Langford Place with attached outbuildings (EHER 38394)

An early 19th century house built from painted red brick with a hipped slate roof. It is of two storeys with cellars and has two symmetrically placed red brick ridgeline chimney stacks and single-storey attached wings. It has a symmetrical three-bay front with a projecting centre forming a porch with the upper part of a stair well above. One of the wings, that to the west, was recorded in 2013 in advance of conversion.

September 1971. Grade I listed. An early 19th century house built from painted red brick with a hipped slate roof. It is of two storeys with cellars and has two symmetrically placed red brick ridgeline chimney stacks and single-storey attached wings. It has a symmetrical three-bay front with a projecting centre forming a porch with the upper part of a stair well above. The east elevation has a lean-to bay-like projection (possibly formerly a porch) with a 20th century sash window. The west elevation has a 20th century extension with a slate hipped roof, matching windows and a long slate lean-to pentice on painted timber brackets. Either side of the garden elevation are curved service blocks forming convex abutments to the house and these have lean-to sloping slate roofs. The north concave curved faces have simple door and window openings. The interior is very complete with a cantilevered dogleg staircase. The interior walls of the entrance hall have curved corners and all the doors have richly moulded architraves. The east and central ground-floor rooms have cornices, and the former has a marble fireplace. The central garden-front windows have vertical-sliding internal shutters. <1> See photos <2>. August 2013. Heritage assessment. A Level 1 Historic Building Record was undertaken of the former bakehouse, which was located to the west of the house. The bakehouse exhibits three easily distinguished phases. The original build, between 1840 and 1875 is characterised by the 65x110x225mm red bricks set in hard white mortar. All the quoins and original openings have queen closer bricks (bricks cut in half along their length). The bread oven was built within the walls but of the same type of bricks. The building was originally subdivided into several service rooms. Historic maps show the well close by. Secondly the building was extended with similar bricks and mortar, implying the work was quite soon after the original build. The historic mapping shows the stables, built before 1840 were significantly altered between 1840 and 1875 again using similar bricks. At this time the site was a farm run by Frederick Hance. Finally the building was completely remodelled in the early 1980s after the present owners found the building derelict when they purchased the site in 1980. This involved removing the internal partitions, replacing the roof and dry lining the interior and adding a concrete floor. The stables formed a partner building to the bakehouse. <3>