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Cosgrove Priory 1846
Notes.
Bottom Pantry Wants washing and painting
House Keeper’s room Ceiling wants white washing
Kitchen wants painting
Servant Hall Paper wants repair. This was done 3yrs since by … 13
Drain bad
Passage in all want … paper & painting
All in want white washing & practically papering
Outhouse wants cleaning & washing
Stable ceiling all through & sta..ing
One standing wanted in stable
Plaster walls etc
Coach House White wash
Granary plaster etc
Inventory of furniture Cosgrove Priory Sept 1856 [The year Francis Thursby took the Priory]
Drawing Room
round oak table mahogany, sofa table and inkstand, do card table, do ink table, chiffonier,
small hanging shelves, pair of footstool, painted sofa, cushions and 2 pillows, 1 arm chair & 4 small do painted, 2 small chairs, 2 skreens, chimney glass, steel fender, fire irons, drugget & rug, 4 roller blinds, pair of brushes, 8 china jars, 2 glass bottles, backgammon board complete.
Anteroom
writing table with drawers, chimney glass, steel fender, fire irons, drugget & rug, 3 Chairs, pair of brushes.
Dining Room
mahogany dining table with leaves, single do & small claw table, mahogany sideboard, do slab with half rails, do cellaret, plate warmer, 1 leather easy chair, 2 mahogany arm chairs, 4 small do, steel fender, fire irons, Moreen curtains, 2 roller blinds, hearth brush, old carpet & rug.
Study
chimney glass, arm chair, 7 old dining arm chairs, fender, fire irons, oil cloth, rug, roller blind.
Entrance
2 mahogany side tables, 1 do slat, umbrella stand & 4 esther glass, 4 cane chairs, coal pan & st., 2 mats.
Pantry
2 mahogany trays, 1 tray strut, 1 large paper tray, 4 knife trays, knife box, store glass, 1 ..y large keiver ½ ..y, small do, 2 stands in Beer Cellar
Housekeeper’s Room
mahogany table with leaves, hanging bookshelves, 6 cane chairs, footstool, coal pan, fire fender, fire irons, glass housemaids can?
Kitchen
Deal table, 6 wooden chairs, meat screen, clock, fender, fire irons, roasting jack,
1 pr candlesticks, fish kettle, baking dish, 2 frying pans, 2 saucepans, gridiron, pair dish, h.t wooden t…
Wash House
1 Tub,1,skid, bench, rack.
Laundry
2 deal tables, blanket and cloth, stone, 6 irons,2 clothes horse, chair, iron, stand, ashpan, clothesbasket
Best bedroom
4 post bedstead, palliasse, mattress, feather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, 3 blankets, counterpane, wardrobe,
dressing table & glass, writing table, towel horse, 2 bed steps, bidet, washstand, lady chair, 4 cane chairs, curtain rods, rollers for blinds, carpet, fender, fireirons, bookshelves, chimney glass, inkstand china, candlestick & extinguisher stand, hearth brush, large pot, pan & ewer, ewer & basin & small soap brush, 2 spouge dishes, 2 chamber pots, bottle & tumblers.
Middle Bedroom
4 post bedstead, palliasse, mattress, feather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, 3 blankets, counterpane, chest of drawers, inlaid writing table, swing glass, towel horse, dressing table, washstand, chimney glass, rollers for blind, carpet, rug, fender, fire irons, 4 chairs, night shade, ewer & foot pan, ewer & basin, soap brush & sponge dishes, chamber, glass bottle & tumbler.
3 bedroom
1 pallicass, mattress, truckle bed, 3 blankets, 2 pillows, bolster,
counterpane, washstand, table, glass, towel horse
6 cane chairs, bidet, bootjack, fender & fire irons, ewer & basin brush & soap trays, chamber, bottle & glass.
The bedstead belonging to this room has been sent to the hall
Green Bedroom
4 post bedstead, white hangings, palliasse, mattress, feather bed, 3 blankets, 1 counterpane, bolster pillow, dressing table, washstand, night table, swing glass, chimney glass, 2 rush chairs, towel horse, carpet & rug, fender, fire irons, ewer and basin, small do, soap brush & sponge dishes, 2 chambers, bottle & glass.
