Demolition

MEMORANDUM of AGREEMENT made and entered into this 15th day of August ONE THOUSAND nine hundred and twenty three BETWEEN ISAAC JOHN TAYLOR of Linstead Vicarage, Suffolk Clark in Holy Orders hereinafter called the VENDOR of the one part and ROBERT SILLETT AND CO, of Cratfield, Wheelwrights, hereinafter called the PURCHASESS of the other part WHEREBY the said Vendor has agreed to sell to the said Purchasers the main fabric forming the Great Linstead Church also the materials forming a stable situated near to the said Church and subject to the following Conditions at and for the sum of TWENTY POUNDS (£20.) to be paid upon the signing of this Agreement.

1. The Purchasers agree to demolish the said Church and to clear all the materials from the site thereof by the thirtieth day of September 1924, and in the event of the site not being cleared by that date the Purchasers to pay the sum of FIVE POUNDS for every Calendar month as and for liquidated damages for so long as the site shall remain uncleared.

2. The Purchasers to carefully remove from the said Church before demolition and to use every possible care to protect them from damage the bell, font, bier, harmonium, the two tables of Commandments as inserted in the East Wall, Chalice and such other light moveable fixtures which do not form part of the fabric and to deliver the same to Linstead Vicarage, and if at any time during the course of demolition any brasses tablets, memorials or any other matters or objects of Ecclesiastical and or antiquarian interest should be discovered,the purchasers shall immediately inform the Vendor and await his decision or instructions regarding such matters as it is distinctly understood that any such brasses, tablets, memorials or any object of Ecclesiastical or antiquarian interest are not included in the sale of the fabric and therefore reserved to the Vendor.

3. The Purchasers to use every precaution to protect from damage the headstones and tombstones of the graves near to the Church and if necessary to remove those which may be likely to suffer damage during the proposed demolition of the Church, in the event of any of the tombstones or Headstones being removed the graves from which the stoneswere removed to be marked and the stones placed in their former position at the purchasers cost and expense after the demolition of the Church has been completed. All signs of graves to be respected and revered by the purchasers and their workmen.

4. Should occasion arise during the cartage of the materials arising from the demolition whereby the present entrance to the Churchyard may require widening or a temporary bridge erected it is agreed that the Purchasers shall be allowed to do so upon the express understanding that after the Clearance of the site the Churchyard entrance shall be left in the same condition as the same now is at the sole expense of the said purchasers and all temporary buildings or erections shall be removed immediately the clearance of the site is effected.

5. The said purchasers hereby indemnify the Vendor from any action that may arise with the adjoining owners of land as to trespass or otherwise whatsoever.

AS WITNESS our hands the day and year first before written.