--Grafton Estate--Estate Sale 1920 Greens Norton

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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

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Greens Norton

LOT 1
(Coloured PINK on Plan No. 1.)

Field Burcote Farm in the parish of Greens Norton, about 2 miles from Towcester, extending to 230a. 3r. 3p. with Farmhouse, Homestead, & Buildings.
The House is large and commodious, stone built and slated, and very pleasantly situated about half-a-mile from the Village Church and School. It contains entrance Hall, dining, and drawing rooms, 5 bedrooms, w.c., kitchen, pantries, dairy and storerooms with brewhouse and coal houses in court-yard outside, and nice and well-stocked garden.
The Home Buildings are stone built and slated, and very suitable for the Farm, consisting of a large barn with garners and granary above, cow and calf houses, loose boxes, nag and cart-horse stables, pig styes, open hovels to warm foddering yard, coach-house, wagon hovel, etc. The off-lying Premises consist of a large stone and slated barn, stable for 4, and 4-bay open hovel, loose box and hay house.

Water Supply by pump from Well.

The Farm is let to Mr. William Smart on a Lady Day tenancy at the low rent of £247 0s 2d.
The Timber is to be taken at £335.

Outgoings :-	Land Tax	£10 7s 11d
	Tithe	£1 9s 0d	apportioned
		£11 16s 11d

There is a right for Cart Road leading from the High Road by way of Duncote marked K to L on plan.
The Tenant of the farm is under the obligation to repair and maintain the portions of road marked from G to J and E to H to the satisfaction of the District Council and in consideration thereof is exempt from payment of 50 per cent. District Road rate.
Subject to the existing right or user of the owner of Field Burcote House to take water by pipes from the brook running through Field No. 236.

LOT 2
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

Lower Potcote Farm containing 332a. 2r. 8p. with a good House and Buildings in the centre, in the parishes of Cold Higham and Greens Norton, and let to Messrs. Maycock on a Michaelmas tenancy at the low rent of £325 per annum.

The Timber is to be taken at £400.

Outgoings :-	Tithe	£1 8s 6d	apportioned
	Land Tax	£5 14s 11d
		£7 3s 5d

The House, which is stone-built and slated, is pleasantly situated, and contains 5 good bedrooms, dressing room, 2 attics, oak staircase, dining, drawing and breakfast rooms, front hall, back passage fitted with good cupboards, excellent pantry, 2 cellars, first class dairy and washing-up house with direct entrance from outside. A well fitted up kitchen, servants' bedroom with separate staircase, scullery, etc., and a good kitchen garden well stocked with fruit trees.
There is a very excellent well of Water with force-pump attached.
Adjoining the above are the conveniently situated stone built and slated buildings, consisting of nag stables and 2 loose boxes, saddle room and coach house, loose box, 4 hen roosts, and a 4 bay open hovel with calf pen at end, and yard, boiling house, oil and store house; while a short distance off are the commodious Farm Buildings, stone and brick built, tiled and slated, which consist of cow house for 14, cart horse stable for 6, baiting house for 9, and a 4 bay and 8 bay open hovel with yards, all with racks and mangers, 5 bay wagon hovel, 2 large barns and a 6 bay open hovel and yard.

The buildings are watered by a supply laid on by gravitation.

Adjoining the above are :- 3 substantially stone built and slated Cottages, two containing 5, and one 3 good rooms with pantries, coal barns and washing-house with large oven etc., good gardens well stocked with fruit trees, and a well of water.

The off-lying buildings include a large stone and slated barn, and an excellent 6 bay open hovel and rick-yard.

The Tenants of the Farm are under the obligation to repair and maintain the road between the points marked E and F to the satisfaction of the District Council, and in consideration of such obligation are exempt from paying the District Road Rates.

LOT 3
(Coloured PINK on Plan No. 1.)

The Valuable Building Site and Accommodation Pasture Field of a0. 0r. 2p. with a frontage to the road leading from Greens Norton to Duncote village, let to Mr. Williams at £20 per annum.

The Timber is to be taken at £18.
Outgoings :- Nil.

LOT 4
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No.1.)

The desirable & attractive Farm known as Greens Norton Park situated within half a mile of the village of Greens Norton and two and a half miles from Towcester Station, extending to 342a. 2r. 26p.
The House is very pleasantly situated, adjoining the road to Brackley, and has an attractive garden.
It is built of stone, with slated roof, and contains front hall, dining, drawing and breakfast rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2 dressing rooms, bathroom, w.c., etc. well fitted kitchens, large pantry, dairy, churning house, etc.

Outside is a Courtyard with large coal and wood barns, fowl house, duck coops, and in open yard is a pump to well of good water, large soft-water tank with pump, scullery and washing house with copper, coach-house, saddle room, nag stable (2 stalls and 1 box).

The Farm Buildings are extensive and suitable for the farm, consisting of loose boxes, cow houses with racks and mangers for 18 and loft above, 3 large foddering yards with three 6-bay and one 7-bay good wide open hovels, cart stable for 7 horses with horse yard and good wide 6-bay open hovel, 2 large barns with lofts, cart and implement hovels, granary, 6 pigstyes, rickyard, etc.

There is a good Well of Water with pump, and water is laid on to troughs in the yards.

Two excellent stone and slated Cottages, each containing 2 rooms and pantry and 3 bedrooms, with coal barns, closets and washing house, and large gardens with well of water.

The above is let on a Lady Day tenancy to Mr. Turner, at the annual rent of £425.
The Timber is to be taken at £554.

