The entrance lodge to Corehouse is close to the Bridge of Lanark; and the approach road is upwards of a mile in length, along the banks of the river, but so much above it as only at intervals to show the water. The line of road, which, in respect to its surface, is always nearly level, in regard to its direction is beautifully varied by natural and artificial woody scenery, by views extending into the interior to where the distant hills belonging to the estate are crowned with thriving plantations, and by views across the river to the village of New Lanark. Here are the extensive cotton-mills where the celebrated Robert Owen first tried his philanthropic experiments. We scarcely know any thing finer, in the way of appropriated scenery, than the effect of the plantations about New Lanark, and thence to Bonnington, as seen from the approach to Corehouse, and the grounds about the house; and the appearance of the grounds and woods of Corehouse is doubtless equally effective, as seen from the opposite side of the river.
