A Parliamentary Report of 1777 records a parish workhouse in Langham for up to 25 inmates. By 1813 there were only 13 inmates in residence. Presumably, the residents would have been transferred to Lexden, Colchester, following the introduction of the 1834 Poor Act and the construction of the Lexden and Winstree Union Workhouse in 1836 (MCC4544).

The location of this workhouse is recorded on the 1st Edition 1:2500 map (1874-1887), as the 'Old Workhouse', and on the 1955-58 1:10k, today as 'Keeper's Cottage'.

The Listing (NHLE no. 1266286) records:

LANGHAM SCHOOL ROOM 1. 5214 Keepers Cottage TM 03 SW 4/36A II 2. Cottage, late sixteenth century or earlier, timber framed with black weather boarding and Gable Thatched roofs. Single storey with attics. Gable Thatched Dormer on east elevation, Off-centre red brick, rebuilt stack. Windows generally horizontal sliding sashes or casements with small panes. Canted bay window on north gable elevation with hipped peg tile roof. Some old Elm weather boarding on north end of west elevation. Interior shows evidence of small open hall house with floored ends and probable crown post roof. Large, double sided Inglenock fireplace, one with stop-chamfered mantel beam of early seventeenth century. Formerly Old Workhouse.