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Show v. THE OGDEN ' V SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 11. 1921. R . . ENGL I SH PROUD SELL E STATES FOR PITTANCES South front of Stowe in' Buckinghamshire,' one "of the famotjs' English homes sold recently at auction. The facade from east to west is 916 feet long, and the palace cost 500,000 to build; it brought onertenth of this. The curtained bed below is in the state bedchamber at. Stowe. : ' ' Ever Increihg.Xaxes,; YWar Riiined Fami-lie- s and Demand for Farm Lands Force Many Historic Places on Market at Enor-- f mous Sacrifices TiHIS . . STANDARD-EXAMINE- L V TT ..II I. lllll" 1II)IIIJ .1 1 1,1 III' ' " II .11 .IP! I.I II ' 111 T ll .L ll 11 I 11 ' nil 111 Stowe, Second Largest Mansion inEttgland, Its Brings Onc-tcntCost at Auction Reigate Prior Moor ' ' t m t L K Park and Tjiymouth Castle Go, Too studi) of the heavy th great English coun try properties is from the pen o 1 - , , 1 ' i " ' - '. : . jT-- i " 1 . i J? li ! I .v dtrenire by purpo vr, Britain, in-Gre- at for the Antber grrat pot. tlobrt Durnt, bs n. Civl. .brined hit admiration of Taymouth -famed prrthihlr A mrl'xliou vpens to, my view." That aeat, wlth- drawn at auction a few months inr at of one of the best known authorities in London on the real property market iurroundd U a moat which, now drained dry, enclrclt Brad-alban- e Jat found a buyer. The caatle now for resale wrth t.000 acre, and Its aa a hrdrepathic hotel 1 tvrgeited. The North Wales atronghoid, Gwjdr leas fortunate. !or, Cafile. has Tf be fold in Jta entirety the place U now In ta ir3 ot bting dismantled and the old rurni- 363.030. has Special Corretpondence.) . London, Saturday. all the "stately home of U u bn DESPITE that havepassed under the .hammer within the last few months and despite the dally page and more of the Timet advertising further splendid" properties for sale, by far the bulk of the ' U rin smim ir nii tit estates, treat and small, will remain In the hands of the original owners. keep the esta'te going only because he Is Up to fifty years ago 2,000 persons owned also one of the largest proprietors of London half the agricultural land; of England and' property, a great part of which he recently Wales. Heavy a. have been past . a and to come, they make no serlou dent In t.,.TV bolder of ailt edited securities of the ranks of these great property owning various sorts. The actual figures for this estate as printea classes. In Scotland a Parliamentary comTimet from the attested statements mittee reported only the other day that in the.Duke's auditors and the comments of the of nearly a fifth of the country's total area the Time, ft expert on them follow : was reserved in deer forests.' ActtUi, Gaoss Receipts. There can be no doubt, however, that the Rentals . 18.228 sales have been ' heavy and estates of su- Woodlands 1,945 2.552 preme historic and artistic interest have re- Timber yard 712 cently passed intd new hands. They have Sundry receipts I25.4S7 passed Into the hands of three classes: on Upkeep. Payments People of recent "wealth, like Lord Lever Repairs 8,859 hulme, and Lord Beatty; Institutions and Management, (apportioned on .... an acreage basis) 4,776 hotels and the housebreaker and lot seller. , 509Insurance The toll has been the heaviest in the me194 Malntenance dium sized establishments. That means Tools 31 used 2 .for places pleasure. primarily They Purveying ' under Workmen's have had large houses and relatively, email.' Payment amounts of . agricultural land. In. estates' Compensation Act for. Acci35 dents where the agricultural land ran into thou- Allowance to tenants 137 sands of acressales of part of the land en- Labor felling timber and hedgerow timber. 