Kingston House, Shrewsbury

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Kingston House
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Kingston House
Location Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Coordinates 52°42′29″N2°45′09″W / 52.7081°N 2.7526°W / 52.7081; -2.7526
Built1679
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated10 January 1953
Reference no.1254773
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Location in Shropshire

Kingston House is a building in St Alkmund's Place, Shrewsbury. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]

History

The house was built to a timber-frame design and completed in 1679. [2] It has an unusual tower with a pyramid roof. [3] It became a training facility for "friendless girls in moral danger" in 1872 [4] , founded by local vicar the Revd Leopold Wightman and his wife Julia, the well-known temperance campaigner. [5] The building went on to become the headquarters of the Shropshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry in the later 19th century. [6] This unit evolved to become the Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry in 1901 and the Shropshire Yeomanry in 1908. [6] By the early 20th century the Divisional Troops of the Royal Artillery and the offices of the Shropshire Territorial Force Association were also based in the building. [7] [8] The Shropshire Yeomanry was mobilised from Kingston House in August 1914 before being deployed to Egypt. [9] After the war the house was decommissioned and converted for commercial use: it is now occupied by a firm of solicitors. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "6, St Alkmond's Place". British listed buildings. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "The medieval town house" (PDF). University of Birmingham. p. 385. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1993). Shropshire. Penguin. p. 281. ISBN   978-0140710168.
  4. ↑ "Magdalen Homes". Children's homes. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  5. ↑ >"Death of Mrs. Wightman of Shrewsbury". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 21 January 1898. p. 7.
  6. 1 2 "Shropshire Yeomanry". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Shrewsbury" . Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "National Reserves Wanted". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 26 February 1915. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Shropshire Yeomanry". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "About". Clarks Solicitors. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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