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Bantry House & Gardens tel: +353 (0)27 50047 Area: Republic of Ireland |
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| Visitor Information | www.bantryhouse.com -- email: info {at} bantryhouse.com |
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Bantry House & Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
17th March - 31st Oct; daily; 10am-6pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes By appointment |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: May, June & July |
To
see: Wisteria Circle & later tulips |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult €10; Concessions €8; Child €3; Family day ticket €24; Season Garden Pass €7.50 Includes (self-guided) tour of the house. |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: Yes |
| Other
Facilities: Plant Fairs monthly |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Wisteria Circle, Hundred Steps, Italianate Gardens & Fountain House contains an important collection of furniture, tapestries and objets d'art |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Second Earl of Bantry |
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| The second Earl of Bantry terraced the land around the house, seven terraces in all, with the house sitting on the third terrace. A parterre facing south surrounding a wisteria circle, which again surrounds a fountain was also created. From there rise the famous Hundred Steps, a monumental staircase built of local stone, set amidst azaleas and rhododendron. | |||
| History of Garden | |||
| The structure of the garden as we know it today, dates back to the second Earl of Bantry's travels. Both he and Mary, his wife, travelled with notebooks and sketchbooks (now in the Archive at University College Cork) at hand, which helped to transform the small house at home into a "palazzo" comparable to those he had seen on the continent. The 'Cardinal Rule' to be applied was that house, garden and site must be a unit, as if one could not have been conceived without the others. The garden, indeed the whole demesne, had fallen into great neglect over many years. In 1997, due to the offer of EEC grant, the decision was taken to start restoration work on the garden. The grant came to an end in 2000, but thankfully work in the garden is ongoing. Woodland is being cleared and maintenance of the restored areas kept to a high standard. Bantry House is the ancestral home of the Earls of Bantry, still lived in by their descendant Egerton & Brigitte Shelswell-White, and their family. |
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| Hotels
& Accommodation: B&B on site |
Restaurants: On site |
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Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Bantry West Cork |
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