You have successfully logged into the Sherborne House property leaseholders website, from the menu you will see various topics of interest as a guide to the property, its grounds and services. From here, once you have registered with the administrator, you can reserve the orangery, swimming pool, tennis court and BBQ area for your private use, please read the relevant guidelines for the use of the Sherborne House facilities, in the residents guide.

Sherborne House is primarily a home for its residence, be it a second home or a primary one, nevertheless it is important that everyone has an understanding of its history and importance as a grade 2 listed building and with such, a collective understanding of its community guidelines, so that everyone my continue to enjoy the ambiance of this Great British country house.

Orangery

The Orangery

Reserved for residents only, the Sherborne House orangery, couldn’t be more perfect—lush greenery and delicate blooms overlooking the gardens. You can reserve the orangery for your own private use through the booking calendar.

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Swimming pool

The swimming pool

Reserved for residents and their guests only, the Sherborne House pool, an excellent place to exercise, there is gym equipment to be used under guidance. You can reserve the swimming pool for your private use through the booking calendar.

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BBQ area

The BBQ area

Reserved for residents and their guests only, the Sherborne House BBQ, an excellent place to relax, and enjoy those long summer days. You can reserve the BBQ area for your private use through the booking calendar.

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Tennis court

The tennis court

Reserved for residents and their guests only, the Sherborne House tennis court, is an excellent place to relax, and practice your backhand, before tea in the orangery. You can reserve the No1 court by using the booking calendar.

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News: ‘Sherborne Big Nature Big Access’

National Trust local plan policy

On 07/04/2024 21:40 BST stephen@sherborneparish.org wrote:

Having reviewed the various documents published by the NT, there are many positive aspects which should be encouraged to fruition. At the same time, there are many which are unclear and as written, would potentially threaten the character and the social well-being of Sherborne’s Community, as well as our neighbours. We have endeavoured to maximise awareness of the proposed Policy throughout Sherborne and surrounding Parishes to ensure the respective Communities are informed and understand how they can engage with the consultation process. Many Parishioners report difficulty in using the online feedback portal, and are keen to have their thoughts included within the attached document. In the interests of privacy, full names and email addresses have been omitted. If further contact details are required, we can arrange introductions between CDC and individual contributors. In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your coaching, your positive approach to community consultation, and your commitment to ongoing community inclusion. Kind regards Stephen Challis

From: Stephen Challis Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 11:28 AM To: Danson, Andrew ; Local.Plan@cotswold.gov.uk Cc: Tony Dale ; Juliet Layton ; jolyon@sherborneparish.org; yvonne@sherborneparish.org; Tom Whiffen ; Ed ; James Brain Subject: Re: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Good morning Andrew We were wondering if you are able to confirm when we can expect to receive feedback on the Parish Council’s Policy EN18 consultation document. The community, and the other Parish Councils are eager to hear. Kind regards Stephen

On 09/05/2024 11:07 CEST Danson, Andrew wrote:

Dear Stephen, I was unaware that the Parish Councils were expecting formal feedback from the National Trust in relation to the consultation responses for Policy EN18 and I don’t think it would be appropriate for us to provide one. The local plan consultation was carried out by Cotswold District Council and the responses provided were sent to them – I would therefore expect any feedback to come direct from them rather than the Trust. I am currently waiting to hear from James in relation to how the District Council would like to proceed with Policy EN18 and the setting up of a potential working group. Regards, Andrew

From: Stephen Challis Sent: 14 May 2024 15:31 To: Danson, Andrew ; Local Plan (CDC) Cc: Tony Dale ; Juliet Layton ; jolyon@sherborneparish.org ; yvonne@sherborneparish.org ; Tom Whiffen ; Ed ; James Brain ; Loose, Jonny ; Matthew Britton Subject: RE: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Thank you for your email. Bearing in mind the proposals contained within the various National Trust documents provided to CDC as part of Policy EN18 Consultation (which only came to light during the CDC Consultation period), many of which would bring about significant change to the community and its general social wellbeing for many years to come, we do believe it is entirely appropriate for the Trust to provide feedback to the Parish Councils and the individuals who provided their important perspectives. We urge the Trust to take this matter seriously and to respect the deep seated feelings running through the community and those of our neighbouring Parishes. Your sincerely Stephen

From: James Brain Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 4:32 PM To: Stephen Challis ; Danson, Andrew ; Local Plan (CDC) Cc: Tony Dale ; Juliet Layton ; jolyon@sherborneparish.org; yvonne@sherborneparish.org; Tom Whiffen ; Ed ; Loose, Jonny ; Matthew Britton ; Sophia Price Subject: Re: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Dear Stephen, I completely understand your concerns but equally Andrew makes a valid point, perhaps my email offers a useful update and assurances. It is important to remember, and this was a point I stressed in my presentation back in March, that we are focussing on local plan ‘policy EN18’ at this stage and not NT’s ‘masterplan’. Therefore, the main actor here is CDC and its local plan. The NT and the PCs are playing the role as key influencers and stakeholders in this local plan process. In terms of next steps I offer the following indicative timeline and to do list. Please note, that I am leaving CDC and my last working day is Friday 14th June. I’m currently putting arrangements in place for another CDC officer to lead on policy EN18 and the Policy EN18 Working Group and I will share details once confirmed. Best wishes, James

From: stephen@sherborneparish.org Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5:19 PM To: ‘James Brain’ ; ‘Danson, Andrew’ ; ‘Local Plan (CDC)’ Cc: ‘Tony Dale’ ; ‘Juliet Layton’ ; ‘jolyon@sherborneparish.org’ ; ‘yvonne@sherborneparish.org’ ; ‘Tom Whiffen’ ; ‘Ed’ ; ‘Loose, Jonny’ ; ‘Matthew Britton’ ; ‘Sophia Price’ Subject: RE: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Hello James Thank you for your update. We are delighted to hear that the District Council remain committed to ongoing and meaningful community engagement concerning proposed Policy EN18. We look forward to hearing more as soon as you are ready. In the meantime, I’m sure the National Trust will also want to reply to our email of 14 May. Kind regards

On 07/04/2024 21:40 BST stephen@sherborneparish.org wrote:

Good evening, James. Please find attached Sherborne Parish Council’s feedback on proposed Local Plan Policy EN18. The document also consolidates feedback from Aldsworth, Barrington, Clapton, Farmington and Windrush Parish Councils, Sherborne Tenants’ Association of the National Trust, and 28 individual Parishioners. As you know, the Proposed Policy, and the materials prepared by the National Trust (NT), have sparked considerable interest from the respective Communities. Sherborne Parish Council really welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback as part of the formal consultation process. At this early stage in the process, the focus is on ensuring the Criteria to be included within Policy EN18, are inclusive and robust. You will see some proposed changes to a couple of the criterion, and a new one. At the same time, it is perfectly reasonable that residents of Sherborne and neighbouring Parishes are showing their keen interest in what is being proposed by the NT. Having reviewed the various documents published by the NT, there are many positive aspects which should be encouraged to fruition. At the same time, there are many which are unclear and as written, would potentially threaten the character and the social well-being of Sherborne’s Community, as well as our neighbours. We have endeavoured to maximise awareness of the proposed Policy throughout Sherborne and surrounding Parishes to ensure the respective Communities are informed and understand how they can engage with the consultation process. Many Parishioners report difficulty in using the online feedback portal and are keen to have their thoughts included within the attached document. In the interests of privacy, full names and email addresses have been omitted. If further contact details are required, we can arrange introductions between CDC and individual contributors. In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your coaching, your positive approach to community consultation, and your commitment to ongoing community inclusion. Kind regards Stephen Challis Sherborne Parish Council/CDC

