The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-18 00:00:00

was not

ACCOUNTED TOO GOOD FOR THEIR REFINED TASTE.
This princely property is all freehold of inheritance, surrounded by
lawns and pleasure-grounds, with gravelled walks between rows of
umbrageous trees of great size and stateliness, interspersed with or-
namental waters, cascades, and waterfalls sparkling with foam, and
here and there a statue to diversify the scene. The I'ark, which is
one of great beauty, is stocked with deer, whose venison has ob-
tained the highest celebrity for its fatness and fine flavour, while the
soft undulating foliage of its magnificent and ,
TIIIIE•HONOURED TREES
is perpetually deluding the eye into a belief that it was of almost
boundless extent, and imparting just such an air of tempered wild-
ness as would gratify the lover of scenery, without offence to those
who are inclined to look rather for the evidences of the superintend-
ing hand of care and cultivation. Indeed everything seems to in-
crease the charms of a spot so rich in nature's beauties. Of the orna-
mental waters in front of the Abbey it is recorded—.
Before the mansion lay a lucid lake,
Broad as transparent, deep and freshly fed
By a river, which Its softened way did take
In currents through the calmer waters spread.
THE RIVER AXE

so renowned by the disciples of Isaak Walton for its piscatory
pleasures and delicious trout, winds, in serpentine beauty, through
the fair demesne.,
Lost for a space through thickets veering,
But broader when again appearing.

It was here that
The branching stag swept down with all his herd,
To quaff a brook which murmured like a bird.
It may still be asked,
" WHAT MORE C AS MORTALS NOW DESIRE ?"
The sporting qualities extend to everything a gentleman's heart
can contemplate; by the way,
THE MONKS' CELEBRATED WALK
Is in high preservation. And to omit a panegyric upon
THE ANCIENT TAPESTRY
THIN ADORNS THE STATE, ROOMS
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would approach F acrilegc. It really and truly may be accounted the
WONDER AND ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD.

rival; and the writer is ex-
Itwith being too vivid.
ceedingly desirous that the reader should not for one
his description
a
moment charge t
fearlessly ehallen
He may rest assured flight of fancy, but a veri-
tablerescribed, and therefore (with
merely observing
already extended beyond th, limits p
imperfect recital,
lament) the writer ends this very
and unassuming report. This description, it is perceived, has
geshere is no
that the terms used by the foundress of the abbey when she tendered
"well wooded and fertile,"
barren lands of Br:glitley, stating it to bei
proof whereof it may
to the holy fathers her manor of Thornconibe, in exchange for the
are trebly appropriate in the present day,
be stated that the Messrs. Fowler, of Grainnge
Farm (the principal
estate), bred a horn ewe in 1833, which weighed 18st. 41b., and for
size and beauty it has never been eq
ualled. The tenantry are very
guinea respectable, and without one of arrears
indeed, thelatter
word could not find a place in their vocabulay. The rent is exceed-
ingly low. The demesne extends to nearly
TWELVE HUNDRED ACRS OF RICH
MEADOW PASATURE, ARABLE, AND W OOD LANDS,
MOSTLY TITHE-FREE, AND TAXES MODE RAT
E.
Such is a faithful narrative, that it need not be observed is very un-
common ; indeed, seeing the abundance of unemployed capital (in
spite of the railway mama), and tho little value of money, the
present is a most influential opportunity of possessing an invest-
ment in land, which is preferable to all others—for, as
it regards the alteration in the corn-lows it has been observed by
Mr. Robin?, in another notice of sale, a tact which every day renders
more and more certain, that
~ WEHAVE ALL BEEN MORE FRIGHTENED THAN HURT"
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of considerable
a ring fence. The neighbourhood is highly respectable ; m 1
and Nobles are amongst those who prefer to domesticate" inmany Lotrhts
admired county, and within a few miles of the abbey; in the ad-
joining county of Somerset, are the splendid seats of Earl Poulett and
Lord Bridport. Markets are everywhere abundant ; in fact, Mr.
Robins has taxed his in;enuity in vain to try to discover a fault.
The full description, with plans and a drawing of the famed
Abbey, will be ready six weeks antecedent to the sale, and may be had
at the White Lion Inn, Bristol ; White Hart, Bath ; Castle, Taunton ;
Chard Arms Hotel, Chard; Mr. Whitaker, solicitor, 12, Lincoln's Inn
fields, London ; Mr. Paul, solicitor, The (lose, Exeter ; 31r. Salter, so.
licitor, Chard ; the Auction Mart ; and at Mr. George Fobines
emcee, London, at Two Shillings each, (this being withths sole view to
prevent a useless and unprofitable distribution of th, M rtaiiculars).