Gardens

The estate at Gloster now encompasses 140acres comprising approximately of 50 acres of farming land, 60 acres of woodlands and 30 acres relating to the main house, other buildings and extensive gardens.

Within the gardens is an integrated gravity-fed water system providing running water to the fountains, waterfalls, ponds, canal and artificial lake. The system is fed from a nearby lake together with a well and various springs within the estate. No electrical or mechanical pumping device is used. The genesis of these gardens and water system was certainly in the eighteenth century with further enhancements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

In addition to the water features there are terraces, an early-eighteenth century folly comprising an arch flanked by obelisks, a lime kiln, a walled garden and many paths throughout the gardens and within the woods.

A series of five  interconnecting stew ponds lie to the east of the house and date from the early eighteenth century. To the south of the house two terraces of Italianate design were added at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Gloster House & Gardens
Brosna,
Birr,
Co. Offaly,
R42 CH02,
IRELAND.

E-mail: nigel@glosterhouse.com

Availability

We are a newly-opened wedding and event venue and so have availability for many weekend dates. We know many of the best venues are booked up far in advance so if you are planning a wedding or event and would like your choice of date in a very exceptional venue, have a look at Gloster House.
Please contact us if you would like details on our facilities or to arrange a visit.

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