A catalogue of the contents of the mansion by order of Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Symons & Son, on the premises as above, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of September, 1912, and three following days ..
An 1912 auction catalogue issued by the Barnstaple auctioneers Symons & Son for the sale of the contents of a Devon mansion belonging to Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart. The photographs record rooms and lots of furniture, paintings and decorative objects arranged in numbered lots, with a sepia-toned look that suggests period interiors. A designer could draw on the layered Rococo gilt frames, carved oak furniture and the dense, cluttered domestic interiors for period room references.
