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The Wakefield Estate Sale By auction, at the Guildhall Northampton Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 13th. & 14th. 1919 Commencing at twelve noon precisely each day Peirce and Thorpe Grimscote

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LOT 139
(Coloured BLUE on Plan No. 10.)

A very desirable Farm of 115a. 2r. 22p. in the hamlet of Grimscote, in the parish of Cold Higham. With a substantial stone and slated house and set of premises in Grimscote village.
The House contains 8 rooms besides 2 attics, kitchen, scullery, pantry and small dairy. Outside are 2 gardens, a graveled yard with pump of good water, nag stabling, coach house, wash house with soft water pump, milk cooling room, a foddering yard, cart horse stable for 4, cow house for 7, open shed, good barn, rick yard, wagon hovel with good granary above, 2 pigstyes, stone and thatched calf house and hen roost.
Adjoining Cold Higham village are another set of buildings, consisting of a stone and thatched cow house, 2 open sheds, two foddering yards, a stone and slated barn, and rick yard.
The above is let on a yearly Lady Day tenancy to Mr. C.W. Dickens at the apportioned rent of £106 15s 0d

ALSO

The following three adjoining fields and a Cottage let to Mr. Alfred Haynes on a yearly Lady Day tenancy at the apportioned rent of £33 10s 0d for two years, then rising to £43 10s 0d. ; and the Allotment Field, let to various tenants at rents amounting to £11 16s 11d., the Landlord paying the rates.

Summary of Lot 139
Description	Occupier	A. R. P.	Rent
Farm	C.W. Dickens	88a. 2r. 5p.	£106 15s 0d	apportd.
Use of Ditch	Towcester R.D.C.		1s 0d
Cottage & garden	Alfred Haynes	0.0.28p.	£3 10s 0d
Land	Do.	£21 2s 11d	£30 0s 0d	apportd.
Allotment & Field	Various tenants	5a. 1r. 17p.	£11 16s 11d	gross
		A. 115. 2. 21	£152 2s 11d

The Timber is to be taken at £725

N.B. Mr. Alfred Haynes is not under notice to quit.

Outgoings :-	Land Tax
	Dickens	£5 0s 2d
	Haynes	18s 7d
	Allotments	9s 10d
	Tithe	Nil
		£6 8s 7d

In Field 105 is the spring and ram supplying with the pipes therefrom Cold Higham with water. This Lot is sold subject to the use whether by the vendor or his tenants or by other persons of this spring, ram and pipes.

The sewage from Lots 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151 is carried through Field 124 to the brook, and this Lot is sold subject to reservation of this right for those Lots.

LOT 140
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 10.)

The Upper Farm, Grimscote, in the parish of Cold Higham. A very useful Holding of 149a. 3r. 23p. of good arable and store pasture land with Homestead in the village, and another set of buildings in Field No. 196.
The dwelling House, which is stone and thatched, contains 5 bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms, kitchen, dairy and store rooms, with an open yard in front and garden at rear.
The stone and slated farm premises opening on to the 2 foddering yards and rickyard, including a nag stable, cart horse stable for six, 2 pigstyes, fowl house, calf house, root and hay store, cow house for twelve, a good barn, a 3 bay implement hovel with capital granary over, and open sheds in each of the yards.
The field premises comprise an excellent foddering yard, facing south, with trough supplied by a spring, a stone and slated barn, one enclosed and two long open sheds, and a rickyard.
The farm is let on a yearly Lady Day tenancy to Mr. John Masters at £172 7s. 0d.
Timber is to be taken at £413

Outgoings :-	Land Tax,	£7 4s 5d.
	Tithe ,	nil

LOT 141
(Coloured BROWN on Plan No. 10.)

Pinkard's or Lower End Farm. Grimscote, in the parish of Cold Higham.
A convenient Small Holding of 53 acres with house of 6 rooms, dairy and cellar, stone and slated barn and stable for 6, cow house for 6, another barn, open shed with manger and rack, implement hovel, 2 pigstyes and coal barn.
Tenant Mr. John Masters, on a yearly Lady Day tenancy, at £68 13s 2d.
The Timber is to be taken at £130

Outgoings :-	Land Tax,	£2 8s 5d.
	Tithe,	Nil.

