Kingston Hall is a country house in Kingston on Soar

Kingston on Soar

Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. It has a population of 239, as of the 2001 census.It has 4 centres of population: the Village, Kingston Hall, New Kingston and Kingston Fields....

, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

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

Edward Blore

Edward Blore was a 19th century British landscape and architectural artist, architect and antiquary. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland ....

 for Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper

Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper

Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC, FRS , was a British Liberal Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen.-Background and education:...

. It was made a Grade II listed building in 1987.

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

Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Lavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk LG CBE was a British peeress....

), daughter of Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper

Algernon Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper

Algernon Henry Strutt 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...

 and his wife, Eva Strutt

Eva Primrose, Countess of Rosebery

Dame Eva Isabel Marion Primrose, Countess of Rosebery was the daughter of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare and his wife, Constance.-First marriage:...

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It was subdivided into separate apartments in 1977.