Egyptian Portal and Two Pairs of Sphinxes is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1974. Ornamental garden building.
Egyptian Portal and Two Pairs of Sphinxes
- WRENN ID
- final-finial-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1974
- Type
- Ornamental garden building
- Address
- Egyptian Portal and Two Pairs of Sphinxes, Biddulph
- OS grid reference
- SJ 893 591
- Coordinates
- 53.12947, -2.16102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Egyptian portal and two pairs of sphinxes are ornamental garden features located at Biddulph Grange, created around 1856 by John Bateman. Made of stone, the two pairs of Egyptian sphinxes, which are of reduced scale, are positioned approximately 3 meters apart and lead to an Egyptian-style portal. This portal features a coved lintel that is carved with a pseudo-Pharaonic design. Clipped yew hedges enhance the overall composition, providing tiered columns on either side and forming a solid wall behind the portal. This work is believed to be a collaboration between Bateman and the painter E.W. Cooke, as noted in Cooke's unpublished diaries.
Local climate
Egyptian Portal and Two Pairs of Sphinxes receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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