HOLLYWOOD comes to Fernhurst next month when items belonging to Fred Astaire and Peter Cushing go under the hammer at John Nicholson’s auction house.

A monogrammed dressing gown and an Oxford blue overcoat have been consigned for the sale, on Saturday, December 12, by Astaire’s daughter Ava with estimates between £100 and £150.

The same guide prices apply to two multiple lots relating to the Hammer Horror film star, comprising a green canvas and leather-trimmed suitcase and Travelite patent suitcase are offered together as a single lot, and also one of Cushing’s three-piece suits, a blue check jacket, blue trousers and two cardigans.

Also up for auction are Cushing’s paints, his theatre make-up and a selection of games and puzzles, and signed photographs of Gracie Fields, dated 1941 and 1972, Woody Allen and Tallulah Bankhead.