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Thursday,Ju ly 17,2014 www.clith8roeadvertiser.co.uk CUTHEROEADVERTISER&TIMES I Property: Homes of Distinction VALLEY ANTIQUES Browns were down, now they’re up •


A beautiful mahogany bookcase and other fine exhibits go under the hammer at Silverwoods FEATURE


b y Er ic Be a r d sw o r th eric.beardsworth@jpress.co.uk Twitter:@clithadvertiser


“brown” furniture are in the doldrums, it was encoura­ ging to see two eight-foot high Victorian mahogany bookcases exceed their esti­ mates in Silverwoods’ latest Antiques and Fine Art sale. A surprisingly delicate-


W KNOTTS FARM, KNOTTS LANEJOSSIDE


This large sixbedroom original features. The rooms to both the front and rear of detachedpenodproperty are well proportioned and the property. To the front is offers a wealth of family


spread over three floors. developmentpotential. a level and generous lawned


accommodation, along with On the ground floor there area with mature flower bed an adjoining barn with


is a dining kitchen, sitting borders, room, dining room, utility


To the rear, there is a raised Q gore for £645,000. '


Well positioned for both pn- room and cellar room to the patio area with mature bor- Vate and public schooling, ground floor. Upstairs, there ders and a gravelled parking Knotts Farm also has more are four double bedrooms and area for numerous vehicles than five acres of land and is a house bathroom to the first with a lawn beyond this. The on the market with Smiths- floor arid a further two bed- entirepropertyis surrounded rooms and two bathrooms to byadrystonewall.


. Situated in open country- the second floor. Knotts Farm has a large


side, the property has open The aborning barn, which field to the side of the prop- views of both the RibbleVal- canbeaccessedfromthemain ertywhichis morethanfive ley and also towards the hills house or from an external acreswithanaturalspringwa- of the Yorkshire Dales.


door, is ideal for extra storage, ter supply and ample space for Knotts Farm is situated The barn currently consists stables if required. The field


only two miles from Tosside of three separate rooms, two would be ideal for horses and which serves as a gateway to ground floor rooms and one other livestock, the popular Gisburn Forest first floor room,


land only five miles from Bol- With the correct planning •ton-by-Bowland village.


permission granted, the barn Knotts Farm is part of a de- would be ideal for a separate


© lightful hamlet of five houses annexe or, due to the loca- and is situated in an Area of tion, would ideally serve as a Outstanding Natural Beauty! _ holiday cottage providing any The property offers a buyerwiththeopportunityto


^wealth of family accommoda- generate a second income, tion which is indicative with The house offers plenty of this age and type of property, flexibility for a growing family .Thehousehasbeenupdat- and still has scope for extend­


ed to offer modernluxuries ing into the barn, yet still retains its attractive \ There are formal gardens


FACTFILE


■ Agent: Smithsgore, 5 Church Street, Clithe- roe


■ Telephone: 01200 411050


■ website: www. smiths- gore.co.uk


£645,000


looking one with four glazed doors achieved £1,500, while a more ornate version on a cabinet base featuring carved acanthus leaves sold in the room for £2,300. The furniture section


of the sale also featured an Edwardian rosewood ladies writing desk by Jas Shool- bred. It featured inlaid scroll­ ing foliage decoration and


apertures for inkwells and pens and attractively ar­ ranged drawers beneath. It fetched £400. Ceramics favourite


proved to be a signed early 20th Century Royal Worces­ ter two-handled vase hand painted with sheep in a land­ scape by the renowned artist Harry Davis put forward by a local vendor and sold in the room for £1,250. A good Prussian presen­


tation sword caught the eye of a specialist militaria col­ lector, whose phone bid was successful at £220. It was decorated with scrolling foli­ age and lions and inscribled “In Treue Fest” signed Eisen- hauerDamast-Stahl. There was a strong scien­


tific instruments, clocks and music boxes section in the sale, with a good carved oak cased bracket clock featuring Whittington/Westminster chimes signed Turnbull and Bunyan of Manchester going under the hammer to a room bidder for £1,500. A bidder in the room also


snapped up a 19 th Century Swiss rosewood marquetry and line inlaid table top mu­ sical box for £520, while an early Victorian stick barom­ eter by Abraham Optician of Liverpool with a calibrated Vernier scale sold for £450 to an internet bidder, even though it was not working and in poor condition. Entries are invited for the next antiques and fine art


A Swiss music box was sold for £520.


sale at Silverwoods which will take place on Thursday August 28 th. Viewing for the weekly


antique and collectables sale starts every Wednesday at 9 am with the sale itself getting underway at 1 pm. Visit www. silverwoods.co.uk to find out more.


You can take in any items


you are considering selling at auction for either the weekly or antiques and fine art sales on any Monday (including bank holidays) from 9 am- 3 pm for free, no obligation valuation and assessment or call 01200 423322 for an appointment.


M An Edwardian writing desk brought £400. -• * f | Thiswnate bookcase with carved acanthus leaves went for£2,300.


ith much reporting in the mar­ ket that, nationa­ lly, prices for large pieces of


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Bookcase with four glazed doors-£1,500, above, and this Manchester-made bracket clock went for £1,500.


This barometersold for £450.


A Royal Worcester fetched £1,250. This Prussian sword went for £220.


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