Outgoings :-	Land Tax	£17 11s 10d
	Tithe apportionment	£1 13s 9d
		£19 5s 7d

Subject to the right or uses of the Towcester District Council or others having right thereto to take water by pipes across Field No. 169, and to the owner of the house now occupied by Mr. J. T. Smith, to take water by pipes from the underground spring in the said field; and also to the owner or occupier of Kingthorn Mill, the right to enter upon the fields adjoining the Mill Lade for the purpose of cleaning the lade and strengthening and repairing the banks of same.

LOT 5
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

62 acres of rich accommodation pasture and arable land and a valuable Brick Yard with an extensive bed of splendid blue clay, near Greens Norton village, adjoining the road to Bradden, and let on yearly Lady Day tenancies as under.

Summary
Land	Mr. J. T. Smith	58a. 2r. 8p.	£70 0s 0d
Brickyard	Mr. W. Williams	3a. 2r. 34p.	£15 0s 0d
		62a. 1r. 2p.	£85 0s 0d

Outgoings :- Land Tax £3 13s 8d. apportioned.
Timber to be taken to at £135.

Subject to a right of access to and across Field No. 58 as marked on Plan from A to B for a width not exceeding 15 feet and of a similar width from the stump of the fence from B to C reserved to the Owner and occupier of Kingsthorn Wood, Lot 120, with or without carts, wagons, lorries and other vehicles, laden or unladen.

LOT 6
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

5a. 1r. 35p. of accommodation pasture land, adjoining the road from Greens Norton to Bradden near Kingthorn Mill, and let to Mrs. Swann at the apportioned rent of £7 per annum.
The Timber is to be taken at £9.
Land Tax :- 5/11, apportioned.

LOT 7
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 1.)

A valuable Building Site and accommodation pasture field, adjoining Greens Norton village and the road leading to the Mill, let to Mrs. MacDonald at the annual rent of £9. Possession at Lady Day next
Outgoings :- Land Tax7/7.
The Timber is to be taken at £20.

LOT 8
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 2.)

A nicely situated Stone and thatched Cottage standing on the Hill at entrance to Greens Norton village from Blakesley, consisting of 4 rooms, pantry, etc., and garden, let to Mr. H. Turner at £6 10s 0d. per annum gross.
Land Tax :- 4/3, apportioned.

LOT 9

(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 2.)

Pair of Stone and thatched Cottages of 4 rooms each, pantry, scullery, and barns, with a large and good garden, in the main street of Greens Norton, and a well for the joint use of this and adjoining owner.

Mrs. Sophia Payne	£3 0s 0d
G. H. Ratledge	£4 0s 0d
	£7 0s 0d	net

Land Tax :- 4/6, apportioned.
The common way between this and the adjoining property goes to each lot ad medium filae, but each lot has access thereof.

LOT 10
(Coloured PINK on Plan No. 2.)

Two stone built and thatched Cottages in School Lane, Greens Norton, of 5 rooms each, pantry and stone and tiled barns, let to:-

James May	£3 0s 0d
Mrs. Hopley	£2 0s 0d
	£5 0s 0d	net

Land Tax :- 3/3, apportioned.

LOT 11
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 2.)

A row of three Stone, slated and thatched Cottages on Church Hill, Greens Norton, with barns and large gardens well stocked with fruit trees, let to :-

John Rogers	£2 12s 0d	net
H. Turner	£6 10s 0d	gross
Vacant (estimated)	£3 0s 0d	net
	£12 2s 0d

Land Tax, 7/10, apportioned.

LOT 15
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 1.)

A Small Holding Field covering 24a. 3r. 22p., adjoining the village and the Towcester Road, and let to various Tenants at rents amounting to £43 6s 5d. per annum
Outgoings :_ Land Tax £2 1s 7d., apportioned.
The Timber is to be taken at £15.

LOT 118
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

The well-known fox cover, Grubbs Copse, in the parish of Cold Higham

A wood of well-grown Oak and Ash of excellent quality, avearging upwards of 25 cubic feet, it extends to an area of 25a. 0r. 31p. and adjoins the Towcester and Litchborough Road.

The underwood and shooting are let to the tenant of Lot 12, Mr A. Peden, at the apportioned rent of £6.

Outgoings:- Land Tax 5/6, apportioned.

1910 Ord. Map No.		Description		Area
	24	WOODLAND		23.196
Part	25	ROADWAY	about	2.000
			A.	25.196

LOT 119
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 1.)

Astcote Thorns Fox Cover

containing an area of 15a. 2r. 1p. in the parish of Pattishall. This wood, which has always been kept in hand, contains a lot of valuable oak and ash trees.

1910 Ord. Map No.	Description		Area
446	WOODLAND	A.	15.663

Outgoings:- Land Tax 3/4.

This lot has rights of way across fields Nos. 318 and 317 as marked on plan from A to B for a width of 20 feet, from the stump of the fence and over the lane from B to C, the rights of passage to and from the High Road at C, with or without carts, wagons, lorries and other vehicles laden or unladen.

LOT 120
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 1.)

The well known Fox Cover, Kingthorn Wood. A Wood of well-grown Oak of good quality averaging upwards of 20 cubic feet. It extends to an area of 26 acres, and adjoins the Greens Norton and Bradden Road, 3 miles from Towcester Station, and is in hand.

Outgoings :-	Land Tax	6s 9d
	Tithe apportionment	£4 9s 10d	apportioned
		£4 16s 7d

This lot has a right of access to and across field No. 58 (Lot 5) as marked on plan from A to B for a width not exceeding 15 feet and of a similar width from the stump of the fence from B to C, with or without carts, wagons, lorries and other vehicles laden or unladen.