The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

Ludgate-Hill.—Highly important and extremely valuable
Freehold Property, occupying an unusually, extensive area
of about 20,000 square feet, adapting it for a first-class
wholesale or retail business, insurance-office, or other
public company, presenting most eligible investments, with
the advantage of immediate possession of a considerable
portion.
MESSRS. NORTON, IIOGGART, and TRIST
have received instructions to offer for SALE, at the
Mart, on Friday, May 20, at 12 o'clock, in one or more lots, as
may be ultimately determined upon (unless previously dis-
posed of by private contract), the very extensive and substan-
tially-erected FREEHOLD PROPERTY known as the
Milton Club, situate No. 14, Ludgate-hill, the principal lead-
ing thoroughfare of the metropolis, and one of the most im-
portant positions in the city, of London. These noble build-
ings present a handsome and imposing elevation to Ludgate-
hill, with a frontage thereto of 30 feet, extend in extreme
depth, including the back property, nearly 350 feet, and oc-
cupy for the city of London, the unusually extensive and
enormously valuable area of nearly 29,000 square feet, with
several distinct accesses from Ludgate-hill, St. Martin's-
court, Little Bridge-street, Evangelist-court, Water-lane,
Union-street, Dolphin-court, and New Bridge-street, to
which there are also considerable and valuable frontages.
The club premises, upon ,which a very large sum of money
has been expended withhi the last five years, in adapting
them for the present requirements, contain, on the upper
floors, 22 sleeping apartments for the members of the club,
several servants' rooms, large wareroom, housekeeper's room,
private dining rooms, baths, and steward's room. First
floor, a spacious well-lighted drawing room 48 feet by 28 feet,
library or lecture room 52 feet long, smoking room, lava-
tories, water-closets, good landings and• passages to each
floor. Ground floor, entrance hall, vestibule, secretary's
office, waiting room, lofty breakfast and reading rooms, dining
longee
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me nets, t
ea rogffi. e kitchen,
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isearlyo,onse,
Cock public-house, Nos. 2, 3,lind 4, in St.
ing-houses and the
cellarage for wine, beer, and coals. Attached are two dwell-
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Martin's-court (producing about 2180 per annum), which,
with the club house, may be termed the front premises. In
the rear, with communication by, a subterraneous passage and
bridge over the street (if desired), is a lofty and very substan-
tially built stack of warehouses, of four floors, with yards,
stabling for six horses,
cart-house and dwelling-house, hav-
ing distinct and separate approaches from Little Bridge-
or a manufactory. Also, immediately adjoining, a warehouse
let at £7O per annum ; extensive
admirably adapted for a printingw establishment
dwelling, in Ship-yard,
ranges of stabling, coach-houses, lofts, and yard, formerly let
at £2OO per annum ; six houses in Evangelist-court, let at a
ground-rent of £2O per annum, with reversion in 1877 to the
rvii estimated at £l5O per annum ; two houses in the
same court, let at about £45 per annum ; three houses in
Meeting-house-court, and three shops and dwelling-houses
in Water-lane,- producing together 4150 per annum ; a large
plot of building ground, pearloppoaite .Apothecaries'-hall,
with considerable trentages to Water-lane and Union-street
(dose to New bridge-street ; and a shop and dwelling-house
(formerly the Union Tavern), now temporarily let to Mr.
oloman. This very extensive and magnificent property,
from its vast area occuping a most commanding position in
very heart of the 'City, a
eminentlf
great alterationfi fp-14 13114,0Valte VI in St. Paul's-churchyard
and New Cannot-streets.- silk,ll and on the linen, lace markets, is
appreXililikting closely, (from the
easily adapted for 7u4ch
any retail trade of
adapted for any leading wholesale establishment for
piturdp
gra u e, or for a publ
tug such extent of premises, and whilst a portion might be
mand (when the improvements in the immediate neighbour-
wee-, the remaliendemrPwaonuY.lrdeqcoumir--
hood are carried out), rentals far beyond the present income,
and present sound freehold in st t The premises are
subjeet tq eertaie ell4rgp in 11111 e,
w be explained in the
pal tlçnlars of site. May heNiew dby cards
e only, and parti-
culars )tact2l days prior to the sale, of Mr. Anderson, secre-
tary to the . Club, Ludgate-hill ;of John Bennett,' Esq.,
solicitor, 4, Serjeants'-inn, Fleet-street ; at the Queen's and
palatine Hotels, Manchester ; Rune.,
y s Hotel, and the
Exchange News-room, Liverpool ; the Queen's Hotel, Bir-
mingham ; at the Mart; and of Messrs. Norton, Hoggart, and
Triat, 02 Old Brpacl-Weet, Ropl 42colutnsv.