SELE FARM - Lot 8

LOT 8

(Coloured pink on Plan 2)

SELE FARM

 79 Acres   2 Roods1    9 Perches2

A small arable farm situated near Hertford and let to Mr. J. Hawkins at £89 per annum.

THE FARMHOUSE

Approached by a separate drive and standing well away from the farm buildings, “the house is particularly attractive.   It is well built of brick with tiled roof.  “Accommodation afforded as follows:

On the Ground Floor  :

Dining room, Drawing Room, and Office, all with fireplaces, Kitchen, Scullery with sink, Larder.  W.C.

On the First Floor  :

Five Bedrooms with fireplaces (four with built-in cupboards), Bathroom with W.C. and lavatory basins.

Outside  :

W.C.      Flower and Vegetable gardens.

Services  :

Mains water.    Mains electricity.    Cesspool drainage.

Telephone is at present connected.

THE FARM BUILDINGS

The buildings, mostly timber built, comprise: Brick and corrugated asbestos Cowshed with feeding passages and 12 standings, Sterilisation Room, Dairy, Grain Store, two Implement Sheds, Tractor House, ten Loose Boxes, Cattle Shed, Calf House, etc. Mains water and main electricity are connected to some of the buildings.

THE COTTAGE

The detached brick and slate cottage is near the farm buildings, and contains Living Room, Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms, Washhouse and E.C. Mains water and electricity are connected.

THE LAND

The land which is light to medium loam, lies in level enclosures to north and south of the Hertford-Welwyn Road.

TENANCY – The farm is let to Mr. J. Hawkins at an annual rate of £89 on a verbal yearly agreement.

TENANTS FIXTURES, Etc. (Not included in sale):

The “Aga” cooker and the “Agamatic” boiler both in kitchen.

OUTGOINGS AND WAYLEAVE RENTALS                                 £     s     d

Rateable Value (house and cottage)           …         …            16    0     0

Tithe Redemtion Annuity (informal apportionment)           16   14   5

Land Tax         …      …       …         …    …     …         …                       Nil

N.A.V. Income Tax Scedle A (provisional apportionment)    55    5   0

Approximate Wayleave rentals receivable (see schedule)          18   0


Schedule of Lands 

Parish     O.S. No.  DescriptionArea3
St. Andrew356Roadway.303
UrbanPart 363Pasture1.423
364Roadway.468
St. Andrew37Arable5.029
Rural38Pasture7.122
41Arable7.666
42Arable22.515
Part 45Arable23,163
50Farm Buildings and Cottage.717
51House and Garden2.004
Part 52Pasture,547

Notes:

  1. A rood is one quarter of an acre.
  2. A perch as a measure of area means a square perch which is 1/160th acre.  Thus 79 acres, 2 roods & 9 perches is 79.55 acres or 32.19 hectares.
  3.  Presumably in acres.
This page was added on 08/08/2018.

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