Cherie's Place » Sphinx http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Fri, 22 May 2026 22:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Compton Verney – The Upper Bridge http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/03/19/compton-verney-the-upper-bridge/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/03/19/compton-verney-the-upper-bridge/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:12:39 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=10332 The Upper Bridge

[Capability] Brown changed the direction of the approach to the house and merged the five separate pools into the central lake, which he crossed with two new bridges. The Upper Bridge of 1770, guarded by four lead sphinxes, is thought to have been designed either by Brown or by architect Robert Adam.*

Sphinx

Cobwebs

*From the Compton Verney Grounds leaflet.

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