843 abled proprietors to hold onto the most val2,080 uable sections, with their mansions, in the Elpenaea of timber yard 327 of rabbits. face of rising costs 'and taxes. Medium Expenses ofkilling waterworks -- and Expenses sized places have had to go entire. sewers 823 i wfcvi i ii 1i I li ll "' I r Jr 'V f W III ri iiw , i iih ' 1 inn - iiy a Ml .n , Hi m . - . n . i in i I m ri inin ' l " . . .. " j , ..T...,.... t. I . . . " . ; 'the-sales- TlS HlJ! , JTm t 1 fr 'till i t '. ft - - i- V-- f! .' l " ; 1:1 i a ' V v I : li i o ' - 1 v'K - ' '1 c- iti! . v ; - . v t When He Lost His Home When "the stately homes of England" changed hands in the Middle Ages It wis often by royal grant or forfeiture, and the holder literally lost his head under the axe of the executioner at the same time. when he loses his ancestral home under the hammer of the auctioneer he does not lose his head, literally or figuratively, but reinvests the purchase money in what are called ."gilt edged securities,' and rejoices at his release from the burdens of land- Expenses of almshouse, town hall and market place Surplus before taxation The above expenditure of To-da- y. i-- - ; tt j v J i . v. folk, be mentlonel. Among the notable rr.ra was I!l;a Illf. Hit thst connected hi foun.ler .f tht udI rl;y whlrh name. The pr?ierty, now for aale, has " tmont Its treaares a sundial .bearing tr.e armorial device of that celebrated man. Reiratc Triory, Juet purchased by Admin. Lord Deatty, l a magnificent old mansion' Jn ffurity, with one of the moil elaborate examples "extant of carving In It mantel-tlecThis la believed to have come from a remarkable palaro In the nmt .county called "Nonsuch, erected by Henry VIII.. That palace was w5l named, for. thoyth It was demo5Whe4 long ig1 trf vlwf, which reveal it as embodying externally an incredible of ornamentation and on a of unusual magnltnd?- - ( , 18.648 is U. -- fc ? ture ha been o!d. The paneling and carr-In- g th Wynn family during four er gjt five centuries It to be removed, that In two cf the rooma having fetched 110. CC0 and that In iewn other rooms being for sale for 12. COO. Theneeforth the caatle. if it Is to be preserved at all, will be merely a modernised by i'' -- dwelling divested of Ha o!J Interior charm. ,No tetter Idea cf the curi&aitr and beauty f th hiatorlcal treaaurea with which so many old Hng'.Uh And W'.h aeaU are can be conveyed than by the views of the pair jf sixteenth ctntury leather flf- -' urej ii feet high) cf Queen miaabeth and e. 4,789 18.648 .. Taymouth, Castle, in Perthshire, immortalized by Rqbert Burnt, another famous place to" go under the hammer. It will become a rest cure hotel. 162 Total or obligatory payments on Nthe upkeep of the property. . .18.648 -- -v -- V .ct l iTZz?- raf rtw-k- v ' h I r ST - K a- 65 i1 fc,ih.towwil S Mir, Expenses of unoccupied prem- ' turn - v ises !L f: ' Formerly Owner Lost He id (tilt t ob- en-dow- ed ligatory and not voluntary. A landlord H legally liable for repairs under his contract Waiter lUlelgh. The hcUht cf the v cr ' I t f of tenancy. The public health authority can peingalated, gives the scale cf the pan-lii- . V. compel him to equip and maintain his dwellIn h rooms. Jt- wirf t "'iftt'-'MkiIn. TnMf ing houses according to their ever changing Queen Elisabeth's Bed ... ,4 views as to the beat system of sanitation, n r water a landlord and If drainage Famous Mansion supply. Stowe Brought at Auction ttjoo Brought ' for lnfahce. eurmentlnar its inmul lordism. neglects annual repairs his property quickly It is pointed out that' the 8.859 eTrnVd The bulbous legged tables are Only $ojQoo Pounds St Auction cent. f Income by .over 10.000 throuKh th Half a century ago a census of land deteriorates and repairs become more and for this purpose represents 37 the odJest imor.g survival ef early media. more costly. of purche money. the estate's gross income. It Sa admitted In iTueklax hirr.s.Mrt. next to Turn furniture and the state bedstead owners, known as "the New Domesday' was extant, a an.i The ale nf