Fulford Farmhouse

TIVERTON

SS91NW LURLEY 848-1/1/90 Fulford Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C17. Render on rubble; steep concrete tile roof; C17 rubble rear lateral stack to rear left of centre and C17 rubble axial stack right of centre, brick end stack on left. PLAN: long 4-room plan with original hall left of centre. Parlour is presumed to be at far left, based on evidence of remains of large window to rear wall, but later in the C17 appears to have become the kitchen, and the large fireplace was later fitted with an oven. There is, however, the problem of the function of the other heated room right of the hall, which has perhaps equal claim to have had the function of a parlour. The other room, now reduced to a single-storey building, far right of the house, has no fireplace but possibly this was removed when a wide doorway was cut into the end. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; long 5-window range with C20 windows in openings that had been adapted for sashes. There are 2 doorways, both with gabled porches, towards left and right, and there is a buttress right of the left-hand porch. To front of single-storey part at far right is a C17 chamfered oak doorway with rare moulded planked and iron-studded door. Left of the doorway is a C17 or early C18 3-light window with central iron casement. At left-hand end is an external chimney breast with a quadrant-plan oven projection on its right. Original rear wall (now within outshut rear of kitchen) has 2-light remains of original chamfered mullioned window with probable king mullion on its right. Right of window, and cut through former window position is a later C17 chamfered oak doorway containing a another rare moulded planked and iron-studded oak door. INTERIOR: retains many C17 features of interest including: floor structures with chamfered and tongue stopped beams, all rooms with crossbeams except for room right of hall, which has a central axial beam. There are 3 fireplaces: kitchen fireplace to left-hand room; volcanic stone lateral hall fireplace (reduced in width when fitted with oven) and complete parlour fireplace with pyramid stops, right of the hall. Roof structure has tie-beam trusses and is presumed to be C18. The architecturally modest exterior of this large farmhouse belies its considerable internal interest and completeness.

Listing NGR: SS9200214990