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CA THAL CRIMMINS AR CHITECT 24 Conservation Appraisal of Walled Garden and Historic landscape of Kylemore Abbey www. architect.crimmins.ie
vtls000336072_001.tif NLI photo of both Greenhouse to the LHS
Jupp and Mc Erlan’s report notes. THE GREENHOUSE
THE TOMATO HOUSE `Span-roofed Greenhouse, about 26ft
long’ [1902, Sales Particulars]
`Span-roofed tomato house, about 26ft
long’ [1902 Sales Particulars] This house measures externally 7.60m
[25ft] long by 4.90 [1611] wide. It was
This house has exactly the same partially cleared of vegetation which
external dimensions as the greenhouse
however it differs from it internally as it showed the floor to be intact and
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has a broad raised bed around the as elsewhere. No evidence was found
walls - The bed is 0.50m [I ft 8in] high, in the small part cleared of hot water
its side being formed by a brick wall. pipes. Some staging remains around
On the 2 long walls it is 1.40m [411 7in]
wide while on the end wall it is 1.75m the north and south sides. The main
The Tomato House [5ft Sin] wide. The arrangement leaves feature of the house is a large cast iron The Greenhouse/Display House
a narrow central walkway 0.92m [c. 3ft] tiered plant stand which occupies most
wide for access. A small water tank, not of the interior of the house. It is ornate The original metal display stand, the stone paving and the surrounding cast iron
..Like the Nectarine House the beds are located around the walls with a central certainly original, is located indoor to and in relatively good condition. [See shelves are partially intact.
photograph]. It stands 5ft 6 inches high
stone-flagged walkway. the left of the entrance. The house was
only partially cleared and it was not and is 5 ft wide and has 4 tiered ..
stages. This is probably the house
established if it was provided with referred to in the 1905 Gardeners
heating pipes. It is referred to in 1902
as follows: Chronicle as follows:
`A lofty span-roofed plant-house had
`A large tomato-house was furnishing the central stages entirely filled with
an excellent crop. The variety Stirling plants of a good strain of carefully-
Castle is chiefly grown for ordinary
purposes, but the Peach Tomato is selected single and double Begonias,
whilst the side stages were entirely
largely used for desert’
occupied with Malmaison Carnations,
which looked the picture of health’.
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