Arle Court and Wall Adjoining is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.

Arle Court and Wall Adjoining

WRENN ID
sharp-floor-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
House
Address
Arle Court and Wall Adjoining, GL51 6PN
OS grid reference
SO 914 215
Coordinates
51.89199, -2.12621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Arle Court is a house dating to 1856 and 1858, designed by J.J. Rowland for Thomas Packer Walter Butt. It is constructed of ashlar over brick, with a stone tile roof. The house is two storeys with a central, recessed bay topped by a pierced quatrefoil parapet. The outer two gabled bays feature two-storey, stepped canted bay windows. Most windows are mullion-and-transom fixed-lights and casements; the bays have three-light windows with single lights to the sides, while the ground-floor central window is of two lights, with a two-light mullion window above containing 1/1 sashes. Two bands decorate the first floor, with an embellished apron beneath the central first-floor window. Octagonal pinnacles top the gables, with a circular motif in the gable ends. The entrance porch has a pointed arch supported by column clusters and a moulded head, topped with a pierced parapet. Tall, octagonal side and ridge stacks have cornices. The roof has coped verges with pinnacles. The design is irregular, with features reminiscent of other facades. A broached, three-stage octagonal tower (formerly with a spire) is set back to the east, its upper facets enriched with heraldry. A lower range extends to the rear.

The interior, described in a 1983 list, is of good quality and contains some 16th and 17th century panelling reputedly sourced from Arle Manor when it was partially demolished in 1880. The hall features a top-lit gallery. A wooden staircase is notable for carvings of French historical figures. A north-east ground floor room boasts a polychromatic panelled ceiling, carved panelling, and a fine chimney piece. The north-west room has further panelling, partly dating to the 17th century, and another fine carved chimney piece. A splendid billiard room was added to the north-west in 1865, incorporating side alcoves. An unusual back staircase is situated within a north-west domestic extension.

To the right of the porch, a low wall with a pierced lozenge-motif balustrade and shaped copings abuts the house. The buildings at Arle Court together form a significant group.

Local climate

Arle Court and Wall Adjoining receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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