The Crown Inn, Ruardean (General)

by messerschmitt , Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 22:48 (4211 days ago) @ messerschmitt

31 July 1931 – property sold by Lloyds Bank to Jonathan Hale for £300
Jonathan Hale, Collier, resides at New House, The Pludds, near Ruardean.
… the purchaser has paid to Frank R Sleeman (the same Frank Sleeman who acted as witness in 1907 as Yearsley,s clerk) agent for the bank £30.
Frank Sleeman, Auctioneer and Valuer, House and Estate Agent, 90 Weston Road, Gloucester, attendance at Mitcheldean offices 10am to 3pm except Saturdays
Mortgage satisfied 20 August 1941.

Address changes to Dean Dairy.

11.6.1971 Application for erection of dwelling (F.7439) refused.
9.3.73 Application for erection of dwelling (F.7439/A) refused.

Jonathan Hale dies 14 November 1973, May Hale (nee Grifiths) wife and executrix. Estate valued at £8,655.47

May Hale inherits the property, used as a dairy, ice cream shop and manufacturer.

Repairs Grant No.1021 for £4,320 granted on 2 Nov 1983.

22 February 1984 May Hale dies. Executors Robert Okell and Peter Stewart, both of Ross. Estate valued at £47,161.

February 1984, MG Davies, Cinderford, General Builder , receipt for roof repair work with guarantee for five years.

29 March 1985 - Property sold by Okell & Stewart to John Lionel Gough and Rita Winifred Gough for £24,500.
John & Rita Gough of 9 Church Road, Cinderford.
Gough is a cabinet maker and k i tchen fitter.

Estate agents: Coles, Knapp & Kennedy, Tudor House, High Street, Ross.

Perfect for Builder or Studio Potter
Old World Township
A valuable block of Property – an old Georgian House and former shop – excellent large garage and Dairy barn with walled garden.

On the opposite of the Square there is a shop with properties of similar character.

For many years the Square had a local history as a butcher’s shop and then well known for making ice cream and more recently a private home.

Mortgage with Lloyds Bank for £15,001 payable at £172.95 per month. Paid off on 8 November 1991.

July 1991, planning application by F Fidler to convert garage into a light industrial workshop for the repair of brass and woodwind musical instruments. Granted Ref DF.9620

VCH - One of the last blacksmiths worked a smithy, built by the Lydbrook-Ross road in the mid 19th century (fn. 85) and occupied by a joiner and furniture maker in 1990. Glos. R.O., P 275/VE 2/1, min. 29 Apr. 1859; D 1251/A/1.

8 November 1991 – property sold by John & Rita Gough to Frank & Maureen Fidler for £93,500.
Estate Agent Tony Netting , 65 High Street, Cinderford
High Above the Wye. A spacious and versatile detached 4 bedroomed village house. Fine walled English garden, large garage proferring conversion potential. Plenty of Parking.

Dean Dairy is detatched, stone built, rendered and painted white beneath a principally reslated roof (Feb 85 by Davies). The accommodation has been tastefully updated and appointed by the vendor, a skilled kitc hen and bathroom fitter to trade.

20 August 1991, search details refer to The Old Dairy so name changed from Dean Dairy sometime around this period.

6 February 2013, house sold.

What would be nice would be to fill in the census information from the early 1800s, showing the various tenants.

I'm going to visit the Records Office and search the two large files that reference the property and do some searches of the Tithe Map and the Rates books, etc.