Alan Titchmarsh is selling this Grade II-listed Manor Farm House, a late 17th century property in Holybourne, near Alton in Hampshire. It is listed with Savills at £3.95m.
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Titchmarsh has lived with his wife in a Grade II-listed late 17th century home for more than 20 years but they have now decided to downsize to be closer to their family.
He has instructed antiques dealer David Foord-Brown Antiques to sell the collection which includes Regency ceramics, 18th century furniture and objects d’art.
A Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain Royal dessert plate made for George III. The service was probably ordered in 1805 and bears the full Royal Arms of King George III. It is priced £4000 by David Foord-Brown Antiques.
David Foord-Brown Antiques will hold an exhibition of the collection from October 18-25 in its Cuckfield gallery in West Sussex.
David Foord-Brown and his partner Sean Barry have been friends with Titchmarsh for many years.
Barry added: “He is a very popular chap and so far the people we have spoken to about the collection may not necessarily buy antiques but they like the connection to Alan Titchmarsh and are interested in buying something he has owned.”
A 19th century French bronze bust of Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere (1622-73) priced at around £3500 by David Foord-Brown Antiques.
The collection includes 60 pieces of porcelain alongside 18th century and Regency furniture as well as sculptures and other “interesting objects”.
Titchmarsh said: “We are just custodians of these fine objects and now is the time for others to cherish and enjoy them.”
The Titchmarsh’s house, in Holybourne, near Alton in Hampshire, is being sold through Savills with an asking price of £3.95m.
A c.1810 Regency period amboyna and brass inlaid sewing table, priced in the region of £6000 by David Foord-Brown Antiques.
