We are selling... we are selling! Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster put £40,000 of lavish furniture and fittings up for auction as they look to downsize from £4.65m Essex mansion

  • Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster are having a sale from their Essex mansion
  • Music legend Rod is getting rid of lavish sofas, candelabras and armchairs   
  • Sixty items are expected to fetch around £40,000 at auction on September 11

Leopard print cushions and gold candelabras are just some of the lavish items being sold in a house clearance sale in Essex - but they haven't had just any old owner.

The eye-catching cushioned chairs, sofas and furnishings come from the Epping Forest mansion of music legend Sir Rod Stewart.

Penny Lancaster and her husband are selling items from the stunning £4.65million Durrington House near Epping Forest, which they bought in 2013. 

Sir Rod is selling over 60 items, including eye-catching settees, armchairs and furniture, tipped to sell for more than £40,000.

The star is believed to be having a clear out of the property, which he is looking to sell, so he can purchase another home elsewhere in an attempt to downsize.

Live like Rod! Music legend Rod Stewart is selling off his home furniture at auction after having a clear-out at his Essex home

Live like Rod! Music legend Rod Stewart is selling off his home furniture at auction after having a clear-out at his Essex home

Would you dare to own this chair? Striking leopard cushioned chair goes on sale from Rod Stewart's home

Would you dare to own this chair? Striking leopard cushioned chair goes on sale from Rod Stewart's home

Grade II-listed Durrington House in Sheering, Essex, on the edge of Epping Forest, is Scottish rock star Rod Stewart's latest country home

Grade II-listed Durrington House in Sheering, Essex, on the edge of Epping Forest, is Scottish rock star Rod Stewart's latest country home

This pair of gilt bronze-mounted side tables are estimated to be worth around £3,000 and were owned by Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster 

This pair of gilt bronze-mounted side tables are estimated to be worth around £3,000 and were owned by Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster 

A matching pair of mirrors are also expected to fetch around £3,000 when they are sold as part of a sixty piece collection 

A matching pair of mirrors are also expected to fetch around £3,000 when they are sold as part of a sixty piece collection 

Sir Rod is renowned for his bold fashion style and his decor choices are similarly striking with lots of gold and leather patterns.

A pair of gilt bronze mounted side tables with glass tops are valued at £3,000, while a pair of 7ft pier mirrors carry the same estimate.

A teak lounge armchair with a faux leopard print cushion is tipped to sell for £250.

Two 19th century carved giltwood brackets with cherub mounts are valued for £1,800.

A Louis XV-style settee with light blue fabric upholstery could fetch £800.

Two 19th century gilt bronze candelabra featuring a boar, a lion and a dog are tipped to sell for £2,000, while a pair of Victorian crimson leather armchairs are valued at £600.

A set of four gilt bronze two-branch wall lights carry an estimate of £1,200.

The collection is from the mansion owned by Rod and Penny which they renovated extensively before moving in.

Its bedrooms date back to 1712 and overlook a lake set in 46 acres of pastures and ancient woodland.

The property has a swimming pool, four self-contained cottages, croquet lawn and walled garden - and a football pitch.

Rod had a full-sized football pitch in the back garden of his previous home, Wood House - put on the market for £7.5million - just a few miles from his Sheering home.

Rod Stewart is known for his unique style of dress- which can also be seen in his furniture collection 

Rod Stewart is known for his unique style of dress- which can also be seen in his furniture collection 

Wall brackets are also making up part of the collection. The cherub decorated golden pair will fetch around £1,800 it is believed 

Wall brackets are also making up part of the collection. The cherub decorated golden pair will fetch around £1,800 it is believed 

Dolphin arm chairs could fetch at least £800 when they are sold at auction - according to auctioneers selling Rod Stewart's furniture 

Dolphin arm chairs could fetch at least £800 when they are sold at auction - according to auctioneers selling Rod Stewart's furniture 

Lavish candelabras from Rod Stewart's home could soon be in your living room as the singer and his wife Penny Lancaster have a sale - if you have £2000 to spare

Lavish candelabras from Rod Stewart's home could soon be in your living room as the singer and his wife Penny Lancaster have a sale - if you have £2000 to spare

A Louis XV style settee is also being sold. The luxury seating will be sold off for around £800

A Louis XV style settee is also being sold. The luxury seating will be sold off for around £800

The collection is being sold by auction house Sworders, of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.

Sworders director John Black said: “We all have a good out sort out once in a while and that is the case with Sir Rod Stewart in this instance.

“He has accumulated many things over his lifetime and has decided now is the time to have a bit of a clear out.

“He lives locally to us and we are selling items of his including settees, lighting and furniture.

“The items are all very glitzy and glamorous and there is lots of gold - all very rock and roll.”

Grade II listed Durrington House, which dates from 1712, has 10 bedrooms and overlooks a lake set in 46 acres of pastures and woodland.

The sale takes place on September 11.

A set of four gilt bronze two-branch wall lights are included in the auction and will be selling for around £1,200

A set of four gilt bronze two-branch wall lights are included in the auction and will be selling for around £1,200

A pair of Victorian crimson leather armchairs have been plucked from the multi-million pound estate of Rod Stewart and put up for auction

A pair of Victorian crimson leather armchairs have been plucked from the multi-million pound estate of Rod Stewart and put up for auction

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