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RESIDENTIAL 2-19 NEW HOMES 20-21 CLASSIFIEDS 23 AUCTIONS 23 LETTINGS

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detachedin VillagesAT Warndon Villages, Worcester,there is a substantial modernfamily home to be found at5 Purleigh Avenue, LyppardHabington.

Onthe groundflooris a hallway,a sitting room with double glazedsliding doors to a conservatory, asitting room, a dining room,breakfast kitchen and a utility.

Upstairs are four bedrooms the master has an en suite andthree of them have built-inwardrobes and a familybathroom

Outside is a driveway, a garage,pretty gardens, a patio seating

area and a shed.

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AUCTION REPORTS........

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NEW HOMES.....................

RESIDENTIALAllan Morris.........................Andrew Grant......................Griffiths & Charles................Halls....................................Michael Tuck........................Parkinson Wright.................Philip Laney & Jolly................Reeds Rains..........................Shelton & Lines.....................Spencers..............................The Property Centre............Town & Country Property SerYour Move...........................

LETTINGSAllan Morris Lettings.............Andrew Grant Lettings..........

Belvoir!................................Griffiths & Charles................Houselets............................Northwood.........................Premier Places......................Simply Lets...........................Town & Country Property Ser

BIG HOUSE: 5 Purleigh Avenue.

BUYERS INFOPRICE: 269,950AGENT: HILLS ESTATE AGENTSCALL: 01905 723545

Semis high qualityA SEMI-detached house,7 Newcastle Close can be found onthe east side of Worcester.Handy for local schools and the

M5 it has double glazing and gasfired central heating.

On the ground floor the layoutincludes a large open plan loungeand dining room with french doorsto the rear garden and a fireplacewith a wooden fire surround.

There is a high quality kitchenwith a sink and drainer unit, a

built-in waste disposal, built-inappliances, a breakfast bar and arange of units. Next to it is autility room.

On the first floor the house hasthree bedrooms and a bathroom,

with a tiled shower cubicle, floorand wall tiling and an underfloorheating system.

The master bedroom also has anen suite tiled shower cubicle.

At the front of the house isoff-road parking for two vehicles

and side access to the rear gardenthrough a gate. At the back of thehouse is a paved patio area, a lawnand low maintenance Cotswoldstone borders.

There is also an area of slabbed

hard standing that could be thebase for a garden shed.

THREE BEDROOMS: 7 Newcastle Close, Worcester, has a large open plan lounge and a dining room.

BUYERS INFOPRICE: 169,950AGENT: MICHAEL TUCKCALL: 01905 757577

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Thursday, AugusPROPERTY NEWS

Detached house in village ifilled with arresting featurePowick, close to Worcester, is a handy place to live. Mike Pryce discovered that its former police station is now a large fami

VIEW FARM

View Farm in Malvern Road, is a spacious period family homewith far reaching views of the Malvern Hills.The accommodation has been improved by the current ownerand there is further opportunity to develop the attic space. Onthe ground floor is a porch, two reception rooms, a cellar, abedroom, an open plan dining room and a kitchen.Upstairs there is a master bedroom with a fitted wardrobe andan en suite shower room, three more bedrooms and a recentlyfitted bathroom. A staircase leads up to the attic.View Farm has plenty of parking, double glazing, gas centralheating and formal lawned gardens.

PRICE 345,000; AGENT REED RAINS; CALL 01905 619904

29 THE GREENWAY

Number 29 The Greenway, Colletts Green is a deceptiveproperty, providing stylish and light accommodation. It has alarge reception hall, an impressive front-to-back sitting room, adining room, a combined kitchen and breakfast room and autility room.Upstairs, on two floors, are four good-sized bedrooms, two en-suites, a bathroom, a separaet lavatory and a study.Outside is a large drive and an open lawn with the maturetrees. There is a single garage, a carport and a rear gardenwith a good sized lawned, shrub borders and apaved terracethat is ideal for al fresco dining.

