- Anmer Hall
Anmer Hall is situated in the
Norfolk village of Anmer inEngland , about two miles east of The Queen's residence at Sandringham. Leased by the Duke and Duchess of Kent as their country house from 1972 until 1990, it has formed part of the Sandringham estate since 1898.It is a late-Georgian house, of
brick and tile to the front elevations, and ofCarstone and tile to the rear and north. The long front comprises eleven bays, with a three-bay central pediment, and the house has two storeys and dormers, with a bell tower slightly off centre. The ground-floor windows are set in blank arches and there is a semicircular porch on two Tuscan columns.In February 1990 the Duke and Duchess of Kent left Anmer Hall, moving to
Crocker End House .Previous residents of Anmer Hall
* John Maffey, later 1st Baron Rugby, who was to become
Governor-General of theSudan , Permanent Secretary of theColonial Office and wartime Ambassador to Dublin. His daughter Penelope (2 December 1910 –7 February 2005 ) socialized with the Royal Family, and was reportedly a favorite of King George V.
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