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HEYWOOD GARDENS "Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and dating from 1912" (Co. Laois, Ireland) [2.7K]

The entrancing eighteenth-century landscape at Heywood Gardens, near Ballinakill, County Laois, consists of gardens, lakes, woodland and some exciting architectural features. The park is set into a sweeping hillside. The vista to the south-east takes in seven counties. The architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the formal gardens, which are the centrepiece of the property. It is likely that renowned designer Gertrude Jekyll landscaped them. The gardens are composed of elements linked by a terrace that originally ran along the front of the house. (Sadly, the house is no more.) One of the site’s most unusual features is a sunken garden containing an elongated pool, at whose centre stands a grand fountain. The Heywood experience starts beside the Gate Lodge. Information panels and signage will guide you around the magical Lutyens gardens and the surrounding romantic landscape. THE PLEACHED WALK In 1906, the then owner of the Heywood Estate commissioned the famous landscape artist Sir Edwin Lutyens to design gardens adjacent to the House. This is the Pleached Walk; originally it comprised an avenue of pleached lime trees - pleaching being the bending and weaving of branches of adjacent trees together to make a living wall. The gardens are now administered by the Office of Public Works and are open to the public. THE ORANGERY Orangeries were a popular, stylish addition to grand homes between the 17th and 19th centuries. They originated in the Renaissance gardens of Italy, after advancements in glass production, allowed for the glazing of large expanses, such as roof areas. The Orangery was used almost like a conservatory, and for the growing of fruit plants, such as oranges – hence the name. Although built in a similar Gothic style to the Gothic Ruin and Sham Castle, The Orangery at Heywood Demesne was a practical and functional building. It’s construction also differs from that of the follies, as it was more delicately built. Ducts had been built into the walls, and evidence of a small adjoining room suggests it may have been a boiler house. It is speculated that the Trench family and friends, may have used the area for tea, beneath the orange trees, especially in colder times. GOTHIC RUIN & SHAM CASTLE Situated at Heywood Demesne, Ballinakill, Sham Castle, and the Gothic Ruin, were constructed as follies, which were whimsical and fashionable additions to wealthy estates, at the time. The Trench family, who lived in Heywood House, intentionally had the follies constructed as ruins. They appear as they were meant to – in a faux ruinous state, and there was never any intention to complete the structures. The area was used by the family to entertain guests, showing off the wonderful views of the lake, and no doubt the opulence which allowed them to construct the follies in the first place. The window of the Gothic Ruin, which frames the lake view, is an authentic medieval structure, and it is thought that it may have been acquired from the ruins of Aghaboe Abbey. Sham Castle, also constructed as a ruin, has four towers – one at each corner of the building. THE OBELISK Combining two functions. A milepost with distances to Ballinakill, Dublin and Heywood. Also a memorial to Andrew Caldwell, a good friend of Frederick Trench, owner of the estate. #letshaveatrip #heywoodgardens #gardensireland If you like my journeys, please hit that SUBSCRIBE button and we'll see you in the comments! Good luck and always SAFE HOME. LOCATION ► https://goo.gl/maps/YnYGwoixdzorfum39 Let's have a Trip! INSTAGRAM ►   / robert_kawasaki   FACEBOOK ►  / letshaveatrip​   Music https://www.epidemicsound.com/campaig...