35, Mount Grove, Hampstead, the Seat of T. N. Longman, Esq., (figs. 1. to 5.) is situated at one end of Hampstead; the house forming the last of a row, but the grounds extending considerably, so as, in addition to the lawn and gardens, to include several acres of grass field. The principal natural feature in the grounds is a bold swell, in the direction of east and west, from which it is to be presumed that the place takes its name; and the chief exterior features are extensive prospects, showing London in front, Greenwich and the river Thames on the east, and Kew and other scenery in Surrey on the west. Mount Grove appears to have been the residence of a lover of gardening upwards of a century ago; for it contains two remarkably fine cedars, and one of the largest tulip trees in the neighbourhood of London. It also contains some remarkably fine specimens of the Oriental plane, apparently coeval with the tulip tree and the cedars. By the present occupier the place has been very greatly improved; and it has, for many years past, been kept in the very highest order. The principal artificial features within the grounds are: the mount avenue (A in fig. 2.), which terminates in a rustic summer-house of a handsome design and very neatly executed, and from which extensive prospects to the west and south are obtained; the flower-garden (B), of which fig. 1. is a general view; the view from the house, looking towards the mount, which is shown in fig. 4.; and the view of the house, as connected with the cedars, and as seen from the road to the stables, which is shown in fig. 5.