Good morning, Andrew We were wondering if you are able to confirm when we can expect to receive feedback on the Parish Council’s Policy EN18 consultation document. The community, and the other Parish Councils are eager to hear. Kind regards Stephen

On 09/05/2024 11:07 CEST Danson, Andrew wrote:

From: Stephen Challis Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 3:32 PM To: Danson, Andrew ; Local.Plan@cotswold.gov.uk Cc: Tony Dale ; Juliet Layton ; jolyon@sherborneparish.org; yvonne@sherborneparish.org; Tom Whiffen ; Ed ; James Brain ; Loose, Jonny ; Matthew Britton Subject: RE: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Thank you for your email. Bearing in mind the proposals contained within the various National Trust documents provided to CDC as part of Policy EN18 Consultation (which only came to light during the CDC Consultation period), many of which would bring about significant change to the community and its general social wellbeing for many years to come, we do believe it is entirely appropriate for the Trust to provide feedback to the Parish Councils and the individuals who provided their important perspectives. We urge the Trust to take this matter seriously and to respect the deep-seated feelings running through the community and those of our neighbouring Parishes. Your sincerely Stephen

From: stephen@sherborneparish.org Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 5:22 PM To: Danson, Andrew ; Local.Plan@cotswold.gov.uk Cc: ‘Tony Dale’ ; ‘Juliet Layton’ ; jolyon@sherborneparish.org; yvonne@sherborneparish.org; ‘Tom Whiffen’ ; ‘Ed’ ; ‘James Brain’ ; Loose, Jonny ; ‘Matthew Britton’ Subject: RE: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Good afternoon, Andrew. Just checking to see if you can provide a response to our email below. We are keen to update the various communities on your thoughts. Kind regards Stephen

Policy EN18 Sherborne Parish Council/National Trust/CDC correspondence update 1 July 2024. Sherborne Parish Council/National Trust From: Danson, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:51 AM To: stephen@sherborneparish.org; Local.Plan@cotswold.gov.uk Cc: ‘Tony Dale’ ; ‘Juliet Layton’ ; jolyon@sherborneparish.org; yvonne@sherborneparish.org; ‘Tom Whiffen’ ; ‘Ed’ ; ‘James Brain’ ; Loose, Jonny ; ‘Matthew Britton’ Subject: RE: CDC Local Plan Policy EN18 Feedback – Sherborne Parish Council 7 April 2024

Dear Stephen, I maintain my position that it would be inappropriate for the National Trust to provide formal feedback on consultation responses that weren’t addressed to us directly but please be assured that the I have shared the feedback widely within the Trust and we are taking it seriously. I have provided informal personal feedback to your colleagues from Sherborne Parish council at a catch up we held on the 7th of May, with a representative of Farmington Parish council on the 12th of May and with members of the local community on a walk we held on the morning of the 18th of May. Regards, Andrew

A satirical view

Dear Esteemed Members of the National Trust,

I hope this letter finds you well and in high spirits as you plot the next steps in your tireless efforts to transform our quaint little hamlet with your Masterplan, into a veritable hive of modernity and tourism. It is with great admiration that I write to commend your bold and visionary proposal to introduce coffee shops and activity centres into our picturesque and serene village.

Firstly, allow me to express my deepest gratitude for your innovative thinking. It is not every day that one gets the opportunity to witness the transformation of single-track roads into bustling thoroughfares brimming with the delightful sounds of honking horns and idling coach engines. I am particularly thrilled at the prospect of large tourist coaches navigating our charmingly narrow lanes, as I am certain that the resulting traffic jams will provide hours of entertainment for local residents and visitors alike. Moreover, your foresight in recognizing the untapped potential of our village community.

The conversion of these precious landscapes into expansive car parks will not only address the pressing need for visitor parking but will also add a touch of urban sophistication to our rural idyll. Imagine the joy of stepping out of one’s front door to be greeted by a vista of gleaming car roofs and the gentle hum of engines—such a harmonious blend of nature and modernity is sure to enhance our quality of life. Moreover, the introduction of coffee shops and activity centres promises to bring a vibrant, cosmopolitan atmosphere to our sleepy hamlet. While some might argue that our village’s charm lies in its tranquillity and unspoiled beauty, I wholeheartedly embrace the idea that what we truly need is the caffeinated buzz of a metropolis.

Picture the delight of our elderly residents as they swap their traditional afternoon tea for a venti soy latte, and the glee of our children as they abandon the freedom of roaming green fields for the structured fun of an indoor activity centre. In conclusion, I must once again applaud the council for envisioning such a transformative future for our village. Your proposal not only promises to reshape our physical landscape but also to redefine our cultural identity. While change can be daunting, I am confident that the influx of tourists and the urbanization of our countryside will ultimately prove to be a boon for our community. Thank you for your dedication to progress and for your unwavering commitment to ensuring that our little slice of paradise does not remain an unspoiled relic of the past.

Yours sincerely,
Binkley Butterskew
Scribe for the Cotswold Spoke Benders Association

The Spectator view

Gawping at the famous sights of the Cotswolds has been a popular pastime for centuries. So too is writing about the huge numbers of people gawping at the famous sights of the Cotswolds. The Times, Telegraph, Express and the BBC have all covered the explosion of mass-tourism since the pandemic, which is driven mainly by social media algorithms bombarding the globe with irresistible Cotswolds images. You can now tour the Cotswolds to gawp at the sight of thousands of other people gawping, or buy a paper and gawp at a professional gawper gawping at gawpers.

A good start on this gawping tour is to drop in to Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm, where parking supervisors will usher you into the Jeremy’s enlarged car-park but you will then have to queue for two hours even to get inside the farm shop. You will feel a frisson of schadenfreude as you watch parents joining the back of that slow-moving queue and breaking the news to their children that it will be two hours till they set eyes on a jar of mustard.

Then, proceed to the pretty village of Bibury. The daily invasion endured by the residents of this village begins at 10 a.m. every day of the year, when the first coach of the day crosses its ancient stone bridge, reverses with difficulty into one of the two coach-parking bays, and disgorges its passengers, who are given a maximum of 45 minutes to look round, before being whisked off to the next stop on their one-day Cotswolds tour.

Meanwhile, in its ‘rewilding’ and ‘low carbon’ drive, the NT is refusing to dredge the estate’s lake

I was there last week, on what was a heavily Chinese day. Bibury has been a favoured destination for the Japanese ever since Emperor Hirohito visited in the 1920s and declared it a ‘sacred place’. But I’m told that the Chinese now outnumber the Japanese, among its up to 10,000 visitors per day.

The tourists who alight on the pavement beside the water meadow seem as bewildered by their unfamiliar surroundings as we would be if we were plonked down in a remote village in China on a weekday morning. There’s nothing to do except walk the short distance to the highly photogenic, still-inhabited 14th-century cottages called Arlington Row.

They have no front gardens. So, watch as the tourists go right up and stand inside the medieval doorways, pulling on the door-knockers or the roses as they smile for their photo. This activity will carry on all day, as coach after coach is disgorged. I talked to a resident of one of the cottages, Brian Skada, who tells me he’s ‘the most photographed man in Britain’, snapped by crowds each time he opens his front door. When he’s carrying the shopping in, tourists try to come in with him and sit down in his front parlour.

