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The Grand Lodge, Longdon, Rugeley, Staffordshire

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"Built in 1814, the lodge still stands near to Horsey Lane. Plans of a very similar design for a Beaudesert Lodge by Potter and dated 1812 are held by Staffordshire Archives. Humphry Repton's 'Red Book' for Beaudesert also has a similar but not identical proposed design. Shaw is accepted as being the architect by most authorities, supported by the fact that he exhibited a drawing entitled 'the lodge at the Litchfield (sic) entrance to Beau Desert now building for the Right Hon., the Earl of Uxbridge' at The Royal Academy Exhibition in 1814. It is thought unlikely that Shaw would enter a drawing of a building which he had not designed himself. The Lodge was converted into an award winning private home for footballer Kevin Phillips around 2010.

Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. It had nine lodges surrounding its parkland. The Hall was almost completely demolished in the early 1930s. The main staircase and much interior panelling were shipped to Australia and can be seen at a house called Carrick Hill, near Adelaide."

https://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/details.aspx?ResourceID=42796&ExhibitionID=27927&PageIndex=4&SearchType=2&ThemeID=376

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1277681

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/property/historic-house-once-owned-footballer-19185643

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Horsey Lane, Upper Longdon, Rugeley WS15 4LW.