Entrance to Coombe Abbey Hotel
as well as Coombe Country Park
Brinklow Road
When you drive down the Brinklow Road,
just outside Coventry, you can't help but notice
these two pillars and the magnificent Coombe Abbey Hotel beyond.
My interest today is the curious mark on the
left pillar noted by an arrow in the photo below.
Have a closer look below.
The white arrow is pointing at a
The benchmark is that 'line' with (what looks
like) an arrow pointing up to it.
The benchmark serves as an elevation reference point.
This one no longer appears on Ordnance Survey maps.
When the reference point was chiseled in the stone,
these pillars were located just down the road,
presumably at a different elevation.
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In preparing for today's post, I was interested to read that
at some point in the 1960s these pillars were originally sited about 60 yards
to the east. The pillars supported wrought iron gates
known as the Griffin Gate. I have read further that these gates were
removed for safekeeping when the pillars were moved to their present
location. I wonder where the gates are now.
In the photo below I am looking towards what was the
carriage entrance (next to red car behind the trees).
The main entrance is behind me.
(Below) The Griffin Gate was originally here
This road runs parallel to the main entrance driveway.