There’s one public loo, but you have to queue and pay. Recently, a coach tourist from rural China was spotted squatting down to do his morning bowel movement in the middle of the main road, the B4425 between Burford and Cirencester.

By the time that first batch returns to the coach, three more will have arrived. So you now can sit on a low wall and watch the fun, as stressed-out coach drivers try to deal with the lack of parking bays, and take turns to cross the narrow bridge cracking under the strain, and the locals get caught up in the 45-minute gridlock.

It’s crazy. There’s no regulation. You sometimes get ten coaches in the village at a time, causing all-round rage. The Cotswold District Council is being slow to do anything to ease the situation with enforcement or the building of more parking spaces. Bibury, it seems clear to me, should be taken right off the Cotswolds coach tour. You can live a fulfilled life without seeing Arlington Row. Visitors bring in nothing financially, except 40p for the loo and perhaps the money for a tea towel from the trout-farm shop.

Down the road at Bourton-on-the-Water, the opposite problem has arisen. Bourton, ‘the Venice of the Cotswolds’, thrives on its mega-tourism. Go there on a Saturday afternoon in June, and you’ll join teeming crowds of happy visitors sprawled on the greensward beside the river Windrush. Reports of the death of the high street are exaggerated, judging by Bourton’s heaving independent shops, six pubs and packed restaurants.

But here – crazily – the Cotswold District Council has now banned coaches from parking within walking distance of the town centre, and is doing its best to make it impossible for a coach even to stop and let passengers out. So, here, watch as full-up coaches drive slowly along the main road, searching in vain for a stopping place. All the car parks that used to have coach parking bays have been turned by the council into cars only.

I chatted with Madan Samuel, a former surgeon who now runs Bourton’s Post Office. He tells me that the District Council, while doing nothing as coaches swamp Bibury, seems to have a snobbish antipathy towards coaches when it comes to Bourton. ‘They’ve said in print that they want to attract “a certain kind of clientele” – meaning “the Daylesford type” – middle-class car-drivers, rather than coach loads from the Midlands. And they really shouldn’t be banning certain sections of society from coming here.’

The advantage of coach loads, in a place like this, humming with local businesses, is that because customers book their coach tour weeks in advance, they come even when it’s pouring with rain and the car-drivers are staying away. Madan tells me that if Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown gets re-elected as Conservative MP for the Cotswolds, there’s hope: he has promised to prioritise coach parking. If Paul Hodginson (Lib Dem) gets elected, ‘we can kiss goodbye to it, and half the high street will close down.’

In the enchanting and peaceful Cotswold village of Sherborne, meanwhile, residents have been thrown into a state of dread, because the National Trust, which owns the land around it, has announced its plans to open something called ‘Sherborne Big Nature Big Access’.

So here, you can come and gawp at the site on which future coach loads will soon be disgorged: next to fields on which paths for mountain biking and three visitor ‘hubs’ that will be built to ‘serve a variety of visitor needs’.

The literature for this plan, drawn up by National Trust marketing staff, who spout buzz words, is guff: ‘A place that is playing its part in the climate response. Where communities are contributing and benefitting from change. Where everyone feels welcome and can help to care for this special place… We are working with our partners and neighbours to deliver landscape-wide change.’

Meanwhile, in its ‘rewilding’ and ‘low carbon’ drive, the NT is refusing to dredge the estate’s lake, so it has turned from clear into a brown swamp. Rather than getting on with the unglamorous tasks they’re meant to be doing (looking after the estate bequeathed to them for the nation), they want to ‘reimagine’ it, aiming to siphon off the Bourton crowds and introduce them to the joys of the rewilded countryside. Let’s hope the Bourton crowds say ‘no, thank you,’ to this invitation.

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Residents guide

to the rules

INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS AND TENANTS, INCLUDING HOUSE RULES, AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – Revision: 28 November 2023

Welcome to Sherborne House

Congratulations on purchasing an apartment. The information set out below represents a summary of the lease arrangements and legal agreements that owners are obliged to follow as a result of ownership, and includes a set of rules approved by the Board in order to support our goal of peaceful enjoyment and harmony for everyone here at Sherborne House. It should be noted that this document is not a legal contract and is not intended to form any kind of agreement between you, your neighbours, the Management Company or their agents. In order to obtain full details of the legal relationships, you should refer to your lease or Transfer Covenants and, if necessary, seek independent legal advice about how the agreement affects you. As a result of your purchase, you are now a Leaseholder, which means you have agreed to the terms contained in a lease with Sherborne Park Residents Company Ltd, the Freeholder. Congratulations are also in order for becoming a Shareholder of Sherborne Park Residents Company Ltd, the Management Company detailed in your lease. The Management Company has certain responsibilities to maintain the development, as does the Freeholder. In some cases, the Freeholder and the Management Company are the same, but they may have very different roles, depending on which part of the lease you refer to. It can be quite complicated, so it is a good idea to read through your lease, which you should be able to get from the solicitor that helped you with your purchase. However, to help you further and give you a handy document to keep and refer to, we have put together this information, which is a bit of a summary of the main items contained in your lease, and some rules and guidance on being a leaseholder and resident in general. But if there’s anything you seek guidance upon, please contact Ash Management, who has been hired for the day-to-day operations of the House, or your Board of Directors here at the House.

Sherborne House & Sherborne Park Residency Company Ltd

Today the property comprises 30 apartments, situated amidst 13 acres of communally owned tended gardens, and surrounded by 4,000 acres of land owned and managed by The National Trust. There are common facilities to be enjoyed by all leaseholders including swimming pool, gym, sauna, tennis court and BBQ area. There are rules written to help manage certain facilities, which are detailed below.

When you purchase a property, you become a shareholder in Sherborne Park Residents Company, Ltd. (the Management Company). The property and grounds are managed by a Board of Directors elected by the shareholders of the Management Company and assisted by the Managing Agent, who are engaged to carry out day-to-day activities such as gardening, cleaning and management of the facilities and services. In the case of Sherborne House, a Management Company is set up to look after the interests of the Landlord, and this Management Company is owned by the shareholders. To this end, it is up to the leaseholders to ensure that the rules of the Lease and Transfer Covenants are upheld in their capacity as shareholders of Sherborne Park Residents Company Ltd. This is achieved by appointing the Board of Directors to make key decisions, including the option of appointing a Managing Agent where the lease allows.

As the Management Company is a Limited company, the appointed Directors will need to make sure that it complies with regulations set down by Companies House and the Companies Act, and the Housing Act. It is also important to bear in mind that this Limited company will have additional responsibilities in respect of the communal parts of the development, where these may be deemed to be a workplace for the purposes of Health and Safety. Therefore, it is extremely important that leaseholders cooperate with the decisions made on behalf of the Management Company as these decisions are likely to include compliance with Health and Safety legislation, Company Law, Fire Regulations, Housing Regulations, and Landlord and Tenant Laws and covenants set down in the Lease/Transfer documents. For these reasons, it is not always feasible, or even possible, to accommodate a leaseholder’s wishes in regard to use of or alteration of any of the common parts. Every year the Board invites all the shareholders to an Annual General Meeting in which normal business items are discussed such as appointment of Directors and presentation of the previous year’s accounts summarising the income and expenditure of company and service charge monies. The meeting is usually followed by a general residents meeting to discuss issues relating to the running of the house and facilities and give the Directors items to consider for the following year.

