A COLLECTION of furniture and art from an iconic Isle of Wight manor house is going to auction this week.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), furniture and works of art from Appuldurcombe House are being offered at auction.

The collection includes furniture, mirrors, ceramics, bronzes and other works dating from the 17th century through to the 20th century.

You can explore the collection ahead of the auction through Dreweatts’ 360 virtual auction tour here.

Appuldurcombe House itself has a rich, storied history.

Family seat of the Worsley family, it was once the finest and largest house on the Isle of Wight.

Sir Richard Worsley inherited Appuldurcombe in 1768.

Four years later he met Seymour Fleming, a wealthy heiress with a reputation for being a bit of a wild child, and by 1776 they were married with a son.

The house would later become the centrepiece of a scandal involving Richard, the 7th baronet of the Worsley family, who gained notoriety for a 1782 court case in which his wife, Seymour, admitted to having had 27 lovers.

The grounds of Appuldurcombe House are open to the public and managed by English Heritage.