Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire

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Kingston Hall
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Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire is located in Nottinghamshire
Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire
Location within Nottinghamshire
General information
LocationKingston on Soar
Town or cityNottingham
CountryEngland
Coordinates52°50′45″N 1°14′56″W / 52.845958°N 1.248812°W / 52.845958; -1.248812Coordinates: 52°50′45″N 1°14′56″W / 52.845958°N 1.248812°W / 52.845958; -1.248812
Construction started1842
Completed1846
ClientEdward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper
Design and construction
ArchitectEdward Blore

Kingston Hall is a country house in Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire.[1]

It was built between 1842 and 1846 to designs by the architect Edward Blore[2] for Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper. It was made a Grade II listed building in 1987.[3]

The grounds of Kingston Hall contains a Grade II listed Pavilion and a Grade II listed stable block.

In 1916 it 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.

References[]

  1. ^ Nottinghamshire. History, directory and gazetteer of the county... White Francis. 1864
  2. ^ The Georgian Group journal, Georgian Group. London. 2009
  3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1242098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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