Sworders is to sell the primary contents of North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire (above right) – including a collection of European tapestries that have been at the property for over a century.
The auction house had hoped to conduct the sale onsite but the contents will now be moved to Stansted Mountfitchet for dispersal on April 17-18.
Christie’s conducted a house sale here in 1979 for the descendants of the Anglo-American banker Walter Hayes Burns (1838-97), who purchased the estate in the 1893 to accommodate a growing art collection. The 19 large tapestries remained in the house following the Christie’s sale when they sold collectively for close to £300,000.