How does the Board of Directors Function? The rules for electing Directors, and the powers of individual Directors, are laid out in the Articles of Association. In summary, there can be a maximum of 7 Directors. There are two classes of shareholders as originally established when Sherborne Park Residents Company, Ltd was formed:

‘C’ class shareholders are the 5 largest ‘principle’ units at Sherborne, while the other 25 units are ‘A’ class shareholders. Of the 7 Directors, up to 4 may come from ‘A’ share owners, and a maximum of 3 from ‘C’ share owners. The Directors coming from the ‘A’ shares are elected by a majority at the Annual General Meeting. The Directors coming from the ‘C’ owners are elected through a different method, as a simple agreement of a majority of the ‘C’ owners is needed to appoint them.

The general conduct of the company and procedures for allocating shares is laid down in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, a copy of which is available from Companies House. Summary of the Lease The leases for Sherborne House contain the following covenants which are specific to the activities of residents and should be adhered to at all times, as well as being communicated to visitors and sub tenants alike:

Not to use the demised premises nor to permit the same to be used for any purpose whatsoever other than for residential purposes only, or for any purpose from which a nuisance can arise to the owners, lessees and occupiers of the other flats comprised in the building or in the neighbourhood or for an illegal or immoral purpose.
Not to throw dirt or rubbish rags or other refuse or permit the same to be thrown into the sinks bath lavatories cisterns or waste or soil pipes in the demised premises.
No audio equipment or musical instrument of any kind shall be played, or used, or any other acts undertaken in the House so as to cause annoyance to the owners, or occupiers of the other flats comprised in the building, or so as to be audible outside the demised premises between the hours of 11pm and 8am.
No name, drawing, signboard, plate or placard of any kind shall be put on or in any window on the exterior of the demised premises (or at the entrance thereto) or so as to be visible from outside the demised premises, or within the building on the doors of individual apartments.
No flower box, flower pit, or other window adornments may be placed on the outside of people’s windows.
No external radio or television aerial shall be erected without permission from the Board of Directors.
Not to obstruct in any way the common parts of the building or the communal roads or parking space or garages on the land.
No musical instruments, radio sound records, or reproducers shall be played nor shall any games or other activity be pursued or carried out in the common parts of the building, the land, or the car parking area, which may prejudicially interfere with or cause damage or annoyance to the owners or occupiers of the other flats in the building.
Not to use the demised premises the common parts or the land in such a manner as will be detrimental to the amenity of the said Sherborne Park.
Not to employ the staff that may be employed by the Lessor to perform any special services for the Lessee without the previous written consent of the Lessor (such special services to be carried out at the risk of and to be paid for by the Lessee).
Not to contravene any reasonable regulations made by the Management Company and notified to the Lessee as to the use of appliances installed at the demised premises of the building and the land.
Not to permit or suffer to be done any act matter or thing on or in respect of the demised premises the building or the land which contravenes the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Acts 1947 to 1971 or an enactment amending or replacing them and shall keep the Lessor indemnified against all claims demand and liabilities in respect thereof.

In summary, the above clauses are designed to protect the Landlord’s interests in the Premises, which in turn should protect the owners of the neighbouring apartments. Some of these clauses are also designed to protect the common interests in the Estate, which, in the case of Sherborne House, refers to the driveway, car parking area, pathways and gardens, i.e. anything that is part of the freehold that is not specifically determined in the lease to be part of the Premises “within the four walls”. It is important for the Management Company to manage and comply with the terms of the lease by enforcing the covenants on all leaseholders to preserve the overriding covenants set down. However, there is an allowance in the lease for the Management Company to set additional regulations in connection with the Estate or common parts, which are detailed later as the Sherborne House Rules. This is a very important aspect of the proper management of the estate as there are various facilities that are provided which require careful management to protect the interests of the estate in terms of its listed building status, to protect the individuals using them, including visitors/guests, and to sure everyone’s right to peaceful enjoyment.

Service Charges, as detailed in the lease and via covenants in the Transfer documents, the Service Charges are the funds that the Management Company are dependent upon in order to finance the Landlord’s and Company’s covenants to maintain Sherborne House, facilities and grounds and run the Management Company itself. The Service Charge year runs independently of the Limited company financial year, therefore it is not unusual for each leaseholder to receive a copy of Service Charge Accounts every year, and each member or shareholder to receive a copy of the Limited Company accounts also. Each leaseholder pays a share of the costs of running the Estate that is determined by their lease, and the lease provides for these funds to be paid in advance based on estimated anticipated costs. The Service Charge estimates will be based on the covenants contained in the lease. At the end of each Service Charge year, the accounts are produced by the accountant employed by Sherborne Park Residents Company Ltd and approved by the Management Company Directors. In the case of Sherborne House, the service charge year runs from 1st January to 31st December each year and invoices are submitted on 1st January and 1st July, for half of the estimated annual costs. Please contact the Managing Agent, for further details about your individual account and ways to pay.

Sherborne House Rules

Parking Noise Doors Swimming pool Caretaker Refuse Pets Complaints Facility Reservation Vacant apartments Parking

Cars should be parked in the front car park of Sherborne House. The turning circle is only available for loading, picking up or setting down of passengers, and the engines must be switched off and not be left idling whilst engaging in these activities. All guests and visitors to Sherborne House must also park in the front car park. Only Lessees that have an allocated parking space from the Board may park in one of the designated areas of the rear car park (see Appendix A for additional rear car park rules). No recreational or commercial vehicles may be parked in either of the lots; examples include commercial trucks, RVs, horse trailers, boat trailers, tractors, etc. All cars parked in the lots must have a currently active registration with the MOT, and kept in proper order. Vehicles which are abandoned are also not permitted, and these vehicles as well as vehicles without active registration may be towed away at the owner’s expense.

Noise

Residents are not to cause or allow any noise in their Premises to cause annoyance to the occupiers of any other adjoining apartment or so as to be audible outside their Premises between the hours of 11.00 p.m. and 8.00 am. This includes excessive noise from playing music, television and barking dogs, for example.

Doors

Please ensure all doors are closed quietly and securely locked when you exit and enter the property. In the event that it is necessary to leave them open for prolonged periods please notify the Caretaker. Residents should ensure that the wood safety doors and shutters of the south entrance are closed and locked after 9:00 pm.

Swimming pool

Please follow rules posted at the Pool entrance for safe use of the pool and gym equipment available. Please ensure the pool cover is replaced after use, all lights are switched off and the doors securely locked. All users must complete and sign the pool usage sheet, (this ensures correct regulation of water purity).

Caretaker

The Caretaker is employed to look after Sherborne House and is not available to carry out anything other than short personal tasks for residents. It is a direct breach of the lease for any resident and/or leaseholder to employ the services of the Caretaker outside his/her normal Sherborne duties during the hours that they are engaged by SPRC Ltd.

Refuse

Refuse should be carefully taken to the bin store located at the rear of the house and disposed of correctly. If necessary , please double bag the refuse to avoid leakage along the way. Recycling bins are provided for tins, plastic, glass and bottles, paper and cardboard. Cardboard must be broken down into flat sections and placed inside the bags provided. Please do not dispose of any bulky items within the bin store or anywhere else on the grounds; you should make arrangements for bulky items to be taken to a local recycling facility at your own expense.

