This property is for sale by the Modern Method of Auction. Should you view, offer or bid on the property, your information will be shared with the Auctioneer, iamsold Limited. This method of auction requires both parties to complete the transaction within 56 days of the draft contract for sale being received by the buyers solicitor.

This additional time allows buyers to proceed with mortgage finance.

For sale by the Modern Method of Auction, which is operated by iamsold Limited, and with a Guide Price of £200,000 plus Reservation Fee. Full details of the process for the Modern Method of Auction are to be found at the iamsold website.

The property WILL BENEFIT FROM the following IMPROVEMENTS.

* New kitchen * New bathroom * New central heating * New wiring
* New windows * New carpets * New doors
* New skirtings & architrave * New décor throughout

We are expecting considerable interest as properties that are ripe for upgrading and personalising are becoming more rare within the more prestigious addresses within Bingham - hence the price being set so sensibly to allow for your own personal scheme of refurbishment.

The property is being offered with the potential of NO CHAIN to ensure a speedy and trouble-free purchase.

All viewing arrangements are to be made with Hammond Property Services on[use Contact Agent Button] or by emailing bingham@hammondproperty services.com

The sale of 4 Station Street is a rare opportunity to acquire a period home right in the heart of the Bingham's Market Place. The location couldn't be better being a stone's throw from the fabulous facilities on offer within Bingham.

It is understood that the property has enjoyed a varied history. According to local historians it was originally built in the early part of the 1800s and was occupied by a cobbler with a watchmaker next door. In more recent times it has been converted into a substantial four double bedroom residence which provides surprisingly extensive accommodation - ideal for growing families or young professionals who enjoy having friends to stay over

Number 4 & 6 Station Street, Bingham

The deeds to these two properties provide some insights into the social history of Bingham in the last half of the nineteenth century. The land was originally part of the Shelford Estate, owned by the Earls of Chesterfield and latterly through marriage by the Earls of Carnarvon.

The land was part of that held by the King's Arms public house, later to become the Crown and then The Buttercross Public House.

The Earl of Chesterfield sold the plot occupied by number 4 in 1852 to John Wesson, a shoemaker who had already built a house and shop on the land, presumably as a leaseholder. Whites trade directory of 1844 lists Wesson as a shoemaker in the Market Place so he must have built the property sometime between 1844 and 1852.

He acquired the next-door plot, to build number 6, in 1855, taking out a mortgage in 1860 to cover the cost of having built it. He rented No 6 to a clock and watchmaker named John Rayson, who is recorded as already in occupation at the time of the mortgage. Rayson's son William had taken over by 1861.

Wesson was continually mortgaging the properties to raise funds and in 1864 had two mortgages running concurrently, one for £400 and one for £270. He was clearly in financial difficulties and was also getting old (he was 79 in 1891). By 1887 Bedford Skinner Hitchcock had taken over the boot and shoe making business whilst Christopher Cullen was now watch making next door. One can only speculate that Bedford was related in some way to Wesson, as Wesson became his boarder in retirement.

In 1892 Bedford bought both properties and by this time his son Edwin Hitchcock was watch-making next door. In 1903 Edwin Hitchcock moved to 1 Market Place (Now Birds, the Confectioners). Bedford took out various mortgages over the next few years and eventually sold number 4 to his other son Fred Hitchcock in 1920, who also took over the mortgage. Bedford's daughter married a Scothern and took ownership of number 6. She rented it to the proprietor (Mrs Morris) of a sweet retailing business.

Fred borrowed smaller sums over the years against the property and in 1938 Annie Alice Hitchcock settled the outstanding mortgages, presumably on his death. As Annie Alice Miles she sold number 4 in 1972. We do not have the later history for number 6.

Thus number 4 was a boot and shoe-makers for probably well over eighty years and number 6 a watchmakers for most of its first sixty. The shop fronts to both were still evident in 1973 (see photograph), but both are now converted to private residential use.

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Timber entrance door through to the

Double Width Lounge - 7.32m x 3.66m (24'0 x 12'0) - with parquet flooring. Central heating radiators. TV point. Ceiling beams and wall lighting.

Dining Room / Playroom - 4.57m x 3.66m (15'0 x 12'0) - with double glazed window overlooking the rear garden. Central heating radiator. Stairs to the first floor. Ceiling beams.

Useful Store Room - 2.74m x 1.91m (9'0 x 6'3) -

Kitchen - 4.98m x 2.49m (16'4 x 8'2) - with L shaped work surface with drawers and cupboards under. Double glazed windows overlooking the rear garden. Door to the exterior. Cherry wood flooring. Open archway through to the

Utility Room - 2.74m x 1.60m (9'0 x 5'3) - with shelving.

Landing -

Bedroom 1 - 3.71m x 3.71m (12'2 x 12'2) - with a double glazed window to the front and a central heating radiator.

Shower Room - with a three piece suite of shower cubicle, low flush W.C. and a pedestal washbasin.

Bedroom 2 - 3.71m x 3.66m (12'2 x 12'0) - with a double glazed window to the front and a central heating radiator.

Bathroom - 3.66m x 2.74m (12'0 x 9'0) - with suite comprising panelled bath with shower over, pedestal wash basin and low flush W.C. Double glazed window. Central heating towel radiator.

Bedroom 3 - 4.98m x 2.49m (16'4 x 8'2) - with two double glazed windows overlooking the rear garden and a central heating radiator.

Bedroom 4 - 3.66m x 2.79m (12'0 x 9'2) - with a double glazed window and a central heating radiator.

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Outside - To the rear of the property is a fully enclosed enclosed garden which includes an extensive flagged patio area for those who enjoy al fresco dining during those balmy summer evenings. The shaped lawn beyond is flanked by mature shrub borders.