Attics and storerooms of historic house are cleared for auction to secure its future: Chevening
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Bidders at Chevening House in Kent, the official residence of Douglas Hurd, the Foreign Secretary, at an auction yesterday of furniture and household goods organised by Sotheby's to help secure the house's future. Trustees want to build up an investment fund of 2m pounds
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