January 4, 2021 • 9 mins
In 2014, builders converting the Redland House Hotel dismantled a bed during renovations and were ready to leave it out for trash pick up when it was suggested maybe the wooden four poster ought to go up for auction.
So they left it in the car park ready for collection by the auctioneers—and everyone was completely oblivious about its true value.
What nobody predicted at the time was this was actually the earliest royal bed in the country and one of the most significant artifacts of early Tudor history.
How on Earth did such a significant piece of history wind up not only lost, but nearly destroyed?
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