Shouler and Son, Melton Mowbray
An uncertain future for the farming industry in the 1840s, with mechanisation beginning to change old practices, was the climate in which William Shouler, then aged 21, announced that he was setting up business as Auctioneer and Appraiser in Woburn Sands. Three years later he left the area and established himself in his wife’s home town of Melton Mowbray.
For the last 160 years William’s successors have guided their clients through periods of development and stagnation, expansion and recession, in a world of property where expectations and regulations are constantly changing. His great-great-great-grandson Ben has recently become a partner in the business and his duties included assisting his uncle, Simon Shouler in the auctioneering of all effects that pass through the firms Auction Room in Melton Mowbray.
For Property issues today, clients need both historic experience and modern resources, the qualities that Shouler & Son possess. Working from offices in three counties, the eight partners each working in a particular field of expertise while retaining a wide general knowledge across the profession.