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List of public art in Knightsbridge

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This is alist of public art inKnightsbridge, a district in theCity of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea inLondon.

City of Westminster

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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
StagsAlbert Gate

51°30′09″N0°09′31″W / 51.5026°N 0.1585°W /51.5026; -0.1585 (Stags)
before 1839Peter TurnerelliafterFrancesco BartolozziThomas CubittStatues on gatepostsGrade IIFormerly stood at thePiccadilly entrance to the Deputy Ranger's Lodge inGreen 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 fountainOutsideThe Lanesborough

51°30′07″N0°09′09″W / 51.502072°N 0.152524°W /51.502072; -0.152524 (Drinking fountain)
1860?N/aDrinking fountainGrade II*(with old hospital building)One of the earliest gifts of theMetropolitan 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 sculptureHyde Park Barracks, South Carriage Drive1878–1880 c. 1878–1880Thomas EarpT. H. Wyatt (original setting);Basil Spence (current setting)Pediment sculptureN/aSalvaged 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 andArchbishop Temple
55–91 Knightsbridge1902–1903 c. 1902–1903?W. D. CaröeArchitectural sculptureGrade IIThe block was built on land belonging to theEcclesiastical Commissioners by Caröe, their architect. The busts are in the pediments of the first-floor windows.[4]
Triga1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House)1958Franta BelskyStone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957)
Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment)
Sculptural groupN/aA reinforced concrete sculpture with metal coating, commemoratingTattersall's racehorse auction yard which formerly stood on this site.[5][6]

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TheRush of Green orThe Bowater House GroupEdinburgh Gate

51°30′09″N0°09′44″W / 51.5024°N 0.1623°W /51.5024; -0.1623 (Rush of Green)
1959Jacob EpsteinN/aSculptural groupGrade IIUnveiled April 1961. A mother, father, child and dog, driven by the sound ofPan's pipes, rush towardsHyde Park. Epstein was adding the finishing touches to the group on the night he died.[7]
The Innocence of ChildhoodRaphael Street1998 c. 1998Richard KindersleyHurley, Robertson and AssociatesBrick reliefN/aShowing 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 GatesEdinburgh Gate

51°30′08″N0°09′38″W / 51.502344°N 0.160529°W /51.502344; -0.160529 (Hyde Park Gates)
2010Wendy RamshawN/aGatesN/aCommissioned from the artist and jeweller as part of theOne Hyde Park residential development.[9]


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Search for EnlightenmentOne Hyde Park

51°30′09″N0°09′41″W / 51.502427°N 0.161364°W /51.502427; -0.161364 (Search for Enlightenment)
2011Simon GudgeonN/aSculpturesN/aUnveiled 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

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ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Façade sculptureJumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade1961Elisabeth FrinkMichael RosenhauerReliefsN/aEighteen curved, non-geometric shapes in copper set between three columns.[11] Variously titledFour Season orBird 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 the1983 Harrods bombingHarrods1985George CookStele and plaqueN/aThe memorial to the police officers killed erected by thePolice Memorial Trust, that of the civilians killed by the borough council.[13]


References

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  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. Retrieved9 August 2012.
  2. ^Historic England."St George's Hospital and Attached Drinking Fountain (1277491)".National Heritage List for England. Retrieved20 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. Retrieved30 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. Retrieved2 June 2012.
  8. ^Cavanagh 2023, pp. 446–447.
  9. ^Hyde Park Gates. Inspired Metal. Archived fromthe original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved23 January 2015.
  10. ^Search for Enlightenment unveiled at One Hyde Park. Candy & Candy. 24 January 2012. Retrieved7 June 2013.
  11. ^"Four Season, Reliefs, Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge".National Recording Project. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived fromthe original on 3 August 2011.
  12. ^Cavanagh 2023, pp. 2–3.
  13. ^Nolan & Starren 2012, no. 38.

Bibliography

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  • 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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