Kingston Hall is a country house in Kingston on Soar,

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. It was built between 1842 and 1846 to designs by the architect

Edward Blore Edward Blore (13 September 1787 – 4 September 1879) was a 19th-century English landscape and architectural artist, architect and antiquary. Early career He was born in Derby, the son of the antiquarian writer Thomas Blore. Blore's backg ...

for

Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC FRS (26 October 1801 – 30 June 1880), was a British Whig Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen. Background and education Born at St He ...

. It was made a Grade II listed building in 1987. The grounds of Kingston Hall contains a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

Pavilion and a

stable block. In 1916 it was the birthplace of Lavinia Mary Strutt, (later

Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk Lavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (''née'' Strutt; 22 March 1916 – 10 December 1995) was a British noblewoman. Life Born Lavinia Mary Strutt, she was the only daughter of Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper, and his wife, Eva. ...

), daughter of

Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper Algernon Henry Strutt (6 May 1883 – 20 May 1956), was 3rd Baron Belper from 1914 to 1956. He entered the British Army in August 1908 and gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the 2nd Life Guards. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron ...

and his wife, Eva Strutt. It was subdivided into separate apartments in 1977.

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{{Commons category, Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire Country houses in Nottinghamshire Grade II listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Edward Blore buildings