Fullamoor Farmhouse

Fullamoor Farmhouse

This house probably originated in the 17th century, underwent major enlargement in 1769, received a Victorian extension, and has subsequently been added to. The building is constructed from red brick laid in Flemish bond, with blue brick headers on some elevations. The earlier part is built in rubble stone, and the Victorian addition uses grey brick. Roofs are covered in clay tiles with brick chimneystacks.

The building comprises two main ranges forming an L-shaped plan, with various outshuts and additions on the north and east sides. The first phase, oriented north-south, meets the east-west range at the south-east corner, where the Victorian addition is positioned. Single-storey outshuts project from the east elevation of the north-south range, and double-height additions rise from the north elevation of the east-west range.

The north-south range is single-storey with a tall attic beneath a pitched roof and central chimneystack. The west elevation features two wide ground-floor windows with segmental-arched heads, establishing the stylistic basis for windows elsewhere on the building. All windows are modern replacements replicating the earlier glazing pattern. A brick storey band runs across the elevation, with two dormers to the attic, the right one considerably larger than the left. The north gable end is rubble stone at ground-floor level with brick above, reflecting its original enclosure by agricultural buildings as shown on the 1786 map. An external brick stack has been removed, leaving scars and exposing bricks inscribed 'EC 1769' and 'EL 1769'. The east elevation has been built upon in various phases; two lean-to outshuts have been linked as part of 21st-century reconfiguration.

The south elevation of the east-west range presents a polite, symmetrical composition of two storeys with attic. A central doorway is flanked by wide segmental-arched windows on both floors, with a narrower pair of casements above the door. A projecting brick storey band matches that on the northern range. Two pitched dormers light the attic. The doorcase and door are modern. The northern elevation of this range is dominated by two heavily altered gabled extensions; the right gable features a modern double-height oriel window lighting the stair. To its right, the original elevation survives, displaying a wide segmental-arched window to each floor, matching the south elevation.

The Victorian extension occupies the south-east corner. On the south elevation it appears only at first-floor level due to a later conservatory addition (excluded from the listing); it is built in grey brick with a large pitched dormer containing a wide window with hood moulding. The east gable end is in red brick, blank, with an external stack.

Internally, the ground floor of the earlier range shows evidence of a timber frame, replaced or encased by brick. In the study, the floor-frame to the attic is exposed, revealing a deep spine beam supporting roughly-hewn joists. A timber at the south-west corner suggests there may have been a ladder hatch to the attic, implying that the stair rising between the two ground-floor rooms may be a later insertion. The drawing room to the south of the stair was the only heated room in this section; the chimneybreast remains with a reproduction chimneypiece. The spine beam is exposed in this room, though the rest of the floor frame has been boarded over. Upstairs, parts of two curved principal roof trusses are exposed, as is the wall plate and purlins.

The east-west range has been reconfigured from its original plan of two rooms with central stair. Ground-floor stair hall and eastern room have been opened to create a large kitchen, with the stair repositioned in the hall to the north. The sitting room to the west displays an exposed floor frame of roughly-hewn timbers, previously plastered over. A cellar accessed by well-worn brick steps lies beneath. On the first floor, originally two rooms, the fireplaces have been removed and a bathroom inserted into the former stair hall. In the attic, exposed queen post trusses have been adapted and infilled to form two attic rooms accessed by a central stair. The easternmost room has tightly curving studs beneath the deep purlins.