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Letter from Hugh Shield (Bursar) to Mr Wilson offering him a new 40 year lease from 29th September 1890. Also a site plan showing the outline of the property including dimensions and the names of the neighbouring lessees

Contains the following:
3rd October 1944 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons informing the Bursar that they had made out an agreement to lease the property to Mrs Baker but the current lease was made out to Mr G. A. Baker who was away serving in H.M. Forces. As a surrender could not be signed they had made out the lease in Mr Baker's name

4th January 1945 - from J. Carter Jonas & Sons asking for permission from the Bursar to accept a quote for the repair of gates to the yard at the rear of the property which was leased by Mr L. A. Rich

7th June 1946 - letter from Francis & Co to the Bursar informing him that the tenant Mrs Baker had died (6th June) and had a number of debts. They said they were trying to get Mr Baker to sign a surrender of the Agreement and would then get access to the property to assess dilapidations

11th June 1946 - Letter from J. Carter Jonas & Sons to the Bursar stating that when Mrs Baker had signed the Agreement as agent for her husband she had said he was away serving in the Far East but in fact they had separated and he was living in Cambridge. She had rent arrears of £61. 8s. 0d. which her husband refused to pay but he had agreed to clear out the house so the College could gain possession

Specification for internal repairs and decorations and formation of a bathroom

26th June 1946 - estimate of £184 16s. 9d. from Rattee & Kett Limited for the above work

The garden next to Sidney Sussex College wall and the close behind it had not been included in the third lease granted to John Haggerston in 1788. John Bullen still held the lease and by 1812 a house had been built there and was occupied by a man called Leach. In 1815 the College agreed to let this lease run out. A development plan was made by James Webster (a Cambridge builder who also designed Malcolm Street), and Nos. 35, 36 and 37 were built. Nos. 36 and 37 were held by Webster himself on a 40 year lease.
[taken from notes made by Freda Jones]

From 1963–1987 it was used by Canon Mark Rushton as the Vicarage for the Round Church before a new vicarage was built in Manor Street and the house was converted to student accommodation

The conversion of Nos. 37 and 38 into furnished accommodation for 3 graduate students was completed on 1st October 1971. This was a pilot scheme for a complete renovation of the row of cottages planned by the architect Peter Hall
After the conversion they were known as 38 Lower Park Street

Records for the individual properties up to 1971 have been listed under No. 37 and No. 38 respectively
See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/37 and JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/38

Records for the current 38 Lower Park Street [New] See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/52

Westcott House occupies part of the site formerly occupied by Radegund Manor and runs between No. 37 Jesus Lane and All Saints Church.

In 1896 this area was occupied by 8 lodging houses known as the 'Barracks'. The Borough Council demanded that the houses should be connected to its new main sewer and to avoid the expense the College decided to sell it to the trustees for a Clergy Training College.

The houses and remains of the Manor House gardens (see: JCAD/3/CAM/JESL/59) were valued at £2,800 but the Borough Council had laid down a new frontage line for Jesus Lane which was narrower here than elsewhere. They refused to purchase this piece of frontage unless they could also buy the piece of ground in front of the All Saints' Church. This piece had been reserved by the College when it gave up the site for the Church, and so was able to get the full value from the Borough Council. This enabled it to reduce the price to Westcott House to £2,575.

Initially Westcott House only occupied the building along the Jesus Lane frontage. In 1910 they planned to extend by building a row of houses on the east side of Malcolm Street. The College objected as it thought this would adversely effect the value of its houses in Malcolm Street. Westcott House agreed not to build higher than 2 storeys if the College would sell them a portion of the vacant site between their property and the vicarage. This upset the Vicar who was compensated by the College giving the remainder of the site to the vicarage, including the piece of land to the east end of the Church. In 1968 the College repurchased from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners a small piece of land at the south end of the vicarage garden.

The conversion of Nos. 37 and 38 into furnished accommodation for 3 graduate students was completed on 1st October 1971. This was a pilot scheme for a complete renovation of the row of cottages planned by the architect Peter Hall

After the conversion they were known as 38 Lower Park Street

The conversion of Nos. 37 and 38 into furnished accommodation for 3 graduate students was completed on 1st October 1971. This was a pilot scheme for a complete renovation of the row of cottages planned by the architect Peter Hall
After the conversion they were known as 38 Lower Park Street

Records for the individual properties up to 1971 have been listed under No. 37 and No. 38 respectively
See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/37 and JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/38

Records for the current 38 Lower Park Street [New] See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/52

In 1971 Nos. 37 and 38 were converted into one house and it is now known as 38 Lower Park Street

Records for the individual properties up to 1971 have been listed under No. 37 and No. 38 respectively
See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/37 and JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/38

Records for the current 38 Lower Park Street [New] See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/52

Demolished as part of the King Street development

The house was renovated in 1988 and then used to accommodate visiting academics on a short term basis

3me. Symphonie en ut mineur [3rd Symphony in C minor], Op. 78. By Camille Saint-Saëns.
Full score.
Published by Durand & Cie Editeurs, Paris.