PRICE 359,950; AGENT FISHER GERMAN JOHN SANDERS;CALL 01905 726220

2 BERRY CLOSE

Situated just off Hospital Lane is a two bedroom thouse at 2 Berry Close.The accommodation includes a hall, a lounge anddining kitchen with built-in appliances. The bedrooof a good size and there is also a family bathroomproperty benefits from sealed unit double glazing, heating, gardens to the front and rear and two alloparking spaces.The front garden has mature shrubs and plants anis a flagstone style patio and raised shrub beds. Thardstanding for a shed or a greenhouse.

PRICE 155,000; AGENT TOWN & COUNTRY PROSERVICES; CALL 01905 610710

AGOOD few villagecoppers have resided atThe Old Police House inMalvern Road, Powickover the years, setting

off on their pushbikes and later intheir Panda cars to patrol the ruralpatch between Worcester andMalvern.

Sadly the face of policing haschanged considerably and its quitea while since Powick had its ownresident constable, which hasmeant the selling off of the formerpolice station.

That was some time ago and nowit is a smart family home.

Powick, sitting astride a majorroad, has always been one ofWorcestershires more convenient

villages with easy access toWorcester, Malvern, Hereford andthe motorway, too, following thearrival of the Southern Link Roadabout 20 years ago.

This all makes the Old PoliceHouse a very good prospect forfamily living because it has beenconverted into a sizeable fourbedroom home with fairly largegardens.

The accommodation on theground floor includes an entrancehall with a tiled floor and anunderstairs cupboard, a cloakroomwith recessed ceiling spotlightsand a family room/snug with a logburner.

There is also an open plan sittingroom/dining room that has awooden floor, underfloor heating

and sliding glazed doors to thegarden.

Close by is an office that also hasunderfloor heating.

The kitchen at The Old PoliceHouse has an integral oven, amicrowave, a gas hob with anextractor above, a dishwasher,under lighting and a wooden floor.Adjacent is a separate utility roomwith work surfaces, plumbing forboth a tumble dryer and a washingmachine and access to loft space.

On the first floor is a landing andfour bedrooms. The masterbedroom has an en suite showerroom and one of the otherbedrooms has fitted wardrobes.

The family bathroom has beendecorated in a contemporary style

and includes a P-shaped bath.Outside the approach to The Old

Police House features a long andgenerous driveway with parkingfor several vehicles, a large lawnand shrubs.

A covered and gated side accessleads to a low maintenance reargarden with a raised patio, arockery, a water feature, a shed andan outbuilding.

The property has solar panels onits roof and is a Worcester Boschenergy house, fitted with energy-efficient products and listed on thefirms homeowners website.

THREE MORE OF A KIND: SETTING UP HOME IN THE PLACE THATS HANDY FOR THE HILLS

BUYERS INFO

PRICE: 330,000AGENT: ANLLAN MORRISCALL: 01905 612266 ELLO, ELLO, ELLO: The Old Police House in Malvern Road, Powick, near Worcester, now has four

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A THREE bedroom modern-style mid-mews property, 341

Bath Road lies to the south ofWorcester city centre with theM5 only a couple of miles away.

The ground flooraccommodation comprises anentrance porch, an entrancehall, a lounge, a kitchen/diningroom and a conservatory.

On the first floor the landing

leads to three bedrooms and abathroom. The property has

gardens to the front and rear,off-road parking and a garage.There is also double glazingand gas central heating

Mid-mews near motorway

BUYERS INFOPRICE: 175,000AGENT: YOUR MOVECALL: 01905 23456

BEAUTIFUL CONVERTED BARNTHE Haybarn at Bransford, three mileswest of Worcester, is a detached oakbarn conversion with a lots of exposedoak beams and attractive landscapedgardens.The accommodation includes four

double bedrooms, a bathroom and twoen suites. There is also a lounge, afeature dining hall, a kitchen/breakfastroom, a cloakroom and a utility room.The property has a double garage andparking for eight or more cars.PRICE: 465,000; AGENT: HALLS;CALL: 01905 611066

PROPERTYPROFILE

SITUATED on theWorcestershire-Herefordshireborders at Acton Beauchamp,

near Bromyard, The Hop Kiln isa period property.

