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Japanese gardens at Powerscourt Estate. In 1844, at the age of 8, Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, inherited the title and the Powerscourt Estate, which comprised 200 km 2 (77 sq mi) of land in Ireland. When young Lord Powerscourt reached the age of 21, he embarked on an extensive renovation of the house and created the new gardens.
The townhouse enabled him and his family to stay there when they were visiting from their Powerscourt Estate in Enniskerry, County Wicklow. The house was designed by Robert Mack and dates from between 1771 and 1774, and has been characterised as the "last-gasp Palladianism on a grand scale on a narrow street".
The extensive formal gardens form the grounds of an 18th-century Palladian house, designed by Richard Cassels, which was destroyed by fire in 1974, and lay as a shell until extensive restorations were carried out in 1996. Powerscourt Waterfall in the grounds of the estate, at 121 metres, is the highest waterfall in Ireland. [citation needed]
It is a satellite of the main National Botanic Gardens located in Glasnevin, County Dublin. The 52 acre gardens are situated 5 km from exit 18 on the M11 motorway. The gardens were founded in 1712 as part of the Acton family estate who owned the land until 1940. [1] Today, the gardens are in State ownership through the Office of Public Works ...
The Hidden Gardens of Ireland, Marianne Heron, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1993 ISBN 0-7171-2029-5 O'Brien Guide to Irish Gardens , Shirley lanigan, O'Brien press, Dublin, 2001 ISBN 0-86278-632-0 The Gardens of Ireland , Jack Whaley, Poolbeg Press Limited, Dublin, 1990 ISBN 1-85371-073-3
Powerscourt House may refer to: Powerscourt House, Dublin , Ireland, a townhouse and shopping centre A house on Powerscourt Estate near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland
Wells House in 2018. Wells House and Gardens is a Victorian tudor gothic country house museum, around 7 km north-west of Kilmuckridge, County Wexford, Ireland. [1] [2] It was designed by Daniel Robertson (of Powerscourt and Kilruddery House in County Wicklow and Johnstown Castle) in the 1830s. [1]
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