THE EXTERIOR OF THE COTTAGE,

This truly romantic Marine Villa, is situated on a lovely eminence to the north of “Powy's Cottage” the residence of Miss Ridout, and “Woodlands” S. Newdick Esq. It was built by the late Lord Le Despenser in 1810, and is a thatched building, forming nearly a quadrangle, and then contained forty rooms. The present proprietor T. L. Fish Esq. has considerably reduced their number and rendered the house in every respect more comfortable as an abode, while the improvements, and embellishments he has added, have rendered it undeniably, a picturesque and enchanting residence. A verandah which is two hundred feet above the level of the sea, and one hundred above the church tower, surrounds the principal, and eastern front of the cottage it is three hundred and fifteen feet in length, and nearly twelve in width, entirely supported at equal distances, by superb oak pollards, which are surrounded with ivy, woodbines, myrtles, roses, and flowering creepers, added to which, and round each of them, are circular flower stands, containing the choicest geraniums, balsams, and other tribes of exotics; the whole forming a splendid variety. In the present year, this verandah contains not less than between four and five thousand plants, most of which have flowered luxuriantly. Thirty-four splendid china vases contain the balsams, and form a grand collection. In the centre of the southern part and between the Drawing-room windows is a rustic seat, novel and striking, rising in a pyramidical form, and displaying the choicest geraniums and hydrangeas. Opposite this delightful seat is the upper lawn,

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