Survey Data
Reg No
11216066
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Previous Name
Hermitage
Original Use
Folly
In Use As
Folly
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
314797, 227294
Date Recorded
13/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Collection of various grotesque, Gothic garden features, c.1800, associated with Emmet's Walk. Grotto and dolmen with druidic and prehistoric pretensions, three stone archways, a small building with gothic openings and battlemented roof and a two-storey tower adjacent to a two-flight stairway and weir in river, possibly originally housing a hydraulic ram. This tower has a vaulted lower chamber with gothic openings, a similar first floor and a rooftop belvedere. Construction includes the use of slag, terracotta, stone and brick with distinctive fossilised crenellations.
Appraisal
A fine collection of garden ornaments in the well wooded grounds of St Enda's Park, all build in a primitive, rugged style appropriate to their isolated setting.