Courtyard Arch and Screen Walls at West End of Oldway Mansion Courtyard is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1951. Arch, walls.

Courtyard Arch and Screen Walls at West End of Oldway Mansion Courtyard

WRENN ID
second-corridor-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1951
Type
Arch, walls
Address
Courtyard Arch and Screen Walls at West End of Oldway Mansion Courtyard, Torquay Road
OS grid reference
SX 887 615
Coordinates
50.44337, -3.56813
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The courtyard arch and screen walls at the west end of the courtyard of Oldway Mansion were built between 1904 and 1907, during the remodelling of the house for Paris Singer. The structure features a triumphal arch that is stuccoed, possibly over concrete. It has a massive round-headed archway with pilasters and a moulded design, topped with a deep projecting cornice and a triglyph frieze adorned with patterae. A carved or moulded lion's mask with lionskin swags hangs over the archway. The arch is flanked by pilasters that exhibit chanelled rustication. The tall screen walls, which have balustraded parapets, are decorated with plain rectangular panels on the courtyard side and feature additional oculi with plain, proud frames on the west side. This entrance serves as a spectacular feature for the mansion, adding to its theatrical character.

Local climate

Courtyard Arch and Screen Walls at West End of Oldway Mansion Courtyard receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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