Antiques Trade Gazette 59
and Lincs Left: this 19th century carved mahogany armorial
of a hound with a gilded collar, provenance of Fulbeck Hall in Lincolnshire, the Fane family seat, is priced at £785 from David J Hansord & Son, Lincoln.
140-plus dealers selling a wide range of stock, including Georgian and Victorian furniture, architectural and reclamation and the largest stock of vintage fashion in the county, says Mr Aucott, with some 2000-3000 pieces. 01427 668312.
www.astra-antiques.co.uk
medieval cottage which has been her home for 30 years. Near the Roman arch, the oldest Roman arch still standing in Britain. 01522 542717.
Hemswell Antique Centres, Caenby Corner, Hemswell Cliff, near Gainsborough. Opened 25 years ago by Robert Miller, this is a big operation, ten miles from Lincoln, and very busy – they charge 50p entrance on Sundays, refundable against purchases. The biggest antiques centre in Europe, three buildings here offer nearly 3000 antiques from 200-plus dealers, with furniture by far and away the top speciality. The buildings now form what were
once accommodation blocks of RAF Hemswell which operated during the Second World War as a Bomber Command station. 01427 668389.
www.hemswell-antiques.com
Also at Caenby Corner is the Astra Antiques Centre. Plenty going on here at Barry Aucott’s centre, with
NEWARK This Nottinghamshire market town dates to Pre-Norman times and and is set on the River Trent. It is very handy for antiques buyers at just two miles from the Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, a well-favoured pit stop for buyers in the loop of fairs at Newark and Lincoln. Here is a cross section of antiques businesses in the town.
Newark Antiques Warehouse, Old Kelham Road. Nick Mellors’ business is a popular trade call for Newark, Swinderby and Lincoln, and the refurbished centre stays open later during these fair times. 120 dealers here include 30 specialist furniture dealers, with an extra 15 cabinets to total 80 now installed on the fi rst fl oor. With a 60/40 trade/private mix, the centre is constantly busy. 01636 674869.
www.newarkantiques.co.uk
Newark Antiques Centre, Regent House, Lombard Street. Brown furniture is a winner with owners Jon Parry and Steven Jones, their Georgian and Victorian pieces fi nding a continuous stream of buyers. They have 55 units here in this former Regency Congregational
continued on page 60 St George’s Antiques
We are antiques wholesalers selling exclusively to other dealers. We deal in genuine unrestored furniture and have hundreds of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian items. Tables, chairs, desks, bookcases, chests, dressers, longcase clocks etc. We do not stock reproductions or stripped pine.
St. George’s Antiques, 1 St. George’s Square, Stamford,
Lincolnshire. PE9 2BN
United Kingdom. Telephone : 01780 754117
www.stgeorgesantiques.co.uk
www.stgeorgesantiques.co.uk info@stgeorgesantiques.co.uk
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