ftKTlcu'.turnl land eauy. Estate management necessitates a staff that the charges, for repairs are particular')' one of the most f.imoui mansions In Hog- - oti which Queen.ElftAhatH nA mt.r- , tx to too which reasons would compiled.". .The old Domesday, drawn up with a practical and technical knowledge u It to take for lonjc heavy, as all repairs practically had land and the second ltrgesf the Duke cf I. reposed t a rotable work, which, by the suspended during the war on the 6S7 cottn-- s exartiine hre the farmer who bought with Marllwrough'a IUer.he:m Cat just after the Norman Conquest in 10SS, a good many subjects, such as agriculture, on ohly Is way, was id fos fl.lCi). the estate. To make the hous'ng con- the Intention of farming his land wnl free larger. Stowe has Just been sold by gave a remarkably comprehensive and ac- forestry, the building trade, engineering and Oregynog. another North Wales seat, re-in these cottages even Just thv amv from some of th dlfncultie experlencKl by nucf.cn. wtth 1.400 acres, for. onlv ttOOO. Jolrtny ditions accounts and propbookkeeping, surveying, In such land. In passing, curate survey of English who had'merelr owned and let This car!ng and pantl'Jng a as they were before the war, through the proprietors Alr-nIn all its branches and a comlaw. Is no other word for If rnedui-rthrre erty the ralae only Wela eem able to have Kind. with farms the the freqisently it may be mentioned as showing the con- plicated system of rating and taxation. of. the KreM Vanhrugft. must have wrought, has also been pair of roofs and chimneys and other things the mansion and the work, cf aa naUbU came ham .under the park half-land tenure, that it is Taxation, Other than Incoms Tax and Su essential to their habltability, win involve million sterling at the n1 jrr m rt.mewhat !mi;rspoken cost tinuity of English quite manner. to mer effort of the and the Cuenby all of the seventeenth certtury. a total expenditure of 20000. And thK cotcommon to ' find the history of some estate In pertax, Borne bt the Owner. llaU, the like two Mlitanda, the an WUh Intricate sometimes them presented . 567. tages bringing In an average rent of only ard other poet, statesmen coant!e thd prata Iope had ; now in the market commencing with the Land tax.... ethers, a'petfectlv problem. Is. 3d. means that practlciT.lv per week, that '.. 1.686 Tithe er3 Vke Walpole and Lord lUaconafSeld, tmrtr.i, cotiectlon of furniture, but it ha. Norman records, whichare still preserved Rates on cottages, allotments, email garwill be swallowed tip ''if' "to The great country manaions are expensive rental were proud to pralee it. and tht seJ 6f the bei dlspers-- d under the eight years' 1 In " their aecommodltion' and maintain, all the repairs are carried through. r common and tH and can be inspected at the Record Office there by ifceuk. of l.Ds di.ensed dens, woods, Ac. .. . ho.pitamy h tl$Ht M excee the bu and all of what wealthiest the ' t, t 275 successor, will be appar- - coming Under the hammer. Rent charges. The Duke of Portland did not go Into ''rw most in London. At the wm time, Chanson openhanded require. 20 .tails with regard to his great , " The "New Domesday" proved that the lana Inland revenue licences - , f that bar. teen converted by buying them or renting them. It ha Wen dlnln '"'ii.," alxty-ftv- e 11 :Welbeck Abbey, for he made his statement feet rru- When to table of England and of London, Licence compensation fund iDintuuonai in the last few man said Into a the enter that well, "may 43 upon a very iientimental occasion. H! tenwe eaw it l.it It wasifrosnlng under gold weeks cr mvnthspurpoiea of roads, crown forests Wastes, commons Stamp duties on leases. a one few b can be bound of At trenturJra, only and silver pute that bore 'lot number. ants, gathered et the estate horse an,1 fonT 'herltnge A Utrkahir mansion has been teade' and houses and