LITTLE LINFORD HALL FARM
A first-class Corn and Stock Farm of
About 654.049 acres
(see detailed Schedule)

The freehold property included in this Lot comprises Little Linford House, six Cottages, valuable sand and gravel rights and 38 acres of productive woodlands and totalling about 426 acres.

This Lot also includes 221 acres of land (coloured pink cross-hatched black on the plan) held on a Lease dated 7th December, 1963 from Thomas Roberts (Gravel) Ltd. for a period of 999 years at a rent of £1 per annum.

The timber, together with the sand and gravel rights, are reserved out of the Lease. Copies of the said Lease are available for inspection at the Offices of the Auctioneers and Solicitors.

The fishing rights referred to in the said Lease are not included in Lot 1 and form the subject of Lot 9. The river bed is, however, included in Lot 1

Vacant Possession of the whole will be given on completion, subject to the Cottage Tenancies mentioned in the Particulars.

Included in this Lot is the Lordship of the Manor of Little Linford. The Purchaser will also have the option of purchasing, for a nominal sum, a right of presentation to the parish of Little Linford (for details see Special Conditions).

Little Linford House

LITTLE LINFORD HOUSE

has become the main residence of the Estate since the demolition of Little Linford Hall a few years ago. It lies in the centre of the Estate and to the South of the Public Road running from north-east to south-west through the Property. The short gravelled drive, which is bordered on one side by a stone wall and lawn and on the other by a herbaceous border, terminates on the north side of the house in a concrete apron. The house, part of which is believed to be Tudor with mainly Georgian extensions, is built of stone with a clay tiled roof. The interior of the house has recently been completely modernised and electric power points have been installed throughout.

The period pinewood fireplaces, door architraves and bookcase surround in the Drawing Room and Dining Room, which came from Little Linford Hall, are expressly excluded from the sale. The architraves will be replaced by plain ones and the fireplaces will be replaced by pinewood reproductions, but not precise replicas, before completion. Drawings of the proposed replacements can be inspected at the Offices of the Auctioneers. The accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

A half glazed door gives access to

ENTRANCE HALL (N.W.) with built-in cupboards, blocked-up door to garage and staircase to First Floor.

CLOAKROOM with wash basin, W.C. and back door.

STUDY (S.E.) about 15 ft. 9 in. by 15 ft. 9 in. with fireplace with marble surround and oil fired flued convector stove, bay windows, with french windows opening on to the paddock and blocked-up door leading to

DRAWING ROOM (S.E.) about 16 ft. 9 in. by 15 ft. 6 in. with bookcase, fireplace with concealed oil fired flued convector stove, window seat and door to

DINING ROOM (S.E.) about 18 ft 6 in. by 14 ft. including bay window, with window seat, fireplace and door to

MORNING ROOM (S.W.) about 18 ft. 9 in. by 16 ft. 6 in. with french windows opening into the walled garden, thermoplastic floor, built-in cupboards, electric cooker point and oil fired " Ray-burn" cooker which also serves the hot water supply. Door to

KITCHEN (N.W.) with stainless steel double sink unit, formica covered working table, ranges of shelves and thermoplastic tiled floor.

First Floor:

A staircase from the Hall leads to a half Landing off which is

BEDROOM 1 (S.E.) about 12 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft. 6 in.

A further short flight of stairs leads to the main Landing.

BEDROOM 2 (S.E.) about 17 ft. by 16 ft. 6 in.

BEDROOM 3 (S.E.) about 17 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft 3 in. with two ranges of cupboards with sliding doors (the interior of one is fitted with open-fronted drawers and shelves and the other is a hanging cupboard).

Door opening into

DRESSING ROOM (S.E.) about 17 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft.
BEDROOM 4 (S.E.) about 16 ft. 9 in. by n ft. 9 in.
BEDROOM 5 (S.W.) about 8 ft. 9 in. by 8 ft. 2 in.

BATHROOM 1 with panelled bath, wash basin, W.C. and Washroom plumbed for a washing machine.

BATHROOM 2 with panelled bath, wash basin and W.C.

Situated between the two Bathrooms which are " back to back " to provide a central plumbing stack, is a Linen Cupboard with two hot water cylinders with immersion heaters which are an alternative and subsidiary method of heating the hot water supply.

THE GARAGE is built into the house under Bedroom I.

THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS

To the south-west of the house is a walled garden with doors to the drive and to the Paddock. The garden has been entirely grassed down to a lawn. On the south-west side is a stone and slate barn with entrance arch and on the opposite side a pair of wooden doors. In the south-eastern wall is an arch leading to the Paddock, which is dominated by a large cedar tree. The paddock also contains a walnut tree, and a young Lawson hedge planted along the back of the cottage gardens and several recently planted ornamental trees. To the southwest of the walled garden is an area of rough grass bordered on the roadside by a young Lawson cypress hedge and studded with a variety of newly planted ornamental trees.

Services: Mains Water and Electricity. Private Drainage Disposal System.

THE COTTAGES

A terrace row of four cottages standing back from the public road to the south-west of Little Linford House. The Local Authority have placed demolition orders on these four cottages. They are dated 28th July, 1965, and state that the cottages should be vacated within six months.

The Cottages are built of stone and brick under a tiled roof. They are not known by any names and for identification purposes in these particulars they have been numbered I to 4 from the north-western Cottage.

Number I

Occupied by Mr. Moden on a monthly tenancy at a rent of £30 per annum excluding rates until 10th August, 1965. The Cottage is now unoccupied. The accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Living Room with bay window; Dining Room with cupboard under stairs. Kitchen with sink.

First Floor:

Two Bedrooms.

Number 2

Occupied by Mr. E. G. Cook on a weekly tenancy at a rent of £30 per annum excluding rates. The accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall with cupboard under stairs; Living Room with bay window. Kitchen with Larder and Scullery.

