The History of Great Ballard House by Ian Broadway
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My special thanks to Sue Hewlett-Smith, Great Grandaughter of Genevieve Ubsdell, for
giving me access to the Ubsdell family archives and allowing me to use both
photographic and other records. Thanks also for reading my manuscript and making
suggestions and alterations where necessary.
My thanks to Ragna Switzer a family descendant resident in the U.S.A. who kindly read
the parts of my manuscript referring to America and verified those relating to the
Ubsdell family.
Thanks also to Nick Saunders for sharing the results of his researches at the National
Archives Kew regarding Great Ballard during the war years.
Copyright: lan Broadway 2018
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GREAT BALLARD
Along with the name of Little Ballard, Great Ballard appears on the 1841 Tithe map schedule. The
land was owned by St Mary College Winchester and held under lease by Reverend Thomas Beckley. It9s origin before than is shrouded in the mists of time.
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787 Reverend Thomas Himself Great Ballard Arable 14 Acres. of St Mary College Beckley. 8Annual rent _= Winchester 4 = Leasehold under saya 791 Reverend Thomas Himselt 8Coney Gear'and | Arable Facies: the wardens, the Rev Backloy. Pond Close 8Annual ront fellows and clerks John Smith Leasehold under payable to 4 of St Mary College _ £1, Eighteen aces the wardens, the Rev |
REVEREND THOMAS BECKLEY (1790 4 1872)
He was a Fellow of New College Oxford and was Ordained as a Priest in 1814. Elected Mayor of Lymington for the years 1817,1822 and 1833, he was also elected Mayor of Christchurch for the years 1820 and 1825. He lived in Lymington until 1839 when he sold his household effects. In 1862 his Livestock and Implements of Ossemsley Farm near Christchurch were sold.
THE KENNARDS
Winchester College owned the Fernhill Estate and put it up for auction in 1874. H.H. Kennard purchased it. He lived at Fernhill Manor with his family and split it up by selling plots and larger parcels of land.
The history of Great Ballard Estate is inextricably linked to the great American Inventor and
Engineer, Captain James Buchanan Eads. It was carved out of the original Fernhill Estate and the 8Arts & Crafts9 Country House was newly designed and built for the wealthy couple John Arnold Ubsdell the second
and his wife Genevieve (Jenny) Ann (nee Eads).
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John Arnold Ubsdell (1%)
Jane Ubsdell (Hockwell) 1804-1865 1799-1864
Genevieve Ann Ubsdell (Eads) John Arnold Ubsdell (2%°) Adelheide Eads Eunice Sarah Eads (Hagerman)
John Arnold Ubsdell (2) (1841-1909) was born in New York America to John Arnold Ubsdell (1%) (1804-1865) and his wife Jane. John Arnold (1S) was born in the City of Winchester, Hampshire in England. His ancestors were of strong Hampshire stock and he became a naturalised American Citizen in 1861. He was a merchant and founded the New York and St Louis based dry goods partnership of Ubsdell, Pierson & Co. The firm passed to his son John Arnold Ubsdell (2"*) upon his death and became Barr, Duncan & Co in 1867. The St Louis department store is called 8Famous Barr9 today. John Arnold (1s) married Jane Hockwell at St George Hanover Square in July 1837. She was born in England and became a naturalised American in 1863. She died in New York in 1864 and her husband returned to England where he died at 2 High Street, Southampton in 1865. Both are commemorated on the family memorial at Southampton Old Cemetery.
John Arnold Ubsdell (2") was born in New York in November 1841. He lived his life mainly in America where he was the senior partner in the family firm of Ubsdell, Pierson & Co. He had business interests in St Louis and New York, was closely involved in his father-in-law9s ventures and managed part of the Mississippi Jetties and Port Eads for him.
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He married Genevieve Ann Eads at St Thomas Church New York on 17" January 1865. She was an American lady by birth and has been described as <bei
very much on the wing= by him. In 1885, although his main address was Port Eads Louisiana, he was listed once in Kelly's Hampshire Directory at a property named 8Clifton Villa9 in Millbrook Southampton. He is recorded there in the 1881 Census and incorrectly named as 8John Ormond Ubsdell9 on the Electoral Registers from 1888 to 1901. This house remained in the family history from at least 1881 until 1905. Prior to the Ubsdell occupation the property had been a school for young ladies run by a Miss Jones from 1848 until 1877.
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The Ubsdells educated all three of their sons in England. John Arnold Ubsdell (3') was born in New
York on 3 November 1866. In the 1881 British Census he is shown as a Boarder at Eton College. On 6th
September he was admitted to the U.S. Military and Naval Academy Annapolis as a Cadet. After service his career was as a shipbuilder, naval architect and shipbuilding engineer. He died in Mayne on 15'" May 1933
James Eads Ubsdell, their second son was born in Southampton England in 1868. He attended Dr.
Pound9s Academy for Young Gentlemen at Appuldurcombe House, Godshill on the Isle of Wight, followed by Eton College where he became a member of the Officer Training Corps on 5'" February 1887 and then an Officer Cadet at Sandhurst Military College. He was promoted Captain in 1896 and served in India in the
British Somerset Light Infantry. He contracted fever and died at Chitral, where he is buried, on 13'" October 1896.
Their third son Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell was born in New York on 31% December 1872. The name Thurlow harks back to Edward Thurlow Jeweller of Ryde Isle of Wight, a beneficiary in the Will of
James Arnold Ubsdell (1%). Educated at Rugby, then Jesus College Cambridge Thurlow was called to the
Bar in 1897 and served on the Western Circuit. In 1900 he was recommended by the Vice Chancellor for a
Commission in the Royal Artillery. He served in the South African War (1898-1902) and the Great War (1914-1919). On 28" July 1920 he was promoted to the Rank of Lt-Col. Awarded the D.S.O. and Legion of Honour he was mentioned five times in despatches. Thurlow married Helen Hope on 29" April 1909. By 1921 they had moved into Great Ballard Lodge and played a very significant part in the future of Great Ballard Estate until his death on 31st May 1955.
John Arnold (2") with his sons in Southampton
John Arnold Ubsdell (2"4) made his last recorded journey to New York on 29'" November 1907. He died at Great Ballard on 23" April 1909 and was interred in Southampton Old Cemetery on 27" April. He had purchased the plot and erected the monument on the death of his father in 1865.
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Genevieve (Jenny) Ann Eads was born in St Louis, Missouri on 23" May 1840. Her birth parents ke Elijah Clark Eads and Eunice Sarah (nee Hagerman). She was the eldest of three sisters. Her father lijah died in 1848 when she was just eight years old and in 1853 she was described as 8sprightly9. Her aa eee on 2% May 1854, this time to Eljah9s Cousin James Buchanan Eads. The wedding was in free a i Church at St Louis. James adopted Genevieve and her two siblings as part of his family. He had
that Jap ers and one of them was named Genevieve. Both sisters died of consumption. it seems probable
9 is cousin9s daughter born in 1840 was named after her. In her American passport application on 2gt
une 1864 Genevieve Ubsdell is described as having bluish grey eyes, brown hair, high forehead, a small
john, she was a strong and formidable lady and was certainly the driving force behind the formation of the
oe and ruddy complexion. Although she may have been 8kept very much on the wing9 by her husband
Great Ballard Estate.
Genevieve Ubsdell
James Buchanan Eads Portrait in New York
Genevieve9s stepfather 1820-1887
kindly employer Barrett Williams, he designed and built a 8Bell-Boat9 fleet to Salvage wrecks in the ract to build and provide the first seven ironclad gunboats on the Mississippi. These were used to very great effect in the war by the Union.
Photo # NH 95102 Drawings of USS Chickasaw& USS Nausett. from "Engineering", 1866
rar LENS James Eads Bridge at St Louis
In 1857 James purchased 1607 Compton Avenue in St Louis. He renamed it Compton Hill. At the age of seventeen Genevieve moved there with her mother and sisters. This was to be her home until she married John Ubsdell in 1865.
After her wedding Genevieve spent an increasing amount of time in England. She was resident in
Southampton in 1879 and was described by the Hampshire Advertiser as <one of the well-known ladies of
Southampton=. By 1881, as we have seen above, she lived at 8Clifton Villa9 sometimes referred to as 8Clifton
Lodge or House9, in Regents Park, Millbrook, Southampton. It was her main residence until 1900 when she
moved to New Milton.
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Two of the children at Clifton Villa
In her mother9s Will of 1892 Genevieve is noted as being <of Southampton= and in the subsequent
Probate of 1895 she was <Resident of Southampton England=. She was described in an article in the New
York Tribune of 4" May 1899 as being <a prominent 8society woman9 an American of wealth living
permanently in luxurious style at <Clifton Villa= in the suburbs of Southampton ... (her husband residing in New Orleans)." Her visitor's names are embroidered on her tablecloths two of which are in the family heirlooms in England and America. She placed several advertisements in the Western Gazette seeking staff
to work for her at Clifton Villa. She had property interests in Kennard Road New Milton by 1900 as the Hampshire Advertiser reported that she was summonsed at Lymington County Bench for non-payment of a
Poor-Rate amounting to £3. 4s. 8d. Genevieve was described as being <of New Milton= and in September
1902 the Western Gazette reported that she sent <a fine collection of Veg= to the New Milton Flower Show. It seems that Genevieve and her husband John now lived mainly independent lives.
John A. Ubsdell (2) and his wife Genevieve each benefited substantially from John Buchanan Eads Will proved in 1887. John received $20,000 in addition to payment for the work he continued to carry out managing the Mississippi Jetties after John B. Eads death. From the terms of the contract with the United States Government Captain Eads or his heirs were to receive a certain sum of money payable in instalments. The last payment was $1,500,000. He left $ 1,000,000 plus interest to be divided equally between Genevieve Ubsdell, Adelaide Hazard and Estell McHenry. In the 1891 English Census Genevieve describes herself as <Living on own means=.
GREAT BA
ARD HOUSE
Great Ballard Estate shown on the plan below, was carved out of the old Fernhill Manor Estate that
had been put up for sale in 1874.
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Nose 735, 734, 735, 736 and part of 785
No records have yet been found of the 1874 auction result, but the purchasers were the Kennard family. Genevieve Ubsdell subsequently acquired Great Ballard marked A above and either the area marked
B or building plots on it. She then took a lease of Little Ballard, marked C above, for a term of five years from 20' May 1910 with the option to purchase it for the sum of £1300. This option was subsequently exercised.
Kennard Road was laid out and the first three houses, all owned by the Ubsdells, were Grey Gables, Brooklyn and Idlewild. The April 1901 census shows Idlewild and Brooklyn, the latter being occupied but vacant. Grey Gables still stands in Kennard Road whilst Brooklyn Court is named after the second house.
Genevieve was recorded at Clifton House, Regents Park Millbrook in the 1901 census where she lived 8on her own means with a Cook and five various maids. She was in the course of moving her home to New Milton. On 19'* January 1901 she had faced action for partial non-payment of the Poor Rate, levied on property in New Milton. She was travelling between New York and England at this time and in June 1900 was in Louisiana with her husband. She possibly overlooked the matter. It points to the conclusion that 8Brooklyn9 was her house when Great Ballard was under construction. The three properties in Kennard Road were registered as owned by Thurlow Ubsdell in the Electoral Rolls of 1912 and 1915. He had lent money to her and possibly held the houses as security. He also advised his cousin John Ubsdell Switzer who had stayed with her whilst attending Ascham School, not to lend more money to her.
Contemporary Photographs
Grey Gables Idlewild with Brooklyn Adj Idlewild
The location of the three houses is shown below. The names Brooklyn and Idlewild have strong
connotations of St Louis and New York. Grey Gables still stands, Brooklyn and Idlewild have been demolished, new properties built and roads named after them. Ubsdell Close, a modern development, is also situated in this location. 1 <Oo
Location Plan of Grey Gables, Brooklyn& Idlewild.
By the year 1915 Genevieve had let Great Ballard and in the Electoral Roll of 1918 she occupied
Grey Gables with her son Colonel Thurlow Ubsdell who was then absent on Military Service.
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The Building Accounts (1906) and the Court Case of Stewarts Executors v Ubsdell (1907) provide
exact evidence of the date that Great Ballard house was constructed, and the garden laid out. Stewarts
Nursery of Ferndown took legal action against Mrs Ubsdell for partial non-payment of their account.
Genevieve had drafted a plan for her Estate and Stewarts Nursery were employed to carry out her design and planting. Mr Stewart first visited the Estate in November 1904. Between then and January 1905 his firm agreed the layout and provided and planted 869 shrubs and trees. <The ground was formerly farmland and had been 8fed off9 and not had manure spread on it for at least 20 years=.
Mrs Ubsdell stated that the planting was practically finished early in February 1905 but the effect which was intended, such as the guarding of the tennis ground, was not satisfactory the plants being too small. She said she had recently built the house and the planting was proceeding before it was finished.
There was also dispute over the number of plants that had subsequently died and Mrs Ubsdell9s head gardener Mr Mark Foskett stated in his evidence that a further 317 plants had to be obtained. The drive was made from gravel dug on the estate and the resultant hole was made into a water garden that still exists.
The following photographs show the house in course of construction together with the recent tree planting. They were possibly taken for the purposes of the Court case.
The house in course of construction 4 1904
East Elevation 1905
<Main Drive 1905
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The Lodge - 1905
Photograph 4 shows the line of saplings marked on the 1907 Ordnance Survey Map. The extent of the planting is also very clear when compared to the 1874 Estate Map, both reproduced above. Subsequent auction particulars produced in 1922 provide a basic description of the house itself.
The elevation is rough-casted, now creeper-clad, whilst internally the accommodation is compactly arranged. All the rooms are very pleasant, of excellent size, light and airy.
Lounge Hall. Three fine Reception Rooms. Handsome Pannelled Billiard
Room. Eight Principal Bed and Dressing Rooms. Five Secondary
Bedrooms. Five Servants9 Bedrooms. Four splendid Bath Rooms.
Electric Light, Gas, Central Heating, Main Water, Modern Drainage,
Lodge, Two Cottages, Garage, Stabling, Glass, Farmery. Beautifully
timbered Grounds, Pasture and Woodland, extending in all to about Forty and a Half Acres.
Mrs Ubsdell instructed the successful Southampton Architect Sydney Kelway-Pope to design the house and the builders were A. Wright & Sons. The final accounts were submitted on 21st March 1906 and the total cost was over £1 million in today9s terms.
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The house shows the influence of C.F.A. Voysey the celebrated Arts and Crafts architect. However, it lacks such features as his distinctive guttering held out on ornate metal brackets, his very tall chimneys and sweeping gables which give Voysey9s houses the <Old English Feel=. The walls are roughcast with stone dressings and leaded lights to the windows. Dormer windows have been inserted into the slate
clad roof and there is a similarity in many respects with Broad Leys on Lake Windermere. : ee WT a
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| Gilliard Room T H y Conservatory Dining Room Drawing Room
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Edwardian country houses were designed for entertaining, country sports and dinner parties. Guests would arrive on a Friday and leave late Sunday or Monday morning. They were greeted by the charming Entrance Porch with its conical roof and beautiful studded oak door, both exhibiting a strong Arts and Crafts influence.
Passing through a lobby they entered the double height Lounge Hall, a common feature in such houses. It served as the heart of the home where people were welcomed and congregated. All the main rooms led off this room.
The room boasts an impressive processional staircase with half landing, parquet flooring and
panelled ceiling. The fireplace is from the studio of Teale Fireplace Company and has the Teale
<Economiser= designed by Thomas Pridgin Teale (1831-1923). It features a box placed below the grate with
an adjustable air-shutter at the front. The Teale Fireplace Company had showrooms at 28 Berners Street, London and 48 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.
The half landing is illuminated by a beautiful three-quarter height window that encases Art Nouveau panes of stained glass. It is sometimes known as American glass being closely associated with Louis
Comfort Tiffany. Art Nouveau favoured natural lines derived from plants and flowers. The curved line dominated designs and is seen at Great Ballard, notably in the staircase window.
The Morning Room led off the east end and was Mrs Ubsdell9s domain where she would have completed her correspondence and seen the housekeeper and cook. Facing east the room benefited from
the morning sun. The fireplace, as all the fireplaces in the house, was supplied by The Teale Fireplace Company. It was designed by Harold Smith who worked as a metalworker, woodworker and interior decorator at the start of the 20! century and undertook commissions for Teale9s. The distinctive tiles may have been designed by Conrad Dressler at his Medmenham pottery, Bucks (1898-1905).
A door led to the Billiard Room.
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The Billiard Room was a male preserve and the furniture and fittings reflect the fact. The floor is of parquet, the ceiling panelled, and the walls clad in expensive oak and mahogany panelling. The window top lights are of Art Nouveau design. The fireplace is very masculine and of Arts and Craft design by Harold Smith. It was supplied by The Teale Fireplace Company. The copper hood and surround display its manufacture. There are three enamelled discs in the Celtic design popularised by Archibald Knox, chief designer to Libertys of Regent Street, London. The hearth was clad in green and blue tiles now all but covered in cement. The fireplace has an <Economiser=.
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surrounds and fittings.
The Drawing Room is of a feminine character and reflects the ladies 8withdrawing9 here after dinner.
It is light and airy with plenty of windows and a door to the terrace and garden. The floor is again clad in parquet blocks and the ceiling is decorated with two oval shapes in neo-classical style. The white wood surround and mantel to the fireplace were designed by Harold Smith for the Teale Fireplace Company. The green and white tiles are handmade and designed by Conrad Dressler.
The Studio Year Book for 1906 illustrates a fireplace designed by Harold Smith with identical tiles 4 <White wood mantel, based on very simple lines ----- effective use is made of the green and white tiles designed by Mr Conrad Dressler.=
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Genevieve Ubsdell obviously liked the decorations and fireplace at her previous house, Clifton Villa so much that she copied them at Great Ballard.
LIFTON VILLA
GREAT BALLARD
The Dining Room was a male designated space where the men lingered over their port and cigars once the ladies had left the table. The floor is parquet again and the ceiling panelled. The fireplace is particularly noteworthy. The heavy wood surround has carved grapes, fitting for Dining Room. Sunflowers are carved at each corner.
The four tiles are hand painted by William de Morgan and denote its high status as well as high
price. De Morgan and his partner Halsey Ricardo opened a factory at Sands End, Fulham in 1888 and the fan design shows the influence of Middle Eastern art.
The bow window displays the terrace and the top lights all-round the room are in Art Nouveau style.
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A Conservatory leads off the room where the glass design is different. It seems likely that it was a design addition to the Dining Room rather than a gardener9s aid.
Throughout the ground floor there is the influence of Arts and Craft displayed on door handles, finger plates and escutcheons. These combine copper and enamelling or brass and enamelling. The heart motif means <east or west home is best= and <home is where the heart is.=
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On the first floor there is a wide landing. The floors are of oak strip boards, but the doors and fittings are of an inferior quality. a cu (master?) he | 444
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Mrs Ubsdell9s Bedroom Suite leads off the east end of the landing. An interesting feature is the Sleeping Balcony. At the turn of the century there was a fashion for open air sleeping and this is seen on
several Arts and Crafts houses. Fresh air was also considered to combat many diseases especially T.B. vaccination for which was not available until 1921.
There is a panel of embroidery over the feminine fireplace in the Bedroom. It may have been worked by Genevieve who crafted two tablecloths with the names of her house guests. Embroidery panels were
available commercially. In 1885 William Morris placed his 23-year-old daughter in charge of Morris & Co
Embroidery workshops. It produced fire screens, c
s completed panels or as kit
The next Bedroom was for a man and has quite a heavy blu
balcony.
Proceeding down the landing there is another Double Bedroom, very probably occupied by Mr
Ubsdell when he came to visit. The fireplace is diff
in style to others in the house. The room has a door leading to the balcony.
Finally, the West Bedroom occupied by Harriett Coles, Genevieve9s Companion, is large and
features a bow window. The fireplace is of a feminine design, being white with an elaborate over mantel. The tiles are a standard Art Nouveau pattern possibly made by Pilkington. The copper hood features a cut-out floral pattern with green glass at each corner. The exposed rivets are decorative
ieze.
On the second floor there are five secondary bedrooms and five servant's bedrooms
Some fireplaces display the Teale mark.
By January 1906 Genevieve was in residence at Great Ballard advertising for Cook, Kitchenmaid
and two Housemaids. The 1911 Census was taken at what was probably the height of Great Ballard9s occupation as an English Country House. She was a widow living there with Harriett Coles her long-time companion, two housemaids, one kitchen maid and one parlour maid. The Milton Assistant Curate Randolph
Hodgson lived at Great Ballard Lodge apparently sharing the accommodation with one gardener, his wife
and daughter. The Head Gardener Mr Foskett lived in the gardener9s house with his wife and three children
and a third gardener lived in the gardener9s cottage. Mr French, the chauffer, together with his wife and two
daughters lived in the stable block. The Era of the English Country House was coming to an end and War
broke out on 28! July 1914 changing things forever.
Genevieve Ubsdell with her close friends the Nares family at Great Ballard c1914
Back row 4 Ramsay Llewelyn Ives Nares. Ramsay Nares. Eric Paytherns Nares. Owen Ives Nares.
Front row - Harriett Coles. Genevieve Ubsdell. Jeanette (Minnie) Nares. Katherine Lilian G. Tinker Married Ramsay L. |. Nares 2 Sept 1915
The estate is described on 1922 auction particulars; -
<Great Ballard,= NEW MILTON.
The elevation is rough-casted, now creeper-clad, whilst internally the accommodation is compactly arranged. All the rooms are very pleasant, of excellent size, light and airy.
Lounge Hall. Three fine Reception Rooms. Handsome Pannelled Billiard
Room. Eight Principal Bed and Dressing Rooms. Five Secondary
Bedrooms. Five Servants9 Bedrooms. Four splendid Bath Rooms.
Electric Light, Gas, Central Heating, Main Water, Modern Drainage,
Lodge, Two Cottages, Garage, Stabling, Glass, Farmery. Beautifully
timbered Grounds, Pasture and Woodland, extending in all to about: Forty and a Half Acres.
LOT 2
A PIECE OF
GRASSLAND
adjoining Lot x on the North side thereof containing an area of about
Sixteen and a Half Acres.
We can get a good idea of the way Genevieve furnished Great Ballard house by comparing
photographs taken of Clifton Villa in the late nineteenth century with 1918 Auction Lots when her Great
Ballard contents were sold. She had moved many items of furniture with her. A Clifton Villa
DINING ROOM.
209 A South African skin, mounted on black Astrachan as rug, about 4ft by 4ft 3in, and 3 hassocks
210 The excellent quality bordered pile carpet, about 16ft by 13ft
211 A Spanish mahogany Chippendale 3-tier revolving dumb waiter, on reeded tripod
212 A pair of walnut frame Louis XV. style Fauteuils, upholstered in needlewor
213 A Oft 3in well-made wainscot oak sideboard, with shelves, 2 drawers (lined oak), and cupboards, with carved panelled doors; surmounted by a shaped back, with large bevelled silvered plate glass panel and
2 bracket shelves
214 A 4ft ditto buffet, with cupboard, enclosed by 2 raised panelled doors
215 A 3ft 6in carving table, with splasher and curtain underboard and cross framing
216 A set of 6 wainscot oak chairs, with under-frames and high backs with
carved splats, the seats hair-stuffed and covered in green Morocco;
at per chair
217. A set of four chairs to match
218 A carving elbow chair, en suite
21y Ditto
Great Ballard 4 Auction Lots
Clifton Villa
140 A 34in valuable Florentine black marble circular table, with bouquet of flowers beautifully inlaid in coloured Mosaic and wood
border; on carved ebonized stand, with 4 < Elephant 99 trunk sup- ports, and open-work and shaped Gider fretie and base
LOT
150 An ebonized frame Venetian-style elbow chair, with shield back, upholstered in needlework
Great Ballard 4 Auction Lots
Clifton Villa
Great Ballard (showing the mounting positions)
649 A fine Antelope9s Head with Heras, mounted
650 Ditto 4
651 Ditto
652 Ditto
653 Ditto
654 Ditto
655 Ditto and a pair of Buffalo Horms
Great Ballard 4 Auction Lots
Genevieve moved out of Great Ballard house in 1914 and let it furnished, to the Hon. Mrs Wood who
continued her tenancy through the war years. She moved to Merriemeade, Brockenhurst for a short time
before returning to live at Great Ballard Lodge where she died on 26'" February 1930 at the grand old age of 89.
Her first attempt to sell the house and contents was in March 1918.
<GREAT BALLARD,= 8 ORDER OF SALE, NEW MILTON, :: Hants. = First Day's Sale, Tuesday, March 6th, commencing t 116 a.m
8 . superior and charoiing
COUNTRY RESIDENCE
containing 3 unusually five entertaining rooms, billiard saloon, lounge, reception
hall, and corridor, 18 bed and dressing
rooms, boudoir, and complete domestic replete with every modem con: <surrounded by about 40 acres, Eptrevec, Two Cottages, Rieke, foabe LET or WALLER ®& KING : 8Third & Concluding Day's Sale, Thursday, March 7th, commencing moderate Rent or = SE ALIS a
LLER & KING, and Auctioneers, s ee F Ui e Sal y A Tn. Paeses, <SDAY, MARCH STH. 1918, a eeten30 WALLER & KING, Auctioneers,
The contents were sold over three days, but not the house. Next, she attempted to sell the Estate in
April 1922 at a price stated to be 8sacrificial9 and then by auction in October; forty and a half acres in Lot 1
and sixteen and a half acres in Lot 2. The property was withdrawn at £9,500.
built
The house was described as a <Magnificent Modern Residence known as Great Ballard=. It had been
<under the personal supervision and for the occupation of the Vendor9.
Mrs Ubsdell9s 1905 garden had matured:
THE BEAUTIFULLY TIMBERED GROUNDS
entirely surround the Residence and afford it a perfect seclusion. A gravelled
carriage drive leads from the Lodge gate through the delightful belt of wood-
land which entirely bounds the property, to the charming Gardens where it
terminates in a broad sweep before the main entrance. The Pleasure Gardens
are beautifully designed and although at present in a somewhat neglected
condition require the expenditure of but a small sum to restore them to their
former splendour. The numerous pleasing features include Two Tennis Lawns
and other level Lawns, a pretty Rock and Water Garden, Pergola, Shrubberies,
Two Summer Houses, etc. The plants and shrubs are of great variety and many are of rare species.
THE VERY PRODUCTIVE KITCHEN GARDEN
is entirely walled and exceptionally well stocked, whilst there is also a large variety of wall, bush and standard fruit trees in full bearing.
THE GLASSHOUSES comprise :4A combined Peach House and Vinery, gsit. by 15ft., Cucumber House, 24ft. by raft., and another Glass Erection, 3oft. by raft.
