A three-bedroom riverside house, guided at £370,000 - £380,000 (lot 52), is part of the ancient tower fortifications and walls in the cathedral city of Canterbury, Kent. The property is among 135 lots listed across the southern England in Clive Emson Auctioneers’ latest auction.

Canterbury City Council instructed the sale of Sudbury Tower, named after the city’s archbishop Simon of Sudbury, who is believed to have financed the upgrading of this section of the city's fortification; he met a grisly end during the Peasants Revolt of 1381.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three former hotels, a medieval city centre tower and mill house are among 135 lots listed across the southern England in Clive Emson Auctioneers’ November catalogue.

James Emson, Managing Director, said: “As always, we have a diverse range of modest lots to suit budgets, including 49 vacant residential properties, 34 income-producing ones and 18 commercial properties, from Essex to Cornwall.

“This is our penultimate auction of the year and there is much to look forward to as well, with instructions from sellers for the December auction and into the new year. It will be our 35th year as a specialist auction service providing a quality auctioneering facility to everyone from private buyers to estate agents.”

Three former hotels are listed: seven-bedroom Crossways near Polegate, north-west of Eastbourne in East Sussex, has a guide price of £860,000 (lot 24), 14-bedroom Fieldhead in the historic fishing port of Looe, Cornwall, is guided at £450,000 - £500,000 (lot 80) and the Curraghmore at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, is £800,000 - £850,000 (lot 99).

A three-bedroom riverside house, guided at £370,000 - £380,000 (lot 52), is part of the ancient tower fortifications and walls in the cathedral city of Canterbury, Kent.

Canterbury City Council instructed the sale of Sudbury Tower, named after the city’s archbishop Simon of Sudbury, who is believed to have financed the upgrading of this section of the city's fortification; he met a grisly end during the Peasants Revolt of 1381.

 

A period mill and mill house, with two additional dwellings, outbuildings and a swimming pool in nearly 5.5 acres of land at South Stour, Mersham, near Ashford, Kent, have a guide price of £750,000-plus (lot 64).

In Essex, at Springfield, near Chelmsford, a detached two-bedroom cottage is guided at £350,000-plus (lot 40) and a two-bedroom cottage in Horrabridge, Yelverton, Devon, is guided at £140,000-plus (lot 41).

With three bedrooms, an end-terrace house in South Norwood, London, has a guide price of £365,000-plus (lot 7).

Commuting to work is convenient for staff at The Signal House – the offices are opposite Evesham railway station in Worcestershire, with car parking spaces – guide price £220,000-plus (lot 96). Video: https://www.cliveemson.co.uk/properties/245/96/

Land in a residential area in Epsom, Surrey,  with planning permission for a terrace of four two-bedroom houses, has a guide price of £425,000 - £435,000 (lot 110).

The Clive Emson auction - the seventh of eight this year - ends on 1 November, with live bidding starting 48 hours before.