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THE ESTATES GAZETTE
Jxjnb 10, 1899.
street station, which he withdrew at £20,500 ; whilst Messrs. Richard Smith and Oo. obtained for the Shakespeare, in Westibourne-grove, a final offer of £24,000, the reserve price being £26,500 ; they also withdrew the Buck’s Head, in High-street, Camden Town; Mr. Matthew Miles doing the same with the Gloucester Tavern, situate in King William-street, Greenwich.
SALES OF
LICENSED PROPERTIES
AT
Masons’ Hall, London, E.C.
JUNE 6.
WHE ÇHERLY and HASLETT, 133a, Blackfriars-road. Brixton. Camberwell New-road, the Union,
P-h״ uA 78 years. R. £120 ..	..	.. £18.030
THORNTON and NEWMAN, 14 and 15, Coleman-street. Newirniton-butts, Waggon and Horses, p.h., u-t. 38 years, R. £180	..	..	.. £17,000
FORTHCOMING SALES AT MASONS’ HALL, LONDON, E.O.
JUNE 13.
JONES, SON and DAY, 586, Commercial-road.
Waterloo Hero, Gough-street, Poplar, L.
TILLEY and WARD, 36, Finsbury-pavement.
The George (Pet,man’s), Basingstoke, F.
JAMES and SIDNEY MOTION, 58. Moorgate-street.
Ttiree Sisters. Queensdown-road. Lower Clapton, L. J. and W. JO BNSON and Co.. 3, Hackney-road.
White Hart. Kingsland-road. L.
RICHARD SMITH and CO., 83, Queen-street. Fountain, Crown and Sun, Clare-market, F.L. Blenheim, New Bond-street. F.L.
JUNE 20.
FLEURET, SONS and ADAMS, 23, S juthjmpton-row. Hanover Arms, Rye-lane, Peckham, L.
Princess of Wales, Abbey-road, St. John’s-wood, F.L Ye OldeSwan, Nott.־ng-hill-gate, B.L.
Hare and Hounds, Upper street, Islington, F:L.
MR. W. ROLFE, 102, Great Russell-stree .
Round House Wardour-street, F.L Chequers,25, Worship-street, F.L Aitichoke. Grove-lane.Camoerwell. F.L.
W. R. SMITH and SON, 126, Newington Butts.
Metrouole, Denmark-hill, Camberwell, L.
J. J. ORGILL, MARKSani ORGILL, 21, Hart street. White Lion. High-street, Islington, F.L.
Battersea Music Hall and Rnyal Standard, York-road, F.
Old Eagle, Great College-street, Gamdan Town, F.L. Queen’s Arms, Bateman-street, Soho, F.
JUNE 27.
FLEURET, SONS and ADAMS, 23, Southampton-row. Bull Tavern, Woolwich, F.L.
Spencer Arms, Lower Richmond-road, Putney-common, L.
New Inn Hotel, Maidstone, F.
White Hart Tavern, Kennington-cross, F.L.
Lord S .anley, Hinton-roai, Loughborough J unction,
Weymouth Arms. Sayer-street, New Kent-road, F.R CRAF 1’ER, H ARRLS and Co., 9, S tarn ford-street.
Albion. Union-road, Soutbwark, F.L.
J. J. ORGILL, MARKS and ORGILL, 21, Hart-street. Clarendon, Quadrant, Nottingham, F.
No. 4, Bucklersbury, F.L.
Earl of Warwick, Gordon-road, Stoke Newington, L.. Seven Stars, Brick-lane, L.
At the Horse shoe Hotel, Tottenham Court road.
JUNE 14.
TABERNACLE and SON, 15, Hart-street.
Friend-at-Hand, Colonnade, Russell-square, F.L. Mitre, Fish street-hill, London-briige, i’.L. Falcon, 57, Knightrider-street, F.L.
Prince of Wales, East-road. City •road, F.L.
J. J. HILL and WEAVER, 28, Theobalds-road. Cassland Hotel, Victoria-park-road, L.
Aldgate Distillery, Erst AHgate S;ation, L.
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SALES AT MASONS’ HALL TAVERN.
Brixton.
The attendance at Masons’ Hall Tavern on Tuesday was fairly large, notwithstanding the heat, though the two properties which were sold under the hammer attracted only small companies. Mr. William Whetherly (Messrs. Whetherly and Haslett) submitted ׳the first-class property known as the Union, in Camlber-well-new-road, at the corner of Vassall-road, Brixton, which is held from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 78 years at a rent of £120 a year. The premises have been entirely rebuilt, and present an! attractive cornel frontage. Mr. Whetherly said the Union holds one of the most central and important positions in South London, whilst he considered it certainly one of the landmarks of that district. “My instructions are peremptory—to sell,” stated the auctioneer, who also observed that circumstances had hitherto been against the business, but the trade ought to approach £500 or £700 per month. He had been told that one licensed house, one beerhouse and one off license in the vicinity were to be suppressed shortly, and he predicted that the Union would fetch £25,000 within the next few years. Two bidders from £10,000 appeared in the arena, and the property was ultimately sold for £18,000.
