The Angels Wings is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1958. Seat with canopy.
The Angels Wings
- WRENN ID
- blind-timber-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1958
- Type
- Seat with canopy
- Address
- The Angels Wings, Clovelly
- OS grid reference
- SS 307 259
- Coordinates
- 51.00799, -4.41398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Angels Wings is a Grade II listed seat with a canopy, located in Clovelly Court Park. The structure dates back to 1826, with restoration work completed in 1934 by Boon Bros. Boatbuilders of Northam. It is made of wood and features a pyramidal shingled roof that is bellcast, with lead flashing at the angles and apex, topped by a large stone ball finial. The seat is square in plan and has a central tapering square pillar adorned with floral carvings on each face. At the base of the pillar is a slatted wooden bench, and the roof is primarily supported by four large curving struts carved to resemble angel wings, with additional uncarved cusped struts above. The soffit of the structure displays carved angel busts in relief.
The Angels Wings is situated on the edge of the cliffs, offering wide views out to sea. It is an unusual romantic structure that forms part of the landscaped park created by Sir James Hamlyn in the late 18th century to early 19th century around Clovelly Court.
Local climate
The Angels Wings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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 0.3°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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