Springhill House

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Springhill House is a 17th‑century plantation house near Moneymore in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It sits in the Ballindrum townland and has been owned by the National Trust since 1957. The property includes the house, gardens, a park, and a costume collection, and it is open to visitors with seasonal hours: March to June; September on weekends; and seven days a week in July and August.

History in brief
- Built around 1680–1695 as an unfortified home, originally protected by a bawn.
- About 1765, two single‑storey wings were added and the front was redesigned to seven windows across.
- The Conyngham family owned the estate for generations, with many name changes through marriage. The family handed the house to the National Trust in 1957 after financial difficulties.
- The Trust restored the house in the 1950s and arranged rooms to resemble their original 17th–18th‑century appearance.

What you’ll see today
- A large library with about 3,000 books; the oldest is a Latin psalter from 1541.
- The Gun Room, which has one of the UK’s oldest surviving Chinese wallpapers (from the 1720s) and historic firearms.
- The old laundry houses Northern Ireland’s largest costume collection, shown in a dedicated costume museum.
- A dining room with a 17th‑century chimneypiece.
- The house preserves a view of three centuries of family life.

Visiting notes
- Open March–June; September on weekends; seven days a week in July–August.
- Springhill was used as a filming location for Death and Nightingales in 2018.
- Local stories include tales of a resident ghost, Olivia Lenox-Conyngham.