Newington Butts.
The other successful auctioneer was Mr. W. B. Thornton (Messrs. Thornton and Newman), with the Waggon and Horses, in Newington-butts, which is held for 38 years at a rent of £130. The history of the house, said Mr. Thornton, was an important point; it had gone on in an even way, always doing a good trade, and for 40 odd years it had only two tenants, one remaining there for 25 years. He pledged his 30 years’ experience that the present trade must greatly increase under proper management. The property occupies a fine position almost adjoining the Elephant and Castle station on the Electric Railway, in a main thoroughfare of incessant traffic. Great alterations are taking place near the premises. Competition commenced at £12,000, and continued up to £17,000, when the property was sold.
Totterdell’s Hotel, Portsmouth.
One of the oldest established and best frequented hotels in Portsmouth was offered by Mr. Geo. Herbert Durrant (Messrs. John Hart, Bridges and Sons). This was Totterdell’s, at the corner of St. George’s-square, close to the Harbour station, dockyard and recreation grounds of the borough. In addition to the hotel business, there are two retail bars, both of which face the Hard. ‘The property is held for 23 years at £450 per annum. Mr. Durrant■ said the business was thoroughly genuine, consisting of a capital family and commercial trade, travellers often stopping !for a week or ten days, whilst naval officers frequented the hotel, which had earned an excellent reputation. The average returns were £6,500 a year, the billiard room alone producing £900 a year. A start in the biddings was made at £3,500, and bids were kept up to £4,950, but Totterdell’s was withdrawn at £5,250. Two houses in Camberwell were submitted by Mr. S. H. Baker, the Athenaeum at 332, Camberwell-new-road, near the Green, just rebuilt in attractive style, which was withdrawn at £25,200 ; and the Plough, No. 66, Coldharbour-lane, withdrawn at £8,450.
City and Westbourne Grove.
Mr. J. Berwick Orgill (Messrs. J. J. Orgill, Marks and Orgill) could not accept £19,450 the last price named for the Whittington Tavern, Nos. 5 and 7, Moor-lane, near to Moorgate-
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over a hundred pleasant bedrooms, while all the basement, offices, kitchens, etc., are models of cleanliness and judicious arrangement. The furnishing has been carried out by Messrs. Oetz-mann and Co., of Hampstead-road, W., whose wide experience and refined taste always enable them to give the public an excellent blend of luxury and artistic charm, ׳the furniture of the reception and dining rooms, etc., being very handsome, and the bed rooms, with their beautiful Chippendale and Sheraton suites, quite delightful. It goes without saying that the cuisine is excellent, and the general management is in the capable hands of Mr. Cullum, who is indefatigable in looking after the comfort of visitors. Messrs. Oetzmann’s good taste in furnishing has lent the air of a refined and artistic home to the rooms, and the Clifton Hotel must be regarded as a welcome addition to the attractions of the district round about Cavendish-square, and one which will be appreciated by those who like to stay in a fashionable part of the town in most comfortable style, and at an exceptionally moderate expense.
The reports of the two sections of the Royal Commission on Licensing ■have now been completed. While Lord Peel and his׳ friends recommend a large reduction in the number of houses, the majority contend that there should be a large reduction ■only where an excessive number are crowded together in a limited area. All parties admit that tied house agreements should be produced, and a disapproval of their terms should justify a refusal of renewal or transfer, the majority adding that these reasons should be stated in open court. Lord Peel’s suggestion as to beerhouses existing ■prior to 1869 is that they should be brought within the same discretion of the licensing authority as fully-licensed houses now are ; but the majority contend that if the renewal of a beerhouse license is refused for reasons other than misconduct, full compensation should be given. The whole of the Commissioners were of opinion that temporary transfers should be abolished, and that the transferor should attend for examination. There is ■also unanimity that puouc-houses under £12 rateable value, after certain notice, should not have their licenses renewed. Lord Peel and his friends would deal with the supervision and structure of all houses, and enable the licensing authority to impose conditions as to Sunday closing, open bars, and the supply of food, but the majority would confine this discretion to the case of new licenses only. There is a concurrence of views as to all “ off ” licenses, and the sale of liquors in theatres and on passenger vessels should be subject to a full control of the licensing authority.
The majority agree that a large suppression of houses is essential, and contend that the extent of the reduction should be decided by the Standing Joint Committee in counties and a similarly constituted body in county boroughs. They add : “We desire to express our general adhesion to the principle of compensation eaui-valent to the fair intrinsic selling value of '1he license and goodwill.” They further recommend that funds should be raised by a special tax on licensed ■houses of 6s. 8d. per cent, per annum on the difference between the value of the premises׳ with and without a license. Hotels, restaurants and clubs to contribute at a lower rate. New licenses for a seven years’ term to be tendered for. The sum received to go to a compensation fund, and the fund to be used to buy up as many licenses as the amount would allow. They say that at the end of each seven years’ period the special taxation and the reduction by purchase should be repeated for another seven years, unless Parliament modified or altered the arrangement by legislation. Finally, they say that local veto is not necessary anywhere.
