Events Guide

“A GHOST OF A CHANCE”
This Valentines do something a little bit different; see if your relationship has a Ghost of a Chance of surviving the Chance of a Ghost turning up!
New Café and catering Operator for Belvedere House
Belvedere House after a successful tendering process are delighted to announce that Catoca Fine Foods and Giftware have won the tender to provide all the catering operations on the Georgian estate outside Mullingar Town.
Belvedere Corporate
Reward your Customers, Incentivise Your Staff
Belvedere Current Opening Times
Please read on to find out current opening times.
Ghost Hunters at Belvedere
Ghosthunters Ireland investigated Belvedere House on 5th September 2011 and their findings show Paranormal Activity.
Rufus The Belvedere Red Squirrel; now caught on video!
The Estate would like to remind all our dog walkers that it is crucial your dogs are kept on a lead at all times on the grounds.
Belvedere House Gardens & Park Wins Prestigious Award.
In the inaugral Midlands Gateway Chamber’s gateway to innovation and excellence awards, Belvedere House Gardens & Park is delighted to have won the The Outstanding Business Award
Virtual Tour of Belvedere
Belvedere House is now on google street view and features as one of the highlights of Ireland. Log into GOOGLE; Street View Ireland Highlights to have a virtual tour of Belvedere.

Other Info

Belvedere is open to the public 7 days a week all year round.

We look forward to meeting you at Belvedere House Gardens & Park.

Tel:	+353 (0) 44 9349060
Fax:	+353 (0) 44 9349002
Email:	info@belvedere-house.ie

House

Belvedere House Gardens and Park is a magnificent 160 acre Lakeside estate with fully restored Georgian Villa, Victorian Walled Garden, naturalistic designed 18th century parkland punctuated with Romantic follies including the largest in Ireland the Jealous Wall. After a restoration project carried out by the estate owners, Westmeath County Council in conjunction with Failte Ireland and the Great Gardens of Ireland Restoration Fund , Belvedere in it’s current state opened in the year 2000 to the public.

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Belvedere House was designed by the famous architect Richard Castles who designed the majority of the Palladian mansions in Ireland. Built for Robert Rochfort later Lord Belvedere in 1740 as a Georgian Villa, somewhere to escape the ordeal of Family life at their nearby main residence Gaulstown House. Belvedere became Robert's main Irish Residence after a family predicament where Robert's second wife was accused of an affair with his younger brother Arthur who lived at nearby Belfield House. The wife, Mary Molesworth spent 31 years under House arrest at Gaulstown until the earls death in 1774. This was a major scandal at the time and led to Robert being known as The Wicked Earl for his cruel treatment of his wife and subsequently his brother and his family. Arthur died destitute in a debtors prison and Robert dis possessed his nine nieces and nephews . A different but related argument with another brother George led to Robert erecting the Jealous Wall in 1760 to block his view of his brothers much larger house, Rochfort (now Tudenham) house.

No children were ever born at Belvedere during it's history and ownership was passed from cousin to cousin, through Charles Brinsley Marlay in Victorian Times, to Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury in 1912 and finally to Rex Beaumont in 1963, Belvedere's last private owner.

Westmeath County Council bought the estate including Mullingar Golf Club in 1982 for 250,000 irish pounds.