There was standing room only at The Digby Hall, Sherborne with 19 lots in Dorset and Somerset and auctioneer Mark Lewis was delighted with the results, “We knew that the sale room was going to be busy but people started arriving two hours before the auction began and, apparently, the car parks in the town were full. We had ‘phone and proxy bids but successful buyers came from London, Cornwall, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire as well as the locals.

A building plot in Shipton Gorge near Bridport set in two acres sold for £318,000 (59 per cent above guide), a workshop near Sherborne sold for £129,000 (72 per cent above guide). The Former Medlycott School in Milborne Port sold for £280,000 (86 per cent above guide). The Old Post Office at Glanvilles Wootton, pictured, had been lived in by the same lady for many years and many buyers felt that a rebuild was required. It received terrific interest and sold for £224,000 (49 per cent above guide).”