Humberts

FINE ART

Auction

on Thursday 27^th and Friday 28^th September 2007

Auction CATALOGUE now available online. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING on sale days (registration required)

Entire Stock of Architectural Salvage,
Restoration Materials,
Garden Statuary, Furniture, Stoneware etc.

of

ExtremeArchitecture.com

Featuring the dismantled Christopher Wren Lodge from Temple Bar, circa 1730, the dismantled Royal Box from Royal Ascot designed by Sir Albert Richardson (estimates on request)

and including

Georgian Portland stone urns (£3,000-£5,000 a pair), a French monumental cast iron trough (£1,000-£2,000), a Georgian massive wrought iron anchor together with a quantity of anchor chain (£1,000-£2,000), a 19th Century French carved white marble lantern (£600-£800), a carved marble capitol stool, possibly mediaeval (£600-£800), a late 19th Century French Arras wrought iron dog kennel (£500-£800), a pair of late 18th Century carved Portland stone Ionic order pilaster capitals (£1,500-£2,000), a pair of Victorian cast iron urns on pedestals, circa 1860 (£400-£600), a Coalbrookdale serpent and grape pattern cast iron seat (£400-£600), a pair of Georgian fluted Corinthian order carved pine columns (£600-£1,000), a set of four Victorian cast iron arched top windows (£600-£1,000), a 19th Century French stone and wrought iron entrance way (£2,000-£3,000), a pair of 19th Century Spanish wrought iron gate pier lanterns (£400-£600), a set of extremely rare Harrisons patent bronze tubular bells (£1,000-£2,000), a 19th Century French wrought iron bridge (£2,000-£4,000), a pair of Victorian cast iron lamp posts with copper lantern tops (£600-£800), a number of granite troughs of various shapes and sizes, restoration materials including furniture, old panelling, mouldings etc., and much more.

Also

Antique and Decorative Furniture

and Effects from the house

On the premises

Extreme Architecture

Hurst Farm, Chilham, Kent

All enquires to Jeremy Sparks, 01580 713828

E-mail: cranbrook.auctions@humberts.co.uk

Entrance by catalogue only (£10 post paid) to admit two

Press Release

An Extreme Auction in Mediaeval Surroundings

The end of an era . . .
Having received instructions from Dennis Buggins who has run an antique restoration business for 30 years, Humberts are pleased to announce the auction of the contents of Hurst Farm, Chilham, Kent, together with the stock of ExtremeArchitecture.com.
Having moved to Hurst Farm in 1986 Dennis spent several years restoring the unique 13th Century hall house. He has created a home with a fantastic atmosphere which is a superb backdrop to the eclectic contents which he has amassed over the past thirty years or so.
As Managing Director of a furniture restoration company, along with his personal possessions, we will be offering many of the pieces of furniture bought over the years for the timber and restoration materials which can now become incorporated into someone else's project or be restored to their former glory, a service that can even be provided.
Several years ago the Company diversified into Architectural Salvage; his most notable purchase being the Baltic Exchange building, salvaged after it was bombed and replaced by the Gherkin, but is now sold, happily on its way to being reconstructed in Tallinn. Consequently, we will also be offering the residual stock of ExtremeArchitecture.com which includes Christopher Wren's Lodge from the Temple Bar and the Royal Box from Ascot which was removed in a recent refurbishment.
Throughout the grounds of Hurst Farm lie all manner of unusual and interesting objects including stone troughs, garden urns, statuary, gates, garden seats etc with guideline estimates to suit everybody.
The auction will take place on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September 2007 on the premises at Hurst Farm.
For further information contact Jeremy Sparks, 01580 713828, e-mail: cranbrook.auctions@humberts.co.uk