First Floor:

Three Bedrooms.

NUMBER 3, which is unoccupied and NUMBER 4, which is occupied by Mr. Cave on a weekly tenancy at a rent of £30 exclusive of rates, have similar accommodation to Number 2.

Outside: Each Cottage has a garden to the front and rear and use of part of the allotment field opposite. At the rear is a row of outhouses built of brick and stone with a slate roof. It comprises an E.G. and fuel store for each Cottage.

Services: Mains Electricity. (The Tenants of the occupied cottages claim to have installed this at their own expense).

Estate Water Supply (see Notes to Lot I).

Private Drainage disposal system jointly serving all six Cottages and Lot 4 (see Notes to Lot I).

A PAIR OF
SEMI-DETACHED
COTTAGES

situated to the north-west of the Terrace Row. They are built of stone with a slate roof. The north-western cottage is occupied by Mrs. Manning at a rent of £39 per annum exclusive of rates. The Tenant has been in hospital for about two years and no rent has been collected for about three years. The south-eastern Cottage is occupied by Mrs. Brown at a rent of £39 per annum exclusive of rates. The accommodation of each comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Living Room with fireplace; Sitting Room with fireplace; Kitchen with sink, bath, electric cooker point and Larder.

First Floor:

Two double Bedrooms and One single Bedroom.

Outside: Each Cottage has a garden to the front and rear and use of part of the allotment field opposite. The outbuildings, which are built of brick and slate, contain an E.G. for each Cottage.

Services: Mains Electricity. (The Tenants claim to have installed this at their own expense.)

Estate Water Supply.
Private Drainage disposal system jointly serving all six Cottages and Lot 4.

THE FARM BUILDINGS

Situated close to the house are:—

five-bay open-fronted Implement Shed built of timber framing with a corrugated iron roof. Adjacent is a four-bay open-fronted Implement Shed of timber framing with stone walls and slate roof. Around a concrete yard are the former cowsheds converted for use as grain storage barns and comprising:—

Stone and Slate Barn with concrete floor and concrete ramp leading up to an open end.

Brick and Stone Barn with a slate roof and concrete floor and with one end partitioned to form a Loose Box.

Adjacent are a further two Corn Storage Buildings constructed of concrete framing with brick walls and asbestos sheet roofs.

THE LAND

The land lies in a single compact block intersected by two public roads. The River Ouse forms the southern boundary and flows through psn of the eastern side of the property, with access to that part lying between it and the M.I. Motorway, a public road to the south.

The cropping at present comprises about 511 acres of arable and about 80 of permanent pasture. The arable land is at present entirely sown to corn crops and the grazing on the pasture land for the current grazing season is let on licence but Vacant Possession will be given on completion. The soil varies from an easy draining medium loam in the north to silt overlying gravel in the south. The present Owner is in the habit of using high fertiliser rates and the soil is in a high state of fertility.

The Vendor has undertaken considerable works of improvement to the land in recent years. The majority of hedges have been grubbed out; thus providing large easily workable enclosures and a great many field drainage schemes have been completed. These improvements are reflected in the sizeable Capital Expenditure Relief which would fall to a purchaser (see " Taxation " under General Remarks).

The sand and gravel rights over the leasehold property are reserved to the Lessor.

LOT 2 (Coloured Green on the Plan)

A Potential Building Site

subject to Planning Approval

suitable for a Superior type of house with amenity grounds.

About 12. 812 Acres

Little Linford Hall, which was sited on part of Lot I, was demolished a few years ago. The potential site offered with Lot 2 is the former Walled Garden of the Hall. It has a south-eastern aspect overlooking an ornamental lake fed from springs. The site is shielded on two sides by belts of semi-mature trees and a few ornamental trees surrounding the lake. This has been supplemented by further planting of poplar and mixed conifers in and adjoining Duckpond Spinney and with a young Lawson Cyprus hedge along the Southern Boundary. To the south-west is the former walled Kitchen Garden with a Vinery. The property also includes the former coach house of the Hall which is built of stone, brick and tile and comprises three Garages and a Store Shed. To the north-west is an area of paddock, at present part of an arable field.

Vehicular access to the property is by the public right of access which passes through part of Lot I and continues through Lot 2 to Little Linford Church. The mains electricity supply passes through the young plantation on Lot 1 to the west. The main water supply pipe runs a short distance away. An alternative supply is from the spring on the property, subject to River Board approval.

SCHEDULE

O.S. No.	Area
Pt. 32	.550
34	2.064
46	3.112
47	1.320
48	1.780
49	.741
50	2.834
Pt. 58	.411
Total	12.812	Acres

Notes to Lot 2:

Water Supply: See Notes to Lot I. Lot 2 is sold with the benefit of a right to lay a water pipe under part of Lot i connecting the property to the mains supply pipe at the nearest convenient point.

Electricity Supply: This Lot is sold with the benefit of a right to connect to the mains electricity supply at the nearest convenient point on Lot I.

Drainage: See Notes to Lot I.

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot 2 shall covenant to erect and maintain a good stockproof fence along the line " E "—" F ". The said fence to be erected within six months from the date of completion.

LOT 3 (Coloured Blue on the Plan)

The East Lodge

O.S. No. 45 .157 acres
Pt. O.S. No. 44 .170 acres

Total: .327 Acres

With Vacant Possession

A detached Cottage built of stone and brick under a tiled roof, suited to modernisation and enlargement, subject to planning approval. Vehicular access is from the public right of access to Little Linford Church.

The accommodation of the Lodge comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall with tiled floor and staircase;

Sitting Room with bay window and fireplace;

Kitchen with stone fireplace and door to Lobby with back door; lean-to Scullery with wash basin.

First Floor:

Landing and two Bedrooms.

