Pair of sphinxes flanking steps on east side of terrace at Trent Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1990. Sculpture.
Pair of sphinxes flanking steps on east side of terrace at Trent Park House
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Enfield
- Constituency
- Southgate and Wood Green MP: Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1990
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- Pair of sphinxes flanking steps on east side of terrace at Trent Park House, Cockfosters Road, Barnet, EN4 0PS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 291 973
- Coordinates
- 51.66021, -0.13454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of sphinxes, dating from around 1700 and created by Nost, are located flanking the steps on the east side of the terrace at Trent Park House. In the mid-1920s, these lead statues were moved to Trent Park from Stowe, Buckinghamshire, by Sir Philip Sassoon. The sphinxes are set on corniced, stepped ashlar plinths, which support the statues that depict sphinxes with their heads turned inwards.
Local climate
Pair of sphinxes flanking steps on east side of terrace at Trent Park House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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