Grade two listed it has anattractive frontage alongsidethe former oast house buildingswhich have a more recentextension at the rear.

The layout includes anattractive reception hall thatleads through to a cloakroomand then the mainaccommodation.

There is a spacious sittingroom that enjoys attractiveviews and has french doorsopening on to a terrace and therear garden.

This is a comfortable familyroom that also features exposedtimbers and an attractivefireplace with a wood burningstove.

Beyond the sitting room is a

dining room that also hasexposed timbers and extensivefitted bookshelves.

The dining room opens into acombinedliving/kitchen/breakfast room,that is within the recentextension.

The area also featuresexposed timbers and has anattractive plain cream panelledkitchen with solid beech worksurfaces.

On the first floor of The Hop

Kiln there are three largebedrooms, all with views to thefront across the lane to openfields.

The master bedroom has anen suite shower room and thereis also an equally well fittedprincipal bathroom.

At the side of the property afive-bar gate opens onto a drive

that leads to the attractivegardens and a detached barnwithin which is a garage withdouble timber doors.

Make your homein an old hop kiln

PROPERTY NEWS

BUYERS INFOPRICE: 395,000AGENT: FISHER GERMANJOHN SANDERSCALL: 01905 726220

RUSTIC: The Hop Kiln is at Acton Beauchamp, near Bromyard.

MEWS HOME: 341 Bath Road.

COUNTRYLIFE: TheHaybarn,Bransford,nearWorcester.

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NewHomesNewsAROUND THE DEVELOPMENTS

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of drama in our liv

WE LOVE IT: Sarah Hammond and Simon de Garin their new home at Waters Edge, Stourport

A THEATRE-loving couplehave purchased their firsthome at Waters Edge theBarratt development inMart Lane, Stourport-on-Severn that sits at the heartof the local waterways.

Simon de Garism aged 21,and Sarah Hammond, 23,had been renting a propertyin nearby Great Witley butdecided to move to the thetown after being sold on theviews of the canal basin.

Mr de Garism, a salesmanager working inWorcester, s aid: We knewwe werent getting anythingfor our money while wewere renting so we lookedaround various sites. Weboth love going to thetheatre and were wowed bythe dramatic views atWaters Edge.

Heather Hanks the salesadviser did an amazing jobwhen we came to visitWaters Edge. We fell in lovewith the area and there wasnowhere else that couldoffer such incredible views.It really is a beautiful site.

When we looked at ourmortgage we were amazedthat it was very similar torenting. Heather suggesteda mortgage adviser andsolicitor, too, which madeeverything really easy for us and thats a great boost aswe were buying our first

home.Miss Hammond, an NHS

administrator, said Wereonly paying about 60 amonth more for ourmortgage than we were forour rent, so when youconsider that youre payingfor bricks and mortar itsdefinitely worth it.

And it was a massiveincentive to use BarrattsHead Start equity shareservice, too.

Under Head Start,homebuyers can purchase anew Barratt home for 85 per

cent of the askinwith an 80 per cmortgage and a deposit. The remper cent is paid interest free, aftor when the pro whichever com

Miss HammonHead Start defihelped us to mogreat property. Wbedrooms here, great for visitora kitchen that islounge and diniwhich are right doors onto the w

And Barratt pcarpets and blinwhich was fabuespecially becaucovered for five the way throughlittle things thamuch easier thaapart from the odevelopers we v

We love the ajust 30 seconds friver and then itshort walk into going to be perfsummer.

Graydon Wortdirector for BarrMidlands, said: Edge is a beautidevelopment anto hear that SimSarah have had positive experie

Barratt West Moffering a selecthomes suitable buyers at Watera range of two- bapartments pric139,950.