Surrounding the Lodge is a good area of garden and a small area, at present fenced off, of the young plantation adjoining, including two semi-mature trees.

Services: Mains Electricity is connected to the property.

Notes to Lot 3:

Water: This Lot is sold with the benefit of a right to lay a pipe under part of Lot I connecting the property to the mains supply. The Purchaser of Lot 3 will give to the Purchaser of Lot I at least one month's notice of his intention to install the said pipe and shall covenant to rectify any damage caused thereby.

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot 3 shall covenant to erect and maintain a good rabbit proof fence along the lines " G "—" H " and " H "—" J ". The said fence shall be erected before the existing fence which runs across Lot 3 is removed.

West Lodge

LOT 4 (Coloured Blue on the Plan)

The West Lodge

Pt. O.S. No. 44 .370 acres

With Vacant Possession

A detached Cottage standing at the junction of the Newport Pagnell road and the road leading to Little Linford Church. The Cottage is built of stone and brick with a tiled roof and is well suited to modernisation and enlargement, subject to planning approval. The accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall with tiled floor and staircase.

Sitting Room with bay window and fireplace

Kitchen with modern tiled fireplace and " Ideal " domestic boiler which heats the domestic hot water supply.

Bathroom with panelled bath and wash basin.

Scullery with sink.

First Floor:

Landing and two Bedrooms.

Surrounding the Lodge is a good area of garden and a small area, at present fenced off, of the young plantation adjoining including a few semi-mature trees.

Services: Mains Electricity is connected to the property.

The property is at present connected to the Estate water supply which will continue for a period of 12 months from completion after which the Purchaser will have to connect to the mains supply.

Drainage is to a cesspool jointly serving the Cottage on Lot I.

Notes to Lot 4:

Water: See Notes to Lot I.
Drainage: Lot 4 is sold with the benefit of a right to a continued use of the existing drainage disposal system for a period of 12 months from completion.

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot 4 shall covenant to erect and maintain a good rabbit proof fence along the lines " K "—" L " and " L "—" M ". The said fence shall be erected before the existing fence which runs across Lot 4 is removed.

Little Linford Grange [Old Vicarage]

LOT 5 (Coloured Blue on the Plan)

Little Linford Grange

O.S. No. 27 1.72 acres
O.S. No. 139 .134 acres

Total: 1.306 Acres

With Vacant Possession on Completion

The property is at present occupied by Mr. C. Ray on a service occupancy. Completion of the sale of this Lot will be on 30th September, 1966 on which date vacant possession will be given.

The house, which is built of stone with a tiled roof, is approached by a short drive from the public road. The accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Porch with door to Entrance Lobby.

Entrance Hall (N.) with parquet floor off which are three Reception Rooms, all facing west and measuring about 17 ft. by 19 ft. 3 in. into bay, 17 ft. by 12 ft. and 11 ft. 3 in. by 17 ft. Workshop.

Kitchen with " Rayburn" which heats the domestic hot water supply. Larder. Scullery with sink and electric cooker point.

First Floor:

Approached by a staircase to a Landing off which are five Bedrooms measuring about 14 ft. 3 in. by 13 ft. 3 in., 17 ft. into bay by 12 ft., 17 ft. 3 in. by 14 ft. 3 in., 13 ft. 9 in. by 13 ft. 3 in., and 16 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 3 in.

Bathroom with bath, wash basin and W.C. Separate W.C.

Services: Mains electricity and water are connected to the property. Drainage is to a private disposal system. '

SERVICE COTTAGE

which is unoccupied and adjoins the outbuildings is built of stone with a tiled roof. The accommodation comprises two rooms on the Ground Floor and two rooms on the First Floor.

THE OUTBUILDINGS

are built of stone and slate and comprise:— Two Garages with loft over and a Store Shed.

THE GARDENS

To the front of the house is a terrace garden and to the south is a large area of Kitchen Garden.

LOT 6 (Coloured Green on the Plan)

Cook's Cottage

Pt. O.S. No. 35 .570 acres
Pt. O.S. No. 39 .220 acres

Total: .790 Acres

The Cottage is occupied by Mr. W. Cook who is a pensioner. Mr. Cook does not live in the cottage although he actively looks after the garden. The property is sold subject to a lease for 99 years at a rent of 1/- per annum, in favour of the Vendor and Mr. Cook, determinable on the death of Mr. Cook. The Tenants are relieved of all responsibility to repair or insure.

The property adjoins the public road with vehicular access to the Cattle Yard. The Cottage is approached by a path. It is built of stone and brick with a slate roof and the accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Kitchen with all-night burner; Sitting Room with fireplace.

First Floor: Two Bedrooms.

Services: Mains Electricity, which the Tenant claims to have installed. Although the property is not connected to a water supply, the mains supply runs past the gate on the roadside verge.

OUTBUILDINGS

Outside the Cottage is a lean-to corrugated iron shed. To the rear of the Cottage around a Cattle Yard are a Cattle Hovel built of stone with a corrugated iron roof and a Nine-Bay Open-fronted Cattle Shed.

Notes to Lot 6:

Ditching: See Notes to Lot I.
Fencing: See Notes to Lot I.

LOT 7 (Coloured Green on the Plan)

No. I BRICK COTTAGES

Pt. O.S. No. 40a .204 acres

With Vacant Possession

One of a pair of semi-detached Cottages built of brick with a tiled roof. The Cottage stands back from the public road and the accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Entrance Lobby; Sitting Room with fireplace, Dining Room with brick fireplace, tiled floor and cupboards; Kitchen with electric cooker point, iron range, door to garden and Larder.

First Floor:

Two Bedrooms.

Outside: To the rear of the house is a brick and tile Fuel Store and E.G.

A good area of garden surrounds the house on three sides together with part of the adjoining arable field.

