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Claim for loss of property #4379 – Particulars

  No. of Claim Name of Claimant Description of Claimant Address of Claimant  
  4379 Thomas Larder the younger and John Carr, Surgeon and William Booth Grocer Builder
Trustees of the Fourth Borough Benefit Building Society establishment in
Spital Hill, Sheffield.
Sheffield
 
  Nature of Claimant’s Interest   Particulars of Claim Amount of Damages Claimed  
  Owner. Mortgagees   Schedule of Injury done to Property on Percy Street belonging to Mr Thomas Larder the younger, caused by the Bursting of Reservoir at Bradfield        
    No. 1 House        
    Front Room Floor (1½ Square) 2 door linings. Take up and Relay back floor, repair & rehang 1 door 5 in Wall with Plaster Stone Table ½ Rood Walling in Cellar, Case door, Square Lock to out door, Paper etc. Painting cleaning out Cellars, Reset Stove, Cellar ceilings, Clean House £10 5s    
    No. 2 House        
    Cellar Foundation 1¼ Roods, raise floor with Jack, repair Cellar ceiling, Repair Floor boards, Case 2 doors, Reset Fire Place & Heath, clear out Cellars, Paper, Paint, Sink Board, Repair with Pipe, Clean House £4 15s 6d  
    No. 3 House        
    House Floors as before - Paint and Paper as before, Repair & Rehang 2 doors and Cases Repair Cupboard Door. 1¼ Roods Cellar Wall 12 Yards House Walls with Plaster, repair Chimney Piece, Refix Stove Plinth, Sink Board, Repair Sink Pipe, Clean House £11 3s 6d  
    No. 4 House        
    Roods Cellar Foundation, Cellar ceiling , raise front Room floor with Screw, 4 yards of Wall wirh Plaster, repair Boards, Relay Kitchen Floor, one new Door, Case one Door, Whitewash, Paint, Clean House, Clearing Cellars, Sink board, repair Sink Pipe, Clean House £6 14s    
    No. 5 House        
    Paint, Whitewash, Repair Cellar Ceiling , Clean House, Clearing Cellars, Sink board, repair Sink Pipe £3 1s    
    Two Privies £9      
    No. 6 House        
    Paper, Paint, Cellar Ceilings, Cleaning Cellars, Sink Board, Repair Sink Pipe, £3 6s    
    No. 7 House        
    Case Door, Paper, Paint, Clean House, Clearing Cellar, Repair Cellar Ceiling, Sink Board, Repair Sink Pipe £3 2s    
    No. 8 House        
    Front Room Floor, Paper, Paint, case 4 doors, new Lock Stone Table, clear Cellars, Cellar Ceiling, Clean House, Sink Board, Repair Sink Pipe £6 18s 6d  
    Fences in Yard 19½ roods £25 7s    
    Foundations to Fence & Cottages 16 Roods £12 16s    
    Five Flights of Steps wirh Spandrels £5 15s    
    Examine and repair the Drains £2 10s    
    Damage to the Walls & Gable end £2 10s    
    Superintending Repairs £5 5s    
    For damage done to 8 Houses Buildings & other property situate in Percy Street in Sheffield particulars of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed        
    For loss of Rents for 7 of the said Houses due at the time of the Inundation which were irrecoverable in consequence thereof as follows        
             
  Parkinson 5 Weeks @ 3/6 per Week   17s 6d  
  Hughes 1 Week @ 3/6 per Week   3s 6d  
  Cowen 2 Weeks @ 3/6 per Week   7s    
  Burkinshaw 3 Weeks @ 3/6 per Week   10s 6d  
  Ashton 2 Weeks @ 3/6 per Week   7s    
  Senior 1 Week @ 3/6 per Week   3s 6d  
  Talbot 1 Week @ 3/6 per Week   3s 6d  
    For loss of Rents of the said Houses subsequently to the Inundation in consequence of the Houses being unoccupied        
  2 Houses 19 Weeks @ 3/6 per House per Week        
  3 Houses 17 Weeks @ 3/6 per House per Week        
  1 Houses 15 Weeks @ 3/6 per House per Week        
  2 Houses 14 Weeks @ 3/6 per House per Week        
    [Total] £23 2s    
    The Expenses of obtaining an Estimate of the above damage for the purpose of this Claim £1 5s    
    Interest on the above amount of £139.8.0 at 5 per centum per Annum from July 23rd 1864 the expiration of the above 19 weeks until the assessment of damages        
        £139 8s    
  Certificate Granted
10 March 1865
Assessed by Agreement incl costs at £125      

Note: Description: Thomas Larder's name appears opposite 'Builder'.
Address: 'Spital Hill, Sheffield' is Thomas Larder's address. 'Sheffield' is the address of the Trustees.
Nature of Interest: Thomas Larder is 'Owner' and others are 'Mortgagees'

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