BADSEY
Two and a quarter miles from Evesham Station, Littleton and Badsey GWR
Sale of
FREEHOLD VILLA RESIDENCE, COTTAGES AND BUILDING LAND,
By Order of the Mortgagees
Frank Waldron
Has received instructions to sell by auction, at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Badsey, on THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH 1910, at Four for Five o’clock in the evening, subject to conditions to be then read:
- Lot 1 – The valuable and attractive FREEHOLD VILLA RESIDENCE, known as “THE ORCHARDS”. The house is of quite recent erection and is conveniently situate on the Bretforton Road, with garden at front and rear. It contains on upper floor, 4 good bedrooms; on ground floor, 2 sitting rooms (one with bay window), kitchen, scullery, larder, coals and WC. Vacant possession of this lot will be given on completion of purchase.
- Lot 2 – The Freehold semi-detached COTTAGE, situate in Chapel Street, containing on upper floor, three bedrooms; on ground floor, entrance passage, sitting room (with bay), kitchen, scullery, larder, coals and WC. The Broadway Water is laid on. Let to Mr A Davies at £1 7s 5d per month, or £16 9s per annum, landlord paying rates and taxes.
- Lot 3 – Another Freehold semi-detached COTTAGE, adjoining Lot 2, and containing practically the same accommodation as the previous lot. Let to Mr Cull, baker, at £1 7s 5d per month, or £16 9s per annum, landlord paying rates and taxes.
- Lot 4 – All that valuable BUILDING SITE adjoining Lot 1, and situate on the Bretforton Road, comprising 4,950 square yards or thereabouts, and having a frontage of 173 feet on the Bretforton Road.
The properties may be viewed by permission of the tenants.
Particulars, plan and conditions of sale may be obtained from Frank Waldron, Auctioneer and Surveyor, “Journal” Buildings, 1 Market Place, Evesham; or Messrs C H Jessop & Son, Cheltenham; or from Messrs Hooper & Taylor, Solicitors, Dudley.
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Two days after the sale, the following report appeared in The Evesham Standard of Saturday 10th September 1910:
BADSEY, PROPERTY OFFERED FOR SALE
Mr Frank Waldron of Messrs Dicks & Waldron, Evesham, conducted a property sale at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Badsey, on Thursday evening. There were about 40 present. Lot 1 was a freehold villa residence, known as “The Orchards”, situated on the Bretforton Road, Badsey. The house is of recent erection, and contains four good bedrooms, two sitting with bay windows, kitchen, scullery, garden etc. The property was withdrawn at £310.
Lot 2 was a freehold semi-detached cottage, situate in Chapel Street, Badsey, and let at £16 9s per annum, the landlord paying rates and taxes. This was withdrawn at £365.
Lot 3 was a valuable building site adjoining Lot 1, comprising 4,950 square yards, having a frontage to the Bretforton Road of 173 feet. This was also withdrawn at 1s 2d per square yard. Under the present unsettling conditions, property investors are evidently not attracted.