Beryl

The garden is an interesting walk, with formal lawns and borders, an ornamental pond, Redwood trees and Rhododendrons, and a Victorian walled garden featuring lovely rose beds and romantic pathways. There is a wooded gully with an old stone bridge and the most beautiful English Bluebells when in season (April/May). In 1838 local lawyer Edmond Davis commissioned architect Benjamin Ferry, a pupil of Pugin, to design and undertake the building of a small gothic revival style mansion as a family home for himself and his wife Mary-Ann. The next owner was Irish lawyer, Earl Mount Cashell. With the benefit of his affluence, he purchased over 1,000 acres of land surrounding Beryl and used the estate as a hunting lodge. He enjoyed the house until his death in 1916. The house had not been decorated for 30 years and the gardens once, so immaculate, were deeply hidden beneath a thick blanket of weeds and brambles. Decades later the refurbishment continues! We opened our doors to guests in 1982 to help us keep the ongoing projects afloat, starting with 2 rooms and expanding now to 14. Our love and passion for Beryl continues.