Description

EYE

TM1474 LANGTON GREEN
585-1/5/157 (West side)
15/06/51 Langton Grove

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17, remodelled early C19 and C20. Plastered
and colourwashed timber frame with brick skin. Machine tile
roofs. L-shaped plan consisting of north-south wing and
east-west wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. South front is a two-window
range. Early C19 gault brick skin. Rendered single-storey
central porch with crenellated parapet and a 4-panelled door.
Paired pilasters at corners. Ground floor with glazed verandah
on timber posts. To left of porch one 4-light casement, to
right a pair of 2-light casements. Two 4-light first-floor
casements with hoods on label stops. Storing course and
crenellated parapet. Gabled roof. North-south wing terminates
with a stepped gable-end to left and a 3-light attic casement
with similar hood-mould. East gable of early C17 brick laid in
English bond on a brick plinth. At attic level are two 2-light
blocked mullioned windows with chamfered jambs and central
mullion. Stepped gable. Internal gable-end stack consists of
square plinth carrying twin (rebuilt) octagonal flues. This
gable returns in brick on north side and is lit through one
3-light hollow-moulded mullioned window to each floor.
Rear wing of 2 storeys and dormer attic. Two C19 outshuts in
entrant angle between wings. Varied fenestration including 2
and 3-light C19 metal casements at intervals. Gabled roof with
one gabled dormer.
INTERIOR: boxed bridging beams. North fireplace rebuilt.
Timber frame of east-west wing has jowled principal posts and
chamfered bridging beams. North-east first-floor room contains
an early C17 8-panelled cupboard door. South wall with blocked
3-light hollow-moulded mullioned window.

Listing NGR: TM1438374847

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619093

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)