LOT 142
(Coloured Red on Plan No. 10.)

A Farm of 167a. 2r. 13p. of very useful pasture and arable land, intersected and bounded by good roads, with House and Homestead adjoining Grimscote village, in the parish of Cold Higham, and another set of buildings and yards in Field No. 59.
The above is let on a yearly Lady Day tenancy to Mr. Alfred Haynes (who is not under notice to quit) at the apportioned rent £143 12s 2d for two years, then increasing to £191.
The vendor sells only such estate and interest (if any) as he may have in the un-enclosed roadside waste part 72.
Also the two arable field adjoining. Let to Mr. C. W. Dickens on a tenancy expiring at Lady Day next apportioned rent of £20.

Summary of Lot 142
Farm	Alfred Haynes	143a. 3r. 36p.	£143 12s 2d	apportd.
Arable	C.W. Dickens	23a. 2r. 17p.	£20 0s 0d
		A. 167. 2. 13	£163 12s 0d

The Timber is to be taken at £350.

Outgoings :-	Land Tax	Haynes	£6 10s 4d
		Dickens	£1 7s 4d
	Tithe, nil		£7 17s 8d

The House contains 4 bedrooms, 3 attics, 2 sitting rooms, kitchen, dairy, cellar, and excellent water supply ; and the Home Premises consist of coal barn, coach house, nag stable, cart shed, meal room, 2 pigstyes, several loose boxes, 3-bay cow hovel. 2 open hovels, 3-bay implement shed, cow house for 9, calf pen, fowl house, cart horse stable for 7 and barn.
The Field Premises contain one large stone and slated barn and cart shed, with granary above; large foddering yard and open hovel, with well of water and pump.

LOT 143
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 10.)

The celebrated Fox Cover : Grimscote Heath. A wood of well grown Oak, averaging well over 20 cubic feet, and a number of very fine quality ash and some good elm. It extends to an area of 33a. 1r. 33p. and has a strip of pasture connecting it with the road between Grimscote and Litchborough.

6.	The Heath	Woodland	32.150
12.	Slip	Pasture	1.306
			A. 33.456

The Wood is in hand, and the strip of pasture is let to Thomas White at £3 10s 0d
Outgoings :- Land Tax, 12/10.

LOT 144
(Coloured GREEN on Plan No. 11.)

Four stone and thatched Cottages (now used as three) with gardens and appurtenances situate at the entrance to the village of Grimscote from Cold Higham, and let to :-

W. Furniss	£5 0s 0d
W. Dunkley	£1 10s 0d
W.B. Trusler	£2 12s 0d
Per annum	£9 2s 0d	net.

Land Tax :- 8/6 apportioned.

LOT 145
(Coloured RED on Plan No. 11.)

Three good stone and thatched Cottages with barns, good gardens, well and pump, also a capital stone and tiled building containing an excellent granary, large implement store with double doors and a loose box. This adjoins the last Lot, and is let to :-

Thos. Gardiner	£3 10s 0d
Paul Townsend	£2 12s 0d
C.W. Dickens	£6 12s 0d
Per annum	£12 14s 0d	net

Land Tax :- 12/- apportioned.

LOT 146
(Coloured MAUVE on Plan No. 11.)

Two stone and thatched Cottages (now used as one), with gardens, barns, well of water, etc., let to Wm. Furniss Junr. At £4 12s 0d net.
Land Tax :- 4/4/ apportioned.

LOT 147
(Coloured YELLOW on Plan No. 11.)

Two stone and thatched Cottages with barns, gardens, etc., let to :-

Stephen Moore	£3 0s 0d
Wm. Furniss Senr.	£2 12s 0d
	£5 12s 0d	net.

Cottage	W.H. Rickard	£5 0s 0d
Cottage	S.A. Hawkins	£2 15s 0d
Blacksmith's Shop	Vacant	£3 0s 0d
	Per annum	£10 15s 0d

Geo. Chester	£1 10s 0d
Unoccupied	£2 12s 0d
	£4 2s 0d