Langton Hall

{{Short description|Historic building, England}}

{{for|the house near Northallerton|Langton Hall, Little Langton}}

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Langton Hall is a historic building in Langton, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

The hall was originally constructed in 1738, with the south wing added in about 1840.{{NHLE |num= 1175070|desc= Langton Hall, Langton|access-date= 4 April 2025}} It was the home of the Norcliffe family, including Isabella Norcliffe, the partner of Anne Lister. The hall was commandeered during World War II and was used as a base for the Guards Armoured Division. In 1946, Woodleigh School moved into the hall.{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Sharon |title=A self-made property millionaire has restored Langton Hall. Now he plans to share it and fans of Gentleman Jack can’t wait |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/a-self-made-property-millionaire-has-restored-langton-hall-now-he-plans-to-share-it-and-fans-of-gentleman-jack-cant-wait-2003450 |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=28 February 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Hyatt |first1=Bethan |title=The restoration of the Grade II listed Langton Hall near Malton |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/yorkshire/22634018.restoration-grade-ii-listed-langton-hall-near-malton/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Yorkshire Life |date=12 February 2020}} A school building was added to the left end of the hall. The hall was grade II listed in 1951.

The school closed in 2012, and the hall was disused until 2019, when it was converted into an 11-bedroom house, a six-bedroom holiday let in the north wing, and four holiday cottages in the former servants' accommodation. It has 20 acres of grounds, including a waterfall. Part of the television series Gentleman Jack, based on Lister's life, was filmed at the hall.{{cite news |last1=Hirst |first1=Ian |title=Yorkshire country house once owned by Anne Lister's girlfriend to appear in second series of Gentleman Jack |url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/yorkshire-country-house-once-owned-by-anne-listers-girlfriend-to-appear-in-second-series-of-gentleman-jack-3035121 |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Halifax Courier |date=14 November 2020}}

The house is built of limestone, sandstone and white brick, with roofs of pantile and Westmorland slate. There are two storeys, a main range with five bays, and a slightly recessed three-bay wing on the left. On the front of the main range is a porch, now enclosed, with square pilasters, and a doorway with a fanlight. In the north wing is a doorway with a lintel and a dated and initialled keystone. The windows are sashes, some horizontally-sliding. Inside, there is a wrought iron staircase.{{cite book| last1 =Pevsner | first1 =Nikolaus | authorlink = Nikolaus Pevsner| last2 = Neave| first2 = David| author2-link = | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire: York and the East Riding|edition= 2| publisher =Yale University Press | year =1995| orig-date=1972|location =New Haven and London |isbn =978-0-300-09593-7 }}