The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-19 00:00:00

LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND.

It. W. W. SIMPSON has received instruc-
tions from the Proprietor to offer for SALE by AUG-
TION at the Mart, London, early in the summer of 1835, unless;
an acceptable offer be previously made by Private Contract, the
LANDS and BARONIES of COLTNESS and OVERTOWN,
situate in the parish of Cambusnethan, 6 miles from Hamilton, 14
from Glasgow, and 30 from Edinburgh. The domain compre-
hends about 3,700 English statute acres of arable, pasture, wood,
and plantation land, a large proportion of which is of an exceed-
ingly fertile quality. The woods and plantations consist of 477 sta-
tute acres, and constitute a most valuable feature in this Estate, as
the produce, consisting of oak, ash, elm, beech, larch, and other
firs, for which there is a steadily increasing demand, forms an an-
nually growing source of income. The Estate is divided farina,
which are in the occupation of a most industrious and respectable
tenantry, and the reductions which wore made about the years 182!
and 1822 (a period of great agricultural distress) when the princirea
part of the leases were renewed, added to the continued punetua:
payment of the rents, afford an ample guarantee for the permanency
of the present income. The mansion is of uniform and handsome
elevation, and has a frontage of 150 feet of polished ashler. The
dining and drawing rooms are of considerable dimensions, and en
suite with a gallery of about 80 feet in length. The mansion is re-
plete with apartments and domestic offices, adapted to the reception
of a family of the highest respectability. There are walled-in gardens
of considerable extent, with a range of forcing houses for peaches, nec-
tarines, and grapes, about 13:2 feet long; also pine pits with flues, and
a gardener's house. The residence is seated in a park of about 270
English acres, beautifully undulated, richly wooded, and interspersed
with ornamental plantations in great variety, and with which the
estate is generally belted. There are two most picturesque and
thickly planted glens, through one of which the Calder winds its
way, and these are intersected by rides and walks skilfully varied,
and commanding all the beauties of the romantic scenery with
which this district abounds, while the towns of Hamilton and Glas-
gow are seen in the distance. The estate is bounded on the south,
for upwards of a mils, by the beautiful waters of the Clyde, on the
banks of which there arc very extensive and valuable orchards in
full bearing, and the royalty of the river to that extent, and a fish-
ing cruive, are attached to the estate. The fields are generally di-
vided by luxuriant hedges of beech and whitethorn, which being
clipped and well preserved, contribute very much to the charms of
this splendid property. The great Parliamentary roads pass through
the domain to Carlisle, Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Stirling,
and where they intersect each other, there is a very commodious inn
on the estate. These, with other roads equally good, ensure the
easy transit of the produce to some of the best markets in the king-
dom. In addition to its proximity to the populous and rapidly
improving city of Glasgow, this estate presents to the capitalist
the prospect of large and increasing revenues from its well-as-
certained mineral wealth. It has four seams of workable coal,
of an aggregate thickness of twenty-five feet, great abundance
of iron-stone of the finest qualities, and an exhaustible supply
of freestone of excellent colour. Even by the present imperfect
mode of obtaining the coal, it costs only 2s. per ton, delivered at
the mansion. About three miles from the mansion, and quite out
of view, is an admirable site for the erection of iron works. The
Wishaw and Coltness rail-road, already advanced to within six
miles of the latter place, will, when completed, intersect this estate,
and open the best means of conveyance for its various productions
to Glasgow, and thence, by the Monkland and Forth and Clyde
canals, to the sea. The Coltness Estate affords excellent shoot-
ing, and the neighbourhood is hunted with both fox-hounds and
harriers. It may with perfect truth be said that this estate unites
advantages rarely combined, even in the most favoured parts of the
empire ; and Mr. Simpson's recent survey enables him with confi-
dence to invite capitalists to test the accuracy of his description by
a personal inspectiorrof the property.
Printed particulars, with plans annexed, may be obtained in due
time, when the estate may be viewed, of Messrs. Ainslie, M'Allan,
and Graham, W. S., 8, Broughton-place, Edinburgh ; of Mr.
David Leighton, Factor, on the estate, Hamilton ; at the Auction
Mart ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, Bucklersbury, Longer!.