Langham House, Ham
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Langham House
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | house |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Location | Ham Common, London |
| Address | TW10 7JE |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°26′1.66″N 0°18′32.95″W / 51.4337944°N 0.3091528°W |
| Completed | 1709 |
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| Floor count | 3 |
| Designations | Grade II |
Langham House is a grade II-listed house facing Ham Common, London, built in about 1709 and former home of several notable residents.
Langham House is located on Ham Street, on the west side of Ham Common in Ham, London situated adjacent and to the north of the grade II-listed Cassel Hospital.
Langham House is a three-storey house with cellar, built of , five sash windows wide. It has stucco corbel cornice below the parapet and a Doric porch. It has a single-storey and one window wide wing to the right which has a side door with a rusticated stone surround and pediment.Langham Cottage, adjacent to the north, completely rebuilt in 1974, was originally the coach house.
Langham House dates from about 1709. It has had several notable former residents during its three-century history.
George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale lived at the house between 1780 and 1790.
Charles Edgeworth, half-brother of Irish author Maria Edgeworth, resided at the house in 1851. Active within the parish, along with his neighbour, Gordon Forbes, he was involved in the management of the National Orphan Home on other side of the Common.
First Sea Lord, John Fisher leased the house from 1904 on appointment as First Sea Lord, though also granted an official residence at Queen Anne's Gate. He and his wife remained in Ham until after Fisher was appointed Baron Fisher in 1909 and retirement as First Sea Lord in 1910. Almost at the same time, Fisher's son, Cecil, inherited the Vavasseur fortune and the whole family relocated to Kilverstone Hall, Norfolk.
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