Lea Castle, England

Lea Castle is a ruined Grade II listed Neo Gothic mock castle mansion near Wolverley, England.

Lea Castle
Surviving gatehouse in 2010
General information
Architectural style	Neo Gothic
Town or city	Wolverley, England
Country	United Kingdom
Completed	1762
Demolished	Partly in 1945[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edward Knight

History

Lea Castle was built by Edward Knight in 1762.^[2] John Brown bought the house in 1823.^[1] By 1848 it was owned by the Brown-Westhead family.^[1]

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 Scheduled Monument on June 15, 2003.^[3] Today, only the north lodges and gateway survive, dating to the 19th and 20th centuries.^[4]