[1] The house was originally built c.1774, probably as a hunting lodge, by John Carr of York for Charles Slingsby Duncombe (1746-1803), owner of all the land in Langford.

On his death it passed to his son Slingsby Duncombe (1779-1851), who was selected High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1834–35.

A memorial tablet to Slingsby Duncombe, who afterwards lived in Bryanston Square, London, is on the interior wall of Langford Church.

The Middleton family owned Langford until 1925 when the estate was sold to Trinity College, Cambridge.

After this the building was purchased by Patrick Radford CBE who carried out a major programme of repairs completing in 1972.