Walls to Court East and North Eat of Oldway Mansion, Including Pair of Sphinxes is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1993. Garden walls. 6 related planning applications.

Walls to Court East and North Eat of Oldway Mansion, Including Pair of Sphinxes

WRENN ID
first-buttress-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1993
Type
Garden walls
Address
Walls to Court East and North Eat of Oldway Mansion, Including Pair of Sphinxes, Torquay Road, TQ3 2TD
OS grid reference
SX 888 615
Coordinates
50.4432, -3.56693
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The courtyard walls to the east and northeast of Oldway Mansion, built around 1904-1907, include a pair of sphinxes that flank the entrance to the terraced garden east of the house. These walls were likely constructed during the remodeling of Oldway Mansion for Paris Singer and were part of grounds designed by A Duchesne, a prominent French landscape architect. The walls are made of concrete, featuring plain coping and balustraded bays. The garden sections have bulbous balusters, while the straight sections have ovoid balusters. The large concrete sphinxes stand at the entrance to the gardens. This structure is an important part of the setting for Oldway Mansion, which includes several garden features from the early 20th century.

Local climate

Walls to Court East and North Eat of Oldway Mansion, Including Pair of Sphinxes 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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