Services: Mains Electricity. The property is at present connected to the Estate Water Supply. The mains water supply runs along the roadside verge within about 30 yards of the property.

Notes to Lot 7:

Water: See Notes to Lot I.
The right to receive water from the Estate Supply is expressly excluded from the sale of this Lot.

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot 7 shall covenant to erect and maintain a good stock-proof fence along the lines " N "—" O " and " O " — " P ", such fence to be erected within six months from the date of completion.

LOT 8 (Coloured Blue on the Plan)

No. 2 BRICK COTTAGES

Pt. O.S. No. 40a .286 acres

With Vacant Possession

Semi-detached with No. I, Brick Cottages (Lot 7). The Cottage, which stands back from the public road, is constructed of brick with a tiled roof and the accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Entrance Lobby; Sitting Room with fireplace; Dining Room with iron range and cupboards; Kitchen with sink and door to garden.

First Floor:

Two Bedrooms.

Notes to Lot 8:

Water: See Notes to Lot I.
The right to receive water from the Estate Supply is expressly excluded from this Lot.

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot 8 shall covenant to erect and maintain a good stock-proof fence along the lines " P "—" Q ", such fence to be erected within six months from the date of completion.

LOT 9

Fishing rights on the River Ouse at Little Linford

The fishing rights offered are those held by the Vendor as Lessee on a Lease from Thomas Roberts (Gravel) Ltd. for a period of 999 years from the 7th day of December, 1963. Copies of the said Lease are available for inspection at the Offices of the Auctioneers and Solicitors.

These fishing rights include about 1,683 yards of double bank fishing and about 733 yards of single bank fishing on the River Ouse together with the various tributaries crossing the leasehold property. Also included in this Lot are the fishing rights over that part of the River Ouse coloured blue.

The River Ouse, for the distance over which these fishing rights extend, is slow flowing and has, for most of its length, a gravel bed. The river contains a variety of coarse fish. No records have been kept and the river has not been fully fished.

Notes to Lot 9:

Right of Access: Lot 9 is sold with the benefit of right of access over part of Lot I for the sole purpose of exercising the fishing rights to be sold.

LOT 10 (Coloured Pink on the Plan)

A Block of

Agricultural Land

About 143 601 Acres

(see detailed Schedule)

The land lies in a compact block to the north of Haversham Village and partly adjoining the Haversham to Little Linford Road. The property includes a farm road which runs across the northern part of the property and down the north-eastern boundary from which a right of access exists to the public road.

The soil is, for the most part, a medium loam and is free draining.

The land is divided into large enclosures which, with the exception of the road and woodlands, is at present all sown to corn crops.

Knapp's Covert is mainly coppice with oak standards and the adjoining woodland strip is mainly semi-mature ash and mixed conifers.

SCHEDULE
Parish of Haversham

No. on Plan	Description	Area
46	Arable	20.617
47	Woodland	6.015
48	Tracks	1.002
49	Arable	13.097
5°	Woodland	2.079
52	Arable	22.316
Pt. 53	Arable	34.423
54	Arable	12.696
59	Arable	25.958
60	Tracks	2.963
Pt. 144	Arable	2.571
	Total	143.601	Acres

Notes to Lot 10:
Fencing: See Notes to Lot 13.

The Grange - Haversham

LOT 11 (Coloured Blue on the Plan)

Haversham Grange

Pt. O.S. No. 152 800 acres
Pt. O.S. No. 153 1.503 acres
Pt. O.S. No. 148 .050 acres

Total: 2.350 Acres

With Vacant Possession

The house which is believed to be mainly Elizabethan, stands back from the Haversham Village street and is built of stone with a tiled roof.

The house is scheduled as being of architectural and Historic interest and is subject to a building Preservation Order.

Vehicular access from the public road is direct to the cattle yard which lies to the north-east of the house and additional pedestrian access is by a gate in the wall separating the garden from the road.

The house has been unoccupied for some while and is in need of repair and modernisation. The accommodation comprises:—

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall with cupboards; Dining Room (N.W.) about 14 ft. 9 in. by 14 ft. 6 in. into bay; Sitting Room (S.W.) about 13 ft. by 13 ft. 9 in. into bay; Drawing Room (N.W. and N.E.) about 21 ft. 6 in. by 14 ft. with fireplace and door to back lobby; Bathroom with bath and basin.

Lobby with back door and stairs. Kitchen with " Rayburn " and sink.

First Floor:

Which is approached by two flights of stairs.

Bedroom 1 (N.E.) about 13 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in.

Bedroom 2 (N.W.) about 13 ft. 6 in. by 10 ft. Separate W.C.

Bedroom 3 (N.W.) about 16 ft. by 13 ft. with door to:—

Bedroom 4 (S.W.) about 13 ft. by 9 ft. 3 in. Bedroom 5 (S.W.) about 16 ft. by 12 ft.

Bedroom 6 (S.W.) about 18 ft. 3 in. by 16 ft. 9 in. with back stairs.

Above are four Attic Rooms.

At the rear of the house are three Store Rooms and a lean-to Workshop.

Services: Mains Electricity. Mains Water. Private Drainage Disposal System.

THE OUTBUILDINGS

To the north-east and south-east of the house are three brick and slate Barns and a Cow Shed which is built of weather boarding on brick footings with concrete manger, feed passage and tubular steel standings for 20 cows.

THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS

To the north-west and south-west of the house is a convenient sized flower garden which is separated from the village street by a low brick wall and from the paddock by a further brick wall. To the northeast of the house and separated from the flower garden by a high brick wall is a former cattle yard which is well suited for conversion to a walled garden as most of the surrounding buildings have been demolished.

To the south-east of the house is an area of paddock which includes a small pond.

