Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne Mussenden Road, Castlerock, Co. LondonderryBT51 4RP
Tel: 028 20731582
Set on a stunning and wild headland with fabulous clifftop walks and views over Ireland’s north coast is the landscaped estate of Downhill, laid
out in the late 18th century by the eccentric Earl and Bishop, Frederick Hervey. Estate includes ruins, mausoleum, and beautiful gardens.
Mussenden Temple is perched on the cliff edge.
Hezlett House 107 Sea Road, Castlerock, Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT51 4TW
Tel: 028 20731582
A 17th century thatched house with a cruck-truss roof construction.
Springhill 20 Springhill Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry
Tel: 028 86748210
A 17th-century ‘plantation’ house, and one of the prettiest houses in Ulster. The house tour takes in the exceptional library, Conyngham family
furniture, gun room, nursery, resident ghost and the unusual and colourful costume exhibition which has some fine 17th-century Irish pieces.
There are waymarked paths in the estate.
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