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Eyarth House

Introduction

Eyarth Hall has a mid-20th-century naturalistic limestone rock garden, and island beds of the same period. There is also a kitchen garden with one roofed wall, contemporary with the early-19th-century house. The house and garden are surrounded by extensive beech woodland planted with spring bulbs and rhododendrons.

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Features & Designations

Designations

  • CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

  • Reference: PGW(C) 34
  • Grade: II

Features

  • Rockery
  • Description: A limestone rock garden constructed by Hayes of Ambleside. Mature acers, pines and other shrubs grow in the rockery, some perhaps brought back from Japan by Tillotson, the owner of the house.
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  • House (featured building)
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  • Island Bed
  • Description: The island beds were laid out by C.H. Taudevin of Raby Nurseries, Wirral.
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  • Kitchen Garden
  • Description: A kitchen garden with one roofed wall.
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Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Extant

Open to the public

Yes

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