Langley Hall is a
country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
in the village of
Langley Langley may refer to:
People
* Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name
* Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer
* Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfor ...
,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, England. It was built in about 1650, and is described by the authors of the ''
Buildings of England
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'' series as "a distinguished house".
The house is constructed in
coursed rubble
Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in. Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash)."Rubble" def. 2., "Brash n. 2. def. 1. ''Oxford English Dictionary ...
with
ashlar
Ashlar () is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared, or a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally rectangular cuboid, mentioned by Vitruv ...
dressings and is roofed in stone slate. It has two-storeys and an attic. The entrance front is symmetrical with seven
bays
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narr ...
and a central doorway.
Above the doorway is a
cartouche
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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
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as a designated Grade II*
listed building
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.
[ It has been converted into three flats.][
]
See also
*.
*Listed buildings in Sutton, Cheshire East
Sutton, also known as Sutton Lane Ends, is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 44 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, ...
.
References
Houses completed in 1650
Country houses in Cheshire
Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire
Grade II* listed houses
1650 establishments in England
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