East Cleveland Image Archive

Attractive detached cottage the catalogue tells us, with 2 bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen with sink and range, a garden that extended to about 18 poles this could have been yours for £13 per annum rent.
Thanks go again to Mrs Waton for the loan of the sale catalogue.

Garden Cottage which still stands  in Easington, opposite the post office. Let fot £25 per annum, it had electric ligh;, although the water was obtained from a roadside tap. Another lot from Mrs Waton’s sale catalogue

Easington Hall Farm, 207 acres it stated in the catalogue that this was a ”Lady Day tenancy’ of £217 per annum. Lady Day being the 25th March.

Thanks again go to Mrs Waton for the loan of this very intersting catalogue. and Bob Doe for advice regarding Lady Day.

Snipe House, described in the catalogue loaned to us by Mrs Waton, as being built of ’mellowed stone’ with slate roof.

 Accomodation:- 3 bedrooms and bathroom, sitting room, living room with range having a boiler at the back for heating the hot water. Gun room and pantry with sink, E.C. if you don’t know what an E.C. is then ask an older member of the family.

Snipe House is still used by Grinkle Estates as a gamekeeper’s house.

Thanks to Alan Found for that update.

Home Farm House or Grinkle Lodge again for sale in 1946 bringing the princely sum of £2,700

 (Mrs Waton is thanked for the loan of the sale catalogue)

Once again taken from the sale catalogue loaned to us by Mrs Waton, the lake was included with the sale of Grinkle Park.

A rather nice view of the hotel as you go up the driveway.

 (photo from the sale catalogue courtesy of Mrs Waton)

Too late to buy I’m afraid as this sale was in 1946. I wonder how much was paid for it? (Sale catalogue courtesy of Mrs Waton)

Easington church again, all dressed up ready for the Easter service.
(Postcard courtesy of Mrs Waton.)