Dressing room
chest of drawers, table & swing glass, washstand, towel horse, 4 rush chairs, carpet, bootjack, wire fender, poker & tongs, ewer & basin soap & brush trays, chamber, bottle & glass
Organ Music desk plaster figures for candles chair stair carpet & brass rods
1st Attic Tent bedstead sent to the Hall
Post bedstead, 2 mattress, 2 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 3 pillows, 3 blankets,1 counterpane, 2 rush chairs, mahogany chest of drawers, swing glass, mahogany washstand, wire fender, curtain rods, ewer & basin, soap & brush tray, chambers, water bottle.
2nd Attic Tent bedstead sent to the Hall
palliasse, feather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, 3 blankets, counterpane, 1 rush chair, table, swing glass, hanging shelves, curtain rod, washstand, fireguard, ewer & basin, brush tray, chamber ..apting bottle tin foot pan
3rd Attic
3 blankets, counterpane, 1 rush chair, chest of drawers, swing glass, washstand, ewer & basin, brush tray dishes, chamber,
4 Attic
tent bedstead.
4 mattresses, 3 feather beds, 2 bolsters, 2 pillows, 6 blankets, 2 counterpanes, 2 rush chairs, washstand, tin foot pan, ewer basin, 2 chamber soap & brush tray.
Cottage
tent bedstead mattress featherbed bolster pillow 3 blankets counterpane, table, chair, ewer & basin & chamber.
Servant Hall
3 chairs, deal table, fender.
Naseby March 26th 1863
Sir
In accordance with instructions I have been to Cosgrove and made a careful examination of the Furniture at the Priory there late in the occupation of Mr Thursby: and have compared it with the enclosed Inventory.
I shall perhaps make myself best understood if I conform with the order of the inventory in question, and state what came under my observation in each room.
First on the list is the
Drawing room The chimney glass damaged by having a portion of the foot moulding cut off.
The Cane bottom of a chair out of repair.
A mahogany sofa, and a hearth rug missing.
Anti room A chair damaged by having a part of its back broken.
Dining room Missing a cellaret
Study The oil cloth missing
Entrance Missing a mahogany side slab, and one mat.
Pantry Four knife trays and one knife box missing
Wash house Missing a tub a skid a bench and a rack
Laundry A Clothes horse and a coal pan missing
Best bedroom Missing the hangings belonging to the bedstead and one sponge dish. The handle off the large water jug and one sponge dish broken.
Middle bedroom Missing carpet and rug water bottle and night shade
Some time after 1863
Cosgrove Priory
Servants Hall
Key to door
Bricks in front of fire place
Pantry
Floor repairing
Lock
Kitchen
2 Squares of glass
Housekeeper’s Room
Grate sides
Keys to cupboard
Skirting repairing
Entrance Lobby
Locks & Bolts to Front door out of repair
Weather Glass broken
Lead paper
Entrance Hall
Plaster to wall
Holes in wall
Mahogany Slab scratched & injured
Butler’s Pantry
Sink Cover out of repair
Door to Cupboard & Cupboard Keys
Plaster to Wall
Dining Room
Grate out of order
Paper
Anti Room
Grate out of order
Paper
Drawing Room
Chimney Glass broken frame
Window fastening
Work Table
Study
Paint to door
Cupboard doors out of order
1st Dressing Room
Hole in paper
Best Room
2 Windows Blinds & Lines
Nursery
Lock to door
Top Attic No. 2
Window Lines
Paper
Attic No. 3
Paper
Attics No. 4 & 5
Paper
Brewhouse
Making good where Boiler stood etc
boiler & Copper lids out of repair
Coal House
Ceiling out of repair
Wall making good
Sill to Window
Shoe House
Window 26 panes
Plaster to Wall
Laundry
Window made by Mr Thursby out of repair
Window 1 Square
Stove
Cold Stable
Ceiling
Plaster
Standing Racks
Window Broken
Dairy
floor bricks loose
Stables
Standings & boards above Mangers
Mangers
Plaster to Walls
Floors, Paving, Ceiling etc.
Saddle Room
Stove
Pegs
Blacksmith’s Shop
Windows
Gardener’s Cottage & Garden
Window Shutters broken
Paper
Fence round back was paled Mr. M gave rough materials for the repairs which were sold at sale
Tile coping to Garden Wall
Road out of repair
Road will cost £4 7s. 6d to surface
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