Description

COMPTON VERNEY

SP35SW COMPTON VERNEY
1901-1/6/65 Bridge carrying drive to Compton
06/02/52 Verney over Compton Pool
(Formerly Listed as:
COMPTON VERNEY
Bridge carrying drive over Compton
Pool)

GV II*

Bridge. C18 with C19 parapet. Probably by Robert Adam (or
possibly Lancelot `Capability' Brown). Limestone ashlar. 3
segmental arches have archivolts; cutwaters are decayed;
modillioned cornice to balustraded parapet. Piers to ends have
plain round-headed niches and originally served as plinth to
lead sphinxes similar to those on the Adam gateway screen at
Sion. Abutments have plain parapets terminating in ball
finials. An important element in the setting of the house and
in `Capability' Brown's landscaping of 1768-74.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner, N & Wedgwood, A:
Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 239; Country Life: Bolton,
AT: Compton Verney, Warwickshire, a seat of Lord Willoughby de
Broke: London: 1913-: 528-35).

Listing NGR: SP3126952894

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551779

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide