'The Brae', 104 Melmount Road, Sion Mills, Co Tyrone, BT82 9PY

The Brae is an asymmetrical two-storey arts-and-crafts house built around 1905, located on the east side of Melmount Road in Sion Mills. The building is generally L-shaped in plan with projections, featuring a two-storey entrance block set at a re-entrant angle and a single-storey extension added to the north around 1950.

The roof is pitched with a bellcast rosemary tile covering, hipped in parts, with angled rosemary ridge tiles, leaded hip caps, and deep timber bargeboards. Decorative rectangular red brick chimneystack with clay pots are a notable feature. Gutters are half-round cast-iron, supported on overhanging timber eaves with timber sheeted soffits and cast-iron brackets.

The walling comprises exposed red brick at ground floor level and roughcast render at first floor, with exposed timber framework visible to the entrance block on the west elevation. Windows are square-headed timber casements with camber-headed openings at ground floor level, though many have been replaced by uPVC casements. Moulded brick cills are present at ground floor, with precast moulded masonry cills at first floor. Ground floor windows at the left contain original stained glass.

The principal elevation faces west and comprises a two-storey projecting gabled bay on the right and a two-storey entrance block at the re-entrant angle. The entrance tower's west elevation contains a round-arched-headed opening with a square-headed timber painted door featuring original wrought-iron strap hinges and a fanlight, alongside a porthole window. The entrance is covered by a semi-circular timber canopy supported by a cast-iron bracket.

A one-and-a-half storey block with a hipped roof, detailed to match the main house, abuts the north gable and has been modified to incorporate two dormer windows. The rear (east) elevation features a pitched gable at the left and a two-storey projecting bay at the centre with a hipped roof. The left gable contains a porthole window at ground floor, abutted by a veranda with some remaining glass, terminating at the re-entrant angle. The right (south) elevation includes a two-storey canted bay with a flat roof at the left and a former glazed veranda supported on a brick plinth wall at ground floor level. A single-storey bowed-bay at the right contains original timber casement windows with curved glass and original ironmongery.

The house sits within an extensive wooded demesne accessed by a winding drive lined with mature trees. The west boundary is marked by red brick entrance piers with ridge tile copping and hedging. A gravel forecourt fronts the house with extensive gardens to the south and west. Extensions to the house include a modern glazed conservatory at the west elevation and a single-storey garage block adjoining the north elevation, both detailed to complement the main structure.