For more inforcontact the sale01299 828130 ope10am to 5pm.

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Thursday, AugusPROPERTY NEWS

SINCE the Bank of Englandbase rate hit a record low of0.50 per cent in March 2009,the assumption has beenthat interest rates could

only go one way from there.For 29 months, experts have

speculated when the first increasewould arrive. But the dramaticweeks of July and August, whenmillions were far more focussed onholiday plans, could have changedall that.

The dramatic fall in UK gilt yieldsand the sharp fall in swap ratesconvinces many observers thatrates could go even lower, maybe toa mind-blowing 0.25 per cent inFebruary 2012.

Independent mortgage adviserRay Boulger says: Although I am

doubtful of a base rate cut to 0.25per cent, because it would havelittle impact apart from makingtracker mortgages even cheaper, itis certainly beginning to look likelythat the British economy will getworse before it gets better.

The time has come to considerfixing your mortgage because thecollapse of more than 0.5 per centin gilt yields over the last month,resulting in lower swap rates, isnow being reflected in somesignificantly better four and five-year fixed rate mortgages, with thecheapest rates under 3.5per centand even some Coventry BuildingSociety residential and buy-to-letmortgages with no earlyrepayment charges.

Just as British gilt yields are thelowest for more than 50 years, thefall in swap rates has resulted in

the best five-year fixed ratemortgages falling to their lowest-ever level. We have seen morecompetition in the market on loanswith loan-to-value (LTV) ratiosabove 75 per ent, particularly frombuilding societies.

Some lenders are falling short of2011 lending targets and if theywant to catch up, they have tochoose between competingaggressively on rate in the LTVsector, where all lenders wouldprefer to play, or venturing into thehigher LTV market.

Michelle Slade, at Moneyfacts.co.uk, says that in the 29 monthssince the base rate hit 0.50 per centthe average five-year fixed ratemortgage has plunged from 6.24per cent to 4.99 per cent , saving

118 per month for an averageborrower. The average two-year fixis down from 5.18 per cent to 4.24per cent in the same period.

She said: The cost of fundingfixed rate mortgages through theswap rate market has hit an all-time low, and this is being passedon to borrowers with some of thelowest mortgage rates ever.

The downward pressure onmortgage rates is intensified byeurozone turmoil. Though theEuropean Central Bank has spentabout 19 billion a week ongovernment bonds since the startof August in an attempt to preventthe crisis spreading to Italy andSpain, and is sitting on more than80 billion of bonds, few believe itcan overcome the problem andstabilise the massive debt overhangamong member countries.

Given the turbulence on worldmarkets, and the desperate need tokickstart the British economy, RayBoulger sees an 80-90 per centchance that the base rate will stillbe 0.50 per cent in December 2012.

He believes the new four-yearfixed rate from Coventry BuildingSociety is particularly attractive

despite its 1,999 fee.It comes with free valuation and

legal fees paid and looksparticularly good value measuredagainst the cheapest five-year fix,at 3.39 per cent from ChelseaBuilding Society.

Other building societies aretaking up the challenge. SkiptonBuilding Society has cut its three-year fix by 0.30 per cent to 3.38 percent, and its two-year fix by 0.20 percent to 3.68 per cent. Both haveLTV limits of 75 per cent.

Yorkshire Building Society offersan online track and fix product, avariation on the droplock theme.The two-year tracker at 2.29 percent (base rate plus 1.79 per cent)runs until September 2013, to befollowed then by a three-year fixuntil September 2016 at 3.79 percent. No arrangement fee ischarged for the switchover.

The track and fix has a 995product fee, and an LTV limit of 60per cent, so it appeals almostexclusively to those in a homealready and ready to trade up.

First-time buyers are more likelyto need the help of a broker.

Mortgage broker firm John

Charcol has linked witsocieties to produce loamaximum LTVs of 95 p

One, from Newbury BSociety, is a family offswhich requires one or tmembers to deposit a tcent of the property puin a savings account wsociety.

