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Mount Bellew Museum — MOUNTBELLEW DEMESNE

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Mount Bellew Museum — MOUNTBELLEW DEMESNE
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Walled garden laid out c.1820, now in use as a deer park. Comprising coursed random rubble limestone walls with rubble copings and segmental-headed cut limestone openings. Former entrance blocked up with random rubble wall and narrow opening at top. Remains of Bellew House to centre of garden. Two-storey gardener's dwelling, c.1820, with pitched slate roof, built into south wall. Detached single-bay single-storey former estate forge, built c.1820, now in use as museum. Pitched slate roof having stone chimneystack to south-west gable, stone copings to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble walls. Triangular-headed windows to north-west and south-east elevations, with tooled limestone sills, rubble voussoirs, and timber multiple-pane casement windows with decorative metal grill over. Triangular-headed entrance to north-west gable with double-leaf timber door having decorative hinges and rubble voussoirs. Set in gravel car park area adjacent to walled garden. Set at edge of estate road in Mountbellew forest park.

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