Plan of
NEW MILTON
HAMPSHIRE
Nore = Reproduced from the 0 Reprod Irdnanice Survey y ears of Uh Boned f Arleuture
Nove This Planis published Por guidance only, iahari¢s and the Controller of Hie and although beltoved o te correct, its 8acduracy e Inno way guaranteed. Majsoty> Stationery OFficn,
* Seale 208-89 feet tol inch nea 15; NORFOLK & PRIOR. 13}, Reoeny Street, LONDON Wi
Plan attached to 1922 Auction Particulars
GREAT BALLARD SCHOOL
In 1924 Ivor Lewis Poole left Cliff House School in Southbourne Bournemouth with his wife Irene, daughter Betty and some of the boys, took a lease of Great Ballard and named his new school after the estate.
North Entrance Great Ballard
<The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy the right things= Ruskin
GREAT BALLARD
NEW MILTON HANTS
The new pupils numbered 20. One of the boys named Owen Chave became the first Head Boy. He wrote evocative wartime poetry and was sadly killed on 14" February 1943 in a bombing raid over Germany.
He is remembered on the Ballard School Memorial.
NIGHT BOMBERS
Eastwarp they climb, black shapes against the grey
Of falling dusk, gone with the nodding day
From English fields.
Not theirs the sudden glow
Of triumph that their fighter-brothers know;
Only to fly through cloud, through storm, through night
Unerring, and to keep their purpose bright,
Nor turn until, their dreadful duty done,
Westward they climb to race the awakened sun.
THE FIGHTER-PILOT9S PRAYER
Gob, give us grace that we,
Flying our fighters to eternity,
May meteor-like before we fall
Leave fiery trails of light, that all
Truth9s sons may clutch, and clutching rise
To blast Hell9s spawn from Heaven9s skies.
Ivor Poole had been a Choral Scholar at Kings and he brought his love of music and singing to the school. He was a keen golfer and played at Brockenhurst. A golf course was soon established on the playing fields in front of the house. It started with four holes and increased to nine. A timber gym was built in 1925
and although moved from its original site it is still on Campus and utilised as a storeroom and dance studio.
The stable block was converted in 1928 to provide school accommodation with classrooms and sports changing room on the ground floor and a sanatorium with three sick rooms on the first floor. A covered way was built to connect the block to the main house. The billiard room was first used as a classroom and then
~_ Russell, Clifford-Smith, Browne l!, Dominey I, Horne, Hardman, Miss Keene, Miss Moore, Mr Nankivell, r Poole, Mrs Poole & Betty, Mr Bennett, Capt. deBlaby, Miss Pictan-Jones, Nanny, Dunphy, Corbett, Browne |, Symes, Idris
Ivor Poole resigned in 1932 with failing health and a broken marriage. Vernon Peak took over as Headmaster but resigned in 1934. His successor was Norman Knight who steered the school throughout the war years. The first Old Boys Dinner was held December 1934 and in 1935 a pre-prep department was started and named 8Little Ballard9. In the same year the Duke of Connaught visited the school, this is commemorated on the steps to the west end of the terrace.
THE WAR YEARS
Great Ballard School remained on site until 19" June 1940 when with the outbreak of war, it moved to Clayesmore School, lwerne Minster in Dorset. Great Ballard was requisitioned as an Army H.Q.for the duration of hostilities. The house was occupied as Battalion HQ by several Regiments. There is archival evidence of the Ubsdell9s direct contact with them. Colonel Thurlow R. Ubsdell and his wife received an invitation to a cocktail party from 2"! Bn. The London Scottish Regiment.
During the war Colonel Ubsdell became an active member of the Home Guard.
Colonel Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell
On 5th August 1940 the 2" Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers were posted in and made a complimentary entry in their War Diary. The Billet must have been too comfortable as the last entry in their New Milton Diary states that everyone was fed up with information that they were to be relieved!
Instructions regarding War Diadles: 8ad Tnfeligtane Summaties are contained in B.S, Regs. Yol. I. and the Staff Manual respectively, Title pages will be prepared in: manuscript. Bug Month and Year. 5OOS be
Place. - Date, Hour,
Néw Mutu! S,
INTELLIGENCE
Beccles eae nob
The 78 Battalion Wiltshire Regiment moved to Great Ballard on 11'* October 1940. On 8! October they were visited by Maj. Gen. Montgomery and on 1% April 1941 by Sir Alan Brooke, C.in C. Home Forces.
9.10.40. 7 50th. Holding Bn. hecomes 7th.Bn,The Wiltshire Reginent. Proparations for move 8to New Milton, 1.10.40, AS= Bueready to moves 8Ss Je deetalaheletelalotated 11.10.40. Ke Buemoved to New Milton and take over defence of Christchurch Bay Sub-Sector fron 2nd.Bn, Lancashire susiliers.
Beta 1510.40. ? 14.10.40.) Defence positions manned Te 15,1040.) 16.10.40.) 17,10,40.) 16.10.40, Visit of Maj.Gen.Montgomery, Sth.corps.Comander. # 77
Instructions regarding War Diaties and Intelligence WAR DIARY Ly ope pe EE AE iP vnc 7 faad.tte Keo ll be prepared in manuser)
IMIMAR9 DE LICEN CE eum Y. Commanding onicerhrlae MIA Dhifloot. Month and Year
Pace. Date. | Hour 8Summary of Events and Information. References to <Apppoics
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They were relieved by 6" Surrey Regiment from 11" May 1941 until 20!" June 1941 and were then relieved by 11'* Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 30° November 1941. A Defence Plan for Great Ballard was drawn up on 15" June 1942.
Bas asingbhvad gto IL, Major Bune J,, Sgts Jills so, Delonoy In, OpleMorgan-S.
Men from 118 Battalion. The Royal Fusiliers on the terrace at Great Ballard 4 1942
The 2# Battalion The London Scottish Gordon Highlanders Regiment assumed Command on 1s
October 1942. On 27 November that year Regimental Orders laid down Marshalling areas at Great Ballard:
5. MARSHALEING AREAS (according to whether "snipe" or "stand To"), Inth,. 8 re= Aree, - N00) te
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Genevieve9s grandson Major Edward Thurlow Hope Ubsdell was killed on 10° November 1945. He is commemorated on the War Memorials at Celle War Cemetery, Royal Military College Sandhurst, New
Milton and Ballard School.
Retracing our steps to 1930 Edward 8Ted9 Kingsley Kefford had joined the teaching staff of a school
named Edinburgh House located in Lee-on-the-Solent. Two years later he joined Vernon Peek at Great
Ballard School. There he stayed until 1935 when he was lured back to Edinburgh House. His heart in more
senses than one remained at the Great Ballard site for he had met his future wife in New Milton. During the war he moved Edinburgh House School to Wellington and then to Brightwell Baldwin in Oxfordshire.
A Memorial to all those from Great Ballard School, Ballard School and those schools that were merged with Edinburgh House School and who made the ultimate sacrifice has been erected in the grounds of Ballard House.
Ballard?<School
Remembered with Honour
8THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, Lee-on-Sofent EDINBURGH HOUSE SCHOOL Lee-on-Solent
GORSE CLIFF SCHOOL Boscombe
41 Alumni of Royal Naval, Edinburgh House and Gorse Cliff Schools.
19 Alumni of Great Ballard School.
After the war Ted Kefford and his partner Stuart Cruickshank had reservations about returning to
Lee-on-the-Solent and Ted discovered that the Ubsdell family were again anxious to sell the estate for
between £10,000 and £15,000. A buyer was not forthcoming, and Ted and Stuart were unable to raise the money. In December 1945 they negotiated a lease on behalf of Edinburgh House School and together with 40 boys took up occupation in January 1946.
Stuart Cruikshank and Ted Kefford were assisted by David Hutchinson (Hutch). He had joined Edinburgh House at Lee-on-the Solent in 1931. He volunteered for the R.A.F. in the war years and was invited back to Edinburgh House in October 1945. He arrived in December 1945 before the school opened in January 1946. Setting to work immediately he was largely responsible for relaying the neglected playing
fields and setting out a brand-new cricket square. Following the tragic death of Stuart Cruikshank in 1947, Ted and Evelyn Kefford ran the school with 8Hutch9 ever loyal to them both.
8Ted9 & Evelyn Kefford 1960
The School premises at
CREAT BALLARD, NeW MILTUW will shortly be occupied by Edinburgh House
Preparatery 8choot fer Boys
veistablishod 3) froin
Soot, pant Phe Sheol
Tee-onwill
reopen in aaninary 146.
Mull particulars may be obtain-
ed from the Principat :
S.C. truickshank, M.A., t. K. Kefford, M.4., Brgniwatt Park, Brightwell Baldwin, Oxford.
and from:
Wrs. Kefford, Lindennurst, Avenue-road, 8Sew Milton January 1946
Hants.
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First School Photograph of Edinburgh House School at Great Ballard House - 1946
Genevieve Ubsdell9s youngest son Lt Col. Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell had moved to Great Ballard
Lodge in 1939. Prior to that date he had taken an interest in Great Ballard School and presented them a cup in 1938 <for the best loser= in boxing. He gave Great Ballard Lake to the Local Authority with a restrictive
covenant against any form of development. Just before his death the family refused to agree with the
Authority suggesting that it should be filled in. After the War he was a regular spectator at Edinburgh House
School cricket matches and died on 23 February 1955 whilst living at the Lodge. His widow Helen continued
to live at Ballard Lodge until at least 1973. She died in 1975. In 1959 she presented the school with a Tiffany
Jug (The Junior Individual Swimming Trophy).
Great Ballard Lodge
When | joined Edinburgh House School in 1951 there were three wartime relics, metal gun turret (without the gun), a Nissan Hut used for carpentry lessons and a concrete building used as a bicycle shed. The area occupied by the present-day Gymnasiums was a vegetable garden with the glasshouses still in use. There was a 22-rifle range that proved very popular with the boys.
Kitchen Garden
Pavilion ae
params al poets
Hooks Gym
Showers \ | Tennis Court & &
Playing Fields 4 & Locker
Playing Fields
Woods and Camps r?
JAA WA] Changing -.Class |x Room
Play Area x
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peseerare ames au - Senior Boys
t Carpentry [Rooms <| "Common Room
8 shed At 4 ae | ma= F-F, Sanat
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Tatham's Library.
Staff Common
8); Room
Drive
Edinburgh House Schoot & Buildings 1951-1957
SCALE:- Memories of a schoolboy recalled 56 years later.
Dan Broadway 1951-1957
dinburgh House School & Buildings - 1951-1957
Kitchen Garden
Gymnasium
Timber & Felt Rifle range
da
Subsequently named "The Kephor? Block=
FF: San9 & untor Common Room
GF: Class-rooms, Changing Room
& Sentor Boys Common Room Nelson Dormitory
8Thatched Pavition Play Area
Me Keb ford's Study, Dining Room Chapel
Dormitory
Fre 8scape Rodney Dormitory a
Dormitories
Dan Broadway 1951-1957
The school merged with Gorse Cliff
and Marchwood Park schools in 1969 keeping the name of
Edinburgh House School. Pupil numbers rose from 50 to 138. Four classrooms, a new gym and changing rooms were erected in the kitchen garden and the old gym was also moved to the kitchen garden to begin life as Rumpus room.
North Elevation4c1960
Pupil numbers had risen to 160 in 1981 an
T
In this photograph taken in 1995 remnan
and fruit trees.
state.
North Elevation 4 10" July 2014
Janu Broadway 2018
(Old Ediuburian 1951 4 1957)
SYDNEY KELWAY POPE M.S.A.
ye Wiath Myo
Nilay feo Wt | ay Sayan Tit. Sou arriflor)
SOUTHAMPTON.
Tue Savers Drinkixc Fountain Compett-
TIoN.4For this competition designs were sent in by 68 competitors, and the premiun has been
awarded to Mr. Siduey Kelway Pope, a local
contestant. The designs adjudged next in merit
were sent in by the following, in the order
named :4Mr. W. J. Taylor, Southampton ; Mr.
Alfred Gutteridge, Southampton; Messrs,
Lawson and Donkin, Bournemouth ; Mr. George
H. Bailey, London; aad Mr, Ubarica Hide,
Worthing.
EVENING NEWS 25 MARCH 1889
se BUILDERS4TENDERS aro hereby
INVITED for the EREOTION of » MISSION
BALL ie ihe mae and Qhorchwaerdens of Christ
sppinnt and specications can be seem a) the, Ofc of on @ t at ant, to whom enaioesd Tenders are to be sent on or before the lath day of May, 1601. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be ao-
SYDNEY EELWAY POPE, M.6.A., Architedh, 97, Poriland-rirest, Southampton.
Thh May, 1601, HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER 9 MAY 1894
Southampton City Council - Historic Environment Record
Listed buildings in Southampton Address Grade
Bitterne Park Triangle
List description:
Clock Tower (at east end of Cobden Bridge) 1092093 14/02/1969
1. 5239
BITTERNE PARK TRIANGLE Bitterne Clock Tower (at east end of Cobden Bridge)
SU 41 SW 10/36
14.2.69
GV Il 1889 by S. Kelway Pope. Originally erected at the junction of Above Bar Street and
New Road and moved to the present site in 1936. Built of stone in the style of an Early
English church steeple with lancet decoration. The spire is surmounted by a cross and there
are polished granite engaged columns and drinking fountains with lion's head masks.
Buttresses to the base.
[Derived from English Heritage LBS download dated 19/08/2005. Crown Copyright.
Sotonians become submersed in the pomp and ceremony surrounding the official unveiling of the Clock Tower on December 9, 1889
High Street
List description:
171 Barclays Bank Limited 1092019 08/10/1981
ti, 5239
HIGH STREET (west side) No 171 (Barclays Bank Limited)
SU 4111 3/150
GV Il
2. Formerly Martins Bank. Circa 1900, probably by S Kelway Pope in a Neo-Jacobean style.
Three story's stone. Roof concealed by parapet with elaborate strapwork motifs and 4
obelisk-shaped finials. Second floor has 4 Corinthian engaged columns, the first floor has 4
lonic engaged columns and the ground floor has 4 Roman Doric engaged columns. Friezes
between floors, that between first and second floor having elaborate floral motifs. Three
mullioned and transomed windows, the central one a bay. Left side round-headed arch to
door, having keystone and spandrels decorated with cornucopia.
[Derived from English Heritage LBS download dated 19/08/2005. Crown Copyright.
Reproduced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.]
(The official list description on the National Heritage List for England maintained by English Heritage.)
Ballard Biographies
Teale Fireplace Company.
Teale Fireplace Company, with showroom at 28, Berners Street, London and 48
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, founded by Lionel Henry Teale and Richard Mousley Somers.
T. Pridgin Teale(1831-1923), surgeon to the General Infirmary at Leeds, devised a
method of controlling the draft of a fireplace from below, using his "Economiser", a box
placed beneath the grate with an adjustable air-shutter at the front. This novel but now
obvious method of controlling an open fire became standard.
Teale's book on the subject, expanded from a lecture delivered to the Leeds Lit. & Phil.
Society in 1882, describes the device in full, showing how effective it is in contrast to
ordinary fireplaces, which he illustrates with graphic captions. See T. Pridgin Teale,
Economy of coal in house fires; or, how to convert an ordinary fire-grate into a slow combustion stove at a small cost. London, Churchill, 1883.
By 1890, the Teale Fireplace Company had been established in Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, with works in Kelsall Street, run by Lionel Henry Teale (born 1866), son of the inventor, and Richard Somers. It manufactured every kind of heating apparatus.
Catalogue in the V&A dated c. 1895.
Photographs taken in 1913 by Bedford Lemere of Teale9s London showrooms.
A. Harold Smith
A. \Jarold Smith worked as a metalworker, woodworker and interior decorator during the early years of the twentieth century. Among his most important commissions were fireplaces at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace for H.M. Office of Works, and at
'8Ingestre' for the Earl of Shrewsbury, and 8Hylands9 in Chelmsford, for Sir Daniel Gooch, all of which were executed by the Teale Fireplace Co. He also decorated throughout and made certain structural alterations at 28 Cheyne Row in Chelsea, London.
Photographs of fireplaces and fire grates designed by Smith and executed by the Teale
Fireplace Co., and a billiard room light fitting, and iron grates designed by him and executed by Lionel Teale & Co. are illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1906 (pp.88, 95, 100, 104, 105, 106, 110, 171, 247, 249).
Photographs of two firéplaces designed by him and executed by the Teale Fireplace Co. are illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of DecorativeArt 1907 (p.103, 110). The example on p.110 matches the Ballards Library fireplace metalwork but not the wooden surround. Shows that the apron would have been tiled (not the present concrete).
Gates for the entrance of Tunstall Park designed by him and executed by William Durose are illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1909 (p.158);
Photographs of two fireplaces designed by him and executed by the Teale Fireplace Co.
are illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1910 (p.88, 89);
A photograph of a sitting room designed by him and executed by James Ballow & Sons,
and a photograph of a drawing room ingle designed and executed by him are illustrated
in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1911 (pp.72, 89).
Photographs of two fireplaces designed by him and executed by the Carron Company
are illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1914 (pp.21, 86.
And bronze and wrought-iron fire dogs designed by him and executed by the Carron
Company are illustrated in The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1915 (p.150).
In addition to his work as an applied artist, Smith was also a painter and engraver,
although he appears not to have excelled in thésé fields. Between 1900-20 he exhibited
at the Royal Academy in London, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, the Glasgow
Institute of the Fine Arts, and at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. His address is given as 30 Blanford Road, Bedford Park, London in 1902; Denham Cottage Studio, Ramillies Road, Bedford Park, London in 1907; and 28 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London in 1909. He was living in Stirling Scotland in 1915 and in Glasgow in 1920.
Conrad Dressler (1856-1940), of German descent, was a sculptor and potter. Dressler was born in London and studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild from 1891 until 1918. He worked in partnership with Harold
Rathbone between 1893 and 1897 at the Della Robbia Pottery. Moved to Marlow
Common in Buckinghamshire, where he established the Medmenham Pottery (18981905) specializing in architectural tiles and large wall panels, created from small
sections. The business was financed by Robert William Hudson until 1906. The
Medmenham tile designs continued to be made by J. H. Barratt of Stoke-on-Trent.
William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 4 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist.
A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co.
from 1863 to 1872.
His tiles are often based on medieval designs or Persian patterns, and he experimented with
innovative glazes and firing techniques.
Galleons and fish were popular motifs, as were "fantastical" birds and other animals. Many of De
Morgan's tile designs were planned to create intricate patterns when several tiles were laid together
American Glass - Designers and manufacturers favoured modern materials and technical innovations; stained glass was fabricated from float glass, first invented by Pilkington. This could be textured and coloured using metallic oxides.
It is sometimes called American glass as it is closely associated with Louis Comfort Tiffany.
It does not need to be painted.
Designs are created by simply cutting and leading the glass. Rejecting historical styles (neoclassical
or neo-renaissance), Art Nouveau favoured natural motifs derived from plants and flowers. At the
turn of the century natural forms stood for regeneration and renewal; this was a new art for the
modern era rather than simply a rehashing of old styles.
The catalogues give us a very good impression of the house in it9s prime.
MILTON, GREAT BALLARD, we sas |
Between Brockenhurst and Bournemouth. Within 10 minutes9 walk of New
CATALOGUE of the Major Portion of the Costly
natmannes 4 3
(Chiefly supplied by Messrs. Jackson & Graham, London)
Of the MANSION, comprising the principal Appointments of 1
Hall & Corridor, Drawing, Dining, Billiard Rooms & Study,
8 Bedrooms, Lounge including expensive U H
FASTERN ®& ENGLISH CARPETS & RUGS,
Well seasoned Linoleum, carved dark Oak
CHESTS, CABINETS, CHAIRS <AND AN ARMOIRE,
Empire Bookcase, Old English Tables aad Cabinets, Luxurious Lounges, Chairs, Curtains and Draperies,
A BEAUTIFUL. FLORENTINE MOSAIC TABLE,
A FINE FULL CONCERT PITCH SEMI-GRAND9 PIANOFORTE
Oil Paintings, Water Color Drawings and Engravings in color, Continental,
Oriental and British Porcelain and Earthenware. Expensive China and Glass,
Plated Articles, Books, South African and Indian Horns, valuable upright case and Marble Clocks,
FULL SIZE BILLIARD TABLE oy Burroughes & Watts
(specially manufactured) and accessories.
12 WAINSCOT OAK DINING ROOM CHAIRS with SIDEBOARD to match.
Spanish Mahogany, Walnut, Ash, & other Washstands, Dressing Tables, Cl s
of Drawers, Bedroom Suites, & handsome Wardrobes, best cuedity <Bedding, and the General Furnisuincs and PLENISHINGS of the Residence, which
W
ALLER ®& KING
Are instructed by Mrs. Genevieve Ev Ubsdell, to Seli by Auction, ON THE PREMISES,
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5tn, 1918,
AND TWO FOLLOWING DAYS, Commencing at 11.15 a.m. each day
On View the day previous between 10 a.m, and 4, a -m.and4p.m. Admission o ree will be by Catalogue Only (6d, each, admitting yor ae ained at the Offices and Sale Rooms, 17, ABovE Bar SRE ge ) IN. Hants Advertiser= Co,, Ltd., Printers, Southampton.
LOT J
FIRST DAY9S SALE,
Tuesday, March 5th, 1918, commencing at 11.15 a.m.
CATALOGUE.
All Lots must be cleared by 12 noon on Saturday, March Oth, 1918.
<SPECIAL NOTE.4Admission to the Sale is by Catalogue Only.
TOP FLOOR.
BEDROOM No 1,
A length of Brussels carpet, a slip mat, a wicker chair, and a child9s high chair
2 A 5-rail towel airer and 3 chairs, various 3 A 4ft 6in painted enclosed washstand with 4 panelled doors and tray top
4 Sundry toilet ware and 2 casement curtains
5 The lnoleum as planned, about 23ft by 8ft
Oo A gr iron stump bedstead, a wire-spring mattress, and a canvas cover
7 A feather bolster and pillow
8 Ditto
9g A 2f£t 6in iron combination spring bedstead
10 A 3ft 6in bordered hair mattress 11
BEDROOM No. 2,
12. The linoleum as planned to cover room 12ft by 8ft, a Deccan rug, and a pair of casement curtains
13 A cane-seat chair, a child9s wicker chair, and a poker-work 2-tier table
14 A bamboo and matting whatnot and a birch-frame. toilet glass
1§ 4\ 3ft 6in iron French bedstead, a wire-spring mattress, and a mattress cover
. A capital bordered hair mattress. in fancy striped case I
Lor
4
BEDROOM No. 3.
18 The linoleum as planned to cover room about 12ft by 8ft
19 A striped Oriental floor rug, 8ft by 4ft, and a barrel-shape linen basket
20 A cane-seat chair, a polished 2-tier table, and a pair of casement curtains
21 A 2ft Oin stump bedstead, a wire-spring mattress, and a mattress cover
22 A wool and hair mattress in bordered striped case
23 A feather bolster and 2 pillows
24 The canvas pattern linoleum to lobby
25 he bordered Brussels stair carpet, about 12 yards, and the underfelt; as laid on back staircase to ground floor
26 Iwenty-eight 34in brass stair rods; not the eyes
27
BEDROOM No. 4.
28 The linoleum as planned to cover room, about 16ft by oft
29 Iwo lengths of Brussels carpet and a chair ae
30 An ash eso suite (stained as walnut), consisting of:
A 3ft 6in washstand, with drawer, rouge marble top, and tiled back
A dressing table, with 2 drawers, surmounted by a toilet glass, and 2
jewel drawers
A 4ft Beaconsfield wardrobe, with hanging pegs, enclosed by a silvered
panelled door, a cupboard with sliding trays, and 3 drawers.
A bedside cupboard
A towel airer
31
BEDROOM No. 5,
32 The tile-pattern linoleum as laid to cover room about 12ft by oft
33 A Deccan rug, an Indian rug, and a cast-iron fender
34 A 3ft Oin iron French bedstead, with brass head and foot rails, a woven wire-spring mattress, and a twill cover
35. A bordered hair mattress
30 A feather bolster and pillow
37. A 3£t polished hazelwood dressing chest of 3 long drawers, surmounted _ by a landscape toilet glass
38 Toilet ware, a waste pail, and a.pair of casement curtains
39 8The linoleum as planned to corridor
40 The cork carpet in bath room
41 A string rug and an Oriental rug
7O 5
BEDROOMS Nos, 6 and 7.
The Figured linoleum as planned to cover inner room, about 10ft by 14ft, excluding bay
The ditto to room adjoining to match, about 18ft by 14ft, excluding bay
The bordered Kensington art carpet, about 14ft by r1ft
A 3ft gin pierced brass kerb
A pair of china Hawks, a blue Faience ewer, and a pair of spill holders
An oak bootjack and a folding deck chair
A fumed oak frame elbow rocking chair, with cane seat
A folding garden chair and a fireside foot Ottoman
An Indian cane deck chair, with elbows and adjusting leg rest
A 16in polished oak occasional table, a book holder, and a child9s rush-
seat chair
A Madeira easy chair
Three carved frames with 8 etchings of Old Southampton, by
Frank McFadden
An oak frame, containing 3 etchings4Paris, Rouen, etc,4five small
pictures, framed, and an oak pipe-rack
A 3ft enamelled white French bedstead, with brass rails
A woven wire-spring mattress
Two Indian-worked rugs
An Ottoman couch, spring-stuffed and upholstered in linen
A 3ft 6in mahogany washstand with marble top
A 4ft walnut washstand, with underboard, 2 drawers, marble top, and tiled back
The toilet ware and a water bottle and top
The good-quality bordered Axminster carpet, about r11ft 6in by rrft
A 4ft iron kerb with brass rail and combination rests, and 6 Continental pottery ornaments, various
An old leather helmet and sundries
A 4ft 6in mahogany cottage dining table
An ebonized 2-tier table with covered top, four small pictures, after
Ryland, and Britannia Yacht in two frames.
An Ottoman couch with adjusting head, spring-stuffed and upholstered, in Figured cretonne.
A 4ft 6in well-made Spanish mahogany knee-hole washstand, on 4 spiral legs, with 5 drawers, lined mahogany, and statuary marble tray top, and the dressing table to match, fitted with 5 drawers, surmounted by a silvered plate toilet glass, 30in by 22in, and 4 jewel drawers
A 6ft 6in ditto wardrobe (gentleman9s), with 4 sliding trays, enclosed by 2 raised panelled doors; 5 drawers and hanging pegs, enclosed by a bevelled silyered panelled door; on plinth, with deep moulded cornice
An 18in brass portable electric standard, with shade and flexible
attachment
A 14in ditto (no shade)
A nest of hanging bookshelves, a stool, and 3 coloured pictures, framed
Four pictures, framed .
