Langton House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. Village house, cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Langton House
- WRENN ID
- young-ledge-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Village house, cottage
- Address
- Langton House, 1 and 3, Newport Square, Launceston
- OS grid reference
- SX 328 851
- Coordinates
- 50.64207, -4.36606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Langton House is an early 19th-century village house with an attached cottage, situated on the west side of Newport Square in Launceston. The house is rendered on rubble and has a rag-slate roof, with brick stacks. It follows a single-depth plan with a rear wing. The two-storey facade has an overall 4-window range, presenting a symmetrical 3-window front to the house and a 1-window front to the attached cottage. Original hornless sash windows with glazing bars are present throughout. The house has a panelled front door with overlight, while the cottage has a 20th-century glazed door and overlight located immediately left of a window. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Langton House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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