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IoE Number:
431738
Location:
LANGFORD MANOR,
FIVEHEAD, SOUTH SOMERSET, SOMERSET
Photographer:
N/A
Date Photographed:
N/A
Date listed:
17 April 1959
Date of last amendment:
17 April 1959
Grade
II*
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ST32SE FIVEHEAD CP LOWER SWELL
4/49 Langford Manor
17.4.59
GV II*
Manor house, Circa 1600, much altered internally 1905 by Rupert Austin for Mrs Matterson, some later C20 work. Coursed
and squared lias, Ham stone dressings, slate roofs; coped verges, bases for finials, mostly ashlar stacks, some brick
stacks. Double E-plan with through-passage and hall, altered 1905. Entrance frontage of 1:1:1:1:1 bays, first and fifth
projecting in large front-facing wings, 2 storeys and attic, 2, 3, and 4-light stone-mullioned windows with stopped
labels, square-paned leaded lights. Projecting gabled 3-storey central porch, 4-centred arch door opening with a label,
inner doorway with plank door. Rear elevation in conforming style. Interior with good C16/C17 features including
fireplaces in moulded stone surrounds with 4-centred arch heads, some simple elm panelling used to make divisions
between rooms, and a staircase in west wing running up to attic, fretwork splat balusters, moulded handrail. Many early
features from other buildings incorporated in the 1905 restoration including early C18 panelling to "Drawing Room", C17
panelling to "Smoking Room", and some C18 doors. In late C20 a reproduction C18 staircase and "Jacobean plasterowrk
was introduced to the east part of the house. (The Builder, August 26, 1906).