Notes to Lot 11:

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot n shall covenant to erect and maintain a good stock-proof fence along the lines " T "—" U " and " V "—" W ", such fence to be erected within six months from the date of completion.

LOT 12 (Coloured Green on the Plan)

A Block of

Agricultural Land

About 59-385 Acres

(see detailed Schedule)

The property is offered on a lease for 999 years from the date of completion at a rent of £1 per annum. Reserved out of the Lease are all sand and gravel rights together with all timber and the fishing rights. For terms of the Lease see Special Conditions.

The land lies in a compact block to the east of Haversham and comprises one arable field in which the soil is mainly free draining medium loam. The remaining fields comprise top quality grazing land, the keep on which has been let on licence for the current grazing season but Vacant Possession will be given on completion.

SCHEDULE
Parish of Haversham

No. on Plan	Description	Area
Pt. 48	Arable	14.625
Pt. 150	River	1.541
151	Pasture	7.547
Pt. 152	Pasture	2.966
Pt. 153	Pasture	.090
Pt. 153	Pasture	.030
Pt. 153	Arable	.290
158	Pasture	10.965
159	Water	1.220
160	Pasture	19.813
161	River	.298
	Total	59.385	Acres

No. 27 and 29 - Haversham

LOT 13 (Coloured Blue on the Plan)

Numbers 27 and 29 HAVERSHAM

O.S. No.145 .200 acres
Pt. O.S. No.144 .130 acres

Total: .330 Acres

A pair of semi-detached Cottages standing back from the Haversham to Little Linford Road. They are built of brick with a slate roof and are well suited to conversion to a single dwelling, subject to planning permission. The Vendor has had plans drawn up for a suitable conversion and these are available to a Purchaser. The Cottages are sited in a very attractive position and the principal rooms face south-west. The accommodation of each comprises:—

Entrance Lobby; Sitting Room with large, walk-in cupboard; Scullery with sink and cooker point. Number 29 has in addition a lean-to outside the back door.

Three Bedrooms.

Services: Mains Electricity. Mains Water.

Outside: An area of garden surrounds the two cottages and separated from the road by a stone retaining wall. Also included is a part of the adjoining arable field which would be suitable for extending the garden and sufficiently far from the Cottages to allow for the installation of a private drainage disposal system.

Notes to Lot 13:

Fencing: The Purchaser of Lot 13 shall covenant to erect and maintain a good stock-proof fence along the lines " X "—" Y " and " Y "—" Z ", such fence to be erected within six months from the date of completion.

LOT 14

Fishing rights on the River Ouse at Haversham

Included in this Lot are the single bank fishing rights over that part of the River Ouse adjoining Lot 12. These rights include some valuable coarse fishing over about 1,100 yards of the river.

Notes to Lot 14:

Lot 14 is sold with the benefit of a right of access from the public road to the River Ouse adjoining Lot 12 and along the bank of the river, for the sole purpose of exercising the fishing rights sold.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

1.(a) The Law Society's Conditions of Sale 1953 shall be deemed to be incorporated herein so far as the same are not varied by nor inconsistent with the following conditions and the expression " Special Conditions " wherever it occurs in the said Conditions of Sale shall mean the conditions hereof.
(b) In Condition 7 of the said Conditions of Sale the rate of interest shall be seven and a half per cent, and not five per cent, as stated therein.

2. A deposit of ten per cent, of the purchase money in respect of any sale hereunder shall be paid upon the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement annexed hereto to Messrs. Knight Frank & Rutley as stakeholders.

3. The Vendor sells as Beneficial Owner.

4. (i) The title to the greater part of the property including the right of patronage referred to in Condition (p) under the bearing " Lot I " below shall begin with a Vesting Deed dated the 7th May, 1928 and made between Reginald Percy Pfeiffer Rowe Harry Graeme Vassall and William John Samuel of the one part and Robert Bruce Knapp of the other part. No Purchaser shall require production of or investigate or make any requisition or in respect of the prior title or the Compound Settlement referred to in the said Vesting Deed (which has now determined) and shall assume as was the fact that
(a) the whole of the property hereby agreed to be sold was comprised in the said Vesting Deed and the Compound Settlement therein referred to.
(b) the said Robert Bruce Knapp was the person in whom the property ought to be vested as tenant for life.
(c) the said Reginald Percy Pfeiffer Rowe Harry Graeme Vassall and William John Samuel were the properly constituted Trustees of the Compound Settlement referred to in the said Vesting Deed.
(ii) The title to Part O.S. No. 28 in the Parish of Little Linford shall begin with a Conveyance on Sale dated the 24th day of December, 1904, and made between John Matthew Knapp (1), Maximilian George Rooper and others (2), and John Studholme Brownrigg (3).
(iii) The title to Part O.S. No. 414, Part 416 and 417 in the parish of Newport Pagnell shall begin with a conveyance on sale dated the i2th day of August, 1937, and made between the Personal Representatives of R. C. Rogers (1) and the said Robert Bruce Knapp (2).
(iv) The title to Part O.S. No. 415 in the parish of Newport Pagnell shall begin with a Voluntary Conveyance dated the 2nd day of June, 1954, and made between the said Robert Bruce Knapp (1) and Eva Bruce Knapp (2).
(v) The title to the said Leasehold property in Lot I comprising 220-788 acres as mentioned above and to Lot 9 shall begin with a Lease dated the 7th December, 1963 and made between Thomas Roberts (Gravel) Ltd. (1) and the Vendor (2).

The Purchasers of Lots I and 9 having been supplied with copies of the said Lease shall be deemed to purchase with full knowledge of the contents thereof and shall not require any evidence of the freehold title.