gardens of less than an a a becomes of person ws!gnt throughout . to thV sale cf thl contents cf Into ai 3.681 show, had presented tq his son and heir a acre, amounted td S2.862.343 acres. But as and ma'hepe .to asaume various lrepnratory orphanac; another in Ducks Into district, " Ca a an the oak Jn handsome . V. npd plare gun of half fact 2,000 persons owned a matter sporting home for London deaf chUdren: The surplus of 4,789 before any taxation ofT.ces. sotr.e of training honorific and under"con-sMeratto- a Interesting has mansion the 'The buyer" of the agricultural land of the country. The is paldless 3,684 shows the excess of re- gold watch. The 'relstions between owner which, such as tne position of High BfterLTj a palatial manloa on the Kent IWgefcury, the. practicability of presenting adon estate thin have' tenant and bcty v area so held was by. no means evenly dis, nd over of borders. h Urm. . are not covctrd by men of restricted means. ceipts expenditure before payment to the nation. Just what rould'b Htime mirable for many years, due to;the Indetributed among that comparatively small Income and supertax to be 1.105. " " Mm a A wonderful rane.of sport awaits ' xamous cufrey vpaener IfU far from nrnflt nf fatigable labors in behalf of their' people by hunting, shootlnar. fl?hing and golf, and If don with It Is not dear, for Tb solvent nhnwln? rlumber, some owners having over 100,000 tit hot'1: and centre ihere JrX or other Umdon Urg any the Duchess as well as by the Duke. 1.10B. Income' tax and supertax ate d fn acres, a few approximately twice that area Mstorto f South WaJts hp is a ocUI Individual he wl'd find plenty l as been talk cf making It into a or hoot -others 80,000 or more. VI fear," said the Duke, that the wnr Irts cif friends, men of nffaira or p'ain country sessed on the gross Income of 23.437. les uL ir.m ict TVi n mmrtm or nnrta eeir!r ' w Domesday,,had not been issued, certain deductions allowed by the Finance changed everything. With the present en r- - gentlemen, according to his c tLreu and the late who will "trmplea- - dedicated to rlaastca) an3 ether V9 W1k'r c uth Wales caalie. Craig-y- . very long when a disastrous season afflicted Act of 1918. which in the year 1920 made n ous taxation and the heavy .Incidence nf welcome him to their houtea and h gild to re.il and mythical peronace. butldlmrs now ban British farmers and widespread ruin ensued. the owner's liability for Income tax mi dearth duties the future has become very i njoy his hoplt.i!lty in turn. Ah UUrolUble been for oonrertlen Inta a bought So, decayed, but elaborate and worthy of The landlord came, to the rescue with heavy supertax to be 1,623. uncertain for all landed, proprietors. If thia range of Interests open to him,' and we hav and with skj tanatcrium, many other. of and rebuilding perhaps preservation, n of rent, though continuing to, remission The demand to be met for income tax and Is for the good of the country. I do not known many men who went Tor orrw year to Mmy Brttk was Stowe let elsewhere. personally Up" Auctions Held I merely desire to state the epend money freely in the upkeep of farma supertax is 3.623.' The gain on the eslaie total strangers to a county, but wbo toon the Comt d Par!, who died there in 1SI4. And Gems corner was turned, comparative pros- - .working is 1.105. The owner therefore of Houses Disappear facts. became knon and liked and a power" In He liked the plaCe becauae it rcminied him ( "With reprard to my own case. It may or It their af,ottel dlrtrict, Privilreg cf no Tee a i; of Untenants, but rents flnja that after defraying the expenses of A few mansions, etrecUnr perity came again . Versailles. the. wi,!rV remained atHhe low point to which they earning this profit, he has to pay the Qv-ha- d may not be possible for me and my family or.'