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Listed building outline: Courtyard Arch And Screen Walls At West End Of Oldway Mansion Courtyard 383871

Courtyard Arch And Screen Walls At West End Of Oldway Mansion Courtyard 383871

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entry-date: 1951-03-13
listed-building: 1195208
name: Courtyard Arch And Screen Walls At West End Of Oldway Mansion Courtyard
notes: Triumphal arch with screen walls at the W end of the courtyard to Oldway Mansion (qv). 1904-1907, contemporary with the remodelling of the house for Paris Singer. Stuccoed, possibly over concrete. Massive round-headed, pilastered, moulded archway with a deep projecting cornice and triglyph frieze with patterae. A carved or moulded lion's mask with lionskin swags droops down over the archway. Arch flanked by pilasters with chanelled rustication. Tall screen walls with balustraded parapets are decorated with plain rectangular panels on the courtyard side with additional oculi with plain, proud frames on the W side. A spectacular entrance to a theatrical house. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989: 839-40). Listing NGR: SX8875061568
reference: 383871
start-date: 1951-03-13
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