A pair of Indian clubs, a hockey stick, a pair of fencing guards, and
sundries Beet
Two oleographs4Fruit4in gilt frame
A mahogany towel airer, 4 glass scent bottles, and 4 trinket ornaments
BEDROOM No. 8,
The Figured cork carpet, about 14ft by raft
Two bordered Foreign rugs
A 3ft qin brass rail kerb, a set of implements, cinder tongs, a japanned
coal receiver, and a scuttle mat
A small size mantel glass in ebonized and gilt Oxford frame
A wicker easy chair, with cushions
A mahogany chest of 5 drawers, with rounded ends
A 3ft 6in iron French bedstead with extended foot and brass rails, a
chain spring mattress, and a cover
A quantity of sundries
A well-made suite (in polished ash), consisting of:4
A 3ft 6in washstand, with 2 drawers, grey marble top, and tiled back
A dressing table, with 4 drawers and toilet glass affixed
A 4ft Beaconsfield wardrobe, with 3 sliding trays, enclosed by a panelled
door; 3 drawers, and hanging pegs, enclosed by a bevelled silvered
panelled door
A pedestal cupboard
The met ware, a towel airer, a waste-paper basket, and a wicker easy chair
Four bentwood frame cane-seat and back chairs
BEDROOM No. 9,
The Figured linoleum as planned, incl di
Two fee cfs planne » including dress cupboard, 3o0ft by 13ft
A 4ft embossed brass kerb and a poker
fancy wicker tea-table
A ditto chair and 2 cushions
Two ladder-back rush-seat chairs
14in brass portable standard with attachment, a poker-work stool, and various ornaments
LOT
gS A painted chest of 4 drawers
g9 Various toilet ware and two water bottles
Six framed pictures, various
Seven ditto
A large ware basin and sundries -
{1g
BEDROOM No. 10.
The Figured linoleum as planned to cover room about 18ft by 14ft, excluding bay 7ft 6in x 7ft.
A 4ft iron kerb with brass rail and combination rests, a set of implements, and a trivet
A bamboo frame tea-table with tiled top, and various ornaments
Ditto
A child9s 2ft pitch-pine bedstead with combination spring, and a thick
bordered wool mattress
An enamelled white frame toilet glass
A stained frame table, aft by 2ft 8in, with drawer
A 3ft enamelled white iron French bedstead with brass head and foot rails Hs
A woven: wire spring mattress and the cover
A child9s wicker chair, a coloured picture, etc.
A 4ft enamelled white washstand, with cupboard, 2 drawers, marble top, and tiled back pete
A fancy wicker elbow chair with cushions -
Ditto
Toilet fittings, a watei bottle and glass, a waste-paper, basket, etc.
A 3ft capital pitch-pine bureau, well fitted and enclosed by a fall-down flap, lined leather; 2 drawers'under nee
Two frames with 4 etchings of Old Southampton, by Frank MeMadden
Five pictures, framed, various9
The Figured linoleum as planned to corridor and tank room, about 28
_ square yards oa
Six frames, glazed, with photographs ot.
The good quality ? bordered pile stair carpet, about 10 yards, and thé
-underfelt
Twenty-five 31in hexagonal brass stair rods, and the eyes
Om eens _
GROUND FLOOR.
DRAWING ROOM.
126 Two kneelers, in Persian saddlebags
127 A skin mat, and a fireplace mirtor screen with bevelled hand-painted : plate, in plush frame
128 A carved oak tea-table, on 4 supports
129 A steel chevalle spark-guard with latticed panels
130 The superior quality green and flowered bordered woven pile carpet, about 14ft 10in x r1ft gin
131 The ditto, about 11ft 1oin x 8ft 8in, to match
132 A sheepskin mat, mounted on blue cloth
133 An Angora skin, mounted on blue cloth as rug, 5ft x 3ft 6in
134 8A foot Ottoman, covered in green plush, a door porter, and a mahogany dwarf stand-table on tripod
135 An excellent spring-stuffed easy chair, upholstered in Figured cretonne, with two loose Figured cretonne linen covers
ip A lounge easy chair, hair and spring-stuffed and upholstered in linen,
A and the loose Figured linen cover
137. A 6ft 6in expensively manufactured settee-lounge, with high back and scroll elbows, luxuriously hair and spring-stuffed, and upholstered
in Genoa
138 A 5ft Spanish mahogany lamp-stand, with reeded pillar on tripod
139 A gin Wemyss ware jardiniere with 2 handles, on 3 feet
140 A 34in valuable Florentine black9 marble circular table, with bouquet of flowers beautifully inlaid in coloured Mosaic and wood
border; on carved ebonized stand, with 4 88 Elephant =9 trunk sup- ports, and open-work and shaped under-frame and base
141 A 24in mahogany tea-table, with 2 flaps, drawer and under-frame; inlaid satinwood
142 An ebonized 2-tier gipsy table
143 A 3ft Sheraton mahogany card-table, inlaid stringing and rosewood, with elliptic folding top; lined green baize
144 A 2ft 3in mahogany escritoire, with pigeon holes, enclosed by a fall- down writing flap; shelves under, with Tambour front and drawer; lined mahogany
K143) A 6ft expensively manufactured Chesterfield lounge, hair and spring- stuffed and upholstered in white, and the loose Figured linen cover
146 A costly large size tub-back easy chair, sumptuously stuffed and upholstered in green striped brocade,and the loose cretonne cover
147 The companion easy chair
148 An Angora skin hearthrug, about 7ft by 2ft, shaped to fireplace
149 An ebonized and amboyna wood treading table. w I 4 Tee eee ry ood reading table, with revolving galleried
An ebonized frame Venetian-style elbow chair, with shield back,
upholstered in needlework : Sar
An oak occasional table with 27in circular top, on pillar and triangular
block; carved in relief ae
A polished walnut 2-tier tea-table, on tripod
A walnut frame stuffed over occasional chair, with low seat, hair and
spring-stuffed and upholstered in black satin and needlework, and
the loose cretonne cover
A 6ft well-made china cabinet, ebonized on solid Spanish mahogany, incised gilt, with metal mounts, and gin Wedgwood Jasper plaque;
the centre enclosed by a mirrored panelled door, the ends with clear
plate glass doors and sides, and mirrored backs
A 3ft well-made ebonized frame settee, spring and. hair-stuffed and
upholstered in Figured silk brocade, and the loose cretonne cover
A similar frame occasional chair, with high scroll back, upholstered
en suite to previous lot, and the loose cretonne cover
Two expensively made walnut frame standard chairs, with high backs, hair and spring-stuffed and upholstered in blue Genoa, and the loose cretonne covers :
[wo ditto, upholstered in French Figured tapestry, and the loose covers
The easy chair, en suite to previous lot, and the loose cover
A 26in Chinese blackwood Chippendale design nic-nac table, carved in
open-work and relief
A ott handsomely carved English gilt pier table, on cabriole supports,
with white statuary marble top with deep moulded edge
A 3ft 3in Spanish mahogany Empire bookcase, with shelves with scroll
and brass rod supports above; secretary drawer under and cup-
boards beneath enclosed by 2 doors with brass lattice panels,
brass astrigal, chiselled bosses and ornamentations, and ebony
stringing inlay
. Hee of lofty Figured cretonne window curtains, lined cream
itto
Two pairs of green casement curtains
The Cony concert semi-grand pianoforte, iron frame, full trichord
throughout, check action, by Hazelton Bros., New York; in handsome
rosewood case, on bold carved truss supports
A beautiful instrument in first-class condition.
A rosewood music stand with adjusting holders, on pillar and tri-
angular block - -
A water colour drawing488 English Landscape with Cottages 994in gilt
frame, glazed ee Signed, /. Davis, 1877
A 13in Dunmore ware elliptic jardiniere
A walnut Sutherland table
A walnut frame easy chair, hair and spring-stuffed and upholstered in
sage green plush and needlework, and the loose cover
A 30in well-modelled Continental ware Female Figure488 The Water
Carrier =9 3
An electric standard on 4 Deer. slots, with lamp, shade and flexible
attachment
A blue and white shallow dish with perforated border, and 2 Oriental
Leaf-shape dishes
Six pieces of blue and white china
A pair of o}in fancy china vases
A 14in Parian ornament48 Una and the Lion.99
A pair of 22in statuettes488 Beatrice 99 and 88 Maidenhood =
Ditto
A Faience <8 Boy and Dolphin,=9 and various small ornaments
A Royal Worcester ewer and various small ornaments
A Delft shaped jar and cover, decorated in colour, and various
ornaments %
A mahogany 2-fold fireplace screen with painted panels
Two French porcelain cabinet cups and saucers, prettily shaped and
decorated
Two Spode and 2 Oriental china plates
A carbon print488 Flower Seller 994framed and glazed
A water colour drawing488 Bleu Tarn =94by Heaton Cooper
A pair of autotypes488 Peaks of Arran=? and 88 Gath9ring in the
Flocks 994framed and glazed
Three fancy Coalport vases 4 -
Ditto
An engraved Bohemian glass tazza and a Florentine fancy scent bottle
with stopper
An Etruscan vase, a specimen glass, 2 ware ewers, and a model Bird
A pair of 10in Continental Period Figures in colour
A 7in ditto Shoe ornament, with raised Flowers in colour,9 and a 12in
Pottery Bird ewer, with Monkey handle
A well-made-walnut frame Prie Dieu chair, with stuffed seat and top rail
in blue plush, and carved and open-work high back
A 2ft 6in elegantly designed rosewood Encoignure cabinet, inlaid with
' Marqueterie and stringing, with 6 mirrored panels above
An oak frame rocking chair- with cane-seat and back
A nee and turned oak Italian-style chair, with plush seat, on base
rocker -
A walnut and incised gold frame window seat with scroll ends, hair
and spring-stuffed and upholstered in French Figured tapestry
An expensive 400-day clock, with silvered and brass dial, on pillars,
under glass shade on stand a :
A pair of 14in Royal Worcester candelabra, each with 3 lights 8and
Period Statuette
A 1o0in blue Faience jardiniere, on 3ft circular pedestal
A 16in ditto jardiniere (damaged), on a 2ft circular pedestal
A 2ft 2in Spanish mahogany upright chevalle fireplace screen, on carved supports and spiral columns; fitted with escritoire, enclosed by a fall-down writing flap. with needlework panel
An Italian walnut occasional table, with 3ft elliptic top, inlaid stringing, on quadruple supports
A costly carved mahogany frame 3-fold screen with handsomely worked panels, glazed with plate glass :
A 12in elegant Capo-di-Monti casket
DINING ROOM.
A South African skin, mounted on black Astrachan as rug, about. 4ft by 4ft 3in, and 3 hassocks eS
The excellent quality bordered pile carpet, about 16ft by 13ft -
A Spanish mahogany Chippendale 3-tier revolving dumb waiter, on reeded tripod oy SEeees
A pair a walnut frame Louis XV, style Fauteuils, upholstered in-needle- wor.
A 6ft 3in well-made wainscot oak sideboard, with shelves, 2 drawers (lined oak), and cupboards, with carved panelled doors; surmounted by a shaped back, with large bevelled silvered plate glass panel and
2 bracket shelves
A 4ft ditto buffet, with cupboard, enclosed by 2 raised panelled doors
A 3ft 6in carving table, with splasher and curtain underboard and
cross framing Se
A set of 6 wainscotoak chairs, with under-frames and high backs with
carved splats, the seats 8hair-stuffed and covered in green Morocco;
vat per chair :
A set of four chairs to match
A carving elbow chair, en suite
Ditto
A wainscot oak angle bracket and a 16in blue and white Delft bulbous
jar
A ditto frame overmantel, with bevelled plate, 38in by 30in, with 2
A pair of Swiss carved Bull9s head brackets
pillar supports and dental frieze ae
A ditto488 Venus reclining by a River 94in similar frame
A ditto488 Moonlight Seascape with Sailing Ship 994in gilt frame
A Signed, (. Fedeler, 1878
A ditto48* Stormy Seascape with Sailing Ship 994in gilt frame : 3 Sigried, 4.M.
A ditto (on panel)488 Dutch River Scene with Windmill, Boats and
Figures 994in gilt frame hs ns
The companion picture488 Winter Scené4Skating ==
A pair of lofty blue woollen window curtains, with needlework borders;
lined cream 4
Ditto
Six pairs of casement curtains :
An oak wall bracket, and a 24in oxidized portable electric light standard, with lamp and shade and flexible attachment oy
A pair of wall brackets, and a pair of blue and white Oriental ginger
jars with covers =
A pair of 7in plated pianoforte candelabra, on circular. bases; each
with 2 lights
A valuable mantel clock, 8-day, 8strikes the hours and half hours, in
bronze case, surmounted by an Angel, on black and rouge marble
plinth; 24in high ae 3
A blue, white and gilt Worcester Willow-pattern teapot, with twisted
Snake handle
Four Old Crown Derby plates, painted in Flowers
A sin Davenport vase and a 7in Oriental bowl
An 8in Oriental porcelain bowl, enamelled in Figures in colour
A pair of Dresden china fancy. bowls, with covers
<An Old English china teapot, sugar basin, milk ewer, 5 cups and
_ 5 saucers, decorated internally and externally
Five porcelain wine cups and saucers, decorated in Oriental Figures,
and an Oriental small bowl
Three ditto wine cups and saucers, decorated in Flowers, and a carved
model Cockatoo - st
An Indian Repousse ewer, and a fancy glass scent bottle with silver top
A miniature on Ivory, after Gainsborough, in fancy ormolu easel-frame
A costly Kingswood spirit and cigar cabinet, with ormolu mounts and
onyx studs; fitted with 3 finely cut diamond spirit decanters and
12 liqueur. glasses
Two bridge markers in leather cases, a brass 2-light candle-holder, and a brass sugar scuttle
Two yellow ware ewers, a bulb bowl, and a terra-cotta ale jug
An ebonised frame fireside footstool
1B
LOT oe
251 A Mexican copper coffee pot, a ditto teapot, and 2 copper candlesticks
252 A black Wedgwood pattern sugar bowl and cover, a basalt Swan, and
sundries :
253 A bulb bowl, a jardiniere, an Owl ewer, and a marble dish
254 A Mason9s large size jug, decorated in colour ees s Me
258 A rouge marble model of:Herculanean Font, with 2 handles, and mask on pedestal
256 A 14in ditto Roman bath, forming double inkstand
257 A 26in finely sculptured white marble bust
258 A 24in- engraved Benares brass tray
259 Six green Wedgwood dessert plates
200 Sundry china = a ee / (21) A-24in..Crown- Derby dish,pbeayitifulully_leco terted-in.colauy
B62] A atin ditto oe ee eee
203 Two Specimen holders, table Flower holders, etc.
264 A milk jug and sugar basin, a hors-d9ceuvres. dish, and sundry, china
205 A lobster dish and cover, and a white French china fish Service4=l3, pieces Sai :
206 A beautiful French porcelain dinner service, with mauve borders and burnished gilt, consisting of 6 meat dishes, 24. meat, 29 sweet, 10 soup, 12 oyster, and 12 cheese plates, a sauce-boat on9stand, a salad bowl, and 2 salad dishes
267 A 2oin fish dish with liner, to match previous lot .
208 A tea and breakfast service465 pieces4to correspond with Lots 266 and 267 as
2609 An expensive Limoges. dinner service; consisting of 7 meat dishes (1 defective), 37 meat plates, 26:sweet. plates, a strainer, a soup tureen, 3 vegetable dishes, and 2 sauce-boats and stands
270 Two mufhn dishes and a 8tover, a large size cup and saucer, an ege frame, etc. ae
271 A frosted- glass fruit bowl, with cover and stand, and 2 Leaf-shape # cream ewers
272 A pair of handsome quart decanters and a claret decanter
273 Ditto ae ar :
-274 A claret decanter and various glass
275, Ditto es
270 A blue and white glass beer and 4 tankards
277. Eleven glass tankards 1 ee
LOT
P
LATED ARTICLES.
