Jesmond Covenants
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Covenant created by Richard Burdon Sanderson governing
his land in Jesmond. From a conveyance dated 7th September 1892 The following are details of the covenants contained in the Conveyance dated 7 September 1892 referred to in the Charges Register:- Covenant by the Purchaser for himself his heirs and assigns with the vendor that he and they would abide by and perform observe and keep the stipulations as to building on and user of the said premises contained in the second schedule The second schedule referred to 1. The Purchaser shall build and complete upon each site within twelve calendar months from the date hereof a substantial dwellinghouse and boundary wall or fence 2. No house shall be erected in Sanderson Road at a less cost for labour and materials than £600 such cost in each case to be estimated at the lowest current prices and to be exclusive of stabling. Not more than one house shall be erected upon each site. The whole of the materials to be used in the houses, wall or other erections to be of sound quality. The front walls of the houses to be faced with the best selected bricks of uniform colour. 3. Every house shall be self contained That is it shall never be let or occupied in separate parts but shall be occupied by one family only. 4. The Purchasers shall, before commencing to build any house or other erection on the land sold submit a design plan and description thereof to the Vendors Surveyor and obtain his approval thereto. The Purchaser will complete every house or other erection on the said land in accordance with such approval design plan and description 5 - The frames of external doors and windows of all the houses shall be set in 4 1/2 inch rebates. None of the windows facing front streets shall have outside shutters. 6. The yard walls and yard division wall shall be built with 9 inch brickwork on edge or other approved coping and shall be 8 feet high above the level of the back street 7. The gable walls shall be of 9 inch brickwork or of stone not less than 16 inches thick and 9 inch brick backs to fire places. The gable walls and also the division yard walls shall be party walls and the middle shall be the boundary between the adjoining sites. The purchaser first building a party wall shall be repaid by the Purchaser pf the site adjoining one-half the cost of such party wall and (in case of dispute) the sum payable shall be decided by the vendor's Surveyor. All gable abbutting upon streets shall be faced with bricks and shall belong to the purchaser of the site upon which they are built such gables shall have a stone water tabling 14 inches by 3 inches clean chiselled. 8. The roofs of all houses and back offices shall be covered with blue Welsh slated of uniform tint and shall have chisseled stone or other approved ridges and hips. 9. The chimeneys outside the roofs shall be built of brickwork should the kitches be built in the yard the chimeneys should be carried above the eaves of the main roof of the house 10. No stable or coach-house shall be built without the previous written consent of the Vendor and no stable or coach-house shall be placed higher than 12 feet to the top of the ridge or have any fireplace or flue without the previous consent in writing of the Vendor. 11. The space in front of each house shall be, for ever maintained and used as a garden only and no building whatever shall be erected thereon. Such garden shall be enclosed with such parapet pallisading, gate and gateposts of such designs as the Vendor's surveyor shall approve. Each garden shall be above the level of the street and be divided from the adjoining garden by open iron railing. 12. The Purchaser shall at his own expense lay and maintain proper branch drains or drain pipes in each site to communicate with the common sewer as directed by the Vendor or his Surveyor. The common sewers will be laid by the Vendor who will also lay the curb in front of each site, but each Purchaser on completing his purchase shall pay the Vendor ...... being a proportion of the cost of the same sewers and curb and subject to a proportion of the cost same sewers and curb and subject to a proportionate cost of maintaining the same according to the bye-laws of the Corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 13. The Purchaser shall be at the expense of forming, making, paving, flagging and completely fishing the streets in front or abutting upon each site and keeping the whole in good repair, but if and whenever any street shall be used in common by the houses on both sides of the said street then the Purchaser shall be at only, half the expense of forming, making, completing and keeping in good repair the said street or atreets as aforesaid and the other half of such expense shall be borne and paid by the Purchaser of the site on the other side of the street 14. Should the Vendor find it expedient to execute the paving of the streets or flagging the footpath adjoining any of the sites shhould the purchaser on completion thereof by the Venndor shall pay to him a proportionate share of the expense of such paving or flaggiig which shall be fixed by the Vendor's Surveyor or in case of dispute by the City Engineer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 15. Unless with the prvious consent in writing of the vendor no trade business manufacture or calling of any description shall be carried on on the land sold or in any house or erection thereon and in particular no shop, inn, tavern, Warehouse or other place of bussiness shall be erected thereon and no house or building thereon shall be used as a lodging house or for the purpose of any public or private institution or society or for the sale of ale, beer, wine or Spirits but without such consent as aforesaid to the contrary all the houses are to be used exclusively for private residences and nothing snall be doned or suffered on the premies which shall be a nuisance or annoyance to any neighbouring residents and unless with such conset as aforesaid to the contrary no building or erecticion commenced on the said land shall remiain thereon in an incomplete or unfinished state for a longer period than 12 calendar months from its commencement and every breach of each stipulation contained in this clause shall be under a penalty of £20 for the first six calendar months and a further penalty of £5 for every succeeding calendar month during which any stipulations contained in this clause shall be violated such penalties respectivley to be recovered by the Vendor in each case in full as liquidated damages ascertained and assented to for each breach notwithstanding any variance of degree of importance in any of the breaches or stipulations 16. The Vendors consent in writing may be given under the hand of his Surveyor and the Vendor may alter or dispenses with the above conditions on the sale of any other part of the estate without prejudicing the Purchaser's covenant or agreement to keep the above conditions. 17. The term, the Vendor, used in this Conveyance shall include the said Richard Burdon Sanderson his heirs and assigns and the term the Purchaser, shall inclide the above named John Cochran Gover his heirs and assigns and the term Surveyor shall include the Vendor's Surveyor for the time being
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