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
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Image
Title / subject
Location and
coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Architect / other
Type
Designation
Notes
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.[7]
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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] |