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Langley Hall (other)
Langley Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Norfolk, UK. Langley Hall may also refer to: Buildings * Langley Hall (Bendigo), Victoria, Australia * Langley Hall, Cheshire, England * Langley Hall, East Berkshire College, Berkshire, UK * Langley Hall, West Midlands, Warwickshire, UK * Langley Hall (University of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, US Other uses * Dawn Langley Simmons Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons (probably 1922 – 18 September 2000) was a prolific English author and biographer. Born as Gordon Langley Hall, Simmons lived her first decades as a male. As a young adult, she became close to British actress Dame M ... (born Gordon Langley Hall, 1922–2000), English author {{disambig Architectural disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Hall
Langley Hall is a red-brick building in the Palladian style, formerly a country house but now a private school, located near Loddon, Norfolk, England. It is a grade I listed building. The house was built in the Palladian style of nearby Holkham Hall, though much smaller: a large principal central block linked to two flanking secondary wings by short corridors. It was later enlarged with the addition of corner turrets by George Proctor and wings by Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, and addition of a Doric order, Doric portico in the 19th century. The interior of the Hall boasts fine plaster decorations in the library attributed to the court sculptor of Frederick V of Denmark, Charles Stanley. The fine ceiling in the ladies' boudoir, on 'Music and Entertainment', was painted by Andien de Clermont prior to his return to France in 1755. The Hall was originally built c.1730 for Richard Berney, on 25 hectares (60 acres) of land that until the Dissolution of the Monasteries belonged to La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Hall (Bendigo)
Langley Hall is a mansion in the Federation architectural style, designed by the prolific Bendigo architects William Charles Vahland (1828–1915) and John Beebe (1866–1936). Built in 1904 as the Vahland-Beebe architectural partnership's largest commission, Langley Hall is located in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The mansion is part of the 2.5-acre Langley Estate situated on the corners of Napier Street (Midland Highway), Lyons Street and Dundas Street in White Hills and "remains one of the most prominent landmark buildings of the city". The Langley Estate also contains a double-storey English Tudor-style residence, Langley Manor, designed and constructed in the 1930s. There is also a building formerly used as a chapel together with miscellaneous outbuildings including old stables and private courtyards. History 1853–1903: Early history with the Anglican Church The Reverend John Herbert Gregory, the first Anglican priest on the goldfields, arrived in Bendigo at the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Hall, Cheshire
Langley Hall is a English country house, country house in the village of Langley, Cheshire, Langley, Cheshire, England. It was built in about 1650, and is described by the authors of the ''Pevsner Architectural Guides, Buildings of England'' series as "a distinguished house". The house is constructed in course (architecture), coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and is roofed in stone slate. It has two-storeys and an attic. The entrance front is symmetrical with seven bay (architecture), bays and a central doorway. Above the doorway is a Cartouche (design), cartouche containing a carved face. It is inscribed ''MAC 1696'' (for M. Clowes and his wife). The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* Listed building#England and Wales, listed building. It has been converted into three flats. See also *Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East. *Listed buildings in Sutton, Cheshire East. References Houses completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Berkshire College
Windsor Forest Colleges Group is a group of further education colleges located in Berkshire, England. It was formerly known as East Berkshire College. This dynamic group of colleges comprises two vibrant Sixth Form Colleges at Strode’s and Windsor, and specialist technical, vocational and land-based training at Langley and BCA. The college is committed to providing first class education and training for young people, adults and employers across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. Mission statement: to inspire ambition and make a positive difference to lives through learning. Get The Qualifications & Skills You Need To Succeed In Your Chosen Career. History In 2007-08, the college had 11,078 students enrolled, most part-time. In September 2016, a merger with Strode's College was announced, which was due to be completed in February 2017. Ofsted ratings Full Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Hall, West Midlands
Langley Hall was a manor house just off Fox Hollies Road, one mile from the centre of Walmley in Sutton Coldfield in the historic county of Warwickshire. The date of construction is unknown; however, by the 13th century, it was the seat of de Beresfords of Wishaw. One member of the family was the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1289, and another was a confidential retainer to the Black Prince. Langley Hall was a large house, with a moat surrounding it and a pond and fishery within its grounds. It was held by the Earl of Warwick. In 1327, Edmund de Beresford had licence to crenellate the house, making it into a fortified building. The hall passed into the ownership of the Hores before being owned by the Pudseys, strong supporters of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. In the reign of Henry VII, Edith Hore formed a relationship with Rowland Pudsey, and they soon married resulting in Rowland acquiring the hall and estate. One of his descendants, Henry Pudsey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Hall (University Of Pittsburgh)
The Clapp-Langley-Crawford halls complex (often referred to as CLC), comprises three inter-connected buildings (Clapp, Langley, and Crawford Halls) and the Life Science Annex that house the Department of Biological Science and the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Clapp Hall Clapp Hall, George Hubbard Clapp Hall is a contributing property to the Schenley Farms Historic district (United States), National Historic District]https://web.archive.org/web/20090628170337/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3A%3Aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=bellefield%20hall&-max=50&-recid=38544&-find=] The six-story Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival structure, designed by Trautwein & Howard, was completed in 1956 and serves as the primary facility of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences. It contains laboratories, cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Langley Simmons
Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons (probably 1922 – 18 September 2000) was a prolific English author and biographer. Born as Gordon Langley Hall, Simmons lived her first decades as a male. As a young adult, she became close to British actress Dame Margaret Rutherford, whom she considered an adoptive mother, and who was the subject of a biography Simmons wrote in later years. Early life Simmons' parents were servants at Sissinghurst Castle, the English estate of biographer Harold Nicolson and his novelist wife, Vita Sackville-West. Simmons was born in Sussex as Gordon Langley Hall to Jack Copper, Vita Sackville-West's chauffeur, and another servant, Marjorie Hall Ticehurst, before they were married. Although she claimed to have been born with an unusual condition causing the swelling of her genitals with the result that she was mistakenly identified as a boy, Charleston author Edward Ball's book ''Peninsula of Lies'' (2004) states that she was born male. As a child, Simmons was ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