5. Each of the Lots specified in the Particulars is sold:—
(a) subject to and with the benefit of any tenancy thereof referred to below.
(b) with vacant possession of such parts thereof as are now in hand.
(c) unless otherwise expressly stated subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights of way thereover together with all easements, quasi-easements rights and privileges now or heretofore occupied or enjoyed therewith or which would be implied against the Vendor on severance EXCEPT AND RESERVING unto the Vendor and his successors in title owners and occupiers of the adjoining properties all easements, quasi-easements rights and privileges now or heretofore occupied or enjoyed with the same properties over or in relation to each property hereby agreed to be sold.
(d) subject to all outgoings and assessments of whatsoever nature which may be payable in respect of the particular Lot whether or not specified in the Particulars of Sale.
(e) subject to all notices orders schemes resolutions directions and declarations made by any local planning or other competent authority which may affect any Lot or part thereof whether by virtue of or under the Town and Country Planning Housing or Public Health Acts or otherwise.

The Conveyance to the Purchaser of the whole Estate or any particular Lot shall contain such exceptions reservations stipulations covenants and provisions (whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) as the Vendor may reasonably require to give effect generally to any of the matters referred to in these Conditions or in the Particulars or Stipulations in favour of the Vendor and his successors in title and also so far as may be for the benefit of any adjoining property in the ownership of the Vendor or his successors in title to the intent that any such covenant of a restrictive nature shall run with the particular Lot into whosesoever hands the same may come.

6. The Estate and each Lot is sold subject to such wayleaves and consents as may now be subsisting in favour of any competent authority but with the benefit of any rent proportionately payable in respect thereof PROVIDED ALWAYS that the Vendor shall not be under any obligation whatsoever to apportion such rents as between all or any of the said Lots.

7. The Purchaser of each Lot shall be deemedto have full notice and knowledge of the state ofrepair and condition of the property purchased by him and shall raise no requisition or objection in respect thereof.8. The general remarks and stipulations and special notes (if any) set out in the Particulars of Sale shall be deemed to form part of and be included in these Special Conditions of Sale where applicable.

9. The Vendor shall not be required to furnish any evidence of the identity of the present with any former description of any Lot beyond that which may be afforded by the documents of title themselves nor to reconcile any differing descriptions.

10. It is hereby agreed and declared that if and in so far as any of the provisions herein contained in favour of the Vendor shall be omitted from the Conveyance of the whole Estate or any Lot then such provision shall not merge or be extinguished but shall subsist and have full effect.

11. (a) Completion of any sale hereunder with the exception of Lot 5 shall take place on the 29th day of October, 1965 at the offices of the Vendor's Solicitors Messrs. Surges, Salmon & Co., II Marsh Street, Bristol, I.
(b) Completion of the sale of Lot 5 shall take place on the 3Oth day of September, 1966 at the same offices. In the event of Lot 5 being sold with another Lot or other Lots the Auctioneers shall immediately after the Auction determine in writing the proportion of the purchase price attributable to Lot 5 and such determination shall be binding on the Vendor and Purchaser.
(c) The Purchaser of any Lot shall be at liberty to enter into the agricultural land therein before such completion date for the purpose of carrying out winter cultivation provided that the Vendor shall have completed the harvesting of any crops thereon and that such cultivation shall not interfere with the Vendor's access to other land for the purpose of harvesting crops, upon depositing the balance of purchase money for that Lot in a Bank to be nominated by the Vendor in the joint names of the Vendor's and Purchaser's Solicitors until completion of the purchase when the same together with interest thereon shall be paid to the Vendor.

12. The Purchaser of the whole Estate or each Lot as the case may be shall on completion render to the Vendor a Conveyance in duplicate and the additional document shall be prepared stamped and denoted at the expense of the Purchaser.

13. Counterparts or copies of the tenancy agreements in writing (if any) affecting such parts of the property as are so described may be inspected at any time within the previous week at the offices of the Auctioneers and the Vendor's Solicitors and the Purchaser or Purchasers whether he or they inspect the same or not shall be considered to have full notice of the contents of such documents whether of a usual character or not and of the terms of the tenancies notwithstanding any incomplete or inadequate statement with respect thereto in the Particulars or these Conditions, and of the state of the property as to repairs insurance party walls and other matters. Where the Vendor has no counter part of the agreement for tenancy or where there is no written agreement the Purchaser shall accept such evidence of the terms of the tenancy as theVendor may be able to furnish.

14. The Vendor has carried out certain work on the property by virtue of which he is entitled to receive certain grants from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. The benefit of such grants is expressly reserved in favour of the Vendor together with the right for the Vendor his servants or agents with all necessary machinery to enter on to any of the land hereby agreed to be sold, if necessary after the completion date, to carry out such further work (if any) which may be required by the said Ministry in connection with such grants.

15. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing conditions each Lot specified in the Particulars of Sale is sold subject to and with the benefit of the rights estate interests powers pro visions and stipulations following, that is to say as to the various Lots:—

