Survey Data
Reg No
13401454
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Farraghroe House
Original Use
Walled garden
Date
1810 - 1860
Coordinates
219634, 277116
Date Recorded
19/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Walled garden on rectangular-plan, built c. 1820 and (possibly) extended c. 1850. Formerly associated with Farragh/Farraghroe House (demolished c. 1960). Now disused. Coursed rubble limestone masonry walls having cut stone coping over. Reconstructed segmental-headed carriage arch entrance with cut limestone voussoirs and replacement timber battened double doors. Located to the southwest of the site of Farragh/Farraghroe House, and to the southwest of Ballinalee.
Appraisal
This walled garden was originally constructed to serve the Farragh/Farraghroe House estate (house demolished c. 1960). The imposing boundary walls are well-constructed in good quality masonry. Although now disused, it provides an interesting social and historical insight into the extensive resources required to run and maintain a large country estate in Ireland during the nineteenth century, when it would have provided a wide variety of produce for use in the main house etc. This walled garden appears to have been extended to the southeast side sometime post-1838 (map information). It forms part of a wider collection of features associated with the former Farragh/Farraghroe estate and is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area.