With interest charged75 per cent portion, butcalculated on the 95 peadvance, repayment offaster than on a standamortgage.

The second first-timepackage, from Saffron Society, is fixed at 6.49 until 2015.

In this case, the maxi

monthly mortgage payallowed is whatever rentime buyer previously buyer who paid 1,000 prent can borrow a maxi158,375.

Mr Boulger also likesand fix from Accord, aBuilding Society subsidtwo years until Augusttracker costs the base rper cent, with a fix at 3for the remaining three

If base rate doesnt riAugust 2013, that meanaverage pay rate over fjust 3.06 per cent signbelow the cost of the chyear fix.

A word of warning: lofixes and trackers coulbuyers in and leave therates suddenly started

Michelle Slade said: trying to tempt borrowvariable rate deals andrate deals as they are cabout some borrowers' repay mortgages whenstart to rise.

Some borrowers on vdeals may have switchefrom lower repaymentsmonthly expenditure. Faffordability will becomwhen rates start to risehave to make provisionpossibility that some bmay default on their m

With fixed rate dealsrepayments remain thethe borrower's circumsremain unchanged theaffordability isnt an is

Its still gloomy news ifyou want to by a house

Jeremy Gates looks at the nations money and reports on how to handle the lowest mortgage rates in

ECONOMY: The financial situation will get worse before it gets better.

Number of first-time buyers still fallTHE number of first-time buyers inmost areas of Britain is still falling and in two-thirds of the countrythey account for less than 20 percent of sales, says a new survey.

According to Rightmove, onlyLondon has a satisfactory turnover 41 per cent of buyers in thecapital over the next year will befirst-time buyers, almost twice thenational average.

At a national level only 23 per

cent of all respondents who intendto purchase a property in the nextyear will do so for the first time,against 26.2 per cent during thelast quarter.

In seven out of 11 regions first-time buyers account for less than20 per cent of would-be buyers,highlighting some real blackspotswhere first-time buyer levels arecurrently below half the desirable40 per cent level associated with

pre-credit crunch norms.Miles Shipside, director of

Rightmove, says: First-timebuyers perform an essentialfunction at the start of the housingladder by beginning chains thathelp others in the area to move aswell.The emergence of so manyfirst-time buyer blackspots hasserious implications not just forthose who are unable to buy butalso housing markets in each of

those regions. It is alsobad news for first-timesellers.Behind Londonarea for first-time buyeWest Midlands, where for just 23.4 per cent of

Rightmove says the pfirst-time buyers has hwhile the number of mproducts targeted at thfrom 13 in July 2009 to currently on offer.

Old folksselling upto carryon livingA GROWING number of olderhomeowners are taking drasticsteps to beat the squeeze on theirliving standards by selling theirhome and switching to rentingfor the rest of their lives, says anew survey.

Based on figures from theHomeLet Rental index, GirlingsRetirement Rentals a privatecompany dealing exclusively withrenting private retirementproperty to the over-55s saysthat 1,074 people aged between 66and 70 sold up during the lastyear to become tenants.

Thats a small figure in thenational context, but is a marketrise on the previous year. Withinflation and surging energyprices causing serious problemsto older people on fixed incomes,is it the start of a new trend.

Although HomeLet ascribes theincrease in renting to the needfor older people to release equity,Girlings thinks many morepeople would happily rent intheir final years if they could get

lifetime tenancy agreementswhich are rarely found in theprivate rental market.

Chairman Peter Girling said:Elderly people in Britain have3 trillion tied up in property andmany need this money to simplyfund their living. Selling up inlater life and renting is theultimate in equity release. Withinflation at 5 per cent, shares infree fall and low interest ratesslashing the value of savings,older people need to accesscapital tied up in property.

However, this isnt a sector forbuy-to-let because that means anassured shorthold tenancy,usually lasting six months or ayear. That isnt much good whenyou are 85. Few individuallandlords will grant lifetimetenancy agreements, althoughhousing associations have thefinancial muscle to do it a lot.