.er may. In short, be enjoyed by1 a man t Holme Lac). Iferef.irdv also loved by Top are remote from cer.trea cf have population, fallen to meet the emergency. 6d. for every sovereign of' to continue to reside at Welbcck; but I ernment3 who can afford 'to rent er buy an Krgliah and praisej by Spenser In -- The Faerie ten pulled down, and their Internal enrich- 5. am I doubt can I be but little hope Judged as income producing property, land excess of receipts over expenditure. The there menta. and tict a !lttle ef the stnictural country at. and the coat Is not prohlblUre. Queene," la Ukew1 fer aale.. declined very seriously in market value, and , payment of 3,623 for Income tax and super- - wrong that those who come after me old been Moor hat Hertfordshire, Park, brick, stone and timber vtvj... be unable to do so. It is of no use whatevt-A Choice of Historic Homes all the while the owners, tne lanaea gentry, tax changes the 1.105 of excess of receiDt-la laying out the patient skill of past to Lord wo cf craft generations were tfyiag to keep up the country houses over expenditure into a deficit of 2,518. The blinking the fact, and It Is of no use whatin a manner euretv cf the ue men, win go to make modern houses a tor grounds Be Moderate Rental Had a!erlt May or ever the one's self. that deceiving country with their amenities and to defray tithe, estate, is left per or the place primarily Tor golf ana other gome of the Utter ' oomrv Insolvent, and. if ree or km r con rate . hi if f taxation the ugn m v nnvr tai the ha burdens and "present rrl hnnaAi TmirM If If .a.. ft. L.at t Qnraa mortgage interest, family tained, must be maintained out of capital. scale Ca if and the of tinues. present cost of maintaining estates In a proper conalLn V Is a There at a further expenditure which, rental. Inclusive in Temple, a notabie fwrure Cagllth hUtory. rArS:T cUundel there. must be a wholesate, ,lk( . cate8 ofmoderate ? t dition. and recorded that Moor TarTc.had "the perfect. cVlticai lh. mutnticenl though not obligatory, is inseparable froin duties remains, anUque down of he larger country houses. the fulfilment of a landowner's duties to closing ,urnlture wtth which so many old- est figure of a garden X eer .aw- - and If "ot in UeTmvXl At Length the Greet Lnd Owners events all not It when. the al bow 1 present ti but disappears when an estate is ManaloM are enriched. .FomeUme, a ten- garfen. are still u glorr. noble a. the house ct - . . neratlon passes away. Learned Theirs Wets Business others, , wlr sold. , These are: . I,. granted wfth .n ontion to nurchaw.- Itself undoubteJlr la. Then came the war. and. exclurtlrr UaL nd In- the ca of onj-w- cli known seat, That is the meaning of the oft quoted ex Pensions - to aged or disabled former , of number csea where r in the haa terribly It large. been Home for Prime Minister Given Warwickshire. estate 52 of sale," Hall, particulars employees. Jut Ttagley ttn- -. 'rucjn ncuaea. auch ! vi. to retain incentive famUy ownership vra5 announced that a nominal rent would b that "the farms are let at old ' and utterly Allowances to workmen for holidays and House To tlfe and Lord Nation Lee Lord by that difficulties out In a Salisbury, blotted bar. ben night, one entalsM Not fo the first time iimess 157 multlpld, . Inadequate willing to expend accepted from any Th fcrrr. :d to a firm cf J,?,Cf net In- m6ney roeto a point at whirti Chequer, , on the Chlltern HIIU, has been the landed gentry failed to realize that "land Donation and stipends to clergy and . on.the houe. . .... . asjxatlon mw rw,v.. L Concurvanished. Lord comes to or Fareham of the wholly almost by A presented is strain stood business". da. of fun ..maintenance the Vame parochial owning They a castle., Maxstoke. nation aa the official country house of the porated in a great hotel IU two acra of la. the county. of temporary and doubt- well up to the year 1914, and a gradual re ; 1,01 6 - rently came a period churches, Ac