Pets

Up to 2 pets are permitted (cats or dogs only) but care should be taken to ensure they are under your close control and do not approach other residents, guests and their dogs. Residents must ensure that they do not foul the corridors, gardens and or grounds. Dog mess must be picked up by the pet owner immediately and disposed of in the specially designated waste bins only. Interior messes which are not adequately cleaned by owners may be cleaned by the management company at their sole discretion and will be billed to the relevant pet owner.

Complaints

Should a resident have a complaint about another resident or issue related to the buildings or properties the complaint should be put in writing to Ash Management, which are responsible for the day-to-day management of the company. They will know the best way to deal with the complaint, and will make a determination of what matters need to be brought to the Board’s attention. It should not be the expectation that individual Directors are best suited to handle complaints, nor is it their individual responsibility.

Facility Reservation

The option to reserve Sherborne House recreational facilities is available to Lessees and any member of their immediate family or any bona fide guest who may be residing with or visiting them while they are in actual residence. Any visits to Sherborne House or use of the facilities by outside 3rd party groups is not permitted, and would require prior approval of the Board. Residents may not ‘sponsor’ any 3rd parties to use any of the facilities or grounds.

Vacant apartments

Residents are required to notify the Caretaker of their intention to leave their Premises vacant for more than 14 consecutive days. Vacant apartments will be inspected weekly by the caretaker to check for problems that may affect the fabric of the building or other apartments. In the event of extreme weather the SPRC reserve the right to turn on the heating in the apartment to protect the fabric of the building.

Guests Smoking & Smoke detectors Insurance & Damage Common areas Gas Bottles Fireplaces Electric Vehicles & Batteries Guests

Guests at Sherborne House -For security reasons, the Managing Agent should be notified of all guests occupying an apartment in the absence of the Lessee. Please read notes about the use of house facilities. Guests including any contractors must sign into the guest book at the front of the House.

Smoking & Smoke detectors

Smoking is not permitted in the communal areas of the house or the swimming pool building under the Smoke Free Law introduced in 2007.

Smoke Detectors – While there are centrally maintained and monitored heat and smoke detectors throughout the common areas and in apartments, owners are encouraged to supply extra smoke detectors in their own apartments.

Insurance & Damage

Residents are required to maintain adequate contents insurance for all personal possessions within their apartment (contents are not covered under the buildings policy) and this insurance should also include public liability cover. Any damage such as leakage of water, for example, coming from an apartment is the liability of the owner of that apartment, not the Association. Insurance cover to handle this will help defray any potentially significant claims against responsible owners by the Management Company or other affected owners. The Management Company may periodically ask for evidence of this insurance. Any contractors employed to carry out work in the apartments must also carry liability insurance to safeguard against damage to the building. As a general rule, owners are responsible for repairing any damage they or their contractors and visitors cause to Sherborne House property, whether inside or outside.

Common areas

Written permission should be sought from the Board of Directors via the Managing Agent to place any personal belongings in the Common Areas.

Gas Bottles

Residents are not permitted to keep or use in the Premises any paraffin or bottled gas for heaters or cooking appliances.

Fireplaces

Apartments with working fireplaces require an annual chimney sweep cleaning. This will be arranged by the Caretaker, with the cost borne by each of the owners who have fireplaces. Any exceptions of this must be approved by the Management company or Board of Directors. The Management Company reserves the right to have periodic fireplace safety inspections performed. Fireplaces must be maintained by apartment owners in a safe and clean working order.

Electric Vehicles & Batteries

Electric vehicles and batteries may not be stored or charged inside Sherborne House as they represent fire hazards. This includes electric scooters and bicycles. Electric batteries and cars may not be charged on the electric current provided in the garages or common areas as it would be unfair to other shareholders to pay for these charges, as individual meters in the garages are not provided. The Management Company is currently exploring options for electric car charging points.

Donations & personal items in common areas or garden Renting of apartments Deliveries Regulations for using house facilities Regulations & apartment alterations Fire Instructions Donations & personal items in common areas or garden

Shareholders and residents may not place any items such as furniture, rugs and personal belongings in any of the common areas, including the grounds, cloister, House hallways and rooms, orangery, and pool/gym, without prior approval of the Board. Shareholders may not plant trees or plants without prior approval of the Board. Also, items may not be placed in storage rooms and the basement without prior approval. The Board and Management Agent reserve the right to remove these items. This rule also applies to donations to Sherborne House, the planting of trees, and placement of items in the Cloister. As a general rule all donations require the prior approval of the Board and will only be accepted after careful consideration.

Renting of apartments

Short term lets are not permitted, and all lettings require a minimum term of 90 days. When a new tenant is obtained by a Shareholder, the Management Company and Board must be notified of the details of the tenant, the tenor of the lease, and also of the email address and phone number. The Shareholder is to be held accountable for the tenant’s compliance with these Rules, and a copy of the Rules should be provided by the Shareholder to the Tenant.

Deliveries

A post and parcel room is available in the rear car park. If you are not going to be in residence when a delivery is anticipated, it is best to instruct the delivery company to deposit the parcels in this room, rather than to leave them on the front porch.

Regulations for using house facilities

The following people are entitled to use the facilities of the House:

A. Lessees and any member of their immediate family or any bona fide guest who may be residing with or visiting them while they are in actual residence.
B. Invitees of the Lessees who are in actual residence in their premises in the absence of the Lessee for any period less than 14 consecutive days. PROVIDED THAT 1) Prior notice has been given in writing to the Managing Agent of the name and address of each invitee if the stay is in excess of five days. 2) All invitees must complete the Attendance Register kept at the main entrance to the House both on arrival and departure regardless of the duration of their stay. (This is necessary for fire and other security reasons) 3) The Residents Company shall have the right on reasonable grounds to prohibit any invitee from using facilities. This may include repeated use that would amount to the exercising of any right under a “Time Share” or similar scheme. 4) During this period of temporary occupancy absent Lessees shall forfeit the right to the use of the facilities themselves or by their families or bona fide guests (ie absent lessees cannot make use of the facilities such as the swimming pool, tennis court and orangery). 5) Owners shall have a priority over guests in the booking of the facilities including the orangery, pool, gym, sauna and tennis courts.
C. All persons or legal entities must be specifically approved in writing by the Residents Company where the Lessee or new Owner is a company or consists of joint Lessee or owners. The names of all persons desired to be included, as approved parties must be notified in writing to the Residents Company
D. Subject to the undermentioned provisos, any person(s) in residence for a period more than 14 consecutive days following an agreement with or under letting by the Lessee is considered a resident. Any member of the immediate family or bona fide guests of such person may use facilities only while the person is in actual residence: PROVIDED THAT: 1) Neither the occupant nor any member of the immediate family has, as Occupant, made use of the facilities during the preceding 18 months. The Residents Company shall upon request have the right to waive the terms of this proviso in a particular case. 2) During such occupancy the Lessee shall forfeit the right to the use of the facilities themselves or by their families or bona fide guests.

Regulations & apartment alterations

It is extremely important that the integrity of the listed building status of Sherborne House is maintained as well as ensuring certain terms of the lease are upheld which could inadvertently be contravened as a result of alterations. Therefore, the following is a breakdown of the necessary stages of consultation required prior to and during any refurbishment works to the apartments in Sherborne House.