<A set of 3 good quality elliptic dish covers 278
Cp An2d in ditto table-heater with 2 lamps
A 15in waiter, on copper
An oak 6-hole cruet with 5 castors
A ditto salad bowl, mounted s
A breakfast cruet at
A i2in claret-cup jug 8
A pair of 11in Figure fruit stands and one cut glass dish
An expensive soup tureen with Caryatide handles and covers
A set of four elliptic entree dishes and covers, en suite, and a sauce tureen with cover to match
STUDY.
A bamboo and matting tea-table
An ebonized and gilt frame 2-tier. gipsy table, with plush top and needlework valance
A walnut frame lounge easy chair, comfortably spring-stuffed and upholstered in French Figured tapestry
<A well-made oak frame arm-chair, with adjusting back and2 hair-
stuffed cushions, in Figured French, tapestry
A walnut frame couch with scroll head, spring-stuffed and upholstered in Figured tapestry
A well-made wainscot oak pedestal writing table, 5ft by 3ft, with 9
A 3ft ditto cabinet, with pigeon holes, enclosed by 2 glazed panelled doors
A leather blotter, a glass inkpot, a brass crescent ash tray, etc.
Two pairs of blue and_white Oriental vases, 1oin and 8in
A 3ft mahogany 3-tier dinner wagon
A gin blue and white Oriental bulbous vase
A pair of brass South American stirrups
A cane stool, a chair back, and sundries
A 17in bronzed portable standard, with electric lamp and flexible attachment
An expensive Kingwood game box with onyx studs and ormolu mounts; fitted with ivory chessmen and draughts, dice boxes and dice, cards, Scoring boards, and folding draught and backgammon board
A costly mantel clock, 8-day,. strikes the hours and half hours, in- massive black marble case, wit: rouge mounts pair of Oriental bronze Indian Figures on Bullocks
An expensive polished and turned frame base rocking elbow chair, with
stuffed seat. and high back upholstered in Genoa
A 3ft 2in old Spanish mahogany cabinet, on 4 turned supports; fitted
with coffer and surmounted by shelves, enclosed by a fall-down front
A feather sofa pillow, covered in expensive figured silk4Birds
A ditto, in plush and crewel work, a wicker chair-back, and a wicker top
_ footstool
An engraving, by W. Woollett, after R. Wilson488 Meleager and
Atalante =94in oak frame, glazed
A photograph488 Niagra Falls in Winter 994in oak frame, a Cloisonne
vase, and a pair of casement curtains
An engraving, by - Richard Josey, after Maud Earl488 Champion
D9Orsay *94in oak: frame
BOOKS ¥ 2
Dickens, 14 vols.
Tales from Blackwood, 23 vols.
Various bound novels
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto :
Thirty rolls of music for pianola
Ditto
Ditto
Bound music
Ditto
Ditto
END OF FIRST DAY9S SALE.
SECOND DAY'S SALE.
Wednesday, March 6th, 1918, commencing at 11.15 a.m.
A few Lots bought the previousday can be had between 9 & 10 a.m. on this day, Wednesday.
All Lots must be removed by 12 noon on Saturday, March 9th.
SPECIAL NOTE.4Admission to the Sale is by Catalogue Only.
FIRST FLOOR.
CHAMBERMAID9S PANTRY.
LOY
335 The linoleum as planned to lobby, pantry, and store room, about 25 square yards ee
336 A small deal table, a large size linen basket, and a waste-paper basket
337. A deal folding table, a hanging glass, a hot-water can, ewer, and 2 japanned can racks
338 A deal -table
339 Ditto
340 A grained chest of 5 drawers
341 A brass hot-water ewer
342 Ditto
343 Ditto and a hanging glass
344. A patent carpet-sweeper and 7 dwarf curtain rods
BEDROOM No 11,
348 A good quality bordered Axminster carpet, about 12ft 6in by 8ft 6in
349 An Indian-worked rug and an Angora skin rug
350 Ditto
351 Ditto
An Indian worked rug and a mounted Fawn skin
A Fox skin rug with 5 Heads, on black cloth, 6ft by 5ft
Four black skin door mats
Ditto
An old Oriental rug, an Indian-worked rug, a mat, etc.
An Axminster hearthrug, an iron kerb with brass rail and combination rests
A copper fireguard and various small ornaments
A Louis style overmantel in dark mahogany frame with elliptic shaped
bevelled plates and bracket shelves
Two pairs of coloured curtains (lined) and the holders
Six photogravures of famous peetoss, in fancy frames, glazed
An elliptic shaving glass with bevelled mirror in metal frame, and adjusting arm
BEDROOM No. 12.
A 3ft gin iron fender, 3 implements, a japanned coal receiver and a
linoleum mat
Two bordered Foreign rugs ~
A bordered hearthrug, a cane-seat and back nursery chair, a waste-pail, and a waste-paper basket
An Ash Bedroom Suite (stained as walnut), consisting of:4
A 3ft 6in washstand, with drawer, rouge marble top, and tiled back
A dressing table, with 2 drawers, surmounted by a toilet glass, and 2
jewel drawers
A 4ft Beaconsfield wardrobe, with hanging pegs, enclosed by a silvered panelled door, a cupboard with sliding trays, and 3 drawers
A bedside cupboard
A towel airer
ee 6in iron and brass French bedstead with extended: foot itto a
A woven wire spring mattress
A chain spring mattress
A capital thick bordered hair overlay, in striped case
Ditto
A feather bolster and pillow
Ditto
Two fancy covered sofa pillows
Ditto
One ditto
Various sundries
A 14in brass portable standard, with shade and flexible attachment
Two photogravures4488 Madonna and Child99 and 88 Saint,= and a
Portrait; im oak frames, glazed
A silk embroidered needlework panel, in frame, glazed, sft by 1ft 6in
A polished walnut shaving stand, with shelves, drawer (lined mahogany), and adjusting mirror with bevelled plate
An elliptic shaving glass in metal frame, and the adjusting arm
A cane-seat and back nursery chair, 3 frames with photographs, etc., and a portrait tile framed
An Axminster pile carpet in bath room, about 10 yards
A cane-seat chair, a slip mat, etc.
A sft capital walnut Beaconsfield wardrobe, with hanging pegs, enclosed by a bevelled silvered panelled door; 6 drawers and cup-
board with raised panelled doors
BEDROOMS Nos, 13 and 14 (Over Billiard Room),
A 4ft polished brass kerb
A brass wire segment guard, a hearth brush, and a length of Brussels
carpet
A costly bordered Oriental floor rug, about oft by 5ft
A et quality bordered Axminster pile carpet, about 15ft 6in by
1oft 6in
a painted medicine cupboard and 2 lace casement curtains
itto
2 plush window curtain with handworked tapestry centre, 8ft by 4ft.8in
itto
A costly Indian woven bordered carpet, about 12ft 6in by roft 6in.
A 4ft 6in fumed oak cabinet, with leaded glass panels above and
panelled doors beneath
A quantity of interesting Geological specimens, mostly named
A polished oak box and sundries
An ebonized and gilt frame fireside footstool, with stuffed top in plush -
A 17in oxidized portable standard, with shade and attachment
A pair of bevelled silvered wall mirrors, in gilded metal open-work and relief frames, each with 5 lights
"A pair of ornamental gilt brackets
A
tead, with
handsome panelled and ornamented head and shaped foot, an: the spiral spring mattress to fit
A 5ft deal dressing table with shaped top, and the drapery
A aft 6in window seat, with hair-stuffed cushion and locse Figured
cretonne cover
A mahogany 5-rail towel airer
A pair of large size French co'oured, photogravures, in ebomized and gilt frames, glazed
BEDROOM No 15. (Over Hall).
A black skin mat, two small jardinieres, and various ornaments
A -4ft polished pierced brass kerb and a stop
An excellent quality bordered Brussels carpet, about 14ft by 13ft
A ditto to match, roft by 5ft 6in
Two pairs of Figured brocade lofty window curtains
A fe pores standard, with electric lamps and large coloured Tiffany
shade
<An autotype488 The Holy Family 994after Murillo, in oak frame, glazed
A ditto4'' The Three Sisters =4and a ditto488 Girl with Muff 9?4
glazed
Two water colour and feather pictures488 Birds 994in oak frames, glazed
A 5ft expensive all-brass French bedstead, with massive pillars and
rails at foot and sides
The woven wire spring mattress to fit, and the cover
An expensive thick bordered hair mattress, in striped case
A bordered feather9 bed
A feather bolster and 2 pillows
_A large deal table with drawer
Two wood chairs
An ok metione cupboard with copper hinges, and a wicker soiled-linen aske
A wicker angle soiled-linen basket, 3 water bottles, and a waste
receiver, etc.
A walnut pedestal bedside cupboard, with raised panelled door
A 16in brass portable standard, with shade and attachment
Two ladder-back rush-seat chairs
A circular back elbow chair, with needlework cover to seat
A mahogany 5-rail towel airer :
A fancy wicker elbow chair and 2 small pillows
An Ottoman couch, with adjusting head, spring-stuffed and upholstered in Figured linen
A 4ft Enamelled white hanging wardrobe, enclosed by 2 window-sashed
doors, with slipper board under and shaped cornice
BEDROOM No. 16 (Over Drawing Room),
The grey underfelt
A costly Persian bordered rug, about 14ft by 6ft
A ditto, 13ft by 6ft
A Fawn skin, mounted on Sheep as floor rug, a waste-paper holder,
an inkpot, etc
A Fawn skin with slots, mounted, and an ebonized 3-tier whatnot
Two pairs of Oriental pattern lofty curtains and the cord holders
Two Tangier 2-handled vases, 2 Oriental spill holders, and a yellow
Faience jardiniere
A pair of engravings in colour4H.R.H. Princess Sophia and Princess
Mary4by Caroline Watson, after J. Hopner, in gilt frames
One ditto488 Evening Employment *94after George Morland, in gilt frame :
Ditto488 Delia in the Country!?94by 7. R. Smith, after G. Morland, in _ gilt frame
Ditto4 Summer Amusement =94by Thomas Williamson, after G Mor- land, in gilt frame
Ditto488 The Youthful Queen of the Hop Garden 994after F. Wheatley, in gilt frame
Ditto4 Portrait of Miss Lindley =4after Thomas Gainsborough, in gilt frame
Ditto488 La Lecon de Musique "4by H. Massard, after J. B. Hiliare, in gilt frame
Ditto488 What You Will 94after Smith, in gilt frame
An autotype488 The Peace-maker.== :
A pastel drawing4< Enfant a la Cal i "i ae g a la Calombe de Saint Henry, 1794 in
A pair of upright mirrors with elliptic tops, in gilt frames
An old brass bed-warmer, with engraved and perforated cover
A pair of gin brass pillar candlesticks
A brass string box with scissors, a pen tray, etc.
A Kingwood stationery case, with onyx studs and ormolu. mounts, and blotter to match ; é
A 2ft gin carved black oak bureau with 4 drawers under (lined oak)
A 2ft gin carved oak open bookcase
French novels, bound, 24 vols.
A i6sin French pedestal commode, beautifully inlaid with marqueterie
and various woods, on 4 legs :
A 48in Chippendale lamp stand with carved Wheatear and reeded shaft
on tripod
A 4ft gin mahogany side table, inlaid stringing, with 3 drawers; on 4
supports and under-frame. An old Spinet converted.
A hair and spring-stuffed lounge with scroll head, in green tapestry
A fancy pillow, an iron door-porter, etc.
A walnut stand table on pillar and Goat-leg tripod
A 14in polished brass portable standard, with lamp, silk shade, and flexible attachment
A 2ft 6in well-made Italian walnut escritoire, with underboard, 3. po (lined mahogany), and writing slope, enclosing pigeon oles
FIRST FLOOR.
BEDROOM No. 17 (Over Dining Room).
