Langleybury House sits on high ground overlooking the Gade
valley. For nearly 100 years (1856 – 1947)
it was the home of the Loyd family, bankers from London. They transformed an older Georgian House
dating from the 1720’s built by Sir Robert Raymond an eminent lawyer whose
monumental tomb can be seen in St Lawrence’s Church, Abbots Langley. The Loyd family were great local benefactors building St Paul’s Church, thus creating the parish of Langleybury, and the nearby St Paul’s Church school.
In 1947 Langleybury House was bought by Hertfordshire County Council and in 1949 opened as a secondary modern school remaining as such until 1996. In 2012 the house and grounds were sold to the neighbouring Grove Estate, former home of the Earls of Clarendon and Langleybury House has become a film and TV location.
In 1947 Langleybury House was bought by Hertfordshire County Council and in 1949 opened as a secondary modern school remaining as such until 1996. In 2012 the house and grounds were sold to the neighbouring Grove Estate, former home of the Earls of Clarendon and Langleybury House has become a film and TV location.
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| Langleybury House, from the south, overlooking the valley and showing the library in the bay window used by sixth formers when the site was used as a school. |
Langleybury house from the east in the time of
the Loyd family. They added the plate glass bay
windows and created a fashionable Victorian formal garden.
Langleybury House servant’s quarters, built by
Baron Raymond. His monogram and date of
1729 feature on the rainwater heads.
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