This is alist of public art inBelgravia, a district in theCity of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea inLondon. The area is mainly composed of early 19th-century residential buildings, many of which now serve diplomatic uses.[1] Several of the figures commemorated here were influential in the early development of Belgravia under the ownership of the Grosvenor family (later theDukes of Westminster).Belgrave Square, which gives the locale its name,[2] has a particularly high number of embassies; its public sculptures are therefore of a pronounced international character.[3]
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Art and Architecture;Animal Husbandry and Agriculture | Norwegian Embassy, 25Belgrave Square (Belgrave Place elevation) | 1796 | ? | George Basevi(25–36 Belgrave Square,c. 1825) | Reliefs | Grade I | The allegorical reliefs ofputti inCoade stone were originally affixed to the Danish-Norwegian Consulate inWellclose Square, Stepney, and were reinstalled here in 1968.[4] |
.jpg) | Cupid and Psyche | 11 West Halkin Street | c. 1830–1840 | ? | ? | Relief tondo | Grade II | [5][6] |
.jpg) More images | Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster Memorial Drinking Fountain | Junction of Pimlico Road and Avery Farm Row 51°29′28″N0°09′01″W / 51.4911°N 0.1503°W /51.4911; -0.1503 (Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster Memorial Drinking Fountain) | 1870 c. 1870 | Salviati(mosaics) | Thomas Henry Wyatt | Drinking fountain | Grade II | AnItalian Renaissance–style drinking fountain ofPortland stone and granite, with mosaic panels.[7][8][9] |
 | Saint Michael | Fountain Court, junction of Pimlico Road and Avery Farm Row | before 1908 | ? | Architectural sculpture | N/a | A remnant of St Michael's Vicarage, which previously stood on this site.[10] | |
 | Obelisk | Walden House, Pimlico Road 51°29′28″N0°09′03″W / 51.4912°N 0.1507°W /51.4912; -0.1507 (Obelisk) | c. 1930 | Arnrid Johnston | N/a | Sculptural group | Grade II | A three-sided sculptural group (badly weathered on two sides) of children playing, with a base depicting groups of animals in the round, all in Portland stone. The criticKineton Parkes considered this to be Johnson's most important work.[11] |
 More images | Angel of Light Overcoming the Powers of Darkness | 33 Grosvenor Place (formerly theAssociated Electrical Industries building) | 1956–1958 c. 1956–1958 | Maurice Lambert | Albert Richardson and Eric Alfred Scholefield Houfe | Architectural sculpture | N/a | Six groups, each showing an angel killing a demon, carved in situ on the building.[12] |
 | Armillary sphere finials | 33 Grosvenor Place (formerly theAssociated Electrical Industries building) | 1956–1958 c. 1956–1958 | Maurice Lambert | Albert Richardson and Eric Alfred Scholefield Houfe | Architectural sculpture | N/a | Each sphere appears to encase a five-pointed star, has the signs of thezodiac on its outermost ring and rests the backs of two dragons.[12] |
 More images | Fountainhead | Halkin Arcade 51°29′58″N0°09′26″W / 51.4994°N 0.1573°W /51.4994; -0.1573 (Fountainhead) | 1971 | Geoffrey Wickham | N/a | Sculpture | N/a | This work won theRoyal British Society of Sculptors' Silver Medal in 1972 for the most distinguished new sculpture in London.[13] |
 More images | Statue ofSimón Bolívar | Belgrave Square 51°29′57″N0°09′08″W / 51.4992°N 0.1522°W /51.4992; -0.1522 (Statue of Simón Bolívar) | 1974 | Hugo Daini | N/a | Statue | N/a | Unveiled byJames Callaghan, then Foreign Secretary, and the Venezuelan presidentRafael Caldera. The statue of Bolívar in London is said to represent him as a maker of constitutions, in contrast to those in Madrid, Rome and Paris, which are equestrian. The quotation on the pedestal stresses his admiration for British institutions:I am convinced that England alone is capable of protecting the world's precious rights as she is great, glorious and wise.[14] |
 More images | Great Flora L | Chesham Place 51°29′52″N0°09′17″W / 51.4977°N 0.1548°W /51.4977; -0.1548 (Great Flora L) | 1978 | Fritz Koenig | N/a | Sculpture | N/a | The sculpture stands outside the extension to theGerman Embassy, with which it is contemporary.[15] It was conceived as "a fragile 'call-sign' in the heart of the surging metropolis".[16]Flora I, a work by the same artist, is in the garden of theGerman Chancellery in Berlin.[17] |
.jpg) More images | Hercules | Ormonde Place 51°29′27″N0°09′14″W / 51.4909°N 0.1539°W /51.4909; -0.1539 (Hercules) | 1981 | ? | N/a | Statue | N/a | A small, bronze replica of theFarnese Hercules. Pedestal inscribedHERCULES/ THIS STATUE IS EXHIBITED/ BYWATES LIMITED/ MAY 1981. |
