While most people might put their feet up after 30 years of running their own auction house, Chris Ewbank is as excited about the future as ever as he announces his highest annual sales total at close to £5 million. “We’ve had the most amazing run in the past few years and we’re looking to expand the expertise and range of sales we offer,” he says.
The landscape changed when his son Andrew asked to join the business. “Andrew got involved about seven years ago out of the blue, which was fantastic for me because small family businesses always have the worry about what is going to happen with the next generation,” says Chris. “When a family member joins a business like this it can be a bit tricky, but in our case it has worked very well indeed.”
The Ewbanks hail from Durham originally in the 18th century and Chris’s father, who had fought in the First World War, was an estate agent-cum-auctioneer in Mayfield in Sussex after his military career. “In earlier times when the local cattle market agent, estate agent and undertaker were all the same person, and they also sold the contents of the house.”
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The House That Rocks
Transforming an impressive, seven-bedroom Victorian property in Dorking wasn’t without its challenges, but the result is a stunning family home that has had the interiors world raving
REMEDY FOR SUCCESS
Surrey’s Tracy Borman discusses the return of her heroine healer in the final book of her best-selling fictional trilogy
Love Celia
Actress Celia Imrie has travelled the world for work and leisure but wherever she goes there is a part of her which is forever Surrey
EXHIBITION OF THE MONTH
Art & Action: Making Change in Victorian Britain at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village in Compton focuses on the Victorian roots of art activism
Electric dreams
The Range Rover plug-in hybrid brings silent electric motoring to this iconic luxury car
THE OPEN ROAD
Chris Pickering rounds up some of the best drives in Surrey
TOWN AND COUNTRY: Oxted & Limpsfield
With the North Downs looming nearby and glorious countryside surrounding it, Oxted is a town with real “escape from London” appeal and character, while nearby Limpsfield has a superb village vibe with its own community-run pub
Artist to the stars
Known as ‘The Face of Modern British Impressionism’, Mickleham-based Sherree Valentine Daines is celebrating four decades at the forefront of her field
A RIGHT ROYAL WELCOME
The Signet Collection’s inaugural hotel project is a reimagining of a former royal guest house, situated directly opposite Hampton Court Palace
TOWN AND COUNTRY: Godalming & Hascombe
On the banks of the River Wey, Godalming is a watercolour pretty town surrounded by pristine countryside and in-demand rural villages, such as Hascombe