Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire
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Kingston Hall | |
Nottinghamshire | |
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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.
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire) |
References
- ↑ The Georgian Group journal, Georgian Group (2009)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1242098: Kingston Hall (Grade II listing)