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Illustrated Particulars and Plans relating to the Sale of the Outlying Portions of the Hewell Estate:
Publisher: Messrs. Walter Ludlow & Briscoe, Birmingham;
Date of Publication: 1919
Stock Code: 9682
Softcover folio, pp. 78. With fourteen tipped-in and captioned black and white photographs, each approximately 16 cm x 12 cm. Three large folded colour plans in pocket to rear, with each lot marked, approximate sizes 56 cm x 40 cm; 105 x 76 cm; 105 x 76 cm. Bound in grey thin card wrappers with black cloth strip down spine. Contents bright and crisp. Lots annotated with final hammer prices in a contemporary hand in pencil. An attractive and detailed sale catalogue for an auction sale of outlying portions of the Earl of Plymouth’s (1857-1953) Hewell Estate in Worcestershire, held on 25th and 26th September 1919. With comprehensive descriptions of each of the 119 lots in the 2,000 acre estate. Well illustrated with a collection of tipped-in photographs of buildings, land, and interiors including Cofton Hall, High House Farm, Rectory Cottage, Cooper’s Hill Farm, Bittell Farm, Upper Bittell Reservoir and Kendal End Farm. With two loose sheets of manuscript solicitor’s correspondence and statement of completion relating to Thomas Merry, the buyer of lots 24-27, as well the three large graphic plans showing the lots in colour. A fascinating record of the post-war break-up of a large country estate.


£175.00