Listed Building: HIGHER LANGHAM HOUSE (102967)

ST 72 NE GILLINGHAM LANGHAM 2/128 Higher Langham House - II House 1770 (RCHM). C19 extensions to east and west. Coursed rubble with hipped tiled roof. Brick stacks at intersections of hips with ridge. Symmetrical. 2 storeys, 3 bays (to original range). 12 pane sashes in moulded architraves with keystones. Central C20 glazed door. Doorway has rusticated surround with three-part keystone and triangular pediment over. At each end of the facade the eaves are supported on brackets in the form of triglyphs. The later wings have 3-light casements with either leaded- lights or glazing bars under wooden lintels. Internal features (RCHM): principal C18 rooms have moulded and enriched cornices; stone fireplace in hall with decorated entablature; staircase with close strings, latticed balustrades and panelled oak dadoes. (RCHM, Dorset, vol IV, p 33, no 59). Listing NGR: ST7725325866

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