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.

Map of public art in Knightsbridge

City of Westminster

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 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″N0°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. [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	—	Salvaged from the riding school of the Victorian Knightsbridge Barracks, which were demolished in 1965. [3]
	Triga	1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House)	1958	Franta Belsky	Stone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957) Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment)	Sculptural group	—	[4] [5]
More images	The Rush of Green or The 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	—	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. [6]
	Four Season	Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade	1961	Elisabeth Frink	Michael Rosenhauer	Reliefs	—	[7]
	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. [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	—	Gates	—	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″N0°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. [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	Type	Designation	Notes
	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. [11]

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. "Franta Belsky". The Telegraph. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
5. One Knightsbridge Green. Emporis. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
6. 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.
7. Archived 3 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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. 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.