POPE’S VILLA AT TWICKENHAM.

Lyttelton Times, Volume L, Issue 5459, 21 August 1878, Page 3

POPE’S VILLA AT TWICKENHAM.

i There was a large attendance at the Auction Mart, in London, .where Messrs,Lpmley offered for sale Pope’s'Tilla at Twickenham. The poet purchased the property in 1715, and resided there- until his death in 1744, The property .offered included the whole of the grounds, five acres.in extent,,with and other "valhabl'e growing timber, jpgetheiW With the celebrated grotto which the poet formed; hnd which is' said to Remain; intacf'to the present day. 1 Theillustrated folio pamphlet levied by the auctioneers, containing, an elaborate-’description-.’of the mansion and grounds, with well-executed views of the villa qnd the grotto, was sold at ss, the possession of Which was a passport to, inspect the pro-; perty. ThoAUCtwnjjer, having enlarged ,ph the ' great value of the property, not pnly.ip respect of its historical character, hut :also-as regards its eligible situatiommyitod biddings. The first, dffer ipiide. SQjpO,[jyhipbivMimhjedia followed byan, ad vane e of; - further, [advances of £IOOO -ahd£soo : 'each; ; the property .shprtly ~ stood at £BOOO, [when; there was a pause on' which - the - auctioneer - remarked that the* cedars'/of Lebanon, planted' long ' before ' thepoet’s "time,; aha| probably. the. oldest in England,;; wewe,, with; the rest' of[;the.[ihnher:.iii:.-.the estate, estimated' to be worth £4OOO. Ultimately the biddings[[ roise to £OIOO, when there being no fuither advance, the property was : bought in at £14,000; but it was stated in the room that this sum was. nominal, and that the property will probably, be purchased privately at’ or leas' anrii; - 1 Ah mjoining T-iver-side residence, ■ known ;as ‘‘ Pope’s. Garden,” together with a freehold, piece of land laid Out as a -kitchen garden, Was ■ next,/offered, but bought in at £3OOO.