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MALDON TL8507SW FULLBRIDGE
574-1/7/35 (South East side)
02/10/51 Fullbridge House, boundary walls and
rear yard
(Formerly Listed as:
FULLBRIDGE
(East side)
Fulbridge House)
(Formerly Listed as:
FULLBRIDGE
(East side)
Garden wall to North West of
Fullbridge House) GV II Large house. 1827 with earlier origins. Gault brick, red brick
and render with plain tile roofs. Largely of 3 storeys, but
with single-storey ancillary blocks. Of L-plan form with
entrance facade at right-angles to street.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 3-window range. South-west, entrance,
elevation is of yellow Gault brick with plain parapet and
plain tile roof, hipped to south-west and gabled to north-east
with end stack. The main part has brick cornice below parapet
and a 12-pane sash window either side of a 9-pane similar
window. Row of iron tie-bar discs above window heads. The 1st
floor has a wide tripartite, small-paned sash and 2 decorative
cast-iron oval tie plates. All windows have rubbed brick flat
arches. String band above ground floor which has central
semicircular-arched entrance with stucco keystone and impost
blocks; thin fluted pilasters and radial pattern fanlight.
Recessed pair of doors of 2 moulded panels over 2 flush panels
and panelled reveals. Either side are square, flat-roofed bay
windows each of 2 linked small-paned sashes. To the south-west
of this is a recessed 2-storey block with plain parapet,
similar detail and a wide small-paned tripartite sash on each
floor. In the angle between blocks is a single-storey
flat-roofed porch. To the south-west again is a single-storey
matching block with plain parapet and 12-pane sash on front
elevation.
The exposed flank is canted and curves down in short steps to
red brick part at rear. The roof of this block is of slate and
is of lean-to form concealed by front and flank parapets. The
north-west roadside elevation is similar in detail to others
but is of a pink-tinged Gault brick. It is of 2 parts with a
step forward, one-third of its length. The recessed
southernmost part has, on the 2nd floor, 2 blind recesses with
orange gauged brick arches. The 1st floor has two 12-pane
sashes and the ground floor 2 blind recesses. The projecting
part, has on the 2nd floor, 3 small-paned casements and 1st
and ground floors have three 12-pane double-hung sash windows.
The roof is of hipped M form with lead hips and ridge and a
large, part red and part Gault brick stack rises behind
north-west parapet. The north-east elevation has flanking
brick pilasters, a parapet and a square 16-pane sash on 2nd
floor. The 1st floor has a blind recess and the ground floor a
canted small-paned bay window with reeded angles, set in red
brick wall.
The boundary wall to the street linked to this part of the
complex, curves down from point of abutment and is of red
brick, rebuilt on new alignment on its north-east end.
The rear (south-east) part of this range has a plain parapet
and is of red brick with a 16-pane sash on 2nd floor. The 1st
floor has a 12-pane and a 16-pane sash and stone plaque
inscribed 'REBUILT 1827'. The rear elevation, behind the
entrance front, is of 2 storeys with extensive plain tile
roof. This is of 2 phases of red brick with grey headers and
has orderly pattern of small-paned casements and sashes. A
doorcase has hood on consoles. At roof level are 2 rendered
and linked gabled blocks and a red brick, flat-roofed
projecting block has a part-buried doorcase with reeded
pilaster and frieze and radial motif at corner; the door is
margin-glazed above 2 flush panels.
A yard wall is linked to this part of the building and curves
to form L-plan enclosure, linking to adjoining bakehouse
building. The yard is paved in yellow paving bricks, on edge
and some cobbles.
INTERIOR: much period detail including a simple panelled room
on ground floor (south-east corner) and a dogleg staircase
with stick balusters and shaped tread ends. Recent alteration
revealed substantial remains of a C17 or earlier timber-frame
within the external walls. Roofs are of typical early C19
king-post construction.
The walls were first listed 29/9/71.
Listing NGR: TL8510507423
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
464320
Legacy System:
LBS
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