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The Wakefield Estate Sale
To sell by Auction
At the Masonic Hall, Princess Street, Northampton
on
Saturday, December the 4th. 1920
Commencing at twelve Noon precisely
Peirce and Thorpe

Cold Higham

Lot 12
(Coloured Blue on Plan No. 1.)

Potcote Farm

In the parish of Cold Higham extending to 337a. 2r. 17p. with a very good House and Homestead standing on high ground near to Cold Higham village, adjoining the road to Brackley.
The farm is let to Mr. A. Penen at the apportioned rent of £394, on a Michaelmas tenancy.

The Timber is to be taken at £450.

Outgoings :- Land Tax
£18 0s 11d

Fee Farm Rent
5s 8d


£18 6s 7d
The well and substantially stone built house occupies a nice situation, and contains 6 good bedrooms, box room, servants' bedroom, 2 laundry and storerooms, w.c., bathroom; dining, drawing and breakfast rooms, front and back hall, cellars, large store rooms well fitted with cupboards and drawers, kitchen, scullery, dairy brewhouse and wash house, with excellent garden and orchard.

There is a good well of drinking water and a large underground soft water tank fitted with pump.

Adjoining there is an excellent range of stone built and slated buildings, consisting of nag stable and boxes, saddle room, coach house, carpenter's and blacksmith's shops, fowl house, coal house, oil store, etc. Pig yard with pigstyes, 4 good calving boxes opening into yard with large open hovel, boiling house, implement house.

Beyond there are the excellent set of Farm Buildings, stone built and slated, consisting of cow house for 14 with root house at end, 2 large barns with lofts above, at each end; a 5 bay cart and wagon hovel with granary above, cart horse stable for 7 with hay and harness room at end, 2 large covered yards each 46 by 48 feet, and open yard with 5 bay hovel, implement hovel and large rickyard.

Three stone and tiled four roomed Cottages with barn, etc., and good gardens, stand in Home Field.

The Tenant of the Farm is under the obligation to repair and maintain the portions of roads marked A to B and C to D, to the satisfaction of the District Council and in consideration thereof is exempt from the payment of 90 per cent. of the District Road Rate.

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