Fulbrook House is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 1971. Country house.
Fulbrook House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-mortar-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 July 1971
- Type
- Country house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fulbrook House is a country house constructed between 1896 and 1899 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Gerald Streatfield. It was subsequently extended by Lutyens, further extended to the north in the 1970s by Roderick Gradidge, and altered in the 1980s. The house is built of coursed and roughly dressed Bargate sandstone, with plain tiled roofs that sweep out over the eaves and tile-hung gables. It has a half-H shape on the entrance front, with a kitchen court to the north. Tall, corbelled and panelled ridge stacks are positioned across the roofs.
The entrance front is two storeys high. It features wood-framed, leaded casement windows; a four-light window to the first floor and a six-light window to the ground floor of the left-hand wing. A narrow gap in the gable apex is present, along with a ground floor casement to the left in a catslide extension. The recessed centre range has a regular arrangement of windows, with two four-light windows on the first floor and three two-light windows on the ground floor. There is continuous casement fenestration across the first floor of the right-hand wing, wrapping around the left corner to the gable end. A tile-hung, polygonal turret sits at the angle between a projecting wing and the range to the right. Two angle bays are present on the right-hand range. The main door is located in a gabled, projecting porch, featuring a six-light mullioned and transomed window above. A lugged stone panel below the window displays a diamond pattern and the date. A round arched, stone edged, moulded entrance is framed by a stylized keystone and impost mouldings. A shallow flight of brick steps leads to a studded panelled door.
The right-hand return front is two storeys high, with outer gables and angle bays on either side of a recessed centre. A central square bay is set under deep eaves, with flanking "flying braces." Wood framed, leaded casement fenestration is present, with a six-light window to the centre bay. Turned balusters form the balconies on the first floor, either side of the centre. Single-storey gabled extensions on the east side house a 1970s swimming pool.
The interiors, originally designed by Lutyens in a classical style, have been altered by Gradidge and others. Ionic order piers and columns remain in the Great Hall and staircase bay. Arched and keystoned door surrounds are visible, as is the original staircase and landing, featuring a keystoned lunette in the wall.
The Drawing Room contains a green and white marble fireplace with gadrooning. The Dining Room features original panelling and a carved brick and stone fireplace with a keystoned arch. The Breakfast Room has a grey marble fireplace.
The grounds were originally laid out by Mrs. Streatfield and Gertrude Jekyll.
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