Mr Girling says the privaterented sector should change itsapproach, to accommodate theneeds of older renters and toattract others.

Former estate agent DennisHonour, aged 64, and his wifeSandra, 68, sold their home torent. Mr Honour said: "Renting inretirement gives us greaterfinancial freedom and theflexibility to relocate. We soldour house and retained thatcapital as an investment for the

MOVING: Many elderly people arecashing in their homes to rent.

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PROPERTY NEWS

AuctionsNewsUNDER THE HAMMER

Bidders attracted to

trunk full of clothesChinese buyers were out in force at Easters Court, Leominster, for Brightwells sale of costumes and fans

ATRUNK of costumeand lace that had lainundisturbed fordecades provided analluring centrepiece

for a recent needlework andcostume sale at Brightwells inLeonminster.

Originally owned by BaronAshburton and his much-travelled family, the items hadbeen passed down to the seller.

Some of the clothes, such as anEdwardian gold embroideredTurkish muslin evening dress,had been adapted from an earlierdress and sold for 190. Severalother garments revealedalterations for balls or fancy dresswear.

The most avidly contested itemwas a red heavy gauze brocadedand gold embroidered Chineserobe. While the colour was stillvibrant there were small faultsbut despite these there weremany potential buyers, several inChina and it eventually sold for3,700.

A fine Japanese carved ivoryfan, the guards painted with birdsand flowers and in goodcondition, made 1,600. Fans areoften damaged and are difficult torepair so condition in this area isall important. A mother of pearl

European fan, its leaf paintedwith a scene of ladies in anArcadian setting, made 190,while a long length of fine needlelace, joined to form a 144in longcourt or bridal train, achieved620. Other early Venetianneedlelace sold between 115 and180.

Chinese items led other sectionsof the sale. A dark blue satinImperial Manchu womans robewas embroidered with ninegolden dragons surrounded by

waves, bats and other emblems ofgood fortune. Unlike the moreusual dragon robes withcharacteristic horse hoof cuffsthis garment had wide sleeves.Despite some repairs and areplaced section of braid Chinese

buyers took the price to 4,700.In a wide selection of European

fashions, a silver grey and bluebrocaded mid-19th centuryaftenoon dress complete with amatching bolero and in excellentcondition sold for 360. A satinEdwardian wedding dress with along attached train made 190; an1870s gold silk day dress in tanspotted shot silk, 260 and an1870s gold silk dress also made260. Two 1950s flowered cottonfrocks in unworn condition and acurrent fashion favourite, wentfor 110. A 1940s WAAF uniformmarked with the original ownersname made 170.

Earlier pieces included anembroidered linen countrymanssmock at 270 and a simpler

version made of homespun clothat 180. A polychromeembroidered mans waistcoatdating from the late 18th centurysold for 240 despite slight damage.

Unusually for the time of yearthere were several fine fur coatsin the sale including a palominofull-length mink at 520 and asilver fox at 500. An ocelot jacketwith its matching bag, made inthe 1930s, achieved 160 while alight brown mink jacket sold for110. A dark ranch mink

Blackglama Great Lakes MinkAssociation full- length coatoriginally sold by Harvey Nicholsmade 360.

Glamorous accessories includeda faux crocodile dressing casecomplete with its five-pieceyellow enamelled silver dressingtable set, London 1947, at 540and embroidered 1920s shawlsthat made between 80 and 110.A Chanel gold coloured metal andblack pendant and matchingearrings, all with appropriatemarks, went to 460 with oherlots of mixed costume jewelleryselling between 60 and 80.

A smaller than usual selectionof pictures were led by a silkembroidered sampler with afarmhouse, animals and figures incontemporary dress. Dated 1822 itwas worked at a Mrs VenthamsBoarding School. Despiteextensive moth damage it provedwas so appealing that it achieved600. A simpler example dated1798 reading Let not gay clothingcaptivate your sight made 150.

