Description:Yoxall Lodge was originally built as a hunting lodge in the Needwood Forest. The hunting lodge was acquired from Sir Nathanial Curzon by John Gisbourne and rebuilt as a comfortable Georgian country house in the mid 18th century.
John Gisbourne's eldest son Rev. Thomas Gisbourne (1758-1846) was Yoxall Lodge's most famous resident. He became curate of Barton under Needwood in 1783. Gisbourne was a member of the Clapham Sect, was a close friend of William Wilberforce (who stayed with him at Yoxall Lodge) and fought for the abolition of the slave trade. He also wrote poetry and hymns and was a member of the Derby Philosophical Society.
Thomas Guy Gisbourne inherited Yoxall Lodge from his father in 1846 and when he died in 1869 ownership passed on to his wife, Emily Wingfield Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1827-1917). She married a second time and became the Hon. Mrs Emily Wingfield Griffiths. The last owner was her niece, Miss Emily Cecilia Twistelton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1862-1934). In 1929 the contents, fixtures and fittings were sold 'previous to demolition' and Yoxall Lodge had disappeared by 1935.