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The site was originally the home farm of the
Phepotstown House estate, and the ferme ornee was started by Robert Prentice, a Quaker businessman who leased the estate in 1708. Following financial difficulties the Larchill property was separated from Phepotstown around 1780. Development continued under
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A feature of the walled garden is the 'Cockle Tower', a circular castellated construction on three-levels in the south west corner. Commenced in 1820, it has rough limestone rubble walls, and an entrance on the first level above ground, reached by steps. Both doorway and windows have pointed arches.
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The Fox's Earth, an ornamented mausoleum mound, built by Robert Watson because he believed he would be punished for excessive fox-hunting by being reincarnated as a fox, and would need a refuge. The "Earth" is a three-bay one-storey façade set on an artificial hillock, with a small 6-pillar rustic
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The ornamental lake has an area of around 8-acre (32,000 m), with two islands, each featuring a folly, and a statue of
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Larchill in 1994 and named it de Las Casas. By then, many of the follies were semi-derelict, the lake had been drained and the walled garden was being used for grazing. They secured a grant for restoration from the "Great Gardens of Ireland Programme" and, helped by a FAS Community
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There is parking for cars and coaches and a picnic area. The gardens open May to June, and for a few days in
September-October, and an admission fee is charged. The former general tea room in a converted barn, which also included a gift shop, operates only for groups.
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Rare breeds of animal were used in the 18th and 19th century in ferme ornee-style gardens, and today various breeds of cattle and sheep, along with llamas and emus, graze the parkland. There are also pigs, goats and fowl in the farmyard.
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The Gothic-style farmyard, in the form of two courtyards to north of the main house, has dovecotes, stable ranges and pigsties. The buildings have slate roofs, limestone dressings, and timed-framed and diamond-paned windows.
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Rustic Temple (woodland), commenced between 1800 and 1820, with six rendered columns in a hexagonal plan, stone seats, and a rubble stone dome. The temple is flanked by rendered walls with circular terminating
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Chinese prayer lamp and statue. There is also an eel pond, and an "eel house", a tower in which to catch eels.
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Restored to a traditional 18th century formal design in the 1990s, the walled garden has multiple beds, including herb and vegetable sections, borders of perennial planting, box hedges, and water features.
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