1. Initial Consultation – Plans for alterations to the layout of the apartment and/or replacement fixtures and fittings should in the first instance be notified to the Sherborne Park Residents Company Ltd and Board of Directors for approval via their managing agent. 2. Principles of the Lease – works and alterations may not breach any specific clauses in the lease with regard to neighbouring flats’ quiet enjoyment and/or structural alterations – This item to be signed off by the board and/or an independent surveyor in the event of dispute. 3. Conservation / Heritage – Any proposed alterations must be presented to the local government conservation department and approved by them in order to protect the listed status of the building. 4. Building Regulations – As a building converted into apartments, the building regulations and fire regulations will have been considered at the time of the conversion and any subsequent alterations may conflict with the principles of the approved design and/or affect the fire separation between flats. Building Control should be consulted in advance of any works being carried out in order to confirm requirements. This can usually be carried out by your appointed contractor. In the case of alterations to chimneys or fireplaces it may be possible to obtain approval by using a HETAS registered engineer. Subject to confirmation of changes by the Conservation Department, replacement windows may be possible to obtain approval by using a FENSA qualified fitter. This item to be signed off by Building Control or a recognised competent fire professional appointed by the Management Company. 5. Safety Regulations – Where alterations are to include any works to mains electrical installations, the Board must be provided with copies of the relevant certification from approved contractors i.e. (e.g. ELECSA). For works to chimneys to enable burning of solid fuels, it will be necessary to obtain a HETAS certificate to confirm that any works comply with building control regulations. 6. Health and Safety – Contractors working on site that will require access to common parts of the building must present to the board, via their agent, a relevant risk assessment for approval, as well as a copy of their up to date liability insurance policy. This item should be affective even if the 12 contractors are only accessing common areas to lay protective sheeting etc to prove consideration of health and safety risks to anyone with access to the same area. 7. Project Management – The board, via their agent, must be provided with contact details for any project manager or main contractor that will be overseeing works to the apartment as well as predicted timescales for completion. 8. Consultation with Neighbours– Where works are to take place, adjoining property owners must be consulted and kept up to date with progress of any approved works. If further clarification is required as to how the above items can be satisfied or any further requirements for complicated refurbishment projects, please contact the agents for Sherborne Park Residents Company Ltd.

Fire Instructions

A Fire Risk Assessment has been carried out, and it was determined that the greatest risk from fire in this property is from a fire occurring inside one of the flats. You must ensure that all guests are signed in to the guest book when they enter the building. If a fire occurs in your flat you must get out and raise the alarm. If you discover or are alerted to a fire anywhere else in the building, you must get out. Due to the age and design of the property, in the event of fire anywhere on the premises, all occupants must evacuate the building immediately on discovery or hearing the fire alarm. To mitigate potential harm to occupants and visitors, as far as possible, from fire, the following list of DOs and DON’Ts should be read, understood and adhered to at all times:

DO • Keep fire doors closed at all times in your flat • Keep Stairways, halls and landings clear at all times • Only use the fixed heating system installed in your apartment • Ensure that all smoke alarms in your flat work properly and test them regularly • Create your own evacuation plan to escape from your flat • Make sure all visitors to your flat are aware of the fire safety procedures
DO NOT • Change or wedge open fire doors anywhere in the common areas of the building, or in your flat • Store anything that will burn easily, especially next to any utility meters or heaters, in your flat or anywhere else in the building • Use any form of radiant heater, especially one home with either a flame (gas or paraffin) or radiant element (electric bar heater) • Remove or tamper with smoke or heat detectors in your flat that are part of the common alarm system • Obstruct corridors, fire exits or access roads IN THE EVENT OF FIRE If you discover a fire, or are alerted to a fire by hearing the alarm: • Alert everyone in the immediate vicinity without putting yourself at undue risk and leave the building by the nearest fire escape route. • Activate a manual call point (break glass) as you leave the building • Do not stay behind and try to put out the fire yourself. Do not stop to collect any personal belongings • Call 999 and ask for the Fire Brigade. Stay on the call until you are told to hang up by the operator as they may need to verify details • Make your way to the Assembly Point at the front of the building and remain there until you are given further instructions by the Fire Brigade or other authority

APENDIX A – Rules Related to the Board of Directors APENDIX B – Rules Related to the Rear Car Park APENDIX C – Frequently asked questions APENDIX A – Rules Related to the Board of Directors

A number of guidelines have been established to help ensure the proper running of the Board of Directors. There are also detailed rules in the Articles of Association about Director responsibilities to attend meetings, and on the replacement and election of Directors, but those will not be repeated here. A number of rules should be adhered to by the Directors:

To have at least 8 meetings per calendar year
To maintain minutes of meetings
To approve the annual accounts
To review the performance of the Managing Agent and Caretaker, and oversee their activities
To prepare and approve the annual budget
At each meeting to review the financial performance of the company in line with the previously established budget
To obtain and review periodic building surveys so that the maintenance, repair and capital needs of the House are understood
To prepare for the longer-term financial needs of the company through the establishment and maintenance of a reserve and sinking fund

APENDIX B – Rules Related to the Rear Car Park

In addition to the previously outlined rules related to parking, additional rules have been created to avoid problems that have been evidenced in the past:
The only authorised parking spaces in the rear are those in the individually allocated lettered spaces. All other parking in the rear should be temporary (to load and unload).
In order to ensure convenient access for all authorized individuals who are permitted to park in these lettered spaces, there have been long-standing restrictions on parking outside the garages. We understand that there may be occasional situations requiring short-term parking in these areas, but extended periods of parking pose difficulties and is forbidden
Apart from disregarding the rules that we have all agreed to abide by, improperly parked cars can also impede emergency services from reaching the house, garages, or electrical substation in case of emergency. Rules related to those with assigned spaces in the rear lot include:
No swapping of spaces is permitted without the approval of the Board. Any request must be made in writing
No assignment of spaces to other units is permitted except by the Board
As spaces are not included in each deed or lease, when properties are put up for sale the allocation of a rear parking space should not be mentioned in sales brochures or in online advertisements
After the sale of a unit the Board will decide on the assignment of the rear space using a variety of factors and considerations
The Sherborne Park Residents Company reserves its right to change parking space allocation in the future In any review by the Board of parking assignments including the reallocation of a rear parking spot upon sale, amongst other factors it should take the following into account:
Proximity of shareholder’s apartment to the rear car park
Handicapped or disabled status
Full time residency, rather than infrequent or rare visits.
Owner occupier rather than tenant.

APENDIX C – Frequently asked questions

The wording below has been extracted from a guidance brochure produced jointly by the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA), the Association of Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM) and the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE). It is intended to help explain the legal background of the lease arrangements you have entered into. For the purposes of this explanation, the term flat will also refer to each of the apartments in Sherborne House.

