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Victorian Walled Garden

Location The Municipal District of Mullingar — Kinnegad

Belvedere House and Gardens is a country house located approximately 8 kilometres from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland on the north… Read more…

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Victorian Walled Garden
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Belvedere House and Gardens is a country house located approximately 8 kilometres from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland on the north-east shore of Lough Ennell. It was built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere by architect Richard Cassels, one of Ireland's foremost Palladian architects.The house is known for its Diocletian windows and nineteenth-century terracing. When Robert Rochfort decided to use Belvedere as his principal residence, he employed French stuccatore Barthelemij Cramillion, to execute the Rococo plasterwork ceilings. The landscaped demesne has the largest folly and spite wall in the country, The Jealous Wall, built to block off the view of his estranged brother's house nearby. There is also Victorian walled garden and several hectares of forest. The house has been fully restored and the grounds attract approximately 160,000 visitors annually.

Source: Wikipedia

More information and contact

Official website www.belvedere-house.ie
Email info@belvedere-house.ie
Phone +353 44 934 9060
Address Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Coordinates 53°28'37.619" N, 7°22'0.491" W
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