With reference to the statement published m ! London recently that Watney, Coombe, Reid and Co., amalgamated last July with a capital of 15 millions, had formed a■ ring to exclude Burton beers from their houses, confirmation has been received in an interview with some of the leading brewers of Burton. For years the latter had supplied their article to the houses now owned by the combination, and had brewed direct for the firms themselves, but since the amalgamation of the three companies there had been a tendency ׳to exclude Burton-brewed ale, and this has now developed into an emphatic boycott. One gentleman, who holds a position of the highest responsibility in one of the leading breweries, stated that they regarded the present turn of affairs as the inevitable outcome of the present-day tendency to monopolies. They had long foreseen it, and were quite prepared for it, although it would be foolish to deny that those of the Burton firms who did a big trade in London would be hit rather hard with regard to their business in the capital. This, however, could only be temporary. “We shall rely,” he continued, “ on the superior article, which, with ordinary commercial energy at its back, is bound sooner or later to find its way to the front.”
Wutnstb	Jtotes.
Two first-class licensed properties were sold at Masons’ Hall Tavern on Tuesday, Mr. Wm. Whetherly (Messrs. Whetherly and Haslett) disposing of the Union, a house said to be a landmark of South London, and situate at the comer of Camberwell-new-road and Vassall-road, Brixton, for £18,000 ; and Mr. W. B. Thornton (Messrs. Thornton and Newman) the Waggon and Horses, in Newington-butts, S.E., for £17,000. The old-established and well-known Totterdell’s Hotel, in Portsmouth, frequented by naval officers and others, the average returns being £6,500 a year, was withdrawn at £5,250.
The London Hotel, Llandudno, has lately undergone extensive alterations at the hands of Messrs. Waring and Gillow, of London. A canopy overhangs the three entrances for hotel, restaurant and smoke room, and is supported by six carved scroll brackets, taking the same width as the columns and pilasters below, xne name in gilt is sunk in a beautiful frieze and there are classic mouldings, Spanish mahogauy doors, counter and buffet, Whilst the vestibule is panelled and finished in white enamel to match the whole of the front. The expensive fittings have been put up by Messrs. Donnison, Barber and Co. From the description it will he at once gathered that Mr. and Mrs. Nesgle have transformed their hotel premises into a palatial establishment throughout.
The historic Clock House, in Seven Dials, has been licensed in the new name of the Crown, Great St. Andrew-street. In the saloon bar there •is a picture gallery of portraits of Masonic and Buffalo celebrities, whilst there is a notice board displaying the latest news.
Sir Albert Rol'lit has succeeded in completing the purchase of ■the Surly Hall Hotel, near his residence, the Willows. Surly Hall has been the rendezvous of Eton students for generations, and on the opposite shore of the river in Bucks is the favourite al fresco ground where the Eton crews dine on the Fourth of June. Surly Hall will be sadly missed when eventually closed as an hotel by the new owner.
The Eton College authorities have now purchased on a 99 years’ lease the well-known Monkey Island and its hotel, which is situate in one of the prettiest parts of the river. The place is midway between! Boveney and Bray Locks, and is a charming little islet׳. The history of Monkey Island is a romantic one. The hotel on it was built by the third Duke of Marlborough as a hunting box in the reign of Queen Anne, and it is famous for the celebrated monkey room, after which, undoubtedly, the island was named. The ceiling in this room was originally painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and occupied four years, ׳at a cost of £4,000. It has been renovated from time to time, but its beauty is gradually fading. There is also a temple at the lower end of the island, which was formerly used as a billiard room, the carvings and mouldings in it being by Grinling Gibbons.
The old temple, which was in a very dilapidated condition, was pulled down a few years ago, and a handsome new building—a copy, as far as possible, of the former temple—was erected on its site, as much of the valuable carving as possible being saved. There are two or three places of landing on the island, and to thirsty river men the hotel is like an oasis in the desert. In the season—and especially on Bank Holidays—the place is ■besieged with trippers, and many river men camp there. Quoits is the favourite !pastime on the island.
The Napier, High Holborn, was a famous sporting house even at the beginning of the century. The celebrated pugili¿, Tom Spring, champion of the world, resided there for many years. The present proprietor, Mr. J. W. Dickery, worthily upholds ■the traditions of the house.
The luxury of an up-to-date hotel combined with the comfort of home life and a temptingly moderate tariff, represent a combination of attractions not always to be met with even in these days, when clever and enterprising men spare neither pains nor money to meet adequately the ever-growing ■baste for hotel life, which is one of the features of the period. But Mr. Flatman, already so favourably known as the proprietor of the excellent Norfolk Hotel, South Kensington, is an expert in such matters, arid his new hotel, the Clifton, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, is a model of what such an establishment should be. Built by Mr. Thomas Boyce and designed by Mr. W. H. White, of Cavendish-place, the Clifton is a notable addition to the hotels ׳of this fashionable district. AH the sanitary arrangements are sans reproche, the drawing, dining and other public rooms are handsome and well proportioned, and there are