This is alist of public art inKnightsbridge, a district in theCity of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea inLondon.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stags | Albert Gate 51°30′09″N0°09′31″W / 51.5026°N 0.1585°W /51.5026; -0.1585 (Stags) | before 1839 | Peter TurnerelliafterFrancesco Bartolozzi | Thomas Cubitt | Statues on gateposts | Grade II | Formerly 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 fountain | OutsideThe Lanesborough 51°30′07″N0°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 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 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 andArchbishop Temple | 55–91 Knightsbridge | 1902–1903 c. 1902–1903 | ? | W. D. Caröe | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | The 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] | |
| 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, commemoratingTattersall's racehorse auction yard which formerly stood on this site.[5][6] | |
More images | TheRush of Green orThe Bowater House Group | Edinburgh Gate 51°30′09″N0°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 ofPan's pipes, rush towardsHyde 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″N0°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 theOne Hyde Park residential development.[9] | |
More images | Search for Enlightenment | One Hyde Park 51°30′09″N0°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. |
| 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 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 bombing | Harrods | 1985 | George Cook | Stele and plaque | N/a | The memorial to the police officers killed erected by thePolice Memorial Trust, that of the civilians killed by the borough council.[13] |