The house was built in 1529 by the Nevile family and was bought in 1765 by Sir Lionel Pilkington, 5th Baronet and passed down through the Pilkington family.
Sir | Sir Walter Scott | Lionel Richie | baronet | Baronet | Lionel Barrymore | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Lionel Hampton | Karl Pilkington | 5th United States Congress | Lionel Messi | William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe | Sir Robert Peel | Lionel Trilling | South Carolina's 5th congressional district | Lionel Monckton | 5th arrondissement of Marseille | 5th | Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet | Lionel Johnson | Sir Raylton Dixon | Sir Harold Hillier Gardens | Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet | Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet | 5th parallel south | Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet | Pilkington | Michigan's 5th congressional district | George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore |
He bought Chevet Hall near Wakefield from his sister-in-law, Anne, where he lived until his death.