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The Langley Park Estate was an
English 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 ...
estate on the south side of
Beckenham Beckenham () is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley, in Greater London. Until 1965 it was part of the historic county of Kent. It is located south-east of Charing Cross, situated north of Elmers End and E ...
,
Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
. Over the centuries the estate was owned by the Malmains, Style, Elwill and Burrell families. The Langley Farm forming the west side of the estate was sold in the 1880s. By 1903 the remaining estate and mansion were vacant. It was bought by H & G Taylor Builders who began developing the land as the
Park Langley Park Langley is a suburb of South-East London, located in the London Borough of Bromley, Greater London and prior to 1965, in the historic county of Kent. It borders Shortlands and Beckenham to the north, Bromley to the east, Hayes and West Wic ...
Estate in 1910. They retained the mansion as the club house to their new golf club. The mansion was subsequently destroyed by fire. The family names of the previous estate owners are used for roads laid out by H & G Taylor.


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Langley Park Beckenham
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Bromley