LONGFORD HALL
The original house was built in the 1560’s on the line of the old Roman road, much altered in the early 18th century and renovated in the period 1837 to 1842.
The Longfords built the first house and lived there until the line ended, when it was sold in 1622 to the Cokes of Norfolk, later to become the Earls of Leicester.
The Tudor chimneys contrast with the South front dating from 1700
Sir Charles Markham bought the Hall in 1920 and in 1942 it was partially destroyed by fire, when in the ownership of Mr. H. A. Manners.
The house sits on the roman road from Little Chester near Derby to Rocester, known as Long Lane.  It is possible that the site is the location of a lost village (Bubedene) although this is more likely to be at Bupton where ancient earth leveling is in evidence close to a spring.

Longford Hall: pre 1912 before a fire destroyed the top floor.