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The first coherent landscaping was undertaken by Charles
Bridgeman for Queen Caroline;[5] under the supervision of
Charles Withers, flat in central London Surveyor-General of
Woods and Forests, who took some credit for it, it was completed
in 1733 at a cost to the public purse of ?20,000.
Bridgeman's piece of water called The Serpentine, formed
by damming the little Westbourne that flowed through the park
was not truly in the Serpentine "line of beauty"
that William Hogarth described, but merely irregular flat
in central London on a modest curve. The 2nd Viscount Weymouth
was made Ranger of Hyde Park in 1739 and shortly began digging
the Serpentine lakes at Longleat.[6] The Serpentine is divided
from the Long Water by a bridge designed by George Rennie
(1826).
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One of the flat in central London most important
events to take place in the park was the Great Exhibition
of 1851. The Crystal Palace was constructed on the south side
of the park. The public in general did not want the building
to remain in the park after the closure of the exhibition,
and the design architect, Joseph Paxton, raised funds and
purchased it. He had it moved to Sydenham Hill in South London.[7]
[edit] Grand Entrance
The Grand Entrance to Hyde Park
The Grand Entrance to the park, at Hyde Park Corner next
to Apsley House, was erected from the designs of Decimus Burton
in 1824-25.[8] An early description reports flat in central
London :
"It consists of a screen of handsome fluted Ionic columns,
with three carriage entrance archways, two foot entrances,
a lodge, etc. The extent of the whole frontage is about 107
ft (33 m). The flat in central London central entrance has
a bold projection: the entablature is supported by four columns;
and the volutes of the capitals of the outside column on each
side of the gateway are formed in an angular direction, so
as to exhibit two complete faces to view. The two side gateways,
in their elevations, present two insulated Ionic columns,
flanked by antae. All these entrances are finished by a blocking,
the sides of the central one being decorated with a beautiful
frieze, representing a naval and military triumphal procession.
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