A wooden needlework casketwith nail-head decoration andcomplete with its mother of pearlaccessories sold for 530 while anetui with fittings in the form ofclassical female figures made320.

Consultant Constance King,who catalogued the auction, saidOnce again Chinese buyersdominated the sale particularly inthe area of fans.

A few years ago blacklacquered Chinese export fanswere difficult to sell except atquite low prices as they were notappreciated by Europeancollectors.

Today everything has changedwith the Chinese buying backtheir heritage.

FINE art auctioneers Halls isseeking entries for a sporting

auction in November.William Lacey, the firmspaintings expert, is keen toattract original sportingpaintings and prints dating fromthe 17th century to the presentday, signed jockeys silks, huntingpinks and boots, stirrup cups,sporting guns and militaria,leather luggage and guncases,cartridge magazines and shootingkit, sporting bronzes, top hats andhat boxes, taxidermy, fishingequipment and books related tocountry sports.

The most noted country sportsrelated item consigned to Halls

was a previously unrecordedwork by popular 18th centuryEnglish equestrian artist JohnWootton, which sold for company

record of 326,000 last October.The portrait, entitled The roan

shouldered Arabian with an Arabgroom and dog and a landscapeand ruins in the background, wassold by a Worcestershire familywho had owned it for more than100 years.

Mr Lacey said: The paintingwas reputedly commissioned byHenry Cecil , the first Marquess ofExeter. It was a very excitingdiscovery, as there is greatinterest in Woottons horsepaintings of this period.

It was wonderful to find it incountry house condition and thefact that it was a previouslyunrecorded work added to its value.

He is convinced that there aremany more valuable treasures

just waiting to be discovered inthe area.Mr Lacey said: The auction is

an ideal opportunity for people tosell unwanted items and also tosearch through their attics andstorerooms for items that theymay have inherited or forgottenabout.

The auction will take place onWednesday, November 2, atHallsWelsh Bridge saleroom inShrewsbury. The closing date forentries is Friday, October 7.

For information, call 01743284777 or e-mail [email protected].

RECORD SUM: The painting byJohn Wootton that was sold byHalls for 326,000 last October.

Hoping for another sporting triumph

COSTUME: The brocaded andgold embroidered red Orientalrobe that was sold for 3,700.

CHOICE: A fine Japanese carvedivory fan, its flower carved guards

with painted birds, made 1,600.

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ST JOHNS, WORCESTEROne bedroom house with lounge, kitchen withcooker, washing machine and fridge/freezer,bathroom, garden and parking.495 pcmTOWN & COUNTRY 01905 610710

THE LOFTS, WORCESTERSpacious two bedroom character apartmentlocated in the city centre just a short walk fromForegate Street railway station695 pcmMARTIN & CO 01905 619890

MILRET CLOSE, WORCESTERUnfurnished modern detached house with hall,cloakroom, kitchen, lounge/diner, four doublebedrooms and bathroom with shower. Garage.850 pcmSIMPLY LETS 01905 612818

WARNDON VILLAGES, WORCESTETwo bedroom house with hall, lounkitchen, en suite shower room andRear garden and allocated parking595 pcmPREMIER PLACES 01905 616616

DIGLIS, WORCESTERUnfurnished town house with hall, kitchen,two double bedrooms, en suite and bathroom.Central heating and secure allocated parking.695 pcmPREMIER PLACES 01905 616616

SIDBURY, WORCESTERA character two bedroom duplex apartmentwith reception area, kitchen, lounge, twobedrooms and modern fitted shower room.550 pcmTOWN & COUNTRY 01905 610710

ST MARYS COURT, WORCESTERGreat opportunity to live in a fully furnishedone bedroom apartment within the grounds ofa converted church on the edge of Worcester475 pcmMARTIN & CO 01905 619890

WARNDON VILLAGES, WORCESTEUnfurnished modern semi with haldining room, three bedrooms, en-sand bathroom. Garage and off-road725pcmSIMPLY LETS 01905 612818

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