What is Leasehold? A Leasehold flats can be in purpose-built blocks, in converted houses or above commercial or retail premises. Leasehold ownership of a flat is simply a long tenancy, the right to occupation and use of the flat for a long period – the ‘term’ of the lease. This will usually be for 99 or 125 years and the flat can be bought and sold during that term. The term is fixed at the beginning and so decreases in length year by year. Thus, if it were not for inflation, the value of the flat would diminish over time until the eventual expiry of the lease, when the flat returns to the landlord (although an assured tenancy would then become a possibility). The leasehold ownership of a flat usually relates to everything within the four walls of the flat, including floorboards and plaster to walls and ceiling, but does not usually include the external or structural walls. The structure and common parts of the building and the land it stands on are usually owned by the freeholder, who is also the landlord. The freeholder is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building. The costs of maintenance and repair are recoverable through the service charges and billed to the leaseholders. The landlord can be a person or a company, including a local authority or a housing association. It is also quite common for the leaseholders to own the freehold of the building, through a residents’ management company, effectively becoming their own landlord. Furthermore, under right to manage, the lessees may not own the freehold but are able to manage the building as if they were the landlord. This explanation refers to “the Landlord” throughout, although this may also be the leaseholders’ own Management Company.
What is a Lease? A lease is a contract between the leaseholder and the landlord giving conditional ownership for a fixed period of time. It is an important document, and leaseholders should ensure that they have a copy and that they understand it. The wording of leases is usually in legal language and can vary from property to property. Leaseholders who find it difficult to understand their lease should get advice from a solicitor and insist that they provide a report on its terms when they are instructed to deal with the purchase. It is difficult to change the conditions of the lease after you buy, so make sure that the services provided for and the obligations imposed in the lease are those that you want or can accept. The lease sets out the contractual obligations of the two parties: what the leaseholder has contracted to do, and what the landlord is bound to do. The leaseholder’s obligations will include payment of the ground rent (if any) and contribution to the costs of maintaining and managing the building. The lease will probably also place certain conditions on the use and occupation of the flat. The landlord will usually be required to manage and maintain the structure, exterior and common areas of the property, to collect service charges from all the leaseholders and keep the accounts. Leaseholders are not necessarily entirely free to do whatever they want in or with the flat – the lease comes with conditions, to protect the rights of everyone with an interest in the building. For example, retirement schemes will usually have restrictions on the age of those who can live there. When a flat changes hands, the seller passes on all the rights and responsibilities of the lease to the purchaser, including any future payments of service charges that have not yet been identified. Read the lease – understand your rights and responsibilities. Ask the landlord or manager whether there are any additional house rules. What are your contractual Rights? First and foremost, the right of peaceable occupation of the flat for the term of the lease, usually referred to as ‘quiet enjoyment’. In addition, the leaseholder has the right to expect the landlord to maintain and repair the building and manage the common parts – that is, the parts of the building or grounds not specifically granted to the leaseholder in the lease but to which there are rights of access, for example, the car park and gardens. What are your Responsibilities? Principally, these will be the requirements to keep the inside of the flat in good order, to pay (on time) the service charge as a share of the costs of maintaining and running the building, to behave in a neighbourly manner and not to do certain things without the landlord’s consent, for example, make alterations or sublet. The landlord has an obligation to ensure that the leaseholder complies with such responsibilities for the good of all the other leaseholders. These rights and responsibilities will be set out in the lease. What is Ground Rent? Because leasehold is a tenancy, it is subject to the payment of a rent (which may be nominal) to the landlord. Ground rent is a specific requirement of the lease and must be paid on the due date, subject to the issue of a formal and specific demand by the landlord. In most cases where the freehold is owned by the Leaseholders’ own Management Company, the demands for Ground Rent will not be applied. What are Service Charges? Service charges are payments by the leaseholder to the landlord for all the services the landlord provides. These will include maintenance and repairs, insurance of the building and, in some cases, provision of central heating, lifts, gardening, estate staff, lighting and cleaning of common areas etc. Usually the charges will also include the costs of management, either by the landlord or by a professional managing agent. Service charges will vary from year to year; they can go up or down without any limit other than that they are reasonable. Details of what can (and cannot) be charged by the landlord and the proportion 18 of the charge to be paid by the individual leaseholder will all be set out in the lease. The landlord arranges provision of the services. The leaseholder pays for them. All costs must be met by the leaseholders; the landlord will generally make no financial contribution. Most modern leases allow for the landlord to collect service charges in advance, repaying any surplus or collecting any shortfall at the end of the year. The landlord can only recover the costs of services which are reasonable. When considering the purchase of a leasehold flat, it is important to find out, for personal budgetary purposes, what the current and future service charges are likely to be. Also check if there is a reserve fund, and what plans there are for major works that could affect the service charge in the next few years after your purchase.
What are Reserve Funds? Many leases provide for the landlord to collect sums in advance to create a reserve or ‘sinking’ fund to ensure that sufficient money is available for future scheduled major works, such as decorations, roof repair or replacement of heating systems. The lease will set out the arrangements for this and when regular, cyclical, maintenance works are due. Contributions to the reserve fund are not repayable when the flat is sold. If there is insufficient money in the reserve fund to deal with major works the costs will be shared between owners at the time needed in the proportions set out in the individual leases.
How is the building insured? The lease will normally require the landlord to take out adequate insurance for the building and the common parts, and will give him the right to recover the cost of the premium through the service charges. This policy will not normally cover the possessions of individual leaseholders, for which contents insurance should be taken out. Freehold Houses need to be insured by the individual owners and as such they will not contribute to this element via service charges.
What happens if a leaseholder does not pay? It is the leaseholder’s obligation to pay the service charges and ground rent promptly under the terms of the lease. If they are not paid and the landlord is able to satisfy an LVT (leasehold valuation tribunal) that the charges are properly due and reasonable, then he can begin forfeiture proceedings by applying for a court order. The court has wide discretion where forfeiture is concerned, but if forfeiture is approved by a court, this can lead to the landlord repossessing the flat. The landlord may also seek a county court judgement for payment, which can affect a leaseholder’s ability to obtain credit.
What is a Managing Agent? Sometimes the landlord or the residents’ management company carries out the management of the property directly, alternatively, a managing agent may be appointed to manage and maintain the building on behalf of the landlord, in accordance with the terms of the lease, current relevant legislation and codes of practice. The agent takes instruction from the landlord, not the leaseholders, but should constantly be aware of the leaseholders’ wishes and requirements. The agent will receive a fee for day-to-day management, which will usually be paid by leaseholders as part of the service charges.

Sherborne House History

Sheldon map of Oxfordshire

The history of Sherborne House was very much attached to the Abby of Winchcombe as a grange for the Abbot and Benedictine monks. The monastery was surrendered on 23 December, 1539. The abbot received a pension of £140 and forty loads of wood, the prior one of £8, nine monks had £6 13s. 4d. and seven others received £6 each. The clear yearly value of the property of the monastery in 1535 amounted to £759 11s. 9¼d.; (fn. 137) in the hands of the crown bailiff in 1540 it brought in £945 3s. 11¼d. The possessions of the convent in Gloucestershire included the manors of Winchcombe, Twyning, Sherborne, Staunton, Snowshill, Honeybourne, Dry Marston, Adelmington, Bledington, Yanworth, Hazleton, Rowell, Halling, Charlton Abbots, Naunton, Frampton, Coates, Sudeley, the hundreds of Kiftesgate, Holford, and Greston, rents in Winchcombe and Gloucester, the rectories of Winchcombe, Twyning, Staunton, and Bledington, in Oxfordshire the manor and rectory of Enstone, in Warwickshire the manor of Alne. Sherborne House was purchased by, Thomas Dutton (1507-1581) who was a surveyor of monastic lands in the county who acquired the former monastic manor of Sherborne from Sir Christopher Alleyn in March 1552, some 13 years after its surrender to the crown.

