{"id":350,"date":"2019-10-22T19:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildingsofireland.fusio.dev\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2021-10-11T17:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T16:34:25","slug":"carrigtwohill-fota-house-and-gardens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/ga\/places-to-visit\/cork\/carrigtwohill-fota-house-and-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrigtwohill: Fota House and Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fota House, designed for the Smith-Barry family by Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849) and his son William Vitruvius Morrison (1794-1838), occupies a sheltered wooded island in Cork Harbour.\u00a0 The house, restored in 2009, boasts over seventy rooms, many of which are open to the public who can enjoy the neo-Classical architecture for which the Morrisons were renowned.\u00a0 Also on display in the main reception rooms is a fine collection of art work described as the most significant of its type outside the National Gallery of Ireland.\u00a0 Masterpieces of the eighteenth-century Irish Landscape School include works by William Ashford (1746-1824); George Barret (1730-84); Robert Carver (<em>c<\/em>.1730-91); and Thomas Roberts (1748-78).\u00a0 Nineteenth-century art is represented by Daniel Maclise (1806-70); Erskine Nicol (1825-1904); and James Arthur O&#8217;Connor (1792-1841).\u00a0 An entire room is dedicated to Irish watercolours and features the work of Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941); Hugh Douglas Hamilton (<em>c<\/em>.1740-1808); and George Petrie (1790-1866). \u00a0Fota&#8217;s internationally renowned gardens, co-managed by the Irish Heritage Trust and the Office of Public Works, are open all year round and are a haven of relaxation and enjoyment for people of all ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fotahouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the Fota House website<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fota House, designed for the Smith-Barry family by Sir Richard Morrison (1767-1849) and his son William Vitruvius Morrison (1794-1838), occupies a sheltered wooded island in Cork Harbour.\u00a0 The house, restored in 2009, boasts over seventy rooms, many of which are open to the public who can enjoy the neo-Classical architecture for which the Morrisons were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351,"parent":71,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-350","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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