can be rented Wmo Mlnlter. Cf which mMlval treun.s frcnt on rieeadrJr and overlook date, early ul prosperity for farmers.who were immune adjustment of rents was making the position Donations to hunt funds, cricket and foot m H ' nd could Hall. and famous 'n those from foreign, cotfcpetltlon I9 Norfolk, a very eU,,or niickllng ' more endurawe m an economic sense. . nower shows, agricultural , ball tfc-- rel clubs, stron b.roniat cf ITZ, T. r.oM old Londcm mansn. anrther . . . ton t m wo thev furnrlces; 1125. nxnaon about built vervth!r' let. -Th, ,!.. has Lord ben c. ana tne cu. ui lth a nur.inc association, Qespiiaia, iT ptUcer-wwealth of nished, for a term of years to Mra. Hoffman Lansdowne's. which haa lat!r been Ukaa inA utn.uu.ipiuon. teeming, rcyal to'Aodreaded landed ties of large tre , proprietors came to light of euir. lnt - moderrr Tu.ur - ' - - everr cf New Tork and "Newport with the arcotlng ty Mr. Gordon Seifrtdre. " rlSK OI trung-inoi meir ' , ' -. , a few .w b vear. had for to hundred oriy tnis week win iid puDUcanon in tne ix.2 nrni i jiDni inrer, howrrr, frcm the rcital . over ten square mllew. This estate, accouats or tJDuktJ MaL Time. tr attract. AbU to Live The owners cannot keep them for their own lng to the MArquem of Uthlan, t rich b' tnt to which Er.gUnd la changing B, to . let. friI3'. fl them 4L.. at. unl-cm ... ' lcr Cirf mmrnAmntm were tr emlv historical Interest and richer still In the occupation anij'prcier Consenuentlv farmers in the Trnnr- D ererythfng :,.'.; '' than e them empty and neg- - versalltr of the armeal made bv. the fact thf tcially; It U not, and detritatneJUng pet rent rather and to showed landlords, 1 attracted their, buy farm., rro tbV a Th former hi pnrtiand t leeted. That, then. U one way In which the two at least of thA rharaeter mentlane-- i br number cf fa mo-rid aneier.t .v. by the new high level OX Interest on. Govern - Z. 4.- v.m,. fmm ifiRflo .ere- -' n rfeiifnert.fiW f Kngland are dealt ' with. Shakespeare hel l 1(. One. market' therehouses srrea.t m onA eenHtt . ronvertlbie Jflh' citllv more ,nt rersaJn the r . , v. are that yet Henry U still M1M nn .f5HO. Tl,! t ,,Uu " " r? 177 and Buckinghamshire oiners.' crueny conversion to In- - "ccxxl old knUht.- - Fir Thonruv tf nrrinxh.m, cwnea and occupied by the bearer, cf names this amount he ,had to pay income and tural portion of the estate, and Includes no : '"'VT . . use, such aa iwboola end una- (Henry V.. 8ct Iv. sc. 4). and the Sir that hav been associated with them for uvirut. l ium, aOU t .u. ,B; l. uiairi. v. r supertax to the amount Mi(H Vt oft.. r ariii naDu.n . aiiii inrreitieni iinnm . tv r, ri t t iv- -i . t .fiii r, e confused with the generations. Er, Jong as they can continue .i. .ii, or me ws'fj gi wmnu .ir any the" blue coat school were aa prompt a tlon and aa as trulWIng material. " deducting his compulsory expenditure on the 1. act Iv. their connection with the u! Fal.taTT (llerj-irm VL portly 0 lone estate and his local rates, tithes and duties uim?r persons, empiojea on tae resiccnuai individual .landowners In the realization of will the cwnershlp of tbproperiles not becauae of it surpassing mag- - ,c. 1. Ther Anne JWleyn, one rf the First, Hr.fllih great .nave . . . . . . . .. . .. , ... he had only a net profit to pay income tax cstaoiisnment . tii . Vmi m ui A .j...it mna ine nnwiuai rfiuiu were rrnuae or pa &a.a nrr ntiam iwur 0; JUng txenry mierei amenju- such a money alone out of of 1.105. In other words, he Is able to In commenting on the charges for upkeep very, e8IJLlP( i let readers." on BufGlenham Halt. a bouse home, and before that there-w-a pewcrieaa to provlle. satisfactory, to the vendors. Christ's to American . "'.:' ;V ' ;--- - hr , . lr T.g-ur- s. ns prpf-.jsenr- -. e-l-e - ft mm t !!n-plt- al. rr . so-call- ed ' reln-vtmr- nt tl - : rul . 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