Former Service Wing And Library Langholm Lodge

Originally a service wing to a large house, later used as a library or museum and finally as offices, this building at Langholm Lodge dates from the early 19th century, likely the 1830s. It was built as an ancillary building for Buccleuch House. The structure is of yellow brick with a slate roof, a modillion cornice, and brick chimneystacks. It consists of a long western range and a smaller, attached range set at right angles to the road. The western range is two storeys high, with a hipped roof to one end and a gable with kneelers to the other. The front elevation features seven windows to the first floor, each with 12 panes, and a simple entrance door to the ground floor. The southwest end has cambered blank openings and a six-panelled door protected by a simple, 20th-century wooden canopy. The rear elevation has a large, round-headed staircase window. Attached to the northeast, forming one side of a stable courtyard, is a two-storey building with a hipped slate roof and a large central brick chimneystack. The upper floor has six-pane pivoting windows, while the ground floor has 12-pane sashes. A 20th-century flat-roofed extension to the rear is not considered to be of special interest.

The interior includes a large staircase with stick balusters and a mahogany handrail. Original wooden shutters are fitted to the windows, and doorcases have wide architraves leading to six-panelled doors. Original wooden fireplaces with pilasters are also present. The ground floor features a series of pilasters along a corridor.

The building served as an ancillary building to Buccleuch House, originally Richmond House, built for the Duke of Montagu between 1761 and 1763. It later passed to the Dukes of Buccleuch in the late 18th century. The building, along with Buccleuch House, was shown on the 1851 Tithe Map as Queensbury Villa. Council minutes and newspaper articles from the 1890s and 1900s describe it as formerly a library or museum serving Buccleuch House. It has been in the ownership of Richmond Council since 1907. Buccleuch House itself was demolished in 1938.