 More images | Homage to Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci | Belgrave Square Gardens | 1982 | Enzo Plazzottaand Mark Holloway | N/a | Sculpture | N/a | Based on Leonardo's drawing of theVitruvian Man. Completed by Holloway, Plazzotta's studio assistant, after the elder sculptor's death in 1981. Funded by the American construction magnateJohn M. Harbert.[18] |
 More images | Statue ofChristopher Columbus | Belgrave Square 51°29′55″N0°09′13″W / 51.4985°N 0.1536°W /51.4985; -0.1536 (Statue of Christopher Columbus) | 1992 | Tomás Bañuelos | N/a | Statue | N/a | Given by the people of Spain in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage. His birth date is mistakenly given as 1446 on the pedestal.[19] |
 More images | Statue ofJosé de San Martín | Belgrave Square 51°30′00″N0°09′13″W / 51.5000°N 0.1535°W /51.5000; -0.1535 (Statue of José de San Martín) | 1994 | Juan Carlos Ferraro | N/a | Statue | N/a | A gift of the Anglo-Argentine community in Argentina, unveiled by theDuke of Edinburgh.[20] San Martín is depicted in general's uniform with hisbicorne hat held casually in his right hand, while in his left he holds a trailing sword below the hilt. An inscription readsHis name represents democracy, justice and liberty.[21] |
 More images | Statue ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Orange Square, corner ofEbury Street and Pimlico Road 51°29′27″N0°09′10″W / 51.4908°N 0.1529°W /51.4908; -0.1529 (Statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) | 1994 | Philip Jackson | N/a | Statue | N/a | The composer is portrayed at the age of eight, when he stayed at180 Ebury Street for the summer and autumn of 1764; he wrote his first two symphonies there. The statue was proposed to mark the bicentenary of Mozart's death in 1991.[22] |
 More images | Statue ofRobert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster | Wilton Crescent 51°30′01″N0°09′14″W / 51.5004°N 0.1538°W /51.5004; -0.1538 (Statue of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster) | 1998 | Jonathan Wylder | N/a | Statue | N/a | The developer of Belgravia is shown studying plans of the area, his foot resting on a milestone inscribedCHESTER/ 197/ MILES, a reference to his estate atEaton Hall in Cheshire. On either side sit twotalbots, the supporters from his coat of arms.[23] An inscription on the pedestal readsWHEN WE BUILD, LET US THINK WE BUILD FOR EVER—a slight misquotation fromJohn Ruskin'sSeven Lamps of Architecture (1849).[24] |
 | Armillary sphere | Belgrave Square Gardens | 2000 | ? | N/a | Armillary sphere | N/a | A gift from theDuke of Westminster to mark the beginning of the third millennium. The inscription on the rim is taken fromWilliam Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" (1803):To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.[25] |
.jpg) More images | Statue ofHenry the Navigator | Belgrave Square 51°29′57″N0°09′17″W / 51.4992°N 0.1548°W /51.4992; -0.1548 (Statue of Henry the Navigator) | 2002 | José Simões de Almeida | N/a | Statue | N/a | Unveiled 12 February 2002 byJorge Sampaio, the President of Portugal.[26] A cast of a statue inVila Franca do Campo onSão Miguel Island, erected in 1932 to commemorate the quincentenary of the arrival of the Portuguese to theAzores.[27] The Portuguese Embassy is at 11 Belgrave Square.[28] |
 | Bust ofGeorge Basevi | Belgrave Square Gardens 51°29′56″N0°09′10″W / 51.4989°N 0.1529°W /51.4989; -0.1529 (Bust of George Basevi) | 2002 | Jonathan Wylder | N/a | Bust | N/a | Basevi was responsible for the design and construction of Belgrave Square in 1825–1840.[29][30] |
.jpg) | Slate Wall | Montrose Place | 2007 | Andy Goldsworthy | Wall | N/a | Part of the 10 Montrose Place development[31][32] | |
.jpg) | Water's Murmur | Kinnerton Street | 2009 | Julian Stocks | KSS | Perforated steel screen | N/a | A map of London, this commemorates the "lost"River Westbourne, whose course runs under the street.[33][34] |
 | Bicameral | Chelsea Barracks, near the Pimlico Road entrance | 2019 | Conrad Shawcross | Structure Workshop (engineers) | Sculpture | N/a | Unveiled 7 November 2019. A tree-like aluminium structure assembled with only pins and dowels, using techniques from Japanese joinery. The title comes fromThe Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976) byJulian Jaynes.[35] |
 | The Friendship Bench | Halkin Arcade | 2020 | Gillie and Marc | N/a | Sculpture | N/a | Sculpture of the artists' alter egos Dogman and Rabbitwoman seated on a bench. Another cast is installed at the Clos Pegase Winery inCalifornia.[36] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) More images | The Jeeves Ladies | Outside Jeeves shop,Pont Street | 1974 | Kate McGill | N/a | Sculptural group | N/a | Based on the logo, depicting two gossiping Edwardian ladies out shopping, designed by Derrick Holmes for the dry cleaning firmJeeves of Belgravia. Holmes also produced the maquette for the sculpture.[37] |
