Antiques, paintings and trinkets from Lord Snowdon's former country home in Sussex fetched more than £180,000 at auction today.

Almost 200 items from Old House, on the Nymans Estate near Handcross, went under the hammer, four months after the royal photographer's home was sold.

Among the more unusual lots was a set of four 18th Century Italian embroidered baby caps which was sold for £1,116, including buyer's premium, at Sotheby's, west London.

Also sold was one of the few paintings produced by Lord Snowdon, entitled Still Life With Lemons, which fetched £1,292.

Lord Snowdon, 72, inherited Old House from his uncle, stage designer Oliver Messel, in 1958 - two years before his marriage to the late Princess Margaret.

During the 1960s Lord Snowdon began restoring the cottage with a minimalist theme.

His marriage to the princess ended in 1978 and Old House underwent further alterations following his second marriage to Lucy Lindsay-Hogg.

In the foreword to the Sotheby's catalogue, Lord Snowdon wrote: "Having got over the 1960s influence when the whole place was filled with paper Japanese lampshades, the place sobered up, thanks to my wife Lucy who made it much more cosy and liveable in."

The house was sold for £1.5 million in May this year.