List of public art in Knightsbridge

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.

City of Westminster

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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.[1]
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 ? N/a 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.[2]
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 N/a Salvaged from the riding school of the Victorian Knightsbridge Barracks, which were demolished in 1965.[3]
Busts
Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, Lord Salisbury and Archbishop Temple 		55–91 Knightsbridge 1902–1903 c. 1902–1903 ? W. D. Caröe Architectural sculpture Grade II The block was built on land belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by Caröe, their architect. The busts are in the pediments of the first-floor windows.[4]
Triga 1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House) 1958 Franta Belsky Stone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957)
Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment) 		Sculptural group N/a A reinforced concrete sculpture with metal coating, commemorating Tattersall's racehorse auction yard which formerly stood on this site.[5][6]

More images 		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 N/a 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.[7]
The Innocence of Childhood Raphael Street 1998 c. 1998 Richard Kindersley Hurley, Robertson and Associates Brick relief N/a 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.[8]
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 N/a Gates N/a Commissioned from the artist and jeweller as part of the One Hyde Park residential development.[9]


More images 		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 N/a Sculptures N/a Unveiled 19 January 2012 to mark the first anniversary of One Hyde Park.[10] The developers, Candy & Candy, had previously installed a cast of the work at Riverside Walk Gardens, Millbank, in 2011.


Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Façade sculpture Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade 1961 Elisabeth Frink Michael Rosenhauer Reliefs N/a Eighteen curved, non-geometric shapes in copper set between three columns.[11] Variously titled Four Season or Bird Forms, this early work of Frink's dissatisfied her soon after its completion and she came to repudiate it.[12]
Memorial to the victims of the 1983 Harrods bombing Harrods 1985 George Cook Stele and plaque N/a The memorial to the police officers killed erected by the Police Memorial Trust, that of the civilians killed by the borough council.[13]


References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Historic England. "St George's Hospital and Attached Drinking Fountain (1277491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. ^ Cavanagh 2023, p. 444.
  4. ^ Cavanagh 2023, pp. 443–444.
  5. ^ Cavanagh 2023, p. 445.
  6. ^ One Knightsbridge Green. Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Cavanagh 2023, pp. 446–447.
  9. ^ Hyde Park Gates. Inspired Metal. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  10. ^ Search for Enlightenment unveiled at One Hyde Park. Candy & Candy. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Four Season, Reliefs, Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge". National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011.
  12. ^ Cavanagh 2023, pp. 2–3.
  13. ^ 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.
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