Deepwell gardens (Dublin)

 garden, interesting place

The house, originally called Fairy Hill, was built on this site in 1810. Renamed Deepwell it was "substantially renovated" in 1840. It stands on a 1.2ha site overlooking Dublin Bay with Howth Head on the skyline. In 1842 a lease of the lands at Deepwell was awarded by the Hon. Sydney Herbert to Richard Guinness Esq., who occupied the house for some years. His daughter Adelaide married her cousin the 1st Earl of Iveagh in 1873. The house was acquired in 1942 by the present owners. The garden was re-designed in 1955 by Mitchell & Associates and now contains a formal of Italianate garden on axis with the north facade. There is a herb garden adjacent to the house. The garden won a Distinction prize from the Institute of Landscape Gardeners in 1996.

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