Survey Data

Garden No.

DG0103


Landscape Elements

Landscape Park, Plant Collection


Townland

Norrira


Present on Ordnance Survey

First Edition: Yes, sheet 5

Second Edition: Yes, area reduced

Revised Edition: Yes, area reduced


Description

Sizeable demesne for mid 18th century house built for George Harvey, High Sheriff of Co. Donegal. House set in parkland to the northwest of the village of Malin, situated on high ground overlooking Trawbeaga Bay. Fine mature shelter belt and parkland trees. Family owned and now a working farm. A small bungalow development has taken place on the eastern end of the demesne, east of the main drive.

Site Data

Principal Building

Five-bay two-storey rendered house with hipped roof, built 1758, in good condition.

Ornamental Garden

Two entrances on the road to the south. Main entrance southeast of house, on western outskirts of Malin village. Late Georgian, three-bay, hipped roof, gate lodge, c. 1830, in good condition. Back entrance lies west of house and also features a late Georgian gate lodge, c. 1825, in good condition. Notable as the most northerly lodge in the country. Both built for John Harvey who inherited in 1820. A third entrance is marked to the south in 1858 but not on any subsequent maps.

Ornamental Garden Building

Western, partly harled stone stable block, pre 1836, survives in poor condition, to north of house. In use as part of working farm but not maintained. Stone buildings immediately north of house, in use.

Ornamental Garden Structure

Lawn to south of house features ornamental planting, as well as further ornamental planting to the southeast.

Plant Collection

Road to south. It appears from the 1836 map that this road may have moved further south to extend the demesne. A road, running west from the village seems to end abruptly at the bottom of a tree-lined avenue in the demesne.

Productive Garden

Walled garden, pre 1836, to north of house, now partly filled with modern farm buildings. Walls remain on northeast, northwest and southeast, though not intact. The northeast and northwest walls are brick lined, as is the lower half of the southeast wall. Majority of the ground has been concreted.

Productive Garden Building

House overlooks parkland, in good condition, on the southern side of the demesne with some fine mature parkland trees.

Parkland

Thick mature shelter belts, in good condition, around the north of the parkland. Shelter belts formerly lined the southern boundary along the road and are now gone. Mature trees line the former southern avenue.

Woodland

Some internal routes remain. A tree-lined avenue running south from the house remains with gate to south, though no longer in use.

Avenue, Drive or Walk

Demesne is situated near the shores of Trawbreaga Bay. A steam flows along the eastern end of the northern boundary.

Boundary or Boundary Wall

Previous owners include the Harvey family.

Historical/Cultural Association

Overview
Site Footprint Visible Yes
Boundary Defined Yes
Significant Development No
Architectural Features
Principal Building Yes
Garden Building No
Buildings of Indeterminate Purpose Yes
Gateways and Gatehouses No
Avenues, Drives and Walks
Avenue No
Drive or Walk No
Garden Features
Ornamental Garden No
Walled Garden No
Orchard No
Parkland Yes
Woodland Yes
Natural Water Feature Yes
Artifical Water Features No
Allée No
Vista No
Other No
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