A bordered Mirzapore floor rug, 8ft 6in by 6ft 6in
_A 4ft well-made pitch-pine cupbeard, with 2 doors, 2 drawers, rouge marble top, and mitred back
An oak Grail towel airer and a pair of casement curtains
A mirror, plate 19in by 15in, m carved and gilded frame
A 4ft enamelled white hanging wardrobe, enclosed by 2 window-sashed
doors, with slipper board under and shaped cornice
The excellent bordered crimson pile carpet, about 10ft 6in x 14ft
A 4ft 8in expensive polished brass kerb
A pair of polished brass rests, a set of implements, and a stop
A brass wire dome spark guard
A pair of Parian Figures4Boys and Dogs4and 4 small ornaments
A pair of polished brass Grifiim candlesticks
A bamboo stool with tiled top, and a waste-paper barrel
LOT
A pair of lofty Figured chintz window curtains
Ditto
A luxuriously hair and spring-stuffed lounge, upholstered in rich French
Figured tapestry, and the loose crimson cover
A feather pillow in fancy worked and painted cover, R. F'. Outcault
An occasional table with 3ft walnut elliptic top, inlaid stringing
A bamboo frame tea-table with 24in lacquered top
A 3ft mahogany inlaid modern French bedstead
Ditto i
A Heal9s patent spring mattress
Ditto
An expensive bordered hair mattress in striped case
Ditto
A feather bolster and pillow
Ditto
A 4ft 6in well-made Spanish mahogany pedestal washstand (lined mahogany), with cupboards, 3 drawers, statuary marble top, and tiled back
A 5ft ditto dressing table, with 8 drawers (lined mahogany), statuary marble tops, chevalle glass with elliptic top, bevelled plate, s4in by 24in, brackets, and mirror9 panels
A 7{t 6in ditto wardrobe, the wings with hanging pegs enclosed by 2 bevelled silvered plate glass panelled doors; the centre with 5
long drawers (lined mahogany), brass drop handles, and cupboard over, enclosed by mirrored panelled doors; on plinth with cornice and pediment
A Spanish mahogany 5-rail towel airer
A night commode with sweep front, fitted
A ditto Sheraton design toilet glass with elliptic plate, 23in by 17in
A 3ft ditto wall towel rail, with needlework and glazed panel
An expensive military shaving glass, in mahogany portable case
An engraving488 Cymon and Iphegenia =4by Francis Howard, after
Sir Joshua Reynolds, in oak frame
Two gilt elliptic picture frames, glazed
A 4ft 3in Doulton ware kerb
A brass fire basket, on feet
An 18in brass electric light standard, with flexible attachment
Two coloured pictures, in oak frames, glazed
A pair of brass rests, a japanned stationery rack, and a stool
A sft capital walnut Beaconsfield wardrobe, with hanging pegs,
enclosed by a bevelled silvered panelled door; 6 drawers and cup-
board with raised panelled doors
LANDING AND STAIRCASE.
Two ebonized frame ladder-back chairs, with rush-seats
An excellent quality Mirzapore corridor rug, 12ft by 3ft 6in :
A costly bordered Turkey carpet, about 23ft 6in by 12ft; decorations
F PP r F & F P r S Y
on a red ground. In good condition.
4ft painted pedestal, with electric candle lamp and flexible attach-
ment
aft 6in blue Faience fluted pedestal As
6ft 6in fine old dark oak armoire, enclosed by 2 panelled doors with
2 drawers; the whole carved in high relief in Tudor style
2iin ditto Cabinet, fitted with pigeon holes and 6 drawers, enclosed
by 2 doors, the raised top with lid; finely carved in high relief
2ft 3in ditto. table, on 4 supports, with drawer carved in relief .
4ft 8in ditto panelled muniment chest, the front carved in relief
-3ft 2in polished oak chest of 5 drawers, with brass handles and
escutcheons
2ft 6in ash pedestal nest of 6 entomological drawers, with galleried
to
Ge Tangiers jar and cover, glazed and decorated in colour
Ditto Two 16in ditto circular plaques
An 8-day English striking clock, with painted dial, by Adams, Ringwood, in Spanish mahogany upright case; inlaid and carved
A i4in glass table jardiniere, with japanned liner
A Swiss carved angle bracket, 2 coloured pictures in roll, and an iron
candlestick
A small Swiss bracket, a bemtwood cane-seat and back chair and sundries
An I1in Oriental, bowl, enamelled and decorated in colour (damaged), and sundries
A dark mahogany dwarf Palm stand, with brass liner, on tripod
A copper chevalle spark guard, with wire trellis panels
A stuffed Heron, mounted <on Tree, forming lamp stand, with duplex burner, lamp and silk shade
Two pairs of Indian Horns
A pair of gin Florentine sculptured white marble recumbent Lions
A carved black oak elbow chair with underframe; the seat and back
in embossed leatherette
An 11}in embossed brass jardiniere, with
Lion head and ring handles
A portable card-table with lined baize top, on folding oak stand
A gin Faience jardiniere and a rgin mirror plateau
A 3ft gin antique dark oak hutch, with panelled front.and sides and 2
doors on stand with underframe; the whole carved in relief
A 4ft black oak buffet, with 2 carved panelled doors
A polished frame chair with fold-up cane seat
A Shark9s jaw, mounted as a mirror, a nose of Sawfish and of a
Swordfish
A pair of 13in blue and white Oriental bulbous vases with covers
An 11in ditto bowl <"
A pair of 12in blue and white Copeland china bulbous vases and covers
with Kylin tops
A pair of ornamental brass wall mirrors with ornamental open-work
frames and 3-light candle holders
A ae of cabinet paintings4* Cotton Scenes in Southern United
tates,99 signed I9. Walker, 1886, in gilt frames, glazed
A pair of Indian Horns
A pottery 2-handled vase, a gin African. brass bowl, a blue and white
Oriental china pot-pourri jar and cover, and a 10in ditto vase with
Dragon decorations
Two game boards, sundry pottery, etc.
A bordered pile floor rug, 6ft 6im by 3ft 6in
A bordered Axminster rug, 6ftby 3ft
A Persian strip, a length of c , and a cocoanut rug
A fine Anetelope9s Head with s
Two pairs of Antelope Horns
Ditto
Ditto
BILLIARD ROOM.
A small elliptic stool, a wicker waste-paper basket, a hassock, and an
oak brass-mounted milk bucket :
A 3ft gin polished wainscot oak 2-tier side table with drawer (lined oak)
An Antelope skin mounted on Goat, forming rug, about sft by 3ft
A polished oak coal receiver9 with liner and a bronze plaque
A Fawn skin mounted as rug, about 5ft gin by 3ft 6in, and a bordered
Axminster door mat, 4ft by 2ft :
An ebonized frame duchesse chair, with hair and spring-stuffed seat
and panelled back upholstered in terra-cotta stamped plush
The companion chair
A 3ft old rosewood occasional or card table, with moulded folding top,
lined crimson cloth; on turned end supports, quadruple claws, and
castors
A heavy plush cover with handworked deep border
A large lounge chair, luxuriously hair and spring stuffed and uphol-
stered in Oriental style tapestry, with back cushion and 2 feather
pillows 8to match
A carved black oak 2-tier table with 3ft octagonal top, fitted with
receptacles for books
A 2ft 6in massive brass table lamp, fitted with electric lamp, flexible
attachment and wicker shade
A brass Alligator ash tray, a brass pen-case and ink receiver, 2 rulers,
and a lacquer box
A spear head, a dagger in sheath, a draught board and boxwood
draughts
A polished oak library chair with revolving seat, on supports and castors
A melted glass paper-weight, a leather backgammon board with box-
wood chessmen, dice, draughts, boxes and dice
A pair of carved dark oak Stuart-style chairs, with spring-stuffed
seats and panelled backs in French Figured tapestry
A pair of 19in Rockingham oviform vases, with Ram9s Mask handles
and covers, on square bases; apple-green ground and burnished
gold, painted in panels of Flowers
A Faience jardiniere on pedestal
An oil painting (on panel), 12in by gin48 Moonlight Seascape = ; Signed, Sebastean Pether
A ditto (on panel), 17in by 12in488 Woody Landscape =9 : Sauer Signed, Nieman
An oil painting48 Moonlight Scene =
The costly full-size billiard table, with 2in slates, patent 88 Eureka = block vacuum cushions, im handsome American and burr walnut frame on 8 massive quadrangular supports. Designed and manufac- tured by Messrs, Burroughes and Watts, Ltd., London; and in condition equal to new, 5 wae
A blue serge cover, hand-worked to own design =
A 4ft 6in handsome American walnut and burr cabinet marking board,
with cupboard, enclosed by two panelled doors, and 2 fitted trays
for balls, enclosed by fall-dewm flaps; surmounted by a billiard and
pool marking board for 12 players, and receptacles for balls
A bottle basket, an iron and sheath, a brush, a triangle, a semi-circle,
and a cue tipper :
A set of ivory billiard balls ~~
Eighteen ivory pyramid balls
Twelve. ditto: pool balls
A set of 3 bonzoline billiard balls
An oak table billiard marker 4
A walnut revolving cue stand fer 15 cues and 3 rests
Six ash cues and a rest
Six ditto cues and a spider rest=
Two cues with ebony butts
Ditto. -
The set of 4 excellent quality Turkey billiard-table surrounds, each 12ft by 3ft: In good condition.
The expensive and elegant copper billiard table pendant, fitted with 36 - electric lamps. Manufactered from own design.
A 21in old Spanish mahogany elliptic wine cooler, brass bound; fitted with zinc tray for Flowers, om stand
A pair of stained knulled frame spinning chairs, with high backs
A well-made polished wainscotGak elbow chair, with seat and panelled
back upholstered in French Figured tapestry
Ping-pong in box, sundry games, etc.
A painted box, containing famey lamp shades
A fine Antelope9s Head with Hers, mounted
Ditto at
Ditto pie
Ditto 2)
Ditto ae
Ditto ey
Ditto and a pair of Buffalo Horms 4 aa
eS:
END OF SECOMB DAY'S SALE.
All lots to be cleared by 12 neemon Saturday, March 9th, 1918,
THIRD & CONCLUDING DAY9S SALE.
Thursday, March 7th, 1918.
NO. LOTS will be delivered between the hours of 10.45 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. or after 5.15 p.m. on this day, Thursday.
All Lots to be cleared by 12 noon on Saturday, March 9th, 1918.
Hours of Delivery on Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 5.15 p.m.
SPECIAL NOTE.4Admission to the Sale is by Catalogue Only.
KITCHEN, SCULLERY, ETC.
656 The ae attern linoleum as planned to cover kitchen, about 16ft 6in by 16ft
657 The ditto to match as planned to back corridor
658 The linoleum as planned to butler9s pantry, about 14ft by oft 6in
659 A 5ft steel-bar fender
660- A stout kitchen table, 5ft 6in by 3ft 6in, with 4 drawers, on underframe
661 A kitchen table, 4ft by 2ft 6in, with 2 drawers
662 Six Windsor chairs
663 Various dinner ware
664 A barrel jug and a marble mortar
665 Various pie dishes, etc., in cupboard
666 Ten store jars with covers
667. Ditto
068 Five fireproof casseroles
669 Three metal dish covers, and a hot-water plate
670 A large size copper kettle
671 A 12in copper stew-pan with cover
672 Ditto
673 Two stew-pans with covers
LOT
Two stew-pans
A large copper old ewer, with cover
A sterilizing kettle, 2 large ladles, 2 oak blocks, etc.
An 8-day dial timepiece, in mahogany case, by J. Blount Thomas
An iron Dog-grate
A wicker easy chair, with cushion
Various cooking utensils
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
A galvanized iron bath, a bucket, 2 standing boards, and a steel-bar fender
A 3-tier vegetable rack
A household spring balance, a meat saw, and sundry culinary and cooking utensils
An expensive cabinet refrigerator, in japanned oak case, 3ft gin by 2ft 2in by 5ft high
A deal table with 2 drawers, and-a Windsor chair
An iron scraper, a mat, and folding double steps
A telescopic ladder
A 3ft 3-tier plate rack
An iron boiler and sundry cooking utensils
A 2ft qin linen press with drawer, and a 2ft 6in cutlery stand with 2
drawers
A Royal Doulton porcelain dinner service, festoon and scale border, about 94 pieces
A ditto breakfast service, yellow and blue borders, about 38 pieces
Twelve ,white china coffee cups and saucers
Six pink border ditto, 5 fancy plates, and a preserve pot and cover
Three mineral glasses, 2 glass cucumber dishes, and a preserve pot and cover
A frosted glass custard tray and 6 cups, and an early-morning tea set with tray
Ditto
A china and9 metal wine tray, and 2 lacquered trays
A wicker large size plate basket and various trays and waiters
A pair of brass pillar candlesticks and sundries _
S
E
RVANTS9 HALL.
The linoleum as planned to cover room, about 18ft 6in by 13ft 6in
A bordered Eastern rug, about 11ft by sft
A 4ft 6in kerb, 3 implements, a guard, and a shovel
A walnut frame small size overmantel
An 8-day striking clock, in walnut case
Four glass specimen holders
A set of 8 rush-seat chairs
A set of telescopic dining tables, with patent screw and one leaf, extending to Oft by 4ft
A 4ft 6in carved black oak enclosed sideboard, with cupboard and 3
drawers; surmounted by a back with shelf and bevelled silvered panel
Two pairs of Figured cretonne window curtains
Two oak frames with 6 photographs of Rome, and an Oxford frame4
<Rock of Ages =9
Three coloured portraits of children, framed
A cruet with 3 castors and various china
A deal'table, about 3ft 3in square, with drawer
A lawn-mow
i An iron s
HAMPSHIRE.
In a delightful situation between the New Forest and the Coast, a district reputed to be the healthiest part of the South of England. Close to a Main Line Station, ten miles from
Bournmouth, twenty from Southampton, seventy-eight from London and within 2 miles of the sea.
