Fulford Farmhouse

Fulford Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Tiverton. The external walls are rendered on rubble, with a steep concrete tile roof. It features a 17th-century rubble rear lateral stack to the rear left of centre, a 17th-century rubble axial stack to the right of centre, and a brick end stack on the left. The building follows a long, four-room plan, with the original hall positioned to the left of the centre. A parlour is believed to have been originally at the far left, evidenced by remains of a large window to the rear wall, but this room later became a kitchen, with the large fireplace fitted with an oven. The function of another heated room, to the right of the hall, remains uncertain, as it may have also served as a parlour. The room at the far right of the house, now a single-storey building, lacks a fireplace, possibly removed when a wide doorway was cut into the end wall.

The exterior is two storeys, with a long five-window front featuring 20th-century windows in openings adapted for sash windows. There are two doorways with gabled porches, one towards the left and one towards the right, with a buttress situated to the right of the left-hand porch. A 17th-century chamfered oak doorway, featuring a rare moulded planked and iron-studded door, sits to the front of the single-storey section at the far right. A 17th or early 18th-century three-light window with a central iron casement is located to the left of this doorway. An external chimney breast, with a quadrant-plan oven projection on its right side, is present at the left-hand end. The original rear wall, now within an outshut behind the kitchen, retains the remains of a two-light chamfered mullioned window with a probable king mullion on its right. A later 17th-century chamfered oak doorway, containing another rare moulded planked and iron-studded oak door, is located to the right of this window, cutting through the former window position.

The interior retains notable 17th-century features, including original floor structures with chamfered and tongue stopped beams. All rooms have crossbeams, except for the room to the right of the hall, which features a central axial beam. There are three fireplaces: a kitchen fireplace in the left-hand room, a lateral hall fireplace constructed of volcanic stone (reduced in width when fitted with an oven), and a complete parlour fireplace with pyramid stops, to the right of the hall. The roof structure incorporates tie-beam trusses, presumed to be of the 18th century. While the exterior of the farmhouse is relatively modest, it masks the considerable internal interest and completeness of the building.