Flat for sale in Beckenham BR3, 2 Bedroom

An impressive apartment of over 1898 sq' set within a Historic Grade II Listed Manor House with Magnificent Grounds close to Beckenham,
Langley Park is conveniently located on the edge of sought after town of Beckenham, Exclusive gated community which has 24 hour manned security with exceptionally well maintained grounds.

The apartment offers exceptionally spacious accommodation with lift
Two double bedrooms with en suite,
Kitchen
Dinning room
Large reception room
Extensive roof terrace
Private parking/Double garage

Maintenance: £1800 pa

History

The properties and land passed through several families over the centuries and these have given their names to roads and features of the area. The property came into the hands of the Langley family in 1350, since when the name has attached to the principal residences of the area.

The original Langley Mansion, the main house of the estate from Tudor times, was destroyed by fire in 1913, and the Club House of the Langley Park Golf Club was built on the site. The site of the current Mansion House was occupied by the estate's Farmhouse, The best source of information on the early property dates from 1820, when Langley Farm was auctioned and was bought along with 250 acres of land by one Emmanuel Goodhart. There were a number of buildings included in the Farm properties, although only one .The Chapel, with its thatched roof .Still remains.

In 1884, Goodhart's son sold Langley Farmhouse and 105 acres of the land to jl Bucknall. Soon after the purchase, Bucknall decided to demolish Langley Farmhouse and to erect in 1886 a new property of suitably grand proportion, the present Mansion House. The Buckmall family lived at Langley Court until 1914, when they ran into financial difficulties.

It is part of the folklore of the site that these owners were shipping magnates and that they underwrote the Titanic. Subsequently when it sank they financially sank too hence the sale. Moreover, their involvement in shipping and cruising the world, took them regularly to the Far East and Japan. Many plants were collected and planted around the estate. As a result an architect was inspired to design the local garage in a pagoda style, distinctly Japanese architecture and not Chinese. The locals with memories of the Pacific preferred to call it the Chinese Garage so the name has remained. The Mansion was then unoccupied for a time, and was used during the first World War as a camp for Officer prisoners of war, At the end of the War.