Remains of Lea Castle Adjoining Lower Lea Farmhouse to North is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. A C14 Castle.
Remains of Lea Castle Adjoining Lower Lea Farmhouse to North
- WRENN ID
- dusted-oriel-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- SO 351 891
- Coordinates
- 52.49673, -2.95725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Lea Castle are located adjacent to Lower Lea Farmhouse to the north. This structure dates from around the 14th century and is built from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. The remains likely belong to a rectangular tower measuring approximately 5 by 14 metres, with walls still standing to the south, east, and west. There is a blocked pointed archway to the north and probable remnants of a corbelled stack to the south. This site was formerly a castle owned by the Bishops of Hereford.
Local climate
Remains of Lea Castle Adjoining Lower Lea Farmhouse to North receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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