Description

LANGAR CUM BARNSTONE CHURCH LANE
SK73SW (north side)
5/103 Langar House
12.2.52
GV II*
Small country house. Early C18. Brick. Steeply pitched, hipped,
sprocketed, Welsh slate roof with iron gutter-brackets. Two centrally
placed stacks. First-floor brick band. Two storeys and attics.
Symmetrical 5-bay facade with central doorway which has moulded door-
case, pulvinated frieze and dentilled, segmental pediment. To each
side are two 9 over 6-pane sashes. Five similar sashes to 1st floor.
Three, C19 gabled dormers to attic. Lean-to addition on left return.
3-bay right return with a doorway which has console brackets supporting
a hood, and similar windows to front. Two-storey hipped roof addition
at rear, in keeping.
Interior: stair with shaped tread ends and slender balusters, alternate
turned and twisted. Full inspection not possible at time of survey.
Birthplace of Samuel Butler (1835-1902) author of EREHWON, novelist,
satirist and writer, and son of the Rev. Thomas Butler.

Listing NGR: SK7225934714

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547808

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)