Church Cottages

Two cottages, known today as Vine Cottage and Rose Cottage, Nos 8 & 10 Chapel Street, Badsey, date back to the 19th century and, for a 16-year period during the latter part of the 20th century, belonged to St James' Church, Badsey.

Vine Cottage was bought by Miss Ethel Sladden in 1932 and let out to tenants. When Ethel Sladden died in 1961, she left Vine Cottage as a legacy to the church. Her sister, Juliet Sladden, then bought the adjoining Rose Cottage in 1961 for the benefit of the church. These cottages were both formally handed over to the church in 1965. In 1982 the Parochial Church Council sold both cottages to private owners.

There is a box full of documents relating to the cottages which will slowly be catalogued.

1875 Oct 26, copy probate of the will of Robert Knight deceased

1895 Sep 30, copy indenture between Joseph Knight and Harriet Emms

1921 Apr, payment by J Sladden, Esq, to Byrch, Cox & Sons, solicitors

1931 Jun 23, copy assent made by William Ernest Emms

1932 May 12, copy conveyance between F E Amos & Margaret McDonald and Ethel Sladden

1932, Byrch, Cox & Sons, Solicitors, invoice to Ethel Sladden for professional charges

1932, copy abstract of title of F E Amos & M A McDonald (personal representatives of Mrs Emma Wilson deceased)

1954 Mar 8, copy assent of the personal representatives of Mr W E Emms deceased to Mrs E A Emms

1954, extract of the will of William Ernest Emms deceased

1961 Nov 10, copy conveyance between Edith Hannah Webb and Juliet Elizabeth Sladden

1962 Jan 29, copy of probate of the will of Ethel Narcisse Sladden

1965 Feb 10, trust deed, E N Sladden dcd reps & J E Sladden and Badsey PCC to Worcs Diocesan Board of Finance

1966 Sep 30, newspaper article mentioning poor state of one of the cottages

1969 Nov 13, outline application to build a church hall on the site of Vine & Rose Cottages

1969 Nov 13, plan accompanying application to build a church hall on the site of Vine & Rose Cottages

1970 Feb 16, Evesham Rural District Council planning approval for site for church hall

1970 Feb 17, additional report of the Secretary of the PCC concerning the possible erection of a church hall

1970 Apr 7, suggestions from the Finance & General Purposes Committee of the PCC concerning Vine Cottage

1972 Jan, statement concerning Rose Cottage and Vine Cottage

1972 Feb, memorandum on Vine and Rose Cottages

1981, establishment of a management committee for the church cottages

1982, estate agent sale notice for Rose Cottage

1982, estate agent sale notice for Vine Cottage

1983 Mar 31, accounts for the church cottages and comparison with previous years

1983, summary of the accounts for the church cottages

1988, newspaper sale notice for Rose Cottage after major improvements