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London Tuesday October 10 1820 

Ingress Park, on the bank of the Thames.- By Messrs. DRIVER and Mr SHUTTLEWORTH, on the premises, on Monday , October 23.at 11, and several following days, by order of the Right Hon. The Commissioners of his Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues.

The capital and very valuable Materials, interior fittings and fixtures, of the Mansion and Offices of Ingress-Park. Adjoining Greenhithe, situate in the parish of Northfleet, in the county of Kent, 5 miles from Dartford, and 4 from Gravesend, with every possible convenience for water carriage: the materials comprising several hundred rods of sound brick work. Excellent slating and tiling, stone coping, flag and other paving, stone steps, lofty portico, cupolas, and sky lights, stout oak and fir timbers in girders, joists, rafters, and quartering, wainscoting, excellent flooring boards, oak and other staircases, window frames and other sashes, shutters, doors, casements, closets, presses, marble and other chimney-pieces, several tons of lead and iron, a pair of large sphinxes cast in lead, columns, pilasters, urns, and other architectural ornaments, stone posts, and chains, and numerous valuable articles. May be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had on the premises: the inns at Dartford, Gravesend, Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Grays, and Purfleet: at the Mart. Of Messrs. Driver, land-agents and surveyors, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars: and of Mr Shuttleworth, 27, Poultry.

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