Merchants House has been operating as a successful Bed & Breakfast since the late 1990’s, and has been featured in several newspaper articles and interior design magazines, along with being featured on television.
Merchant’s House is part of a well-preserved terrace of four large imposing houses, which were constructed in the 1850’s and 1860’s. This property is one of the very few surviving grand 19th-century city dwellings still in residential use in Derry. All architectural features within the property have been refurbished, including cornicing, ceiling roses, fireplaces, wooden floors, among other period features.
The house has had a colourful past, with previous owners including a naval surgeon, a Justice of the Peace, a wholesale grocer, two Church of Ireland rectors, a pork butcher, and the Bank of Ireland. The building has been a house, individual apartments and an office in the past.
The Vendor purchased Merchant’s House in 1993 and began the lengthy process of