 Springhill
House & Costume Collection
When ‘Good’ Will Conyngham
married Anne Upton in 1680 the marriage articles required him to build ‘a
convenient house of lime and stone, two stories high with the necessary
office houses’. He built a tall roofed house to which curvilinear gable
ends were added in the early 18th century. Will was a soldier who played an
important part in the defence of Derry in
1689 and his blunderbuss, flintlocks and other firearms still hang in the
gunroom. The family lived at Springhill for 300 years until Captain William
Lenox-Conyngham left the house and its contents
to the National Trust in 1957. With the family furniture, portraits, books
and papers the house is like a family storybook. It is set in attractive
gardens and parkland. There is an excellent Costume Collection on display.
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Situated
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 Situated 1.6km from Moneymore
village near Cookstown, on the B18 Moneymore/Coagh road.
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Open
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15-17 March: 13.00-18.00. 22-25 March (Easter) daily 13.00-18.00. 29 March - 29 June: weekends and bank/public holidays 13.00-18.00. 1 July - 31 Aug: daily 13.00-18.00. 6-28 Sept: weekends only 13.00-18.00.
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Admission
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House and Costume
Collection Tour:
Adults Stg£6.00, Children Stg£3.00, Family Stg£15.00
Group outside normal hours Stg£5.20
Standard Admission
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Adults Stg£5.45, Children Stg£2.72, Family Stg£13.63, Group Stg£4.80
Group outside normal hours Stg£6.50
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Facilities
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Toilets, Parking, Shop,
Guided Tours, Tea Room, Wheelchair access, Adventure Trail
Play Park,
Caravan Site, Special Events
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Contact
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Patricia Law, Property
Manager
Springhill House & Costume Collection
20 Springhill Road,
Moneymore,
Magherafelt,
Co. Londonderry
BT45 7NQ
Tel/Fax: +44 (028) 867 48210
Email: springhill@nationaltrust.org.uk
Web Site: www.ntni.org.uk
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