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In 1960 the council sold the building and work was carried out to convert the building into the
Langdon Court Hotel.The hotel was purchased by John and Shelia Barnes and Alan and Ann Cox .In 2018 the hotel was bought by the Carlauren Group. Carlauren Group's Heritage Hotels division went into
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