Important Property Sales At Rushden

On Monday evening two property sales were held at the Coffee Tavern, Rushden, which attracted considerable interest. The first was conducted by Mr. H. H. Bletsoe, who offered for sale a freehold dwelling-house in Griffith-street, containing two living rooms, three bedrooms, box room, pantry, kitchen, scullery, and workshop, with garden at the rear, let at a gross rental of £20 16s. Messrs. Simpson and Mason were the solicitors to the vendors, the Rushden Building Society, and Mr. Mason read the conditions of sale. Bidding started at £200, rapidly rising to £320, at which figure it was knocked down to Mr. Wm. Pendred, of Wellingborough.

The second sale, which attracted a very large company, and involved several valuable lots of freehold property, was conducted by Mr. J. Pendered on behalf of Messrs. Pendered and Sons. Mr. Sharman read the conditions of sale, and produced plans. Lot 1, comprising three newly-built freehold shops fronting the High-street, Rushden, together with two dwelling-houses, yards and appurtenance attached thereto, in the respective occupations of Mr. Robert Hooper, Mr. Jeremiah Litchfield, and the Central Meat Co., was started at £1,000 advancing by hundreds to £1,400, and ultimately going to Mr. John Sargent, of Rushden, at £1,600.

Lot 2 consisting of three dwelling-houses, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Westbourne-grove, on the Wellingborough-road. Bidding commenced at £500, being knocked down at £660 to Mr. John Sargent. Three similar dwelling-houses to those of Lot 2, and adjoining them, formed Lot 3, the next four forming Lot 4, and five others in the same row being offered as Lot 5. Lot 3 started at £600, and went to the same purchaser for £620. Lot 4 was started at £800, reaching £880, at which figure they were knocked down to the same purchaser, as was also Lot 5 for £650.

Lot 6 consisted of a plot of building land on the Glassbrook-road, with a frontage of 35ft., and containing 271 square feet. This was bought by Mr. Wm. Pendered, of Wellingborough, at 2s 6d. per yard.

Lot 7, a plot of building land on the Hayway, with a frontage of 45ft., and containing 510 square yards, was started at 2s. per yard, and after a bid of 2s. 3d., rose one penny per yard till knocked down to Mr. G. S. Woodward for 2s 8d. per yard. – Messrs. Sharman, Jackson, and Archer were the solicitors for the vendor, Mr. Robert Hooper.

Property In The Market
On Monday evening two sales were conducted at the Rushden Coffee Tavern by Mr. J. J. Coulbeck. The first was the offer, by order of the trustees re Hewitt, of the painted canvas and other scenery, deck chairs, etc., belonging to the play “The Purser,” as recently played in Rushden. The whole was put up in one lot, and was knocked down to Mr. G. H. Parkin for £1 17s. 6d.

In the second case, by order of Mr. A. C. Palmer, the trustee under a deed of assignment re W. F. J. Hewitt and W. Hewitt, important property was offered for sale. Lot one consisted a freehold boot factory, containing three floors, situate at the corner of Wellingborough-road and Glassbrook-road, containing 1,460 square yards, late in the occupation of Mr. W. F. J. Hewitt. Bidding commenced at £900 and advanced to £1,250, at which price the lot was withdrawn.

Lot two comprised two villa residences situated on Wellingborough-road and Brookfield-road, with garden and outbuildings, containing in all 1,371 square yards. No bid was forthcoming for this, but Mr. Coulbeck then offered six plots of freehold building land, situate in Queen-street. Bidding started at £5 per plot, and the lot was knocked down at £10 per plot. Messrs. Heygate and James were the solicitors for the vendors of the factory and villas.

3rd October, 1902

Property Sales at Rushden

On Tuesday evening Mr. J. J. Coulbeck, of Messrs. Coulbeck and Palmer, Wellingborough and Kettering, offered for sale in the Coffee Tavern, Rushden, several lots of property and building land. Lot 1 comprised 16 copyhold dwelling-houses, known as Ebenezer-terrace, Newton-road, which were offered by order of the executors of the late Mr. Samuel Knight. The property has large barns and workshops in the rear, and has a frontage of about 433 feet to the Newton-road, and produces an annual rental of £159. In introducing the property, Mr. Coulbeck remarked that it was 27 years since he first began to sell at Rushden, and Mr. Samuel Knight was his first buyer, the late Mr. Charles Bayes being the second. Bidding started at £1,400 and advanced pretty briskly to £2,300, at which figure the lot was knocked down to Mr. Sanders. Two freehold dwelling-houses, Nos. 35 and 37, Church-street, were next offered. These have a frontage of about 34ft. 6in. and are let at £28 12s. per annum. Starting at £400, the lot rose to £430, for which sum it became the property of Mr. Hy. Litchfield. Two plots of freehold building land in the Hayway were next put up, but after starting at 2s. per yard were withdrawn at 2s. 6d. Messrs. Simpson and Mason, Rushden and Higham Ferrers, were the solicitors concerned in these three lots. Mr. Coulbeck next submitted sixteen plots of freehold building land in the Harborough-road, containing an area of 3,020 square yards, but no bid was forthcoming. Mr. H. J. Jacobs was the solicitor for the vendor. One hundred plots of freehold building land on the Spencer Park estate were then dealt with, but after asking in vain for bids upon several lots, the auctioneer said he should be prepared to deal with them by private treaty. Messrs. Burnham, Son, and Lewin, Wellingborough, were the solicitors to the vendors, Messrs. Lilley, Skinner, and Sykes. A parcel of freehold building land on the Hayway, with an area of 750 square yards also failed to elicit a bid. A very large company attended the sale.

3rd October, 1902

Property Sale

On Monday evening, at the Public Hall, Rushden, Mr. J. Pendered, on behalf of Messrs. Pendered and Son, and Mr. J. F. Bearn, who were jointly concerned in the sale, submitted to public auction property which drew together a large and representative company. The property was the residence known as “Rushden House” together with pleasure grounds, green-houses, stabling, coach house, cow houses, servants’ cottages, garden, orchard, and paddock, 24 acres of pasture or building land, and five messuages. The property was submitted by order of Mr. Henry William Currie. Mr. Pendered first offered lots 1-3 in one lot. Lot one comprised the mansion known as “Rushden House” with outbuildings, servants’ cottages, gardens, and orchards, the whole being six acres, two roods, twelve poles in extent. Lot 2 was the close of pasture or building land known as “Crofts,” which, with lot three, was in the occupation of Mr. C. E. Knight, at a yearly rent of £40. “Brown’s Close,” forming lot three, brought a rental of £40. The bidding for the combined lots started at £4,000, advancing to £5,000, at which figure they were withdrawn. Lot one being offered separately, bidding started at £3,000, going to £3,300, and being then withdrawn. Lots two and three each failed to obtain a bid. Lot four consisted of three dwelling houses in High-street, known as “Rose Hill,” let at a gross annual rental of £42 6s. Bidding started at £300, and the lot was withdrawn at £440. Lot five, two dwelling houses, situated at the corner of High-street and Wymington-road, bringing in an annual rental of £29 5s., advanced by slow degrees to £620, when it also was withdrawn. The solicitors concerned were Mr. Lawson Lewis, Eastbourne; Messrs. Simpson and Mason, Higham Ferrers; and Messrs. Hutchings, Stirling, and Murray, London.