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
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Stags | Albert Gate 51°30′09″N 0°09′31″W / 51.5026°N 0.1585°W |
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 1844–45. [1] | |
Drinking fountain | Outside
The Lanesborough 51°30′07″N 0°09′09″W / 51.502072°N 0.152524°W |
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] | |
Triga | 1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House) | 1958 | Franta Belsky | Stone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957) Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment) |
Sculptural group | — | [3] [4] | |
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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 |
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. [5] |
Four Season | Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade | 1961 | Elisabeth Frink | Michael Rosenhauer | Reliefs | — | [6] | |
Hyde Park Gates | Edinburgh Gate 51°30′08″N 0°09′38″W / 51.502344°N 0.160529°W |
2010 | Wendy Ramshaw | — | Gates | — | Commissioned from the artist and jeweller as part of the
One Hyde Park residential development.
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Search for Enlightenment |
One Hyde Park 51°30′09″N 0°09′41″W / 51.502427°N 0.161364°W |
2011 | Simon Gudgeon | — | Sculptures | — | Unveiled 19 January 2012 to mark the first anniversary of One Hyde Park. [8] 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 | Type | Designation | Notes |
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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. [9] |