LOT 1

(a) Subject to and with the benefit of the following tenancies:—
(i) Vacant.
(ii) Mr. Cook of No. 2 Terraced Cottage at a rent of £30 per annum exclusive of rates.
(iii) Mr. Cave of No. 4 Terraced Cottage at the rent of £30 per annum exclusive of rates.
(iv) Mrs. Manning of the north-western Cottage of a pair of semi-detached cottages at the rent of £39 per annum exclusive of rates.
(v) Mrs. R. Brown of the south-western Cottage of the same pair at the rent of £39 per annum exclusive of rates.
(vi) Mr. A. J. Berrill of Part O.S. No. 414, Part 415, Part 416 and 417 in the parish of Newport Pagnell. Mr. Berrill has given notice of bis intention to quit the property on the 6th day of April, 1966. A copy of the notice and of the counterpart tenancy agreement will be available for inspection as provided in Condition 13 above and the Purchaser shall be deemed to purchase with full notice thereof.
(b) With the benefit of a right of drainage into the existing soakaway situate in Lot 2 together with a right of access onto Lot 2 to repair maintain and replace the same and the pipes leading thereto.
(c) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant with the Vendor for the benefit of Lot 4 to continue for a period of twelve months from the date of completion to supply water to Lot 4 subject to the Purchaser of such Lot paying towards the costs of maintaining and repairing the same such contribution as is reasonable having regard to the user thereof.
(d) Except and reserved to the Vendor and his successors in title owner or occupier for the time being of Portfields Farm or any part thereof the following rights:—(i) to pass and repass with or without vehicles over and along that part of Lot I between point " A " on the plan and the nearest convenient point on the public highway to the north-west thereof for all purposes in connection with the extraction of minerals from such land the exact line of such right of way. In default of agreement to be decided by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1950 or any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof.
(ii) to erect and maintain a bridge or bridges along the line of the said right of way.
(iii) to construct a hardroad along the line of the said right of way.
(iv) to erect fences on both sides of the said right of way subject to the provisions of reasonable access points to enable the Purchaser to cross the said right of way for agricultural purposes only.
(e) There is excluded from Lot i the fishing rights in the River Ouse and all fishing rights granted by the said Lease dated the yth day of December, 1963. There shall be excepted and reserved to the Vendor for the benefit of the Purchaser of Lot 9 a right to pass and repass for the purpose of fishing only over and along the river banks and the banks of any lake or pond which may be formed within the boundaries of the land demised by the said Lease and to erect and maintain a footbridge or footbridges where necessary and full right to gain access thereto to exercise such fishing rights.
(f) Subject to the right of the Purchaser of Lot 2 to enter on the property to lay maintain and replace a water pipe for the supply of water to Lot 2 from the nearest convenient point of the main water supply.
(g) Subject to the right of the Purchaser of Lot 2 to enter on the property to lay maintain and replace electricity cables for the supply of electricity to Lot 2 from the nearest convenient point of the electricity supply.
(h) With the benefit of the covenants to fence by the Purchasers of Lots 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 as hereinafter contained.
(i) Subject to the right of the Purchaser of Lot 3 to enter on the property to lay maintain and replace a water pipe for the supply of water to Lot 3 from the nearest convenient point of the main water supply.
(j) Subject to the right of the Purchaser of Lot 4 to use the existing drainage disposal system for a period of twelve months from the date of completion.
(K) With the benefit of the rights to use for six months from the date of completion the reservoir and pipes at present situate in Lot 7 and to enter Lot 7 for the purpose of maintaining such reservoir and pipes. The Purchaser shall covenant to remove the same at or before the expiration of the said period, making good all damage caused by such removal.
(l) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and thereafter maintain a good stock-proof fence along the lines " B " and " C " and " C " and " D " on the Sale Plan.
(m) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him within twelve months from completion to re-route the existing ditch crossing Lot 6 to a new line sufficiently far away from the buildings thereon to enable reasonable extensions to be carried out thereto the new line to be agreed between the Purchaser and the owner and occupiers for the time being of Lot 6 or in default of agreement to be determined in writing by the Auctioneers at the request of either Party and to fill in the existing ditch. Lot I is sold with the benefit of a right of drainage through the said ditch as existing and as re-routed.
(n) There is included in the sale of Lot I the Manor or Lordship or reputed Manor or Lordship of Little Linford in the County of Buckingham.
(o) The Vendor as estate owner of the Little Linford Estate is also the estate owner of the advowson and perpetual right of presentation of and to the Parish Church of the Parish of Little Linford which right of patronage is appendant to the Little Linford Estate. The Living is vacant at the present time and the Incumbent of Haver-sham is licenced as Priest in Charge at Little Linford. The Vendor has enjoyed an informal arrangement with the Patrons of Haversham whereby he has on every third vacancy at Haver-sham appointed an Incumbent. For three months from the date of this agreement the Vendor will not transfer or agree to transfer the said right of patronage to any person other than the Purchaser of Lot i. If during the said period of three months the Purchaser shall make an offer to purchase the said right of patronage at the price of £i the Vendor will at his own cost notify the Bishop of his desire to transfer such right to the Purchaser and use his best endeavours to fulfil the requirements of the Benefices (Transfer of Rights of Patronage) Measure 1930 and to transfer the said right to the Purchaser. In case the Purchaser shall not offer to purchase the said right of patronage or the Bishop or the Parochial Church Council shall object to die transfer of such right to the Purchaser then the sale of the right of patronage shall not take effect but this shall not annul or avoid or in any way prejudice the sale of the remainder of Lot i.
(p) The site of the Parish Church of St. Leonard at Little Linford aforesaid together with the land enjoyed therewith is expressly excluded from the sale.
(q) The Vendor has enclosed a part of the garden formerly enjoyed with the cottage tenanted by Mrs. Manning who is in hospital and the property is sold subject to such rights (if any) as she may have.
(r) No rights of way whatever are included over the bridge or under the underpasses crossing the M.I Motorway.

LOT 2

(a) With the benefit of a right to pass and repass with or without vehicles along the roadway running along the south-eastern boundary of O.S. No. 35 subject to such public or private rights of way as are exercised at present for obtaining access to and egress from St. Leonard's Church.

