LANGFORD HALL

Project:	Langford Old Hall
Client:	Private
Location:	Langford, Newark
Value:	£400,000
Status:	Completed
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Langford Old Hall is a Grade II* Elizabethan Manor House built by Mary Queen of Scot’s gaoler the Earl of Shrewsbury, George Talbot, in 1573. The following 400 years have seen the old house slowly cut down in size through various make-overs with the last refurbishment taking place in 1846 by Lord Middleton. The house was designed by one of the most prolific and well known Elizabethan architects, Robert Smythson, with alterations by either John (Robert’s son) or his grandson Huntingdon Smythson in the 1630s. A conservation plan was drawn up and agreed with English Heritage with the works including the opening up of many blocked mullioned windows with new lead windows inserted as well as all replacement stone work and stone re-pointing being sourced from the original 16th century quarry. The roof was reconstructed with careful repairs to the oak beams and purlins and the existing Staffordshire blue roof carefully conserved. Internally the flooring was rebuilt with the existing failed ashline floors relayed.