Billingbear Park is now the site of a large late 20th century country house and a golf course.

It was previously a large area of parkland surrounding Billingbear House, a huge Elizabethan mansion erected in 1567 by Henry Neville (d.

[1] Just north-east of the hamlet is Allanbay Park, a grade II listed country house set in parkland.

[2] It was the home of John Lycett Wills (1910–1999) and his wife Jean Elphinstone.

In 1955, Group Captain Peter Townsend stayed at Allanbay to avoid the press furore surrounding his relationship with the Princess.