Listed Building record TQ 45 NE 94 - EASTERNMOST OF A PAIR OF SPHINXES TO WEST OF COMBE BANK

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 4801 5577 (point)
Map sheet TQ45NE
Civil Parish SUNDRIDGE WITH IDE HILL, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ4855 SUNDRIDGE COMBE BANK ROAD Combe Bank
32/10028 Eastemmost of a pair of Sphinxes to west of Combe Bank
GV II
Garden ornament. C18 Portland stone sphinx, based on classical antique Egyptian model and one of a pair situated on either side of a mid C19 flight of steps. Sphinx is about 5 feet long in a crouching position and set on a rectangular moulded stone base. Probably in this position from the time the rose garden was laid out.
Listing NGR: TQ4801555772


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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Mar 2 2021 1:10PM