Day 4 - Bantry House and Gardens
Day 4 – 31st May 2007
Bantry House and Gardens
What a spectacular view of Bantry Bay and the house and gardens are just as spectacular!
Bantry House is a stately home overlooking Bantry Bay in the south west of Ireland. It is owned by Mr and Mrs Shelswell-White and their children. The house and gardens are open to the public from March to the October and the house offers self guided tours of the three floors, including the drawing rooms with tapestries from Versailles, the dining room and library. A tearoom serves light lunches, teas, coffees, wine and beer. In the east and west wings of the house accommodation is available on a bed and breakfast basis and all the rooms have views over the Italianate gardens, Fountain and Hundred Steps.
The Gardens
The structure of the gardens date back to the second Earl of Bantry’s travels, where he and his wife traveled with notebooks and sketchbooks. These notes helped transform the small house at home into a “palazzo” comparable to those he has seen on the continent.
Earl terraced the land around the house, seven terraces in all, with the house sitting in the third terrace. A parterre facing south surrounding wisteria circle which again surrounds a fountain, from there rise the famous Hundred Steps, a monumental staircase built of local stone, set amidst azaleas and rhododendrons. Climbing to the top will reward you with a view that is absolutely magnificent overlooking the gardens and Bantry Bay…it is well worth the climb!
House and Gardens Open Daily
10am – 6pm, March – October
Groups welcome.
Please contact Bantry for bookings and availability of accommodation.
Bantry House & Gardens
Bantry
County Cork
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 27 50047
Fax: +353 (27) 50795
Email: info@bantryhouse.com
www.bantryhouse.com
Bantry House and Gardens
What a spectacular view of Bantry Bay and the house and gardens are just as spectacular!
Bantry House is a stately home overlooking Bantry Bay in the south west of Ireland. It is owned by Mr and Mrs Shelswell-White and their children. The house and gardens are open to the public from March to the October and the house offers self guided tours of the three floors, including the drawing rooms with tapestries from Versailles, the dining room and library. A tearoom serves light lunches, teas, coffees, wine and beer. In the east and west wings of the house accommodation is available on a bed and breakfast basis and all the rooms have views over the Italianate gardens, Fountain and Hundred Steps.
The Gardens
The structure of the gardens date back to the second Earl of Bantry’s travels, where he and his wife traveled with notebooks and sketchbooks. These notes helped transform the small house at home into a “palazzo” comparable to those he has seen on the continent.
Earl terraced the land around the house, seven terraces in all, with the house sitting in the third terrace. A parterre facing south surrounding wisteria circle which again surrounds a fountain, from there rise the famous Hundred Steps, a monumental staircase built of local stone, set amidst azaleas and rhododendrons. Climbing to the top will reward you with a view that is absolutely magnificent overlooking the gardens and Bantry Bay…it is well worth the climb!
House and Gardens Open Daily
10am – 6pm, March – October
Groups welcome.
Please contact Bantry for bookings and availability of accommodation.
Bantry House & Gardens
Bantry
County Cork
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 27 50047
Fax: +353 (27) 50795
Email: info@bantryhouse.com
www.bantryhouse.com
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