Billis Grange

Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1890, with projecting two-storey gabled outer bays flanking recent single-storey entrance, south gable probably post 1910, two-storey return to south-west. Alterations comprising two-storey rear extension and timber conservatory to south c.2000, single-storey outbuildings to west, south-west and north, converted c.2005, forming rectangular yard to rear. Pitched slate roof with perforated clay ridge tile, rendered replacement chimneystacks with recent stepped profiles and historic clay pots to front and rear sections. Roof overhangs at eaves and gables with decorative timber trusses to gables, recent timber bargeboards, replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with channel jointed smooth quoins and smooth plinth. Two-over-two timber sash windows with stone sills. Bay windows to east gables with timber uprights at corners supporting slate roof with two-over-two timber sash windows. Windows above bays with recent pediments on brackets. Recent entrance porch with precast concrete columns, round-headed door opening with fanlight and recent timber door. Recent projection to south-east gable with timber doors flanked by precast concrete columns and balcony over. Outbuildings with replacement pitched slate roofs, altered and new openings with recent brick dressing, recent limestone sills and uPVC windows. Water channels connecting former mill race with lake in west and Nadreegeel Lough to south-west.

Despite having lost some of its original fabric, the house retains some of its original form and much of its landscape setting. It retains its picturesque character expressed with balanced elevation, projecting bays, and decorative elements. The house can be seen from the main road to the east across extensive picturesque parkland and adds to the historic character of the surrounding area. The landscape contains a number of historic water channels and a mill race that connect to lakes in the west and to a former corn mill to the east.