Lord's car on sale for £250,000

The luxury car was owned by Lord Brougham of Penrith

A vintage car is expected to fetch around £250,000 when it goes under the hammer on Tuesday.

The 1931 eight litre Bentley Sedanca de Ville was originally bought by Lord Brougham of Brougham Hall in Penrith, Cumbria, for £3,000.

Only 100 Sedanca de Ville's were built and the car is the last remaining example of the model.

Rupert Banner, head of Christie's Vintage Motor Car Department, says there have been worldwide inquiries.

He said: "It's a model people may be familiar with, where the driver partition of the car could be opened up while the passenger compartment was purely for the Lord to sit and enjoy. It even contains a bar.

"He must have been doing very well for himself because he owned two of these cars."

It is thought the car will fetch somewhere between £240,000 and £260,000, but the unique nature of the car means the figure could be much higher.