Lea Castle is a ruined Grade II listed

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near Wolverley, England.

History

Lea Castle was built by Edward Knight in 1762. John Brown bought the house in 1823. By 1848 it was owned by the Brown-Westhead family. The house was auctioned in 1933 but by 1939 it was dilapidated. Lea Castle was then partially demolished in 1945. It was designated as a

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on June 15, 2003. Today, only the north lodges and gateway survive, dating to the 19th and 20th centuries.BoE, p 124; Reid, P: Burke's and Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume II, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcester- shire, 1980, p 215

References

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