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Greenmount (also known as Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture)

Introduction

This is a demesne for a house of about 1820, with contemporary trees forming a shelter belt. Other features include three ponds, a grotto, a hermitage, an ice house and a cultivated walled garden. The site is now Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, and there is current landscaping for the college.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Directions

One mile south of Antrim off the A26.

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Environment and Heritage Service of Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Inventory

  • Reference: An 072

Features

  • Shelter Belt
  • Grotto
  • Hermitage
  • Gate Lodge
  • Pond
  • Kitchen Garden
  • Glasshouse
  • Icehouse
Key Information

Type

Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Education

Survival

Extant

References