Property prices
1887 Balland Cottage sold for £195
Western Times 4 May 1887 p4 col3
1889 An 'extensive but somewhat dilapidated' property opposite Messrs Watts, Whidborne and Co.'s bank in West Street was sold to Mr. Henry Stevens for £145. Mrs Fanny Mugridge and others occupied the premises.
Western Times 10 July 1889 p2 col4
1892 Rose Cottage, together with a garden, orchard and adjoining field, sold to Mr Hosking for £2375. The price, described by the Western Times as 'extraordinary', was attained because it was believed that valuable umber deposits were on the land.
Western Times 15 December 1892 p3 col2
1905. The property of the Hon Lord Clinton sold for about £24,000. Most was unnamed, but it included the Fire Station, sold to Mr G French for £125 and Orley House sold to Mr W Pengilley for £510, Mr J P Tucker bought 6 houses at Rew Lea for £180.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 30 June 1905 p3 col4
1906 Summerhill Farm, a farmhouse and 93 acres was sold together with the borough lordship and manor of Ashburton for £550, with the Hon R Dawson was the purchaser. It was one of thirteen lots of houses, farm buildings and land which had been the property of Sir R B W Jardine.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 22 September 1906 p3 col7
1907 Mr S Winsor, the tenant of Higher Barn Farm, bought it for £1560.
Western Times 5 July 1907 p12 col1
1912 No 20 West Street, described as a dwelling house, garden, stable and coach-house, was sold to Mr Ernest Winsor for £210. At that time it was leasehold - 1000 years from 1825.
Western Times 8 May 1912 p2 col4
1919 Tucking Mill, a water-powered mill and buildings, sold to Mr Baker for £400.
Mr Bradridge bought Dorncliffe, described as a modern building and garage in West Street, for £360.
Western Times 18 June 1919 p3 col2
1920 Dorncliffe was sold at auction to Mr H Baskerville for £440.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 6 November 1920 p1 col6
Western Times 4 May 1887 p4 col3
1889 An 'extensive but somewhat dilapidated' property opposite Messrs Watts, Whidborne and Co.'s bank in West Street was sold to Mr. Henry Stevens for £145. Mrs Fanny Mugridge and others occupied the premises.
Western Times 10 July 1889 p2 col4
1892 Rose Cottage, together with a garden, orchard and adjoining field, sold to Mr Hosking for £2375. The price, described by the Western Times as 'extraordinary', was attained because it was believed that valuable umber deposits were on the land.
Western Times 15 December 1892 p3 col2
1905. The property of the Hon Lord Clinton sold for about £24,000. Most was unnamed, but it included the Fire Station, sold to Mr G French for £125 and Orley House sold to Mr W Pengilley for £510, Mr J P Tucker bought 6 houses at Rew Lea for £180.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 30 June 1905 p3 col4
1906 Summerhill Farm, a farmhouse and 93 acres was sold together with the borough lordship and manor of Ashburton for £550, with the Hon R Dawson was the purchaser. It was one of thirteen lots of houses, farm buildings and land which had been the property of Sir R B W Jardine.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 22 September 1906 p3 col7
1907 Mr S Winsor, the tenant of Higher Barn Farm, bought it for £1560.
Western Times 5 July 1907 p12 col1
1912 No 20 West Street, described as a dwelling house, garden, stable and coach-house, was sold to Mr Ernest Winsor for £210. At that time it was leasehold - 1000 years from 1825.
Western Times 8 May 1912 p2 col4
1919 Tucking Mill, a water-powered mill and buildings, sold to Mr Baker for £400.
Mr Bradridge bought Dorncliffe, described as a modern building and garage in West Street, for £360.
Western Times 18 June 1919 p3 col2
1920 Dorncliffe was sold at auction to Mr H Baskerville for £440.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 6 November 1920 p1 col6
Above: Dorncliffe, West Street
My own photograph 2015
My own photograph 2015
1921 Mr W Whitley of Paignton bought Welstor, an estate of over 324 acres, for £6000.
Western Times 25 June 1921 p4 col6
1924 Properties belonging to the late John Hannibal Foaden came up for sale.
1 Roborough Lane sold to Mr Frank Langler for £85
2 Roborough Lane sold to Mr H Warren, the tenant, for £100
1 and 3 Woodland Road sold to Mr F Langler for £100
5 and 7 Woodland Road sold to Mr F Langler for £100
11 St Lawrence Lane sold to Mr Hannaford, the tenant, for £280
13 St Lawrence Lane sold to Mr Baskerville for £370
19 West Street sold to Mr Fogden for £180
Rewlea Cottages (5 of them) sold to Mrs Eales for £230
Caton Farm sold to Mr J Cock for £2050
Coombe Farm sold to Mr F Thorn, the tenant for £875
Western Times 28 November 1924 p8 col2
Western Times 25 June 1921 p4 col6
1924 Properties belonging to the late John Hannibal Foaden came up for sale.
1 Roborough Lane sold to Mr Frank Langler for £85
2 Roborough Lane sold to Mr H Warren, the tenant, for £100
1 and 3 Woodland Road sold to Mr F Langler for £100
5 and 7 Woodland Road sold to Mr F Langler for £100
11 St Lawrence Lane sold to Mr Hannaford, the tenant, for £280
13 St Lawrence Lane sold to Mr Baskerville for £370
19 West Street sold to Mr Fogden for £180
Rewlea Cottages (5 of them) sold to Mrs Eales for £230
Caton Farm sold to Mr J Cock for £2050
Coombe Farm sold to Mr F Thorn, the tenant for £875
Western Times 28 November 1924 p8 col2
Above: 3 Woodland Road
Right: 13A and 13B St Lawrence Lane
My own photographs 2015
1931 Nos 57, 59, 63 North Street sold for £115 each
No 61 North Street £135. Sold by the executors of Mrs Ann Hannaford, all these properties were bought by Mr W Pengilley.
At the same auction, Westabrook Farm sold to Mr Tapper for £3000.
Western Times 2 April 1931 p7 col3In September of that year Knowle, together with a gardener's cottage and three and a half acres, sold for £1000
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 24 September 1931 p2 col4
1933 Rendell and Sawdye sold 17 East Street for £400 to Mr Martin.
At the same sale Mr C H Baker bought 14 East Street for £350 and Mr Arscott bought 1 Back Lane for £210
Western Morning News 1 September 1933 p9 col6
1935 Mrs. Chamberlain, of Ashburton, bought No. 16 West Street - a house and shop - for £420
Western Morning News 10 October 1935 p8 col3
West End Cottage sold on April 4th, 1952 for £4550, at an auction at the Queen's Hotel, Torquay. The vendor was Mrs E I Ferris, whose family had owned the house for over 200 years.
Herald and Express 5th April 1952, p5 col3