The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

IN NORTH DEVONSHIRE

A. Delightful Swiss Villa, on th?swriarnit of the Splendid Sce-
nery of Lynton • also, a. sidsaMottage, called " Waters
Meet," in the b;iitatiiiisiorWe, tWo miles off, and Coombe
Park, with 130 Acres of Land, in the immediate Vicinity
of this inimitable Spot.

MR. GEORGE ROBINS is much pleased in having been
preferred to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION,
at the New London Hotel, Exeter, on Saturday, August 14,
at Twelve, in Lots,

A FREEHOLD PROPERTY,
and one that has powerful claims on the early attention of
all those who would avoid the expense and fatigue of visiting
Switzerland, and yet could delight in the opportunity of par-
taking of
THE SPLENDOUR OF ITS SCENERY IN
ENGLAND, _ _ _

within a ride of ten hours from the metropolis of Londox.
Mr. Robins feels that he may, in the discharge of his duty,
venture to call in question the bad taste that has kept silent
the Muse of ancient and modern Authors, in respect to

THE BEAUTIES OF NORTH DEVON.
In his research, he has not been so fortunate as to come in
contact with any work that does not very imperfectly repre-
sent this county : it is, however, of Lynton and its vicinity
that he is required to give a succinct, and, necessarily, a hur-
ried sketch of the surpassing beauty that is in store—he has
but too frequently been at fault in his humble effort to appre-
ciate the innumerable advantages afforded by splendid scene-
ry in other parts of England ' • but he finds in North Devon
that which has far eclipsed all that has heretofore come un-
der his especial review ;—it is, indeed, but humble praise to
observe that it leaves all former reminiscences at a pretty
considerable distance, as our American friends would say—
he can only strive to enlist the attention of all those who
have (or have not) visited Switzerland to the imperfect at-
tempt that will follow, in the expectation that he may at least
have been so fortunate as to incline many to perambulate the
scene of enchantment he has just visited ; and be is fully as-
sured no one will gainsay that at Lynton and its environs the
traveller will find all that his fondest expeetatierns can have
contemplated in an excursion to Switzerland.
LYNTON'S FAVOURED WATERING PLACE
only requires to be known to be duly appreciated. Throughout
ENGLAND'S VAST DOMAIN

it cannot dread a contemporary.
THE VALLEY OF THE ROCKS
alone would compensate for many a wearied day, and the
scene that encompasses it, will not—shall not—be weakened
by any effort of the writer to do it justice. But it is time to
endeavour, by a condensed account, to speak of the property
to be sold. First,
THE SPLENDID SWISS VILLA,
on the
placed on a rock of fearful height, looking down up
peaceful village, the ascent to which is rendered easy by cir-
cuitous walks and rides, varied at every turn by new an
lightful peeps at the opposing rocks. The expanse d de-
wide ocean, the cataracts and waterfalls that are everywhere
presented, and the murmurings of the rapid waters below,
remembering that this ascent, through
THE WOODS OF PARADISE,
is rendered as perfect as a combination of art and nature can
perpetuate. The whole is clothed in prolific woods and plan-
tations, with French and English gardens, to vary the scene
daring the pleasing encounter through the Elysium grounds.
On arriving at the acclivity, the scene is so beauteous as to
render it quite fruitless to attempt even a sketch : it must
be seen, or it cannot be believed, or fully appreciated. It
need hardly be added, that, as a winter residence, it is ex-
cluded from all the annoyance that one less exposed must be
to wind and weather, and in a climate not unlike the south
of France. It is, to all intents and purposes,
A SWISS VILLA,
except that, within it, attention to family comfort has pre-
sided to a much greater degree. The offices are in every re-
spect of a corresponding character. Hot and cold baths and
every essential to happiness, is conspicauus everywhere ; but
the writer cannot resist again to recur to the situation. In
contemplating a scene like the one under consideration, a
strange spell seemed to rivet him to the spot ; but to see and
to feel this in all its force,
" THE SPECTATOR MUST BE ALONE WITH
NATURE."

The enchanting scenery, of which it is the very centre, give
it all those charms with which the imagination invests
THE REALMS OF FAIRY LAND.

It may be compared to a rich gem inclosed in a most beauti-
ful setting, at once reflecting and reflected by everything
around. Then
I The roar

Of rushing cataracts, sounds that sink and soar,
Freshen and faint in turn, and still renewed,
Wake the wild chords of Nature's solitude."
Next in succession is

THE SWISS COTTAGE,
IN THE CONTIGUOUS VALLEY,
designated " WATERS MEET,"
and is one of the prettiest things in Europe ; but it is very
petite. The road to it is between the mountains, where the
hanging woods are clothed in verdure to the summit : in the
heavenly region below is placed the cottage, surrounded by
its pleasure grounds, and claiming a portion of the land on
the adjoining hill, the river struggling over the rocky beds,
the rush of many waters fall in mingled chorus upon the ear,
but so faint, and with so little of the audible character of
" headlong floods," that the sound has a tranquillising rather
than a startling effect. Again, and next in succession, is
THE COMBE PARK ESTATE, ONE HUNDRED

AND THIRTY ACRES,
a short half mile beyond the cottage. It was intended to be
a residence of some pretensions, one that the magnificent
scenery, by which it is surrounded, seems to have especially
required. Much has been done towards its accomplishment;
still the opportunity is left for unexceptionable taste to direct
its completion. The offices are very sufficient, enclosed in a
court-yard, and ornamented by a building in the modern
Gothic style.
A BEAUTIFUL RIVER ENTWINES ITSELF
AROUND,
and forms a little boundary. There is altogether a domain
extending to

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES OF VERY

GOOD LAND,
of which about sixty acres are around it: the little farm of
seventy acres is half a mile off. The extent of the two, it
will be seen, is sufficient to occupy a little leisure, and banish
ennui from this sequestered spot. The forest immediately in
front is FULL OF RED DEER;
the partridge and woodcock shooting very good, and the fish-
ing perpetual, and not interrupted.—Full particulars of this
property, with drawings of each (at 6d. only), may be had at
the inns and libraries at Lynton, and the hotels at Barn-
staple ; the libraries throughout the clustre of watering places
in South Devon; the New London Hotel, Exeter; of Mr.
Pitman, solicitor, Barnstaple; and at Mr. &SOROS ROSIN S'S
Oleo, London.