springhill house and costume collection

Springhill, the late 17th century Plantation House built and lived in for 300 years by the Lenox-Conyngham family was given to the National Trust in 1957. It is still a family home in feeling, with portraits, furniture and decorative arts filling the rooms. It also reflects the distinguished military careers of many of its former occupants.

Springhill is also noted for its friendly ghost who is believed to be Olivia, whose husband George Lenox-Conyngham, committed suicide in 1816.

The old laundry houses one of Springhill's most popular attractions, the Costume Collection which began in 1964 when a number of items which belonged to Lady Anne Beresford formed the nucleus for a significant collection which features clothing from the 18th century to the present. Part of the display changes every year.