Author: Robert

NORTHAM, WESTWARD HO! North DEVON: Freehold Villa Residences, Small Farms, Detached Lands, and Long Leasehold Cottages for Sale, with Land Tax free. EDWARD PARTRIDGE is instructed to offer for Sale, by Public Auction (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract), at the New Inn Hotel, Bideford, Devon, on THURSDAY, the 18th day of September, 1873, at Three for Four o’clock in the Afternoon, subject to such conditions shall be then and there produced, the following eligible PROPERTIES, and in the under-mentioned or such lots as may be determined on at the Auction. Lot 1: LAKENHAM HOUSE, handsome detached Freehold Villa Residence, erected in 1866, on eminence overlooking the Bristol Channel, by the road leading from Northam Church to Westward Ho! with convenient Coach douse, Stabling, Yards and Outbuildings, Croquet Ground, and Walled Ground, together containing 2r. 17p. or thereabouts. The House contains double Drawing Room, 46 feet in length, separated by sliding doors, Dining Room with bay window, Conservatory, Servants’ Hall or Schoolroom, 10 good Bedrooms, and the usual Domestic Offices, and has abundant supply of Soft and Spring Water. Immediate Possession may be had special arrangement. The purchaser of this Lot may be accommodated with more Land contiguous thereto, if required. Lot 2:  HILLSBOROUGH, a Marine Villa Residence, also Freehold, Detached, and in the Italian style, erected about eight years ago, and standing on its own grounds on a slip above the high road leading from Bideford, through Northam, to the Hotel at Westward having a similar view to Lakenham House, with convenient Coach House and Stabling, Croquet Ground and Summer House, containing in the whole la. 2r. 28p. or thereabouts. Besides, a handsome Entrance Hall, the House contains Drawing Room, Dining Room, communicating with Conservatory, Library, Servants’ Hall, 9 Bed Rooms, and all necessary Offices. Also, an excellent Walled Garden abutting on the high road above mentioned, and close the grounds of Hillsborough, containing lr. 3p. or thereabouts. The whole is now occupied by Mr. Pynsent, and early possession may be had. This Lot is well supplied with Water, and its purchaser may also be accommodated with more Land contiguous thereto, if required. Lot 3: The FURZE HILLS and the HAMS, being 14a. 2r. 4p. or thereabouts of Pastureland, with two Stone Quarries thereon, adjoining Hillsborough westward, on the same slope and equally eligible for Building Sites, having a long frontage to the high road above mentioned. It has an access in the upper part from the Abbotsham Road. This Lot is Freehold and is in hand. Lot 4: The Freehold Farmhouse called COMMONS, with the Farm Buildings, Yard, and Garden, fronting the road leading from Northam Church to Westward Ho! Hotel, and the four Closes of Land adjoining or near thereto between the said road and Blackmore Lane, com- rising in the whole 14a. Or. 37p., or thereabouts, and will be sold subject to the perpetual payment of £12 2s. per annum for certain annuities to charities. This Lot is occupied by Mr. Richard Spearman, under lease expiring at Michaelmas, 1874, and has a good Water supply. Lot 5: TADWORTHY FARM, with the Farmhouse, Outbuildings, Yards, and Gardens, situate on the lower road from Northam Village to Westward Ho! and the lands near or adjoining them, and extending nearly down to Northam Burrows, the whole comprising 24 acres or thereabouts, abutting on and intersected by various roads. This Lot is Freehold, and in the occupation of Mr. John Mill, under lease and agreements expiring at Michaelmas, 1874. Lot 6: A Freehold Close of Arable Land, called BURROW PARK, containing 4a. 2r., or thereabouts, lying at Underborough, between Blackmore Lane and the Northam Burrows, in the occupation of Messrs. Lily and Skinner, under a lease expiring at Michaelmas, 1874. Lot 7: The WOODBINES, Double Cottage, newly built, with the Land held therewith, called Higher Field, otherwise Studstons, containing 3a. Or. 32p., or thereabouts, fronting the lower road from Northam Village to Westward Ho! is held for a term of years, whereof about 885 years are unexpired, without any ground rent, now occupied by Mr. William Ward, under lease expiring at Christmas, 1873. Lot 8: CLOVER BANK COTTAGE and Garden, with Osier Bed, on the road leading from Northam Church, past the Bone Hill Playground, to the Burrows. Is leasehold for about 97 years unexpired, without any ground rent. The Cottage is now rented by Miss Devereaux, whose tenancy expires at Michaelmas next. This Lot is subject to Land Tax of 2s. per annum. To view, apply at Hillsborough, to the respective tenants; or to Mr. Thomas Cook, builder, Northam; and for particulars and conditions of sale, with plans, Mr. James Stubbins, Solicitor, 29, Great Charles-street, Birmingham; or to Mr. Edward Partridge, the Auctioneer, Monkleigh, near Torrington, or at his temporary offices, No. 76, High-street, Bideford.

[see also Western times: Friday 12^th September 1873]

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GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887