LANGSTONE COURT

LANGSTONE COURT, LANGSTONE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1178604
Date first listed:: 18-May-1953
List Entry Name:: LANGSTONE COURT
Statutory Address:: LANGSTONE COURT, LANGSTONE

The Missing Pieces Project

Share your view of unique places.

Add your contribution

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 1999-10-16
Reference:: IOE01/00351/02
Rights:: © Mr Gary Were. Source: Historic England Archive

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1178604
Date first listed:: 18-May-1953
List Entry Name:: LANGSTONE COURT
Statutory Address 1:: LANGSTONE COURT, LANGSTONE

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: LANGSTONE COURT, LANGSTONE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Llangarron
National Grid Reference:: SO 53422 22037

Details

SO 52 SW LLANGARRON CP LANGSTONE

2/130 Langstone Court

18/5/53

GV II*

Former manor house and small country house, now divided into two. House and Farmhouse (Langstone Farmhouse, qv). C16 core, altered and extended C17 and C18, south-east wing -(now forming that part known as Langstone Court). c1700 with early C19 service wing to north dated 1827 and bow-fronted library extension to south c1825. Mainly English bond brickwork with ashlar dressings, squared sandstone rubble plinth, hipped slate roof to south-east wing, part timber-framed earlier core with some wattle-and-daub infill remaining, rubble refacing, squared rubble early C19 service wing, slate roofs. Irregular plan, south-east wing basically two rooms deep with central entrance and symmetrically placed blank arched chimney stacks, stair well to north-west incorporating earlier core to north-west which extends further to west (form- ing south wing of part now known as Langstone Farmhouse (qv) with further north, east and west wings to small central courtyard). Early C19 service wing extends to north. Two storeys, attics and cellars, rusticated quoins, moulded string course; symmetrical facade of five bays; glazing bar sash windows (possibly replacing former cross-casement windows [cf Bernithan Court, qv]) with smaller proportions to upper storey, two hipped dormers with 2-light leaded casements, 2-light stone mullioned windows light cellar, central doorway with steep pediment, supported on corbels, bolection moulded door surround, pair of 3-panelled doors. South return: two storey bow window with glazing bar sash windows, balustraded parapet; service wing to north of two storeys, three 3-light leaded casements, central ledged door, central lantern with weathervane. Interior: cruck truss of earlier house revealed toward west (remaining bays probably extended further to west [south wing of Langstone Farmhouse, qv] trusses no longer visible). C17 back stairs: dog-leg staircase, splat balusters and decorative finial to newel; late C17 main framed newel staircase, turned balusters, panelled newels and moulded strings; two rooms to west with early C17 plastered strapwork ceiling and running-vine ornament. Hall: b1700 plastered ceiling with geometric design, central oval panel and moulded bands, oak-leaf and urn enrichments, bolection moulded panelling, deocrative swags above bolection moulded surround to fire- place. Drawing room: c1700 elaborate plastered ceiling with fruit and foliage enrichments and central pendant, bolection moulded panelling. Langstone Court is a fine example of a house of this type and date and retaining many of its internal fittings. The house is set in a fine landscaped park with many established trees.

Listing NGR: SO5342222037

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 153875
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.