The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-23 00:00:00

THE VENERABLE CHURCH

is so contiguous as to be a most acceptable appendage, and
its little unpretending steeple is seen ever and anon peeping
through the grove, and completing a landscape that can hardly
be .appreciated, and in no danger of being overrated. In con-
nexion with this fine property the advantages seem to be with-
out termination. We will first begin with

THE CONSEQUENCE AND IMPORTANCE
BELONGING TO THE LORD OF THE MANOR,
independently of pecuniary advantages arising out of the quit
rents and fines.
A COURT IS HELD YEARLY
to collect this little revenue. Its extent is understood to be
co-textensive with the parish ; but the sport derivable
from the abundance of game, is of infinitely more importance,
and to a sporting man it will be music to his ear to be inform-
ed of the various packs of hounds which frequently enliven
this vicinity. It may now he desirable to arrest our progress
into the varied agremens of North Mymms, to make a few
observations on the capabilities of this mansion. It has been
so cleverly managed that, although a Viceroy might find
abundant source of enjoyment, and lack nothing included in
the expressive word comfort, there is a total absence of that
fearful annoyance arising out of being over-housed.
THE GRAND GALLERY, NEARLY SO_FEET
IN LENGTH,

is accounted the best proportioned room in the county ; it is
not merely a show room, but the most comfortable habitable
room in the mansion. It is really a feature, and highly ap-

preciated by all who have seen it. This Gallery seems ori-
ginally to have been created with an idea that is now very
likely to be realised.
THE REPRESENTATION OF ST. ALBAN'S
is in view, as a matter of course • it is one of the multiplicity
of objects that will accompany this purchase ; one of " the
ways and means" inseparable from the next representation
of this Borough. But to recur to the mansion—there is the
most abundant accommodation throughout—lots of conve-
nience and bed-rooms for the domestics. Ten lofty best bed-
chambers, a staircase of oak, whereon imitation will be
awakened ; the hall, of extraordinary beauty, is paved with
marble ; it is quite adapted to a dinner-room through the
summer and autumn months. The drawing-rooms and salon-
a-manger are all in perfect keeping, fitted up in carved oak,
and oak floors to each, but it is to the tact and singular judg-
ment that has directed the whole, to which especial attention
is requested. The expense has been fearful, but good
taste is so conspicuous, that it will never be a source of
regret.
A MAGNIFICENT CONSERVATORY AND
HOT-I-1 OUSE •

are in connexion with the second dining-parlour, and all

the subordinate offices are in character. Within the court-
yard is everything to render a hunting establishment com-
plete.

THE GARDENS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS
are of considerable extent, although two gardeners alone keep
them in excellent order. The lawn on one side is adorned
by flowering shrubs, and a variety of American plants ; on
the other the taste of the worthy pastor has inclined to the
encouragement of wild rabbits, who domesticate for hours in
sight of the eating-rooms. The kitchen-gardens are exten-
sive, and great care has been taken to secure the finest speci-
mens of fruit as well as vegetables, and an important feature
suggests itself that will not be disregarded. There exists a
total independence of
THE WHOLE RACE OF TRADESPEOPLE,
everything essential to a family, beginning with killing the
finest mutton, and ending by the delicious gallini, are all in
daily exercise here ; the consequence is this Estate