Fulbourne Old Manor House

Fulbourn Old Manor House is a house dating to the late 16th century, originally part of a larger manor house. It is constructed mainly of dressed clunch with limestone quoins, some timber framing (partly exposed and partly rendered), and fieldstones to the splayed plinth. Later repairs include C20 brickwork. The tiled roof has a gale end parapet with original kneelers on scrolled brackets, and two original stacks, one of limestone with diagonally set shafts (part red brick), and the other of red brick with three-linked, diagonally set shafts. The plan is of a single range with a projecting gable to the left.

The house has two storeys. The windows are predominantly original, with some of three lights and one of four lights, all with C20 casements at the first floor. They have square heads and narrow moulded chamfers to the mullions. Two similar windows are at ground floor, with moulded drip moulds and return stops. Sections of the clunch surrounds have been repaired with Ketton. The original doorway is now partly blocked, retaining its original label. The gable to the right features a pedimented tablet bearing the shield of arms of the Beaupre Bell family, and contains two small 16th-century windows. The left-hand gable end is jettied at first floor, supported by a moulded jetty beam on two carved scrolled brackets of clunch. An oriel window of wood is also present at first floor, having its original pediment and three console brackets carved with jewel ornament. The ground floor of this gable end has been underbuilt. The garden front shows some exposed timber framing at part of the first floor, and the blocked openings of two original windows, now with hollow moulded mullions.

The interior is arranged in five bays, including a narrower entry and stair bay. Features include ovolo moulded main beams and a hearth to an upper chamber with similar mouldings. A shield of arms of the Beaupre Bells is visible above one ground floor hearth. One casement has a late 17th-century turnil. The roof has shallow bracing between the principal rafters and the collars.