownership of four oak pews in Sharnbrook Church

(b) Home farm and buildings with barns and outhouses, parkland and spinneys. Contains schedule showing acreage of 42.227a with OS numbers. In occupation of Messrs Maries & Rose on a yearly tenancy

(c) Village shop and two adjacent buildings, formerly part used as a Social Hall, with lock up shop and garage and with vacant possession. Let on a yearly tenancy from 24th March 1950. Includes statement of rental values.

(d) Nursery Garden and Greenhouses, formerly the kitchen garden to Sharnbrook House, containing .380a. In occupation of C Sanders

(e) Cottage and land (OS 316 and Pt 305) situated opposite Sharnbrook House; adjoining and at the rear is the Church Walk from Sharnbrook House and paddock of old pasture. Includes schedule showing acreage of 2.502a, and rental values on the cottage and land let respectively to Mr Dyte (weekly tenancy) and to Messrs Maries and Rose (yearly tenancy) .

Title to commence with Conveyance on Sale dated 20th October 1919 between Esme Francis Wigsall Arkwright, Charles Sawen Roberts Sawen and Thomas George Borough

Various annotations re bidding throughout

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