The Sheldon Tapestry Maps are a series of four silk and wool maps first made in the time of Queen Elizabeth 1st. Each shows the central courses of England:- Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. In this map, note the city of Oxford in the centre and St Paul’s Cathedral in the lower right, representing London. Can you find the White Horse, vividly standing out? The wealthy Catholic landowner Ralph Sheldon ordered the original series for his new house, Weston at Long Compton in Warwickshire in about 1590. It presents an extraordinarily detailed and semi accurate view of the English countryside subjective, to include the lands of those he deemed important. What’s more, homage and declared loyalty to the Queen was of utmost importance, so often Sheldon’s tapestries included the Royal Arms and decorative detail attesting to his family’s wealth and status.

This version of the Oxfordshire tapestry was made in the 1660s. Following the Civil War and Restoration, Ralph’s great-grandson, Ralph the Great, Sheldon ordered replacements for the Oxford and Worcester maps, probably from the Mortlake factory. Some aspects remain the same, such as the elaborate cartouche with compass and mathematical scale, but Ralph added his and his wife’s coat of arms and à la mode, classical-style frames. The Latin inscription refers to the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, embellished by Francis Hicks’. He was the son of Richard Hyckes, the Queen’s ‘arras maker’, an experienced weaver who led the team of craftsmen on the weaving of Sheldon’s Elizabethan tapestries. Fragments of three surviving Elizabethan originals are in the map collection at the Bodleian Library. And the Oxfordshire map is on display to the public at the Weston Library on Broad Street.

Tapestry, woven in wool and silk, about 1650-70. Collection, The Sheldon Charitable Trust.

Sherborne House is a grade II listed building of particular historical interest. It sits on the site of the former grange for the abbots of Winchcombe Abbey, and was acquired by Thomas Dutton in 1551. Little is known about the early history of the house, except that it was an Elizabethan estate was grand enough to house Queen Elizabeth I on two occasions. Subsequently during the 1600s it was significantly expanded, and between 1830 and 1834 it was renovated by the 2nd Lord Sherborne, John Dutton. It was a massive project, at a current day cost of approximately GBP7m, with records showing the initial order for materials included 500,000 bricks, 5,000 sq. ft. of wainscoting, 150 tons of stone, 100 tons of slate, and 12 tons of lead for the roof. Lewis Wyatt was the architect who led the project. He was a student of John Nash, and well known for his work on country estates and churches throughout the country. As a late Georgian period renovation, the exterior of Sherborne House today defies easy architectural categorisation. The House still retains elements of its original Elizabethan design, but demonstrates a pronounced neoclassical style with baroque (albeit reserved) features. This is evidenced in part through the use of scores of decorative Ionic and Corinthian pillars which bracket the numerous window bays. 4 The interior of the property, including the larger principle rooms, were designed by Anthony Salvin, who is known for his work at Windsor Castle, the Tower of London and Warwick Castle. Salvin completed the interior with elements of a clearly French style, as evidenced by the very fine gold gilt ceilings and panels, ornately carved and marbled fireplaces, rectangular friezes, and decorative cornices including elements of acanthus, scallop shells, and interlacing flowers and vines. It is a reserved but very European style, more in keeping with buildings in London being built at the time than of a strictly country house. Research on the original decoration and furnishings purchased in the mid 1830s demonstrates that only the top London decorators and merchants of fabric and furniture were used. Following the reconstruction there were 100 rooms to decorate and the work took years. In 1838 alone a modern day equivalent of GBP800,000 was spent on furniture, rugs, fabric and decorating from one London merchant. Colours were bright and rich, and included a turquoise paint colour in several rooms, and rich crimson silk curtains in the Dining Room. All the carpets and furniture were bespoke. A sales receipt for the carpet in the Drawing Room recorded the following order: ‘a superfine British Tournay carpet in four parts of French Design, in the style of Louis XIV, in rich ruby and varied colourings, having the family crest worked in at each end.’ This was ordered from carpet designers Alfred Lapworth, rug manufactures to the royal family.

Oil painting on canvas, The Dutton Family, Jane Bond, Mrs James Lenox Dutton (c.1712-1776), James Lenox Dutton (c.1713 -1776), James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne (1744-1820) and Jane Dutton, Mrs Thomas William Coke (1753-1800), after Johann Zoffany, RA (Frankfurt am Main 1733 – Kew 1810). The family playing cards, in a room with a Turkish carpet, Louis XV kingwood table and landscape pictures. The picture shows James and Jane Dutton watched by their parents. This is a copy of the original picture, which was sold by Lord Sherborne’s father, at Christie’s 1929, bought Daniel H. Farr (1876 – 1976) and once owned by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) and Peter Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted (1911 – 1996) and by descent until sold Sotheby’s, 14 June 2001 (16) and is now in another private collection but was exhibited at the Zoffany exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2012. It has been mentioned yet another version, where the children (as young adults) are more virtuously reading their Bibles, was in the possession of Lord Digby at Minterne.

Thomas De DUTTON

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Born about 1507 – Sherbourne, Gloucestershire
Deceased October 4, 1581 – idem, aged about 74 years old
Spouses and children
- Married to Margaret KIRTON (Parents : Stephen KIRTON & ? ?) with
  - William De DUTTON, – of Sherborne ca 1537-1618 Married to Anne NICHOLAS ca 1551-1625

Thomas Dutton (1507-1581) was a surveyor of monastic lands in the county who acquired the former monastic manor of Sherborne by purchase in March 1552. The son of William Dutton, a younger son of the Duttons of Cheshire, and Agnes, daughter of John Conway of Flint, he attended Brasenose College, Oxford. About 1546 he married Mary Bigge, daughter of Robert Taylor of Westwell, Oxfordshire. She was a widow with several children, and in a subsequent chancery suit brought by two of those children against Thomas, the executor of their grandfather’s will, it was alleged that he had obtained ‘his whole preferment and advancement and chief living’ through their mother (Morgan, 4). Thomas and Mary had one daughter before Mary died at about the time that Thomas acquired Sherborne. He subsequently allied himself to an influential family of London merchants through his marriage to Anne, daughter of Stephen Kirton, a London alderman, Merchant Taylor, and merchant of the staple of Calais. They had two sons and two daughters before Anne’s death in 1566. Finally, Thomas made a third marriage, to Margaret, heir of Ralph Johnson, esquire, of London, and widow of John Mayney, esquire, of Biddenden, Kent. Although financially advantageous for Thomas, the marriage was not happy, and in his will dated March 1581 he left his wife nothing but her legal dower: ‘the world knoweth she hath deserved no courtesy or to be remembered’. None the less, his marriages to mercantile wealth helped to secure Thomas Dutton’s financial position, while the consolidation of his initial landholdings in the county had established his family within the Gloucestershire gentry. At his death on 4 October 1581 he owned the manor, rectory, tithes, and advowson of Sherborne with forty messuages and 3000 acres, thirty-six messuages in Northleach, and twenty messuages in the parish of St Thomas, Oxford.

•Event: graduated at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1523. [(Memorials, xxi, xxii, xxiii)] Graduated at Brasenose College, Oxford 1523 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 1 •Event: Thomas Dutton, acquired the manor of Sherborne in Gloucestershire from Sir Christopher Alleyn in 1551, having already been “established there.” (Memorials, 97-98, xxii). Acquired the Manor of Sherborne 1551 Sherborne, county Gloucester, England.