Kingston House estate, London

The Kingston House estate and Ennismore Gardens in Knightsbridge is a green, dual-character area within the western limits of the City of Westminster in London.

[b] The relatively small, broad-fronted house set against the Consulate-used pairing at №s 61 to 62 is № 60 and as with the other 65 numbers of Ennismore Gardens is a listed building.

He died at the house in 1837 and was succeeded by his grandson William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel who seldom occupied it.

It remained with the family until four years after the death in 1931 of the 4th Earl, when it passed to his younger son, created Viscount Blakenham.

It stood at the southern end of Ennismore Mews, which ran behind the houses on the eastern side of Princes Terrace.

From the 1930s onwards, many of the original buildings, including Kingston House itself, were replaced by apartment blocks and modern townhouses.

During World War II, the Norwegian government-in-exile took a main base at Kingston House North.

[15] The iconic Hollywood actress Ava Gardner lived[16] at №34 from 1968 until her death in 1990, and is commemorated by an English Heritage blue plaque on the side wall of the property.

The 1987 VW Golf TV advert directed by David Bailey featured Paula Hamilton leaving № 23.