Auction of the North Stoneham Estate, 15 May 1953
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The auction of the North Stoneham Estate took place on 15 May 1953 at the Polygon Hotel in Southampton[1]. The sale comprised the residual 1357 acres of freehold lands at North Stoneham and Chilworth, including North Stoneham Park, in 38 lots.
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The lots[2]
Lot | Description in auction catalogue | Place | Acreage | Sale price |
1 | Channels Farm with House, Buildings and 5 Cottages | Channels Farm and five of the Stoneham Estate Cottages Nos. 39-44 | 93.792 | £4,000 |
2 | Park Farm with House, Buildings and 2 Cottages | North Stoneham Park Farm | 108.259 | £3,400 |
3 | Part of North Stoneham Park and Cottage | The Lawn and Temple Lodge at North Stoneham Park | 86.690 | No sale |
4 | Woodland, Lakes and The White Cottage, principally with vacant possession | Site of North Stoneham House and the White Cottage | 44.248 | £1,000 |
5 | Doncaster Farm with Buildings and 3 Cottages | Doncaster Farm | 23.226 | £1,000 |
6 | Fifteen Acres Pasture Land | A field at Avenue Park, North Stoneham Park | 15.282 | £650 |
7 | Seven Acres Pasture Land | A field at Avenue Park, North Stoneham Park | 7.464 | £500 |
8 | Common Barn Farm with Bungalow and Buildings | Common Barn Farm | 67.853 | £1,900 |
9 | Woodland site with main road frontage, with vacant possession | Timber plantation at northwest corner of North Stoneham Park | 2.145 | £170 |
10 | Three Acres of Land | Field north of Common Barn Farm fronting Chestnut Avenue | 3.000 | |
11 | Six Cottages at North Stoneham | Stoneham Estate Cottages Nos. 26-31 | 1.140 | £300 |
12 | Agricultural Holding with Farmhouse and Cottage | Doncaster Farm house and Cottage | 22.351 | £900 |
13 | Block of Arable Land with vacant possession 29th September, 1953 | Part of Doncaster Farm | 81.847 | £4,000 |
14 | Cottage | One of Stoneham Estate Cottages Nos. 35-36 | 0.070 | £120 |
15 | No. 5 Magpie Lane | 5, Magpie Lane | 0.175 | £450 |
16 | Nos. 188 and 192 Chestnut Avenue, with vacant possession 29th September, 1953 | Durmans farmhouse | 0.545 | No sale |
17 | Arable Field and Allotments | Part of Durmans | 19.726 | £1,600 |
18 | Allotments | Strip between Wide Lane and the railway line, at North Stoneham Farm | 2.433 | No sale |
19 | Water Meadows and Decoy Covert, with vacant possession of 179 acres 29th September, 1953 | Water meadows at North Stoneham Farm and Swaythling Farm | 275.677 | £4,800 |
20 | Fishing Rights in the River Itchen, with vacant possession | Itchen Fishery | £2,000 | |
21 | Swaythling Farm with House, Buildings and Cottages | Swaythling Farm | 4.112 | £1,600 |
22 | Woodland site in hand | Fronting Bassett Green Road at the junction with Wide Lane and Mansbridge Road | 0.120 | |
23 | Building site, and woodland strip, part with vacant possession | A strip with a building plot, fronting the south side of Bassett Green Road | 1.036 | No sale |
24 | Nos. 86 and 87 Bassett Green | Stoneham Estate Cottages Nos. 86-87 | 0.430 | £190 |
25 | No. 92 Bassett Green | Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 92 | 0.880 | £100 |
26 | Land zoned for Industrial Development | Fields near Woodside, north of the Eastleigh-Salisbury Railway | 10.325 | £650 |
27 | Rights of pasturage | Pasturage in Boyatt Meadow | (9) | £130 |
28 | Ditto | Pasturage in Boyatt Meadow | (8) | No sale |
29 | Manor Farm, Chilworth, with House, 6 Cottages and Buildings | Chilworth Farm, with cottages nos. 5, 10, 11-12, 14, and Walnut Cottage | 292.942 | £7,250 |
30 | The Kennels, Chilworth, 2 Cottages and Buildings, with vacant possession 29th September, 1953 | The Kennels | 58.538 | |
31 | Wrens Cottage | Wrens Cottage | 0.835 | £300 |
32 | Roundabouts Wood with valuable oak timber, partly with vacant possession | Roundabouts Wood | 14.850 | £140 |
33 | Wrens Copse, with valuable oak timber and with vacant possession | Wrens Copse | 16.647 | £420 |
34 | Misslebrooks Copse, with valuable oak timber and with vacant possession | Misslebrooks Copse | 13.943 | £240 |
35 | Pasture holding with Buildings | Fields at the junction of Castle Lane and Green Lane | 7.044 | £410 |
36 | Accommodation Land | Land adjoining Chilworth Tower | 12.684 | £250 |
37 | Garden Land | Near Chilworth War Memorial | 0.281 | £20 |
38 | Kiln Farm, Packeridge, with 2 Cottages and Buildings | Toothill Farm with Yew Tree Cottage | 66.940 | No sale |
Total | 1357.510 |