| Description | D/EX 898/2/102/1
Illustrated sale catalogue, 1927
Combe Manor (1820a.), comprising:-
Combe Beacon and remains of ancient gibbet and prehistoric remains.
Pheasant, hare and partridge shooting on estate, and wired rabbit warrens (with note that "Many rare birds have been shot on the property, taxidermist's cases of which may be seen at the Keeper's House").
Manor House, outbuildings and gardens, including Nell Gwynne Summer House reputedly built by Charles I.
The Manor Farm.
Wright's Farm.
The Lower Farm.
The sequestered village of Combe, comprising :
Combe Cottage.
The village school (occupied without rent by County Education Authority).
Pair of newly erected cottages called Old Vicarage Cottages, on site of the Old Vicarage.
Two detached cottages.
The Village Stores.
Two pairs of cottages.
Village Well House, containing well.
Empty garage, used as village coal store
Combe Post Office and Bakery.
Four cottages.
13 wells and 11 ponds (6 neglected and dry)
Lordship of manor of Combe.
D/EX 898/2/102/2-3
Sale particulars of Combe Manor and grounds and 145a. land; Combe Cottage; the village school (now unused); 2-3 Vicarage Cottages; and a cottage let rent-free "to the local road man", c.1959-60.
D/EX 898/2/102/4-20
Sale particulars, illustrated sale catalogue, with plan, draft of same, poster, and correspondence regarding possible purchase by Dirk Bogarde, 1965.
Combe Manor (house and grounds, including summerhouse, and 78a. land), and lordship of manor.
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Photographs of manor house, n.d. [1965]. |