This is a list of public art in Knightsbridge, a district in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.
Map of public art in Knightsbridge
City of Westminster
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Stags | Albert Gate 51°30′09″N 0°09′31″W / 51.5026°N 0.1585°W / 51.5026; -0.1585 (Stags) |
before 1839 | Peter Turnerelli after Francesco Bartolozzi | Thomas Cubitt | Statues on gateposts | Grade II | Formerly stood at the Piccadilly entrance to the Deputy Ranger's Lodge in Green Park; Cubitt acquired the stags prior to the building's demolition. The gates and stone piers are twentieth-century replacements for Cubitt's originals of 1844–1845. |
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Drinking fountain | Outside The Lanesborough 51°30′07″N 0°09′09″W / 51.502072°N 0.152524°W / 51.502072; -0.152524 (Drinking fountain) |
1860 | ? | — | Drinking fountain | Grade II* (with old hospital building) | One of the earliest gifts of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association; the hotel building behind was originally St George's Hospital, which was felt to be a particularly appropriate location for a drinking fountain. |
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Pediment sculpture | Hyde Park Barracks, South Carriage Drive | 1878–1880 c. 1878–1880 | Thomas Earp | T. H. Wyatt (original setting); Basil Spence (current setting) | Pediment sculpture | — | Salvaged from the riding school of the Victorian Knightsbridge Barracks, which were demolished in 1965. |
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Triga | 1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House) | 1958 | Franta Belsky | Stone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957) Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment) |
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The Rush of Green or The Bowater House Group | Edinburgh Gate 51°30′09″N 0°09′44″W / 51.5024°N 0.1623°W / 51.5024; -0.1623 (Rush of Green) |
1959 | Jacob Epstein | — | Sculptural group | Grade II | Unveiled April 1961. A mother, father, child and dog, driven by the sound of Pan's pipes, rush towards Hyde Park. Epstein was adding the finishing touches to the group on the night he died. |
| Four Season | Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade | 1961 | Elisabeth Frink | Michael Rosenhauer | Reliefs | — | ||
| The Innocence of Childhood | Raphael Street | 1998 c. 1998 | Richard Kindersley | Hurley, Robertson and Associates | Brick relief | — | Showing a child's-eye view of a busy street, the relief has been severely compromised by the insertion of a window and a door in the wall. | |
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Hyde Park Gates | Edinburgh Gate 51°30′08″N 0°09′38″W / 51.502344°N 0.160529°W / 51.502344; -0.160529 (Hyde Park Gates) |
2010 | Wendy Ramshaw | — | Gates | — | Commissioned from the artist and jeweller as part of the One Hyde Park residential development.
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Search for Enlightenment | One Hyde Park 51°30′09″N 0°09′41″W / 51.502427°N 0.161364°W / 51.502427; -0.161364 (Search for Enlightenment) |
2011 | Simon Gudgeon | — | Sculptures | — | Unveiled 19 January 2012 to mark the first anniversary of One Hyde Park. The developers, Candy & Candy, had previously installed a cast of the work at Riverside Walk Gardens, Millbank, in 2011.
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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| Memorial to the victims of the 1983 Harrod's bombing | Harrod's | 1985 | George Cook | Stele and plaque | — | The memorial to the police officers killed erected by the Police Memorial Trust, that of the civilians killed by the borough council.
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References
- Greenacombe, John, ed. (2000). "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court: Albert Gate". Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- Historic England. "St George's Hospital and Attached Drinking Fountain (1277491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- Cavanagh 2003, p. 444. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCavanagh2003 (help)
- "Franta Belsky". The Telegraph. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- One Knightsbridge Green. Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- Greenacombe, John, ed. (2000). "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court: West of Albert Gate". Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- Archived 3 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Cavanagh 2003, pp. 446–447. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCavanagh2003 (help)
- Hyde Park Gates. Inspired Metal. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- Search for Enlightenment unveiled at One Hyde Park. Candy & Candy. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- Nolan & Starren 2012, no. 38.
Bibliography
- Cavanagh, Terry (2023). Public Sculpture of Kensington and Chelsea with Westminster South-West. Public Sculpture of Britain. Vol. 22. Watford: Public Statues and Sculpture Association. ISBN 978-1-8383976-2-3.
- Nolan, David; Starren, Caroline (2012). On Public View: A journey around the sculpture of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
