Lilleshall Abbey was the original owner of the estate until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538, and the land soon passed to the Leveson-Gower family. It is now in the care of English Heritage and open to the public.
Lilleshall Lodge was used as the family’s residence in the area, until they moved to Lilleshall Old Hall in the village in the late 18th century. It appears to originally have been a hunting lodge in the abbey’s deer park rather than adjacent to the main abbey buildings. The building was demolished in about 1818.
It was described as part of the description of Muxton Hill Farm in James Loch’s “An account of the improvements on the estates of the Marquess of Stafford”, 1820: “Upon this farm stood, in a most commanding situation, the Old Lodge, the former residence of the Leveson family, before they transferred their residence to Trentham. It had been gradually taken down, and that which was left having become a total ruin, it was pulled down last year. The park included the Old Manor or Abbey Farm, the New Lodge and Old Lodge Farms, with portions of some of the adjoining ones.” This appears to be near The Lodge Plantation, Muxton.
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