Kingston Lacy Interior (Explore) by Richard Walker Via Flickr: One of the many reception rooms at Kingston Lacy house near Wimborne in Dorset. National Trust. UK. Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate, now owned by the National Trust. From the 17th to the late 20th centuries it was the family seat of the Bankes family, who had previously resided nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary joined the side of Charles I. They owned some 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) of the surrounding Dorset countryside and coastline.

Kingston Lacy by Tony Via Flickr: The Kingston Lacy estate originally formed part of a royal estate within the manor of Wimborne. The original house stood to the north of the current house. It was built in the medieval period and was used as a hunting lodge in connection with the deer park to its northwest.