(b) With the benefit of the right to enter on Lot i to lay maintain and replace a water pipe for the supply of water to the property from the nearest convenient point of the main water supply.
(c) With the benefit of the right to enter Lot I to lay maintain and replace electricity cables for the supply of electricity to the property from the nearest convenient point of the electricity supply.
(d) Subject to the right of the Purchaser of Lots I and 4 to use the existing drain pipes and soakaway situate in the property and to the right of access of such Purchaser to enter to repair maintain and replace the same.
(e) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a stock-proof fence along the line between the points " E " and " F " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 3

(a) The right to the supply of water from the estate supply is expressly excluded from the sale.
(b) With the benefit of the right to enter Lot I to lay maintain and replace a water pipe for the supply of water to the property from the nearest convenient point of the main water supply as specified in the Particulars.
(c) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a rabbit and stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " G " and " H " and " H " and " J " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 4

(a) With the benefit of the covenant by the Purchaser of Lot r relating to the supply of water to the property for twelve months from the date of completion as hereinbefore mentioned subject to the Purchaser paying towards the maintenance and repair of the same such contribution as is reasonable having regard to the user thereof.
(b) With the benefit of a right of drainage together with the Purchaser of Lot I into the existing soakaway on Lot 2 for the period of twelve months only from the date of completion.
(c) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a rabbit and stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " K " and " L " and " L " and " M ".

LOT 6

(a)The Purchaser will on completion grant to Mr. W. Cook and the Vendor a lease for 99 years terminable on the death of Mr. Cook. The rent will be 1/-d. per annum and neither the tenants nor the Purchaser shall be under any liability to repair or insure the property. The lease will be in the form of a draft which will be available for inspection before the sale at the offices of the Auctioneers and the Vendor's Solicitors and the Purchaser shall be deemed to purchase with full notice thereof.
(b) With the benefit of the covenants by the Purchaser of Lot I to erect and maintain a stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " B " and " C " and " C " and " D " on the Sale Plan and to re-route the ditch crossing the property as hereinbefore mentioned.

LOT 7

(a) Subject to the right of the Purchaser of Lot I to use for six months from the date of completion the reservoir and water pipe at present situate on the property and to the rights of entry as hereinbefore mentioned but with the benefit of the covenant by the Purchaser of Lot I to remove the same at or before the expiration of the said period and to make good all damage caused by such removal.

(b) The right to the supply of water from the estate supply is expressly excluded from the sale.

(c) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " N " and " O " and " O " and " P " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 8

(a) The right to the supply of water from the estate supply is expressly excluded from the sale.

(b) The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a stock-proof fence along the line between the points " P " and " Q " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 9

Together with the following rights:—(i) to pass and repass for the purpose of fishing only over and along the river banks in Lot i and the banks of any lake or pond which may be formed within the boundaries of the land demised by the said Lease of the 7th day of December, 1963; (ii) to erect and maintain a footbridge or bridges where necessary and full right of access thereto to exercise such fishing rights; (iii) to trim trees and bushes along the said banks and cut reeds and other water plants that may be detrimental or an obstruction to the fishing. Provided that in carrying out such activities the purchaser shall not cause erosion to the said banks or alter the level of the river.

Subject nevertheless to the terms of the said lease.

LOTS 10 TO 14 INCLUSIVE

The property comprised in these Lots is sold subject to a yearly rentcharge of £195 charged on such property together with other land in the Parish of Haversham and created by a Private Act of Parliament passed in the year 1764 (4 George III Ch. LX) but with the benefit of a covenant by way of indemnity contained in a Deed dated the 19th day of November, 1874 and with the benefit of an annuity or yearly rentcharge of £200 by way of indemnity if and so far as they are still subsisting. The Vendor has not been called upon to pay the said rentcharge of £195 and has not received the said annuity or rentcharge of £200 and it is believed that the same have been extinguished but the property is sold subject to and with the benefit of

any rights there may be. The Purchaser shall not be entitled to raise any requisition enquiry or objection in respect thereof nor require the Vendor to supply any further information than that which is contained in the documents of title.

LOT 10

(a) Subject to the rights of the owners or occupiers of Pt. O.S. No. 53 and of the land on the eastern side of this Lot to pass and repass with or without vehicles over and along the roadway forming O.S. No. 60 and to such other public rights which may be exerciseable over the said roadway.

(b) With the benefit of the covenant by the Purchaser of Lot 13 to erect and maintain a stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " X " and " Y " and " Y " and " Z " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 11

The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " T " and " U " and " V " and " W" in Sale Plan.

LOT 12

(a) On completion the Vendor will grant to the Purchaser a lease of the property for 999 years at,a rent of £i per annum. The Lease will reserve to the Vendor all timber and minerals together with all necessary rights to work and remove the same and to enter the property from any point along the public highway leading from Haversham to Little Linford for the purpose of such working and removal. The Lease will also reserve to the Vendor the fishing rights in respect of the said property and a right to pass and repass for the purpose of fishing only over and along the river banks and the banks of any lake or pond which may be formed within the boundaries of the land demised by the said Lease and to erect and maintain a footbridge or footbridges where necessary and full right to gain access thereto to exercise such fishing rights. The Lease will be in the form of a draft which will be available for inspection before the sale at the offices of the Auctioneers and the Vendor's Solicitors and the Purchaser shall be deemed to purchase with full notice thereof.
(b) With the benefit of the covenant by the Purchaser of Lot 11 to erect and maintain a stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " T " and " U " and " V " and " W " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 13

The Conveyance to the Purchaser shall contain a covenant by him to erect within six months from the date of completion and for ever thereafter maintain a stock-proof fence along the lines between the points " X " and " Y " and " Y " and " Z " on the Sale Plan.

LOT 14

Together with the following rights:—(i) full right and liberty to pass and repass for the purpose of fishing only over and along the river banks and the banks of any lake or pond which may be formed within the boundaries of the land in Lot 12 and to be demised by a Lease as hereinbefore mentioned; (ii) to erect and maintain a footbridge or bridges where necessary and full right of access thereto to exercise such fishing rights; (iii) to trim trees and bushes along the said banks and cut reeds and other water plants that may be detrimental or an obstruction to the fishing. Provided that in carrying out such activities the purchaser shall not cause erosion to the said banks or alter the level of the river.

Subject nevertheless to the terms of the said lease.