An old tree still fruiting in Langtons Gardens. The gardens were designed by Sir Humphry Repton. "Langtons House in Hornchurch is a glorious Grade II listed 18th century manor house. A Georgian red brick mansion, Langtons is a construction of three storeys and five bays. It was owned by the Massu family who were wealthy silk merchants in London and Huguenot refugees from France. The Huguenots were reformed protestants who fled France in the sixteenth century from very real fears of persecution. In the twentieth century Langtons House was bequeathed to Hornchurch District Council with the condition that the building must be used for council purposes and that the garden should be open to the public. The gardens are a striking feature in themselves and were designed by the celebrated garden designer Humphrey Repton. "

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