ARTEFACTS from the Dairyland Vintage Museum are going up for auction following the closure of the attraction.

HJ Pugh and Co will be selling off 385 lots to the highest bidder on Wednesday, January 29 from 10am onwards.

Among the items being auctioned off include four vintage tractors, early implements, milking and early cider making equipment as well as many other vintage items such as enamel signs, cast iron seats and tools.

One of the largest pieces for sale is a four-horse wheel round which was removed from Tregunnel Farm in Newquay in 1970, having been in use until about 1900.

It was powered by four horses which walked around it four times a minute to operate it as a driving stone mill and barn thresher.

The Dairyland Farm Museum was amassed by farmer Rex Davey who thought people would be interested in viewing vintage machinery.

Other items up for auction include Tresillian general store, a Victorian pillar box, a Penny Farthing, a Stamford Blackstone corn mill, a horse-drawn seed drill, a thunderbird scarer, fuel pumps, cast iron bollards, butter churn, a mannequin dressed in war time uniform, stationary engines, a water wheel pump and a Cornish wagon.

One of the more modern items up for auction includes Clarabelle the cyber-cow, which became the attraction's first mascot, and could be milked by children.

Dairyland Farm Park, which has been operating since 1975, shut on Sunday, November 3 as it is “no longer financially viable.”

The owners, who bought Dairyland in 2019, stated the attraction had to close following the challenges of Covid and the ongoing increase in operating costs resulted in the park making a significant financial loss every year despite two record seasons in a row under new management.