Building record 1224300000 - FULMER HALL

Summary

Early nineteenth century Italianate-style country house called Fulmer Hall.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124419: FULMER HALL (DBC1343)

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Type and Period (1)

  • COUNTRY HOUSE (Built 1833, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. 1833 (VCH) and mid-C19. In an Italianate style. Rendered and colour-washed; slate roof. Three storeys; 5 -bays, the inner 3 breaking forward slightly-and with even quoins left and right and the outer 2 projecting and also with even quoins left and right. Ground floor with one sash window with moulded surround and cornice on brackets, a perhaps altered double sash window, the door in a Jacobean style and within a semicircular porch with 4 Ionic columns, entablature and balustrade, and then another perhaps altered double sash and a single sash to correspond with the other. Band at first floor level. First floor with a square sash beneath a pediment on brackets, a double sash beneath cornice on brackets, a French window with simple iron balcony above the door and within the porch and then another double sash and pedimented sash to match the others. Band at second floor level. Second floor with a sash in moulded surround, 3 double sashes in moulded surrounds and a sash in moulded surround. Dentilled cornice and balustrade with segment-headed raised panel to the centre bay. To the left a screen wall with 2 pairs of gate piers surmounted by lions. The right hand return 3 bays deep plus a blank bay. It and the rear of the house have a probably later paved terrace with balustrade approached at the rear by a double flight of steps. VCH III, p.277 (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p142.
  • <2>SBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review.

Location

Grid reference SU 99600 85706 (point)
Civil Parish FULMER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 11:37AM

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