Going under the hammer at Allsop’s 20 July sale is a 17th-century Dorset manor house once owned by a British man who was wanted by United States authorities for allegedly smuggling military parts to Iran.
It is being offered on behalf of receivers at £1.2m-£1.5m.
Brian Woodford’s wife Laura Wang Woodford was arrested when she entered the US in 2007 and was sentenced to 46 months in prison for conspiring to violate a US trade embargo by exporting controlled aircraft components to Iran.
Brian Woodford was also charged in absentia.
Set in 34 acres, Chalmington Manor boasts 12 bedrooms, a three-bedroom flat and an estate that includes stables, an aircraft hangar, tennis court and paddocks.
