Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire

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

Kingston Hall
2015
Location within Nottinghamshire
General information
LocationKingston on Soar
Town or cityNottingham
CountryEngland
Coordinates52.845958°N 1.248812°W / 52.845958; -1.248812
Construction started1842
Completed1846
ClientEdward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper
Design and construction
ArchitectEdward Blore

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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