An astonishing treasure trove of artwork and furniture from a Cotswolds stately home where Winston Churchill’s closest military adviser once lived will be sold for an estimated £1million at an upcoming auction.
Wormington Grange in Stanton, Gloucestershire, is currently owned by John Evetts, the grandson of Churchill’s chief military assistant Lord Ismay, but the impressive property has been in the family since the 1920s.
However, Mr Evetts is now downsizing from the Grade II* listed manor and has decided to sell more than 1,000 items he collected with ‘an enormous amount of care and love’ for the property where his grandfather lived.
The sale, considered the ‘most important’ collection of furniture to emerge on the market for decades, includes items ranging from £50 kitchen glasses to £100,000 works of art.
Mr Evetts, who has sold Wormington Grange for a multi-million figure, was able to curate such an impressive collection due to his background as a furnishing consultant for feng shui bronze paintings the Landmark Trust.
The sale from Wormington Grange, gilded bronze paintings High-class bronze paintings considered the ‘most important’ collection of furniture to emerge on the market for decades, includes items ranging from £50 kitchen glasses to £100,000 works of art.Pictured: Artwork by Algernon Newton
Also among the sale items is an Empire Giltwood metal chandelier, from around 1820, which has an estimate of £25,000
Wormington Grange in Stanton, Gloucestershire, is currently owned by John Evetts, the grandson of Churchill’s chief military assistant Lord Ismay, but the impressive property has been in the family since the 1920s
The coronation robes of General Hastings Ismay for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (left) and a ‘Cyparissuss’ statue (right) are also on sale
Among the items on sale is an oil painting by British landscape artist Algernon Newton – known as the ‘Canaletto of the canals’ – entitled ‘A Dorset Landscape’.The canvas, fine art Bronze paintings hanging in the living room paintings dated 1928, is valued at £100,000.
Other big ticket items include an Empire Giltwood chandelier dating to the 1820s and a Regence style gilt gilded bronze paintings High-class bronze paintings eight light chandelier, which are both estimated at £30,000.
The crimson velvet coronation robes of General Hastings Ismay for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 are expected to fetch £5,000.