Props in TV horror series to go under hammer in Punchestown

More than 3,000 props used in the Penny Dreadful TV series are to be auctioned at Punchestown today. Set in Victorian London and made in Ardmore Studios in Bray, it was shown on Sky Atlantic between 2014 and 2016 before being cancelled.

The cast included Josh Hartnett, Billie Piper, Timothy Dalton, Eva Greene and Reeve Carney.

Ashgrove Auctions Group has been contracted by the producers to sell thousands of props used in making the show during today, tomorrow and Thursday.

They are a mix of real antiques and realistic fakes comprising furniture such as four-poster beds, a phonograph, oil paintings, shops signs and chandeliers.