Lot 1. Kingcot Mill and 4 cottages. This property, situated on the road to Clevedon at Cambridge Batch/Flax Bourton, was let to a Mr. A.E. Atherton on a yearly Lady Day tenancy of £62 17s per annum. It consisted of a 4 bedroom house with an ‘outside closet’, various farm buildings and 4 cottages with 2 rooms and a scullery. On 19th century maps it was a corn mill with a large mill pond, on early 20th century maps it is ‘disused’. Annotations to the catalogue suggest it was bought by the tenant for £2100. The site is now a residential mobile home park called Kingcott Mill Farm. The mill pond has disappeared but the mill house and at least one cottage remain with some alterations. Lot.2. Kingcot Farm. This property adjoins that of Lot 1. Kingcot farmhouse was large with 3 double bedrooms, 2 attic rooms and an indoor bathroom and W.C. It was let to a Mr. J.E. Atherton on a yearly Lady Day tenancy of £166 5s per annum. It was a dairy farm with extensive out buildings and was licensed for T.T. milk production. Annotation to the catalogue suggest it was bought by H. Bartlett for £4200. Lot 3. Valuable grass accommodation land. This lot was 10 acres of land adjoining the Jubilee Inn, Flax bourton on the A370 which is the road to Weston Super Mare. It was let to a Mr. J.E. Atherton on a yearly Lady Day tenancy of £15 per annum. Annotations to the catalogue suggest it was bought by the tenant for £750. Today. This field to the east of the Jubilee Inn remains as agricultural land. Lot 4. Gatcombe Court and grounds. Gatcombe Court was described in the catalogue as a ‘charming country residence with lovely gardens, orchard and grasslands’. Gatcombe Court was substantial house with 9 principal bed and dressing rooms and three bathrooms. It had ‘model domestic offices’, service stairs and servants’ accommodation. Outside it had ‘pleasure gardens’ with formal walks, flower beds, a rose garden and a kitchen garden. It also included a gardener’s cottage. Gatcombe Court was let on lease to C.C. Clarke Esq. at £190 per annum. Annotations to the catalogue suggest it was sold privately to the tenant. Gatcombe Court remains a private house. It was recently (2023) for sale for £2m. Lot 5. Gatcombe Farm and 4 cottages. Gatcombe Farm was another substantial building described as ‘double fronted stone and pantiled gentleman’s farmhouse’. It had extensive outbuildings appropriate for this type of farmhouse, including 2 cow sheds, loose boxes and yards. The 4 cottages were: to the east no.1 Warren Lane and no.3 Warren Lane, another cottage at Fenswood, and to the west a semi-detached cottage known as Bow Cottage. It was mostly let to a Mr. J.H. Butler on a yearly Lady Day tenancy for £499 5s 4d per annum which included £14 for the Fenswood Cottage. The annotations suggest it was bought by the tenant for £15,750. Gatcombe Farm is a farm shop and café/restaurant. The farm buildings appear to be in use as part of the farm shop and café complex. The land for Gatcombe Farm covered a large area both to the north and south of the road and the parallel railway line. It largely remains as agricultural land. Lot 5a. Accommodation grass field – Fenswood. This lot was described as a ‘valuable corner grass field’ it was bought for £400 by W. Henman. Today. This plot of land now contains a pair of semi-detached, the field being their gardens. Lot 6. Land Wild Country Lane. This lot described as ‘four valuable enclosures of accommodation land’ was bought by G.H. Tucker for £750. At the time of the sale it was leased to Long Ashton Parish Council. The lease was due to expire in 1951. Today. This distinctively shaped parcel of land remains as agricultural land. Lot 7. Rudge Farm. Rudge Farm was described as a stone and pan-tiled farmhouse, split at that time into 2 cottages. It was let on a yearly Lady Day tenancy to Mr. J.E. Atherton at £95 12s per annum. Lot 7a. Land and quarry – Cambridge Batch. The quarry was let to Somerset County Council at £5 per annum on lease for 21 years from 29th September 1939. Today. The land and the old quarry are occupied by a rifle shooting club and their club house. Lot 8. Gatcombe Mill and 1 cottage. This lot included a detached stone and pan-tiled house, the old stone and pan-tiled mill building, and a cottage called no.2 Bow Cottages. The house and the mill were let to Mr. P.J. Jones at £46 per annum. They were sold to Mr. Jones for £1600. The mill and the mill house are both private residences. No 2 Bow Cottages and no.1 Bow Cottages, which was part of lot 5 are now a single dwelling house. Lot 9. Ashton Hill Plantation, etc. This lot extended to 169 acres and consisted of plantations of hard and soft wood trees including 66 acres of young plantation of mixed conifer and hard woods. Today. This lot remains mostly as a wooded plantation with a small section of agricultural land. It has been owned by the Forestry Commission since 1952 and is laid out as paths and cycle tracks. Lot 10. Keeper’s house and land. This lot was described as ‘a very desirable detached house (at present Keeper’s Cottage)’. It was occupied by Mr. C.E. Whorley on a service tenancy rent free. Lot 11. Ashton Hill Farm. This lot was described as ’the compact small farm known as Ashton Hill Holding’ consisting of a stone and pan-tiles house and outbuildings. It was let to Mr E.C. Follett for £72 14s per annum and purchased by the tenant for £2500. Today. The building remains and is part of a larger complex of farm and business premises. Lot 12. Long Ashton Golf Course. Long Ashton Golf Course was sold to George Weeks for £5100. Lot 13. Longwood Farm and 2 cottages. This lot consisted of a 5 bedroom farmhouse, 2 cottages, extensive outbuildings and woodland. One of the cottages was let to Mrs F.H. Young and the farmhouse was let to Mr. E.J. Young. Mr Young bought the property for £6100 and the timber for £2083. Lot 13a. Valuable grass and arable land. This lot which was let to Mr. E.J. Young was sold to him with lot 13. Today. This land is playing fields. Lot 14. Coombe Plantation. This lot had a long frontage to the Bristol - Clevedon Road and consisted of soft and hard wood trees. It was sold for £1200 to Mr. Toogood. Today. It remains a wooded plantation. Lot 15. Woodland. Similar to lot 14 this area of woodland was mixed conifers, mostly Larch and Corsican Pine. It was sold for £600 to Mr. Hook. Today. This lot also remains a wooded plantation. Lot 16. Two valuable arable fields. This lot was let to Mr. E.J. Young and sold to him with lot 13, and 13a. Today. This lot appears to remain as agricultural land. Lot 17. Woodland. The Brake etc. This lot was described as ‘the valuable area of woodland known as The Brake and Keed’s Wood’. Today. It remains as a wooded plantation. Lot 18. Accommodation land, Keed’s Wood. This lot comprised old partly walled gardens. It was let to Mr. L. Barnes for £2 5s per annum. Today. This lot is a couple of houses and their gardens. Lot 19. Fenn’s Wood. This lot was sold to Mr. Toogood for £1200. Today. It remains largely as woodland. Lot 20. Allotments – near Providence. Let to various tenants on yearly tenancies producing £2 9s per annum. Today. This lot has been developed for housing.