Sold by the College in 1994

Subject of compulsory purchase by Cambridge City Council in 1962 as part of a road widening scheme when the Park Street car park was built

Known as 'The Homestead'

Includes: letter to William Wallis concerning assignment [JCAD/3/CAM/MALC/16/1/1871/4]; and letters offering new leases to Fanny Susannah Bagley

Formerly number 7 Hobson Street. The records for numbers 40-42 Hobson Street before the property [40-44] was divided into two leases in 1869 are found with 44 Hobson Street [JCAD/3/CAM/HOB/2] and the correspondence concerning the sale of 40-44 Hobson Street to Christ's College in 1966 are found with 44 Hobson Street [JCAD/3/CAM/HOB/2/2/1]

Includes: complaints of encroachment by new building of Cambridgeshire County Council and surrender of Messrs Morley's lease

In 1973 Nos. 40 and 41 were converted into one house and it is now known as 40 Lower Park Street

Records for the individual properties up to 1973 have been listed under No. 40 and No. 41 respectively
See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/40 and JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/41

Records for the current 40 Lower Park Street [New] See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/53

In 1973 Nos. 40 and 41 were converted into one house and it is now known as 40 Lower Park Street

Records for the individual properties up to 1973 have been listed under No. 40 and No. 41 respectively
See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/40 and JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/41

Records for the current 40 Lower Park Street [New] See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/53

16 Jan. 1905 certificate to J. A. H. Goodwin Esq. of Jesus College showing that A. F. Childs of 1 Elm St. was entitled to receive £2 9s 9d for settlement relating to 40 Park St. works. Signed and on stationary from J. Carter and Sons Cambridge Land Agents.

Now demolished

In 1973 Nos. 40 and 41 were converted into one house and it is now known as 40 Lower Park Street

Records for the individual properties up to 1973 have been listed under No. 40 and No. 41 respectively
See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/40 and JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/41

Records for the current 40 Lower Park Street [New] See: JCAD/3/CAM/PARK/53

The house was converted in 1988 at the same time as 39 Lower Park Street

Formerly number 8 Hobson Street. Includes records for numbers 40-42 Hobson Street [JCAD/3/CAM/HOB/1], before the property [40-44] was divided into two leases in 1869, and correspondence concerning the sale of 40-44 Hobson Street when it was sold to Christ's College in 1966

Correspondence concerning the leasehold of 44 Hobson Street to Cambridgeshire County Council and alterations required by the council, and correspondence from the Borough Surveyor's Office and J Carter & Sons concerning a proposed new frontage line in Hobson Street which cuts through number 44 [see plan: CAD/3/CAM/HOB/2/3/1926]

(1) 1st July 1885 - letter from Mr Westmorland (Bursar) to Mr Arthur Gray confirming the College would grant a fresh lease of Eastbourne Villa and St Bernard's Villa

(2) Lease plan showing the outline of the two properties

Three letters concerning the terms for a lease to Mr Harper of 45 and 47 Hills Road and Claremont

Correspondence between Dr Gardiner (of 45 Hills Road), Charles Armstrong and the College concerning permission for Dr Gardiner to purchase a triangular strip of land from Charles Armstrong for his garden. The strip of land fronted onto Tenison Avenue. Includes a plan showing the area in question

One former resident was Dr Walter Gardiner (1859-1941), University Lecturer in Botany, Fellow of Clare College, Fellow of the Linnean Society, London, and elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1890). He was awarded the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1898. He married Miss I. W. Campbell, the great niece of Sir Joseph Hooker and a cousin of Lady Thiselton-Dyer who he had met whilst at Kew Gardens

45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55 King Street, when conveyed together. Demolished in 1965

Letters concerning negotiations for a lease of Nos. 46 and 47 Hills Road to F. Thoday. Includes Thoday's Abstract of Title to the leasehold and two lease plans