Survey Data
Reg No
11816053
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Mooreabbey House
Original Use
Garden
In Use As
Garden
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
262841, 209763
Date Recorded
27/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Formal garden, c.1845, with series of terraces having cut-limestone steps, decorative terracotta planting urns and flower bed to centre on a circular plan with cut-stone fountain.
Appraisal
This garden is an attractive feature of the Mooreabbey estate, positioned to the east front of the house, and is of interest for its landscape design qualities – the formal planning of the garden is typical of the mid nineteenth-century taste for ordered landscapes. The cut-stone work to the terraces, including steps with retaining/parapet walls, is a good example of the high quality of stone masonry practised in the locality, while the early terracotta planting urns are attractive features of the design.