Visit stately home for fine art and antiques fair
Whether you are a collector looking for antiques and fine art, or just want to enjoy a day of bargain hunting and a peak inside the rarely open Duncombe Park in Helmsley, the September fair is a must on the calendar.
From Georgian to stylish Art Deco antiques, there will be something for every taste and budget, from £10 to £40,000, to furnish your home and garden.
Susan Galloway said: “There will be antique and contemporary paintings, bronzes, furniture, fine porcelain, oriental rugs and carpets, antiquarian maps and books, as well as a wide range of decorative items. A wide selection of antique, modern jewellery and vintage watches will also be on sale. This could be the time to plan ahead and start your festive gift shopping!”
Two-for-one ticket offer
Early birds can make the most of a two-for-one ticket offer by visiting the Galloway Antiques Fairs website here.
Simply download and print the ticket offer, or download it to your phone, and take to the antiques fair to make the most of the special offer.
Top tip special buy
Look out for this unusual continental silver and enamel box c.1920 from Highland Antiques from Aberdeen. The 8.5cm long box in stunningly beautiful, with a picture of a Spaniel in 3-D colours. It is enamelling at its best and the piece is hallmarked with a town mark too. It is a great collectors’ piece in very good condition and on sale at £1,250.
A wide range of fascinating items will be offered by other businesses at the antiques fair, who will come from Scotland, Kent and across the country.
Richard and Susan Galloway of Galloway Antiques have become specialists in organising quality antiques and fine art fairs in some of the country’s finest stately homes over the last 30 years.
A great day out
Susan explained: “Duncombe Park is a beautiful stately home, with lovely grounds and gardens to explore, and is not usually open to the public. So this is a great opportunity to look in the servants quarters downstairs, where we are holding the antiques fair, and also the staterooms and bedrooms upstairs. They will all be open for antiques fair visitors.”
Duncombe Park is one of Yorkshire’s foremost historic houses and estates, which is home to the Duncombe family. The original house was built in 1713 for Thomas Duncombe and remodelled after a fire in 1879.
After the death of the second Earl of Feversham at the Battle of the Somme, it was leased as a girls’ before becoming a family home again in 1985. It is set in 300 acres of parkland just three minutes from the centre of picturesque Helmsley.
Tickets and details
Admission to the Duncombe Park Galloway Antiques Fair, the house and gardens, from September 16th - 18th , is £6 an adult and free for children under 16. You can pay on the door at Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorks YO62 5EB. Opening times are 10.30am to 5pm (4.30pm on Sunday). There is free car parking and a tearoom on site serving delicious home cooked produce.
For more details visit https://www.gallowayfairs.co.uk/