H. Garratt-Adams

After his death, a large hoard of philatelic literature was found at the castle that included many rare items dating to the earliest days of philately.

Described by Robert Danzig as disorganised and eccentric, Garratt-Adams' huge collection of philatelic magazines, auction catalogues and other literature was then dispersed around unused parts of the castle, including the barn and cellar where they lay largely undisturbed until their inspection by the dealer Robert Danzig in 1993 after Garratt-Adams' death.

Garratt-Adams also owned the first edition of The Stamp-Collector's Review and Monthly Advertiser from December 1862 and a complete bound set of the Journal of the Philatelic Literature Society.

[6] As a collector, Garratt-Adams specialised in the stamps of Nepal, Tibet, India and the Indian States about which he contributed articles to the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain.

His philatelic library was sold separately in three auction sales by Huys-Berlingin of Triese, Liechtenstein, and one by Schwanke & Sohn of Hamburg, Germany, amounting to around 10,000 lots in total.