Hickory dickory dock, the tale of the house and the clock.

Terry Shingler with the Grandfather clock which was built in the Bubwith house that is now on the market, with the clock included in the price.

An antique grandfather clock has just come back on the market for £115,000, with a house thrown in as well.

Its owner, Terry Shingler, is offering his century-old three-bedroom detached home in Bubwith to anyone who will buy the clock - because he feels the two should stay together.

It is his second bid at securing its future.

Last summer he sold it (and the house) subject to contract, but the sale fell through.

Clockmaker John Richardson made the clock in the house after he became the first person to live there in the late 1800s.

It has travelled a bit since then, but recently returned to its birthplace.

And although the Shingler family have long wanted a grandfather clock and will be sorry to lose it, they feel it has deserved a rest from its journeys.

John Waterhouse, a partner at Hunters who are handling the sale, said: "It's a great selling point to have something that ties in with the original owner of the house.

"The clock has not been in the house all the time, but must have travelled about from place to place and has now found its way back to where it started."

Mr Waterhouse added that a relative of Mr Richardson, who lives in Sheffield, had seen the advertisement and had called to inquire about buying the clock.

The lovingly-restored clock dates, like the house, from the late 1800s. It returned to its 'ancestral home' when a neighbour of Mr Shingler, an antiques dealer, spotted the clock at an antiques sale. He bought it and sold it on to them.

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