Lea Tomb, Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Tomb.
Lea Tomb, Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- stony-postern-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 834 515
- Coordinates
- 52.16153, -2.24302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lea Tomb, located approximately 40 metres south of the Church of St Peter, is a chest tomb from the mid- to late 19th century, constructed from sandstone and marble in a Gothic style. The sides feature a continuous arcade of pointed niches, which are separated by marble shafts above a moulded base made of red marble. The inner arches are trefoiled, and the central arches on each side contain carved figures. Each corner of the tomb has a canopied niche, with figures that are now headless, remaining only on the east side. The north side bears inscriptions for Charles Wheeley Lea, who died in 1898, and Amy Mary Lea, who died in 1916. Each corner is topped with pinnacles, and the top of the tomb is designed to resemble a medieval grave slab, featuring a carved cross and an inscription for John Wheeley Lea, who died in 1874.
Local climate
Lea Tomb, Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St Peter receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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