Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire

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Kingston Hall

Nottinghamshire


Kingston Hall
Type: Country house
Location
Grid reference: SK50702790
Location: 52°50’46"N, 1°14’55"W
Village: Kingston on Soar
History
Built 1842 – 1846
For: Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper
by Edward Blore
Country house
Information
Condition: Converted into apartments

Kingston Hall is a country house in Kingston on Soar, in the south of Nottinghamshire. It was built between 1842 and 1846 to designs by the architect Edward Blore[1] for Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper.

The house is a Grade II listed building[2] The grounds of the hall contains a Grade II listed Pavilion and a Grade II listed stable block.

In 1916, Kingston Hall was the birthplace of Lavinia Mary Strutt, (later Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk), daughter of Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper and his wife, Eva Strutt.

It was subdivided into separate apartments in 1977.

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References

  1. The Georgian Group journal, Georgian Group (2009)
  2. National Heritage List 1242098: Kingston Hall (Grade II listing)