Description

SK 85 NW LANGFORD FOSSE WAY
(west side)

1/32 Langford Hall
16-1-67
G.V. II*

Country house, c.1780/90 by John Carr of York for the Duncombes. Red
brick under a hipped slate roof with ashlar dressings and standing on an
ashlar plinth. 2½ storeys. Symmetrical facade of 5 bays, the central
3 bays slightly project and are surmounted by a pediment with ashlar
cornice and swag. The central doorway is on a platform of 5 steps up.
The porch has Doric columns supporting a fluted frieze and pediment with
decorated cornice. There is a 6 panelled door, the borders of the panels
having fluted carving with patera to the corners. The architrave comprises
2 columns supporting an arch with traceried fanlight under. Either side of
the doorway are 2 glazing bar sashes, with 5 similar sashes above and 5
smaller but similar sashes to the 2nd floor. Those of the 1st floor have
stone balusters under, with a double band of ashlar running under the balu-
sters and a single band over, these bands extend across the whole of the
frontage. A single ashlar band runs under the ground floor windows.
The top floor windows have ashlar sills. There is a single storey brick
extension to the rear. Interior, has good original fireplaces, doors,
architraves and coving. The contemporary staircase is lit by a large
Venetian window.

Listing NGR: SK8233757444

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Langford Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6486028

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)