The words in an advertisement in a newspaper dated Tuesday 5th September 1944, read:
Preliminary Announcement.
By direction of the Trustees of the late Miss J.M. Seymour.
Wiltshire.
In a first-class Hunting and Sporting District,
About 2 hours by rail to London,
In glorious country,
The Freehold, Residential, Sporting And Agricultural Estate
of 963 Acres including the finely built and imposing Mansion,
with delightful Parklands planted with rare and lovely rhododendrons.
Four excellent Dairy Farms, Choice Small Holdings, Picturesque
Cottages and the fully-licensed Hotel known as “The Seymour Arms.”
To be offered for SALE BY AUCTION, as a whole, or in Lots,
in the Autumn of 1944.
Solicitors: Messrs. Trower, Still and Keeling,
5 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, W.C.2.
Auctioneers: Messrs. Rawlence and Squarey, Salisbury;
6 Ashley Place, London, S.W.1; Sherborne, Dorset, and Rownhams Mount, Nursling, Southampton.