For years the Box Tree restaurant at Ilkley has been on a food lover’s list of places to visit.

Now enthusiasts can go one step further by buying furniture, pictures and other decorative items in an auction of at Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn.

The 70 lots include a pair of Italian greyhound ceramics, an 18th Century carved oak box settle, a pair of Chinoiserie parcel gilt red lacquer lamp tables, and an 18th Century British school ‘Portrait of a Scholar or Clergyman’.

Some unusual decorative furnishings will also be for sale on September 4, including a life-size model of a Macaw Parrot to modern decorative table lamps, copperware, Herend porcelain ducks and more.

Jessica Smith is pictured with A Pair of Italian Glazed Pottery Greyhound Models. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

placeholder image — Jessica Smith is pictured with A Pair of Italian Glazed Pottery Greyhound Models. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

The restaurant closed on August 1 and is set to reopen on September 9 following the refurb, which is said to “respect the warmth, character and heritage that have defined the restaurant since 1962”.

Originally a 1720 Yorkshire stone farmhouse, the Box Tree became one of the North's most celebrated restaurants, earning two Michelin stars in 1977, and establishing a reputation shaped by chefs including Marco Pierre White.

The selected contents will be sold in the antiques and interiors sale at Tennants Auctioneers on September 4 and will be available to view online and in the Leyburn salerooms ahead of the auction.

The sale will be available for public viewing from September 2 and 3 in Tennants Leyburn salerooms, and a fully illustrated catalogue will be available on its website.