Costume House, Springhill, Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry is a Grade B2 listed building in the Mid Ulster local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 26 March 2004. Costume house.
Costume House, Springhill, Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry
- WRENN ID
- iron-entrance-fern
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Ulster
- Constituency
- Mid Ulster MP: Mr Cathal Mallaghan (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 26 March 2004
- Type
- Costume house
- Address
- Costume House, Springhill, Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, Ballindrum
- Irish grid reference
- H 867 828
- Coordinates
- 54.68609, -6.65542
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A mid-18th century stone outbuilding, originally part of the Springhill Estate farm complex. It is a long, approximately 4-bay, half-story building with a gabled slate roof. The south-east elevation features a single door with a fanlight, followed by three four-pane double-hung sash windows. The exterior walls are harled (roughcast) and whitewashed, with a half-round metal gutter and a single downpipe. The slate roof overhangs the stonework. A twelve-pane window is set into the north-east gable at attic level. This gable also incorporates a gateway with two large, square stone gate piers, rebated internally to receive gates. The piers are capped with pyramidal shapes, whitewashed on two sides. The north-east elevation has a single six-pane fixed window, partially obscured by vegetation.
The costume house, along with a northwest wing of the forecourt and a small toilet block, encloses a garden, predominantly lawn and with a path leading to the farmyard. The garden is neatly planted with small trees. The fourth, northwest side is defined by a rubble stone wall. Within the garden, the remains of a cast iron water pump are visible.
The building, formerly an outbuilding, is likely to date from between 1760 and 1779. An Ordnance Survey map from 1832 depicts the building. Currently, it functions as a gallery or museum. It exhibits architectural interest due to its ornamentation, plan form, setting and group value, and holds local historical interest.
Local climate
Costume House, Springhill, Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry 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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