Dozens of items from Ayton Castle, including a collection of concrete animal sculptures, will be auctioned off on Sunday, July 5. Viewing for the sale will be available on the preceding Friday and Saturday. Tickets are required for both the viewing and the auction event itself.
Jim Railton, of auctioneers Railtons, explained that the sale comprises the residual contents of the castle. "Basically it's the residual contents of Ayton Castle," Railton stated. "Alan Carr, as we know, has bought the castle and he's bought a certain amount of the furnishings. But the residual items that he doesn't want - and that the last owners of the castle don't want to take to their new house - we're selling."
The collection includes a variety of figures and rural scenes, described as a "concrete menagerie" of animals.