Springhill is a 17th-century plantation house in the townland of Ballindrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It has been the property of the National Trust since 1957[1] and, in addition to the house, gardens and park, there is a costume collection.
Over 250 years, the Lenox-Conynghams modified Springhill House to suit their changing lifestyles.
In the years around 1770, Colonel William Conyngham made significant changes to Springhill. Considering it to be no more than an ‘average Irish farmhouse,’ he added the two flanking wings on either side of the 17th-century building and made many other fashionable enhancements to the house.
Springhill played an important role during the Second World War as a US Army base. From 1942 to May 1944 Springhill was requisitioned by four battalions from the US Army.
Mina Lowry Lenox Conyngham was the lady of the house at Springhill at the time. She once said of these Nissen huts: ‘Ugly Nissen huts sprang up on Tower Hill…the laundry [Yard] became the Sergeants Mess and the Harness Room [became] the Orderly Room. Bugle sounds filled the air and drilling took place in the courtyard.’
Information Source: National Trust