LOT 1
An Exceptionally Well-Built and Perfectly Appointed Modern Residence known as <Great Ballard,=
NEW MILTON.
The elevation is rough-casted, now creeper-clad, whilst internally the accommodation is compactly arranged. All the rooms are very pleasant, of excellent size, light and airy.
Lounge Hall. Three fine Reception Rooms. Handsome Pannelled Billiard
Room. Eight Principal Bed and Dressing Rooms. Five Secondary
Bedrooms. Five Servants9 Bedrooms. Four splendid Bath Rooms.
Electric Light, Gas, Central Heating, Main Water, Modern Drainage,
Lodge, Two Cottages, Garage, Stabling, Glass, Farmery. Beautifully
timbered Grounds, Pasture and Woodland, extending in all to about
Forty and a Half Acres.
LOT 2 A PIECE OF
GRASSLAND
adjoining Lot r on the North side thereof containing an area of about
Freehold.
Sixteen and a Half Acres.
With Possession of Lot 1.
NORFOLK & PRIOR
Firm: STANLEY F. PRIOR. F.A.l., and EDWARD A. STONE, F.S.1.
will offer the above for Sale by Auction (unless previously sold privately) at
The London Auction Mart, 155, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
On Tuesday, the 17th day of October, 1922, At 2,30 p.m. precisely.
Solicitors:
Messrs. PARIS, SMITH & RANDALL, Castle Lane, Southampton.
Auctioneer9s Offices :
131, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.1.
GENERAL REMARKS.
THE PROPERTY may be viewed upon production of these Particulars at the
Lodge providing.an appointment for this purpose has previously
been made through the Auctioneers or direct with the Vendor, in residence.
REPAIR. <The Residence is in very good order with the exception of the Emdecca lining to the Bath Room walls and the slight fading of some of the wall canvasscs. The latter, however, may be in- expensively rectified by the application of distemper. The exceptional splendour of the Gardens has waned owing to the recent lack of upkeep, but could be restored to their former beauty in a short time.
LIGHTING. By Electricity generated by a private plant.
HEATING. Central Heating is installed.
WATER SUPPLY. Water is supplied from Company9s Mains.
DRAINAGE which is laid in accordance with modern principles, is to a septic tank and is believed to be in excellent order.
ASPECT. All the principal rooms face:due South. $
ALTITUDE. Between 200 and 300 feet above sea level.
SPORT. The Rivers < Avon9 and 88Stour=9 in which salmon and other fishing may be obtained, and the New Forest, over which licenses to shoot and fish may be acquired, also sea fishing in Christchurch Bay, are within easy access by road or rail. Hunting, Golf and Fishing are also available.
POSSESSION of the whole of the property will be given upon completion of the purchase.
TENURE. Freehold.
THE FIXTURES & FITTINGS are included in the Sale.
LOTS 1 and 2 will first be offered together as one lot and in the event of their remaining unsold Lot x will then be offered separately. Lot 2 will not be offered separately unless Lot x is disposed of.
THESE PARTICULARS have been carefully prepared and are believed to be correct no claim, however, arising out of any error or omission can be admitted,
Particulars and
Conditions of Sale
of the Magnificent
MODERN9 RESIDENCE
known as <Great Ballard,=
NEW MILTON, HAMPSHIRE.
Situate in pretty well-wooded country about one and a half miles from the
South Coast and three miles from the borders of the New Forest, a district
which has the reputation of being the healthiest in the South of England.
New Milton with Churches, Post and Telegraph Office, Shops and a Main Line
Station on the London and South Western Railway, is within ten minutes9
walk of the Lodge Gates, whilst Brockenhurst (with its excellent service of
trains to London) Bournemouth and Southampton are approximately six,
ten and twenty miles distant respectively.
LOT 1
(Coloured pink on the Plan attached hereto).
THE RESIDENCE
was built about twenty years ago under the personal supervision and for the occupation of the Vendor and affords a home of singular attraction. The
structure is built upon a foundation of reinforced concrete and the elevation, which is rough-casted and now creeper-clad, is relieved by semi-circular bays with stone mullioned windows containing iron casements with leaded lights,
whilst a pretty porch with coloured glass lights and mosaic floor, a loggia with
covered balcony over and a verandah with mosaic floor on the South front,
give additional charm to the already picturesque appearance. Internally the
accommodation has been planned with infinite skill and so arranged as to render
the whole exceptionally compact and able to be worked with a minimum of
domestic labour. All the floors on the ground level, with the exception of the
offices and cloakroom, are laid with parquet and those on the first floor are of
polished oak boards. The appointments throughout are of the latest and most
beautiful designs, all the fireplaces having been supplied by <The Teale
Fireplace Co.,= whilst all the sanitary fittings are <8 Shanks= Patent. The great
attention paid to the most minute details concerning comfort and appearance
is one of many pleasing features, which are appreciable only upon an inspection
of the property.
The Accommodation comprises
On the Ground Floor
THE ENTRANCE HALL
with a massive brass studded oak door
LARGE LOUNGE HALL
of which the ceiling is panelled and the walls which are ornamented with white
enamelled panels enclosed by decorative moulded plaster work, are lined with
canvas. There is a fireplace with a raised yellow tiled hearth and sides, above
which is a white enamelled carved and moulded mantel and overmantel
containing a bevelled plate glass mirror. From this Hall
THE BROAD WELL STAIRCASE
which is of polished oak with white enamelled newels, ballusters and handrails
rises in easy stages to the First Floor.
THE DRAWING ROOM
(33ft. Loin. by toft. 6in.) is a delightful room with a decorated ceiling and walls hung with beautifully designed green silk fabric. The fireplace has decorated
green tiled hearth and sides and a handsome white enamelled mantel and over-
mantel. All woodwork is white enamelled and apart from the central chand-
elier there are seven electric light points in the walls ; also several plugs. A
door leads to the Verandah.
THE DINING ROOM
measuring 23ft. gin., excluding a broad semi-circular bay 5ft. deep, by roft.
6in., has a panelled ceiling and a fireplace with brass canopy and raised green
tiled hearth and sides. The mantel and overmantel are of beautifully carved
oak. A door gives access to
THE HANDSOME CONSERVATORY
(approximately 22ft. by 18ft.), which has a mosaic floor, electric light and a
door opening on to the Gardens.
THE MORNING ROOM
(x8f{t. 6in. by r4ft. roin.) is a cosy room with leaded casement windows
looking on to the Loggia. The fireplace is on a raised semi-circular decorated
blue tiled hearth with similarly tiled sides. The handsome mantel and over-
mantel are of oak, the latter being ornamented with many antlers. A door
gives alternative access to
THE IMPOSING BILLIARD ROOM
which measures 37ft. gin., excluding a raised window recess 46in. deep, with
seats and containers, by roft. 4in. excluding a semi-circular bay with window
seats. This room is a great feature of the house and has a panelled ceiling
and walls richly panelled in oak, inlaid with mahogany, to a height of seven
feet. Above is a canvas frieze. The fireplace is a unique design in copper, on either side of the raised hearth of green and blue tiles rise oak columns which support the handsome oak mantel and overmantel and from the summit
of which electric light fittings are suspended. From the centre of the ceiling
hangs a beautifully designed rectangular electrolier of decorated bronze with
sockets to take thirty-six bulbs; also there are eight electric light points in walls. A door opens on to the Gardens.
Adjoining the Entrance Hall is a CLOAK ROOM
with emdecca lined walls; mosaic floor; large marble lavatory basin (h. and
c.) and a separate W.C.
THE EXCELLENT DOMESTIC OFFICES
comprise A Light Kitchen (about 16ft. by 15ft.), with double oven Eagle=
range, fitted dresser and cupboards and glazed sink (h. and c.). Large
Scullery, having an auxiliary range, gas circulator, sink (h. andc.), a
mosaic floor and a door leading to the covered yard. Splendid Butler9s
Pantry, with sink (h. and c.), fitted cupboards and shelves enclosed by.
glazed doors. Perfectly Fitted Storeroom (r6ft. by toft.), having ample
shelving and cupboard accommodation and rack to hold six dozen bottles ;
mosaic floor. Servants9 Hall (about 15ft. by x2ft.), with fitted cupboard
and shelves. 8Two Tiled Larders and a Dairy, with slate shelves and electric
light. Covered and Enclosed Tiled Yard, with W.C. and various store
cupboards ; electric light. Large Light and Dry Wine and Beer Cellars
and accommodation for the <8 Ideal 99 Boiler connected with the central heating
apparatus.
On the First Floor
No. 1 BEDROOM
(xoft. 6in., excluding a semi-circular bay 5ft. deep, by 18ft.) of which the walls
are hung with brown canvas. The fireplace has a yellow tiled hearth and
sides and a white enamelled decorated mantel.
No. 2 BEDROOM
(agit. 6in. by oft. gin.), with a white enamelled decorated mantel and over
mantel and a door giving access to a
COVERED BALCONY
(aqft. by 8ft.).
No. 3 BEDROOM
(zoft. 2in. by 16ft.), with white enamelled decorated mantel and a door giving
alternative access to a
DRESSING ROOM
having large 8hanging and <other cupboards and a door leading to.
A 8BEAUTIFULLY FITTED: BATH ROOM a
with emdecea lined walls, a mosaic floor, a large porcelain enamelled bath and
a large marble lavatory basin fitted with.hot and cold supplies and a spray ;
also there is.a heated towel airer and a W.C.
. N. B.4The ne in all bath rooms. are Cas
8No. 4 BEDROOM Le
(xgft. gin. by. raft, 8in.), having fireplace, with brass: canopy, in blue tiles and.
a white enamelled mantel. A door leads to the South Balcony.
No. 5 8BEDROOM
(goft. 2in. by 18ft. 4in.1) with a fireplace having a ereen tiled hearth and sides
and a pretty white enamelled decorated mantel. - From this room also a door .
leads to the South Balcony. es
No. 6. 8
BEDROOM ae
8(adit., veladiag: semi- eepoulae bay sit. deep,. by tote: gin.). The fireplace is.
in yellow. and green tiles, and has 8a brass canopy and a white enamelled ahantel
and. overmnantel with pre 8cabinet, having lattice plead doors.
. No. 7 BEDROOM
ote 8roin. by 816it. 2in,) with a browa ae fireplace having brass canopy and =
winte:s enamelled mantel.
| SMALL DRESSING ROOM
with fitted hanging cupboards, . drawers 8and shelves.
Bes:
TWO OTHER
BEAUTIFULLY FITTED BATH ROOMS
both having emdecca lined walls and porcelain enamelled baths, whilst one
has a mosaic floor, a fireplace and a heated towel airer and the other a hand-
some lavatory basin (h. and c.).
Also there is a Separate W.C.
On, the Second Floor
FIVE EXCELLENT SECONDARY BEDROOMS
measuring respectively 18ft. by r5ft.; 18ft. by rsft.; a7ft. by 13ft.; 18ft. by
raft. and 13ft. by 13ft., excluding, in most cases, large window recesses. In
two of these there are large hanging cupboards of which one side is fitted with
many sliding trays.
FIVE SERVANTS9 BEDROOMS.
A SERVANTS9 BATH ROOM.
A LARGE BOXROOM
and a W.C.
THE OUTBUILDINGS
which are fitted with electric light throughout are conveniently removed
from the Residence, include a red brick, rough-casted and slated building
comprising :4
EXCELLENT STABLING
having two Loose Boxes and two Stalls (all fittings by < Musgrave9).
GARAGE FOR THREE CARS and a
CHAUFFEUR9S COTTAGE
containing Sitting Room, Kitchen, Scullery, Store and Four Bedrooms.
Enclosed by a brick wall is a large paved yard and covered washing place with electric light.
Adjoining the Kitchen Garden is a
GOOD GARDENER9S COTTAGE
containing Sitting Room, Kitchen, Scullery and Three Bedrooms.
EXCEPTIONALLY PICTURESQUE LODGE
soundly built and having a rough-casted elevation with pretty leaded casement
windows. The accommodation comprises, on the Ground Floor, two Pleasant
Sitting Rooms, one Bedroom, Kitchen and Scullery, and on the First Floor,
two other Bedrooms.
OTHER BUILDINGS
include Engine House and Accumulator House, Potting Shed, Range of Coal and
Wood Sheds, etc., and a small Farmery with accommodation for eight cows.
THE BEAUTIFULLY TIMBERED GROUNDS
entirely surround the Residence and afford it a perfect seclusion. A gravelled
carriage drive leads from the Lodge gate through the delightful belt of wood-
land which entirely bounds the property, to the charming Gardens where it
terminates in a broad sweep before the main entrance. The Pleasure Gardens
are beautifully designed and although at present in a somewhat neglected
condition require the expenditure of but a small sum to restore them to their
former splendour. The numerous pleasing features include Two Tennis Lawns
and other level Lawns, a pretty Rock and Water Garden, Pergola, Shrubberies,
Two Summer Houses, etc. The plants and shrubs are of great variety and many
are of rare species.
THE VERY PRODUCTIVE KITCHEN GARDEN
is entirely walled and exceptionally well stocked, whilst there is also a large variety of wall, bush and standard fruit trees in full bearing.
THE GLASSHOUSES comprise :4A combined Peach House and Vinery, gsft. by 15ft., Cucumber House, 24ft. by raft., and another Glass Erection, 30ft. by raft.
THE SURROUNDING PASTURE AND WOODLAND
in which there is a large and pretty fishing pond bring the total area to about
40 Acres, 2 Roods, 19 Poles.
LOT 2
(Coloured green on the Plan attached hereto).
A
PIECE OF
FREEHOLD GRASSLAND
adjoining lot 1, on the North side thereof, containing an area of about
16 Acres, 2 Roods, 29 Poles,
let on a tenancy particulars of which will be given on application.
