Old Farmhouse At Langton Hall With Barn, Stables And Outbuildings

SP 79 SW WEST LANGTON WEST LANGTON ROAD (south side) 2/71 Old Farmhouse at Langton Hall with barn, stables and outbuildings

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Farmhouse with attached barn, stables, and outbuildings. c.1700 with C19 and C20 alterations. Brick. Plain tile and slate roofs with brick coped gables with kneelers throughout. Farmhouse has C20 plain tile roof with gable stack. C19 blue brick plinth. first floor band. Lobby-entry plan. East front: 2 storeys, 4 bays. Off-centre doorway with cambered arch with keystone and C19, 3-panel door. To left, a single cross window and overlight, 2 similar windows, all C19, with cambered arches and keystones. Above, four C19, 2-light casements. Attached single storey, single bay brick wing to left, with C20 plain tile roof with stack and single, C19 3-light casement with cambered arch. A jowled timber post is visible at the junction with the farmhouse, possibly the remains of an earlier timber-framed building. Attached single storey outbuilding to right of farmhouse. Attached to rear of farmhouse, a brick barn and stable range. Stable has slate roof and was largely rebuilt in late C19, with off-centre doorway with plank door. Above, a similar loft doorway, 2-bay stable adjoins to left, with C20 plain tile roof and 2 doorways with stable doors. Attached outshut with Swithland slate roof and some rubblestone in walling to rear of range. Interior: farmhouse has wooden panelled lobby and some panelling in room to left, with chamfered main beam with run-cut stops. Flat beam mantel to fireplace. Dog-leg staircase with splat balusters. First floor room to left has large smoke hood. Attached wing to left has exposed main beam and joints. Granary above stables has an early C18, central upper crucck truss, carrying a ridgepiece and side purlins.

Listing NGR: SP7180692893