The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-14 00:00:00

tn. the confines of Huntingdon, Bedford, and Cambridge
Shires, about three miles from the Sandy station on the
Great Northern Railway.—The very desirable Freehold and
Tithe-free Residential Estate, known as Woodbury-hall,
w.th its park, pleasure-grounds, and plantations, the cele-
brated White Wood, Three Homesteads, Cottages, Water
Corn-mill, and numerous enclosures of Arable and Meadow
Land ; the whole iu first-rate condition, and comprising an
area of 454 acres, with possession.
MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
LYE are instructed by tie Proprietor, in
consequence of his having purchased another estate, to SELL
by AUCTION, at Garraway's, on Wednesday, June 9, at
Twelve (unless an acceptable offer be previously made by
Private Contract), the beautiful
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE,
known as WOODBURY HALL,
situate in the parish of Everson-cum-Tetworth, Hunts, and
Ga mlingay, Cambridgeshire, just where the counties meet
with Bedfordshire, about two miles from Potten, six from
Biggleswade, twelve from Bedford, fourteen from Hunting-
don, eighteen from Cambridge, and only three miles from the
'iaady station on. the Great Northern Railway, and as hour
and a hairs ride from London. The residence is approac ed from
the high road by a carriage drive through the far-famed White
Wood, with lodge entrance, and is beautifully placed in the
most commanding situation, possessing charming and exten-
sive views over the fertile valley of Bedfordshire. The resi-
dence is commodious and fully adequate to the legitimate
wants of a large and respectable family, and ontains six
principal bed chambers, two dressing-rooms, four servants'
b. d-rooms, &c., a noble entrance-hall, principal and secon-
dary staircase, drawing and dining rooms elegantly finished,
library, breakfast, and billiard rooms, extensive domestic
offices, ample cellarage on the basement. The out-offices
are screened from the mansion, and are in the best possible
repair, comprising two coach-houses, extensive stabling, &c.,
carriage yard, a capital walled kitchen garden, well stocked
with standard and other fruit trees, surrounded by outer
garden ; a gardener's cottage, fruit, and potato houses, tool
house, bic., and orchard. The pleasure grounds are most
tastefully disposed in parterres, with gravelled walks, green
rides, and avenues, extensive park studded with timber of large
growth, and ornamented with clumps of fir and other trees.
The far-famed White Wood, celebrated by botanists for the
growth of wild flowers and raspberries. Fox hall and other woods
aboundinz with game, and forming capital reserves, sheets of
ornamental water, with summer-house, detached carpenter's
shop, and saw-mill, and the following farms, all in good repair,
and partly newly built, viz.:—Home Farm with farm house,
now divided into two tenements, barn, granary, bullock
and cattle sheds, stabling, ; Storey's Farm, with farm
house containing four bedrooms, pantry, daisy, parlour,
sitting room, store room, and kitchen, with .good cellarage in
the basement. The outbuildings are most conveniently
placed, and comprise brewbeuse, granary, with dovecot over,
barns, open cattle sheds, yards divided for stock, calf, and
bullock sheds, cart-horse stabling and loose boxes, cart sheds,
garden and sheep yards ; New Farm, with farm house re-
cently erected by the proprietor, forming a model cottage,
containing three bedrooms, parlour, sitting room, dairy, and
cellar, and capital outbuildings, enclosed and forming nearly
a square, comprising barns, beast houses, cowsheds, gig
house, loose box, with cart-horse stabling, &c., together with
sundry enclosures of vary rich productive arable, pasture,
and wood land, the whole in the best condition, haviug been
farmed for many years in a spirited manner by the proprietor
regardless of expense. There are three distinct roads to the
s3veral homes' cads and lands, without in any way interfering
with the principal carriage way to the mansion, all of which
are iu good repair. The estate comprises an area of about 458
acres. The foregoing lands are in hand, and tho proprietor
having purchased another estate, early possession can be ob-
tained. The estate is freehold and tithe-free, except a small
enclosure formerly part of Gm atheath, containing about three
acres. Several packs of hounds hunt the neighbourhood, and
the property abounds with game, having capital covers, many
of the enclosures are belted with plantations, which are now
in a thriving state. In addition to the noble trees in the park
numerous young ones have been planted and screened. The
estate abuts on the property of the Hon. 0. Duncombe and
Clare Hall, Cambridge, and is plentifully supplied with water
of the best quality. There are three pews in Gam ingay Church
and one in Tetworth, belonging to the property.
The estate may be viewed by cards only ; and particulars,
with plans, may be had at the offices of the journals at Bed-
ford and Cambridge ; at the Swan, Biggleswade ; George,
Huntine ton ; Cross Keys, St. Neot's ; of George Wade, Esq.,
solid .or, Baldoek, Herts ' • at Garraway's ; and at the offices
of Messrs. Farebrother, Clarke, and Lye, Lancaster-place,
Strand.