Sphinx And Pedestal On South Side Of Waterfall At East End Of Lake

SE 2869 9/56 6.3.67

LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS STUDLEY PARK Sphinx and pedestal on south side of waterfall at east end of Lake (formerly listed along with 9/55)

GV II

Sphinx and pedestal. c1727. Probably by John Simpson for John Aislabie. Ashlar pedestal, limestone figure. Overall height approximately 1.5 metres. Moulded profile to pedestal. The figure is strongly proportioned, the weathered head draped with a light head-dress. Records of the Studley Estate show that John Simpson was making pillars for sphinxes in 1727 but he may not have been responsible for the statues. Sphinxes are known to have been placed on the Cascade at the entrance to the Lake (qv) and they flanked the Drum Falls on the Canal (qv), the latter are probably those removed from the top of Mackershaw Gate (qv) in 1970 and now in store. G Beard, 'Studley Royal', Country Life 1961. W T C Walker, personal communication. Sphinx and pedestal. c1727. Probably by John Simpson for John Aislabie. Ashlar pedestal, limestone figure. Overall height approximately 1.5 metres. Moulded profile to pedestal. The figure is strongly proportioned, the weathered head draped with a light head-dress. Records of the Studley Estate show that John Simpson was making pillars for sphinxes in 1727 but he may not have been responsible for the statues. Sphinxes are known to have been placed on the Cascade at the entrance to the Lake (qv) and they flanked the Drum Falls on the Canal (qv), the latter are probably those removed from the top of Mackershaw Gate (qv) in 1970 and now in store. G Beard, 'Studley Royal', Country Life 1961. W T C Walker, personal communication.

Listing NGR: SE2817569261