Bilney House Including Adjacent Outbuildings

Bilney House, built in 1836 by William Donthorn for Reverend Henry Collison, is a former rectory located on Church Road in Beetley. This building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features slate roofs, showcasing a Gothick style. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and extensive cellars. The entrance facade has three bays and a central two-storey gabled porch, which includes a three-centred entrance arch with carved spandrels and a two-leaf panelled front door. The gable is adorned with arms and a traceried peak finial.

The external corners, including the porch, are accentuated by polygonal angle pilasters that rise to form crenellated turrets. The ground floor features a pair of three-light mullion windows with cusped ogee traceried heads, while the first floor has three similar two-light windows. All windows are topped with rectangular hood moulds and carved head label stops. The building also has a moulded plinth coping, stringcourse, and cornice, along with a plain parapet.

To the north, there is a single-storey service adjunct that includes a two-light window in the same style and a single light cusped window. The garden facade is irregular, with a slightly projecting gabled bay on the east side, which also has polygonal angle pilasters forming crenellated turrets supported on corbels at the first-floor level. This facade features a canted bay with a tall traceried parapet, a blocked or intentionally blind lancet window in the gable, and windows styled similarly to those on the entrance facade, including three-light windows on both the ground and first floors of the projecting bay, as well as three single light windows on the first floor.

To the east are former stables, and to the north are servants' quarters, both connected by tall walls that feature blind lancet windows and pilasters. The main block has various later additions at the rear. Inside, the building retains many original fittings, including plasterwork, fireplaces, and stained glass, all reflecting a distinctive Gothick style.