The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-07-28 00:00:00

PENNSYLVANIA CASTLE, PORTLAND,
IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET,
The favourite Marine Readenee of the late Joie Pena,
EN.. Governor of Portland. bent by him in the
year 191 D, under the direction el the late James
Wyatt, cm the southern geese of the blend,
on the western tide ef the Bay of Charon Hope,
misseseille9l4.
71Liestillallellttlipou the antimat sad
pistaraqua rotas al 14 or Bow and Arrow
Castle (mentioned by Leland and Rsteldna in their
Antiquities of Dorsetehino), which belongs to the
Property, and 'tandem the eastern side of the bay,
within the grenade, which are intersected by a
roving filled with a line grove of keels, and present
some wild and hi_hly picturesque scenery.
NIESSRS. DANIEL SMITH, SON, and
OAKLEY haw. been favoured by the Proprietor
with instructions to offer for BALE by AUCTION, at
the Mart, near the Bank of England, on FRIDAY, the
7th AUGUST, as 12 o'clock, (unless previously disposed
of by private coatract,) the above very attramin
P.ROPERTY,
the most distitigniihed private Residence in the island.
The House is substantially built of Portland stone, in
the issatellsted st)le, with • tower at the north-eastern
angle of the building, and occupies a commanding site
on the Cliff. thickly screened on either side by Plaids-
Cons, with Lawn, Flower Garden, Tenses, and look-
out immediately above the Bay, commanding views of
the coast to St. Albon's Head, end • fine aspen.* of sea.
The approach is through a bandsoine stone gateway,
with a carriogedrive through Plustations. The interior
accommodation oomprises, on the principal Chamber
Floor, four best Bedrooms and two Dressing Rooms,
shut off from • braid corridor overlooking the sea,
which commas the Library at the south-eastern angle
of the House with a lefty circular Drawing Room
Rift. 910. in diameter in the tower at the re•th-eastern
angle, hack and front staircase; also in an .ntermediate
Beer, one beat Bedroom and five Servants' Room.; and
on the Ground Floor, Entrance Hall, a lofty circular
Dining Ho on 234.9 in in diameter; Steely.• templets wet
of domestic Offices, including Butler's Poetry, Beryouts'
HAI, and • lam and well-appointed KiWien ; there
are also various Outbuilding., and a small Stable and
Coach-home. The Property is Freehold, aed imo.prioes
about 21 acres, partly laid out with great taste by W.
Nesdield, Esq., as 'lnsure grounds, with Terrace and
parterre. The whole is of • naturally wild sod erns-
men•ol character, and afford. some good pasturage;
I there is • Stone Quarry, and the Bay offers hioilities
lot lading and landing. The Property is in every way
a delightfully secluded Morino Residence, and is con-
veniently situate for yachtiog purposes, being within
an easy run from Comm and Ryde, and the new Her-
hour and Breakwater afford occurs anchorage. Wey-
mouth is reached from London in about 54 hours by the
South-Western and Great Western lines of Railway; •
railway is sho in cionstrucetoe to the north side of the
Island. Southampton is also reached in about three
hours, whence steamboats run daily to Cowes sad
Byde. There is also direct sommuniestleu by steam-
boats with the Channel Islands. Full printed particulars
stay be obtained at the principal hotels at Weymouth,
Dorchester, lionthamiton, Cowes, and Ryde ; of P. A.
HANBOTT. Esq., solicitor, 9, Bedford-row, W.C. ; and
with orders to view of Marra RItYIIOLDII and Son,
belikters,ffshool-street,Weymouth; or of Messrs. DANIS!,
SMITH. &M. and Oaittge. Lead Agamts and Surveyors.
I 10, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, W.