Garden No.
GA5355
Significance
Modest site - with buildings and planting surviving
Landscape Elements
Buildings/Artefacts, Landscape Park, Plant Collection
Townland
Barnaboy
Present on Ordnance Survey
First Edition: Yes, sheet 95
Second Edition: Yes
Revised Edition: Yes
Moyne Hill was a fine example of a demesne at a smaller scale. Its original house, pre-1841and demolished c.1920, faced south-east on ground falling gently away to the south, bounded to the west and south by local roads and to the north by a watercourse draining into the Corrib River to the west via the Black River. An elegant entrance, pre-1895, remains to the south-east of the site of the house, as well as a service entrance to the west. A gate lodge, pre-1895, once stood opposite the main entrance, this is now gone and all that remains is a historic railing on this side of the road. The farmyard, pre-1841, lay to the immediate north-west of the house, a fine range of outbuildings remains intact; to the north the enclosing walls of the former walled garden, pre-1895, are intact. The field pattern to the surrounding farmland remains relatively intact and boundaries are well planted with beech and ash species.
| Principal Building |
The original five-bay single-storey house, pre-1841, faced south-east and included significant returns to the west, demolished c.1950, new house built to the south of the original. |
| Outbuilding |
5:Farmyard, pre-1841, to immediate west of house, comprising long range on a north-south axis, still intact; a northern range, pre-1841, no longer standing; a single T-shaped building to the east, no longer standing, and single buildings, pre-1895, to the north-east, one of which remains. |
| Productive Garden |
6:Walled garden, pre-1895, to north-east of house, enclosing walls still standing; orchard, pre-1841, stood in an enclosure to the north-west but was no longer in use by 1895 when the area was redesigned. |
| Parkland |
7:A proportionally large area of parkland, pre-1841, lay to the east of the house bounded by areas of woodland to the south-east and north-west with a path around the circumference of the lawn; a small building, pre-1841, was located to the north of the house which may have had a role in the experience of the parkland; the area is now subdivided but retains many of its individual specimen trees and woodland boundaries. |
| Woodland |
8:Woodland, pre-1841, was created in two areas to the north-west and south-east of the parkland, many of the trees area still standing as well as individual specimen trees. |
| Farmland |
9:Fields, pre-1841, remain relatively intact including mixed-tree and hedge boundaries. |
| Avenue, Drive or Walk |
3:Main access, pre-1841, short track from south-east to house with spur to west which met service access to west, latter now gone. |
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4:Service road, pre-1841, to west led to farmyard, no longer in use but track still evident. |
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| Gate Lodge or Gateway |
1:Main entrance, pre-1895, to south-east of house, comprising elegant railings and octagonal-plan ashlar piers in splayed arrangement. |
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10:Gate lodge, pre-1895, once stood to the south of the main entrance on the opposite side of the road; gone by 1995, only low cast-iron railings remain along this stretch of road. |
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2:Service entrance, pre-1895, to west of main entrance, comprising cast-iron gates and rubble piers with blocked-up stone stile. |
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| Boundary or Boundary Wall |
Low dry-stone rubble boundary walls throughout. |
Cpt. Carter bought the property from Charles Blake of Merlin Park in 1852; James McDonnell occupied the house by 1906 and the McDonagh Family bought the property not long after (NUIG Landed Estates, accessed December 2022).
| Overview | |
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| Site Footprint Visible | Yes |
| Boundary Defined | Yes |
| Significant Development | No |
| Architectural Features | |
|---|---|
| Principal Building | No |
| Garden Building | No |
| Buildings of Indeterminate Purpose | No |
| Gateways and Gatehouses | No |
| Avenues, Drives and Walks | |
|---|---|
| Avenue | No |
| Drive or Walk | No |
| Garden Features | |
|---|---|
| Ornamental Garden | No |
| Walled Garden | Yes |
| Orchard | No |
| Parkland | Yes |
| Woodland | No |
| Natural Water Feature | No |
| Artifical Water Features | No |
| Allée | No |
| Vista | No |
| Other | No |
