Lisburn City Centre
Castle Street Map No. 50
This is a long narrow walled
town garden of a type which was very common but of which very few remain intact.
The layout belongs to the 19th century with sections accommodating many aspects
of garden activity. There is a vegetable patch, an apple tree, lawn, ornamental
flowerbeds (including box edging), rose pergola, a summerhouse and glasshouse
with a vine. The garden is entirely enclosed by walls. Gardens private.
Criteria: A garden, park or
demesne that provides some particular aspect of
garden history or design.
Metropolitan Lisburn
Conway Map No. 51
The original mid-19th century house and conservatory have
gone but the site retains attributes of the original layout. Mature trees span a
driveway sweeping up steeply to a balustraded terrace at the present building.
There are exotic trees and a pond to the east of the building. The walled
gardens are not planted up. Public access.
Criteria: A garden, park or demesne that provides some
particular aspect of
garden history or design.
Seymour Hill Map No. 52
The house of c.1789 (HB 19/19/1) is now institutional
and the grounds open to the public. There is shelter belt planting and some
mature trees in parkland. The walled garden is used as a nursery garden. Public
access to grounds.
Criteria: A garden, park or demesne that forms an integral
setting for a building
or buildings of historical importance.
Lisburn Countryside
Belvedere Map No. 53
A late 18th century house (HB
19/23/21) sits on high ground with lawns approached via a lime avenue. It is
surrounded by mature woodland. There is an artificial lake and a walled garden,
which is not cultivated.
Criteria: A garden, park or demesne that forms an integral
setting for a building
or buildings of historical importance.
Brookhill Map No. 54
The 18th century house was demolished in 1960. However there
are very fine stands of parkland trees in the surrounding fields and a notable
block of woodland, which includes exotics, to the south east of the house. An
ancient mound is enclosed in a wood at the front avenue. A back avenue is
tree-lined.
Criteria: A garden, park or demesne that provides some
particular aspect of
garden history or design.
Portmore Map No.55
This is no longer an active garden site,
though it is a known one in association with a
17th century house, which extended to a large demesne, including a deer park of
c.2000 acres. Private.
Criteria: A garden, park or demesne that
provides some particular aspect of
garden history or design (site of
archaeological interest).
Springfield Map No. 56
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