Building north-west of Langley Garden Station
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Building north-west of Langley Garden Station
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 15 Sep 2022
This building at the west end of the eastern reservoir is shown on the 25 inch scale Ordnance Survey map published in 1897 and is a surviving building from Langley & Blagill Lead Smelt Mills. Keys to the Past (N13736) describes: "This early 19th century building was the former store and office of the Langley Lead Smelting Mill. It is the only standing building left from this once extensive complex. This is a Grade II Listed Building protected by law." https://keystothepast.info/search-records/results-of-search/results-of-search-2/Site-Details/?PRN=N13736 https://web.archive.org/web/20220917064854/https://keystothepast.info/search-records/results-of-search/results-of-search-2/Site-Details/?PRN=N13736 Beamish Museum's People's Collection have an undated photo of this building here: http://collections.beamish.org.uk/search-detail?item=NEG1846&query=langley&searchType=everything&hiQuality=0&withPhotos=1&filterQuery=smelt https://web.archive.org/web/20220917115836/http://collections.beamish.org.uk/search-detail?item=NEG1846&query=langley&searchType=everything&hiQuality=0&withPhotos=1&filterQuery=smelt Langley and Blagill lead smeltmills, flue and chimney (Scheduled Monument) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018211?section=official-list-entry
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Image Location
Latitude
54.947139
Longitude
-2.267867