Our own dealers at Clare Antiques and Clare local businesses donated quality items and gift vouchers in the weeks leading up to the auction and many of them were there to bid last night.

Robin Stone was an excellent auctioneer on behalf of Clare Antiques and duly organised the cataloguing and display of lots with his team of helpers in the days leading up to the auction.  Robin was impeccably dressed on the night,  and the bidding progressed vigorously under his gavel throughout the evening.  All 185 lots were briskly disposed of and there were many bargains to bid for.

The auction has raised an astounding amount of

                                                                                                         £2,500

 for the Clare Priory Augustinian Youth Encounter and the evening was declared a great success.

Sunday will be open at 11am to 5pm as normal.

Monday will be open from 11am to 5pm.

Join us for a cup of tea and a slice of cake.

bringing home the goods

A customer has purchased  heavy stone plant containers and transports them home in a wheelbarrow.  Michael is helping the lady to load up her barrow.

Busy period at Christmas time

shifting furniture

 Then came a quieter period as our customers braved the snow and ice on Malting Lane to buy their last-minute Christmas gifts.        

Earlier in the year, we had plenty of fine weekends from the May Bank Holiday onwards with many visitors exploring the Clare environs and browsing through the old Mill building.   One could have a rest and a chat at a table on the verandah outside, relaxing with one’s purchases, and watching the comings and goings.        

cake and chat      

Genteel refreshments in the shade on a summers’ day    

well-earned rest in good company

Family time

Doves on roof of Clare Antiques

Our resident doves fly in and out from their windowsill perch high up on the façade of the Mill.     

Doves perched at one of the windows of The Mill

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Swan family outside Clare Antiques

Swans on the Lane

A complete family of swans, penn, cobb and cygnets waddle up the bank from the River Stour beside us and stop the traffic on Malting Lane 

Many visitors bring their dogs for a walk in Clare Country Park and afterwards wander in to Clare Antiques, where they can sit outside on our verandah on a fine day and enjoy refreshments.  We have a trough of fresh water for the dogs.