Silverton Park, a mansion near Silverton, Devon, England, was erected for George Wyndham, fourth Earl of Egremont, in 1839–45. Having inherited the Egremont title but not the great Egremont seat, Petworth House, he determined to rival Petworth with a house of his own. His architect, James Thomas Knowles, provided him 187 rooms, occupying an acre of ground. But when the earl died in 1845, the interior of the house was not fully complete; after a sale of its contents in 1892 it was totally demolished. Today, the unfinished stable block () has been converted for reuse as self-catering holiday accommodation by the Landmark Trust.[1]
The art forger Shaun Greenhalgh and his father bought a copy of the 1892 sale catalogue and used the unillustrated catalogue descriptions to recreate items, for which the catalogue would provide a spurious provenance. They went on to create the "Amarna Princess", based on the Amarna art style of ancient Egypt; they sold the sculpture to Bolton Museum for £440,000 in 2003 but were subsequently caught.[2]