Small Lodge, Springhill, 20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, BT45 7NQ is a Grade B1 listed building in the Mid Ulster local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 1 October 1975.

Small Lodge, Springhill, 20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, BT45 7NQ

WRENN ID
leaning-cloister-fen
Grade
B1
Local Planning Authority
Mid Ulster
Constituency
Mid Ulster MP: Mr Cathal Mallaghan (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
1 October 1975
Address
Small Lodge, Springhill, 20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, BT45 7NQ, Ballindrum, BT45 7NQ
Irish grid reference
H 866 827
Coordinates
54.68582, -6.6573
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century gate lodge, likely dating from between 1760 and 1779, situated within a well-preserved group of estate buildings. It is a two-bay, single-story building constructed of stone and features gabled ends. The building is part of the Springhill estate, which became the property of the National Trust in 1957.

The south elevation, which serves as the entrance, features a centrally placed pointed doorway with a small, shuttered opening at the apex of the gable. The walls are roughcast rendered and painted white and have plain timber bargeboards with an overhang. The north-east elevation has two bays of 12-pane double-hung sliding sash windows with criss-cross astragals above. The other walls are windowless and match the gable's finish. The roof is natural slated, gabled, and features a central chimney stack on the ridge with a single pot. A half-round metal gutter and a single downpipe are also present.

The lodge is located near the gate pier and screen wall but is separate from them. The piers are tall and square with curved pyramidal tops, constructed of random rubble and attached to a screen wall. The screen wall is built of random rubble and runs at right angles for a short distance before curving convexly towards Springhill Road. The metal gates are of modern design. The entrance gateway itself may be earlier than the lodge and predate other entrances on the estate. Dean suggests a construction date of around 1790 and notes that there were originally a pair of lodges with gables facing each other across the avenue. The lodge is situated in the townland of Ballindrum. The listing includes the lodge itself, along with its gates, piers, and screen walls.

Local climate

Small Lodge, Springhill, 20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, BT45 7NQ sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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