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London, England, 1809-08-05 00:00:00

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SALE BY AVOTION.,
MANOR, MANSION HOUSE, AND VERY IrALU An B
FREEHOLD ESTATE, SITUATE IN THE PARISH OF',
ALMONDSBURY, AND COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER.
By .Mr. J. .1. PALMER, Broker, •
At the txchande Corm Rooth, in Bristol, on Thursday the 10th
day of August next, at doe o'Clock ib the 'Afternoon, (toilets
previously disposed of by Private Cdnifact, of which due anstiee
will be given)
I'HE MA FOR of OVER, and the capital MAN-
SION-1-10USE of OVER-COURT, with suitable Offices'
of every description ; beautiful Pleasure Ground, and capital
Kitchen Garden lately formed in the most complete stile; the
walls, which are lofty, faced With brick and cloathed with the.
choicest Fruit-trees; Hot=house, Pinery, Grape-boute, and Ice-
house; about 12 Acres of Oreharding in full bearing ; a beautiful
Park containing 88 Acres of highly diversified ground, and finely
timbered; a very commodious Farm-house, Cyder...MA and all
requisite Fans-buildings.
Also Six Houses and Cottages, being the whole of the *Ws
part of the Village,.or Hamlet of Over.--411e whole Estate don-,
taining, within a ring fence, Two .Hundred and Thirty ActeS, all
now in hand except 24 Acres (Which will come into possessiou at ,
Lady-day nest), and the Honses and Cottageslet by the wedloorrar.
Over-Court is distinguished for its great advantages in point of
situation, being only six miles and a half distant from Bristol and
Clifton, and 20 from Bath ; the roads excellent.
The Mansion-house is of considerable antiquity, hut in a state,
of substantial reeair, and remarkably dry ; it is situated in the
centre of the Estate, on a modetite eminence, screened to the 1
eastward ley the rising ground of the Park, and commands fine
and extensive views of the surrounding rich and beautiful country,
with the River Severn, and Welsh Mountains.
On the ground-floor are two Entrance Halls, a Dining-romn,
30 feet by 17, a Drawing-room hung with tapestry in tine pre-
servation, 32 feet by 131, a• Gentleman's Dressing-room, 174 by
13 f' et ; the whole above 13 feet high, and a complete rauge of
cte,vinient domestic Offices.—On the hest storey, a Libiary 0
feet by 1 S ; and five principal Bed-chambers, and time Closets, all
:Omen tL et hig!).-011.the theattic storey, seven Servants' Bed-
cliamb.-rs. Gond C Ilars.under a part of the House. The House
is supplied with excelhit spring water. Coal is landed about
our miles clistaot at a very low price.
.1.11:: Farm except 11 Acres which are arable, consists of rich
Grazing and Meadi:w lAnd, of very superior quality'. The Land-
tax of the Estate onunnits to 13s. e.d. per annum. Ihe
Poor-rate MI sn average of late years, to tlB 2s. '1 here is
no Church-rate. The amount of the Window and i louse Taxec
is £49 is 2d. per minima. All the Fixture: ut the Mansion-
house, Offices, and Faris-house, including the Register, Bath, and
other Stoves and Grates; also, the valuable 'limber un the whore
• Estate to be included in the purchase. The elegant FonsAold
Furniture, and any Fut of the Farming Sock, may be taken at a
valuation, at the option of the purchaser. The sum of fifteen
thousand pounds may, if desired, rctnain on mortgage upon the
Estate for a term or years. Al purchaser desirous of inalsretng the
property, nay be accommodated with the purchase or lease of
other Farms iu the neighbourhood.
To be viewed on Mondays aad Thursdays, between the hours
of Eleiren and Three, by tickets <oily, to lx• had with printed par-
ticulars of Messrs. Bengough and Painter, Solicitors, Bristol, who'
are authorised to treat tier the sale tiy private contract,