Parish
Assessment Number
965
National Archives Field Book Reference
IR58/93299
Date Inspected
9 Jan 1915
Present-day Address or Approximate Location
Wickhamford Manor, Manor Road
Property description
Description
House
Estimated Extent
1a 3r 0p
Interest of Owner
Freehold
Situation
Wickhamford Manor
Particulars
Very old Manor House nicely restored, part stone, part timber and stone and tiled roof with nicely laid out grounds: flower beds, lawns, rose garden, flagged walks, old stone dovecote etc. Front door faces west with small porch and leads to entrance hall with doors off to playroom on north side, a damp room, board floor, 1 window to west and also passage and door to underground cellar; this part is heated by flues, the rest of the ground floor by stoves as there are no cellars under. From entrance hall opens the drawing-room facing east and also the best stairs lighted from west and the lounge hall facing east with doors to dining-room facing east and another door to the smoke-room, which again opens on to the rose garden. Door from lounge hall also opens to passage to the back door and kitchens. From back passage is door to flower room with washup sink etc (the old kitchen window faces onto the front door). Opposite side, housemaids' pantry facing south and back stairs. Swing door cuts off passage from kitchen facing north, with back door on opposite side of passage and under old hop kiln, larder, servants' hall.
Occupier, owner and rent details
Occupier's name
George Compton LEES-MILNEOwner's Name
George Compton LEES-MILNEAddress of Owner (as in Valuation Book or Provisional Valuation)
The Manor, Wickhamford
Rent Amount
£50
Date of former sales (prior to Lady Day 1909) and cost
August 1906 - £2500 (includes 966)
Valuation details
| Gross Value (amount which the land might be expected to make on the open market, free of any encumbrances) | £3185 |
|---|---|
| Full Site Value (amount which remained after deducting the value of the buildings, etc, from the gross value of the land) | £335 |
| Total Value (gross value, with deductions made for any fixed charges, rights of way and rights of common) | £3175 |
| Assessable Site Value | £325 |
| Deductions for buildings and structures (when working out the full site value) | £2780 |
| Deductions for timber (when working out the full site value) | £10 |
| Deductions for fruit trees (when working out the full site value) | £60 |
| Deductions made for fixed charges, etc (when working out the Total Value) | £2850 |
| Deductions made for things such as easements, tithes, public rights of way when arriving at market value | £10 (public right of way - footpath) |
Provisional valuation and sale details
Provisional Valuation Date Confirmed
Not served 22/3/1915
Additional information
Land Valuation Survey Maps
Views maps (E&F)
Photos of the property
2015 photo
Links
- See who lived here at the time of the 1841 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1851 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1861 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1871 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1881 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1891 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1901 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1911 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1921 census (1)
- See who lived here at the time of the 1939 Register (1)
- Details of this house appear in an 1869 auction catalogue