Description

ST 46 SE BURRINGTON C.P. LANGFORD LANE, Lower Langford (west
side)

5/48 Langford Court

G.V. II

Detached house. Dated 1651 with early C19 and 1875 alterations and additions.
Render to central block, squared and coursed rubble to 1875 block to left hand,
dressed stone openings and copings, ashlar facing to central doorway and stacks,
wooden cornices, slates to central block, double Roman tiles to later additions.
2 storey, 7-bay range with advanced 3-bay centre and further advanced lower
2 storey wings to each end forming a symmetrical composition. Windows are 12-
pane sashes to centrepiece and 8 and 16-pane sashes to the remainder. Wings have
small pane French windows. One 1875 cross-mullioned window to recessed left hand
section. Windows to lower 2 storey 1875 range are 3 and 5-light ovolo mullions.
Centrepiece of main block has projecting tripartite -door surround with cornice and
pediment and round-headed windows flanking round-headed glazed door. 1651 date
tablet above fanlight. Round-headed, keyed window above and below eaves a clock
with 1875 date. Dentil eaves cornice to centrepiece and wings, plain parapet to
remainder. End brick stacks. Range to rear has gabled C17 dormers with one
3-light ovolo mullioned window. Interior. The interior was institutionalized
when Court was school. (W.J. Robinson, West Country Manors, 1930).

Listing NGR: ST4698460124

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598320

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)