List of public art in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The statue of Charles II by Grinling Gibbons at Royal Hospital Chelsea
This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea .
Map of public art in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Brompton
Chelsea
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Designation
Notes
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Statue of Charles II
Royal Hospital , Figure Court 51°29′14″N 0°09′28″W / 51.4871°N 0.1577°W / 51.4871; -0.1577 (Charles II )
1676
Grinling Gibbons
Statue
Gilt bronze
Grade I
Commissioned by the royal servant Tobias Rustat , presented to the King in 1682 and installed in the Royal Hospital in 1692. Gilding removed 1782 and restored 2002.[2]
Millar Obelisk
King's Road , Dovehouse Green
1751
?
Obelisk
—
[3]
Chillianwallah Memorial
Royal Hospital , South Grounds
1853
Charles Robert Cockerell
Obelisk
Grade II
[4]
Two women, a warrior over a chariot and horses, two eagles and two caryatids
The Pheasantry , King's Road
1881
Amédée Joubert
Architectural sculptures
Grade II
[5]
Herbert Stewart Memorial Fountain
Hans Place
late 19th century
Joseph Whitehead and Joseph Edgar Boehm (medallion)
Drinking fountain with relief sculpture
—
Erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association . Stewart lived nearby at 40 Cadogan Place.[6]
Christ, the Apostles, bishop, king and an angel with the Shield of the Trinity
Over entrance to Holy Trinity, Sloane Street
1890
John Dando Sedding
Architectural sculpture (relief)
Grade I
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Chelsea War Memorial
Sloane Square 51°29′33″N 0°09′25″W / 51.4926°N 0.1570°W / 51.4926; -0.1570 (Chelsea War Memorial )
1920
Reginald Blomfield
Cross
Grade II
Unveiled 24 October 1920. Follows Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice design.[7]
Fountain
Wellington Square
1926
?
Fountain with sculpture
—
[8]
Portrait roundel of William Friese-Greene
King's Road, outside No. 208
1934
Newbury Abbot Trent
Architectural sculpture
—
[9]
Statue of Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn House , Sloane Avenue
Architectural sculpture
—
[10]
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Venus Fountain
Sloane Square
1953
Gilbert Ledward
Fountain with sculpture
Bronze
Grade II
Unveiled 26 October 1953. Architect: Sir Charles Maufe.[11]
Girl with Doves
Cadogan Square
1970
David Wynne
Statue
Bronze
—
The Dancers
Cadogan Square
1971
David Wynne
Sculptural group
Bronze
—
[12]
Dancer with Bird
Cadogan Square
1974
David Wynne
Statue
Bronze
—
[12]
Young Girl
Sloane Gardens
1980
Karin Jonzen
Statue
Bronze
—
[13]
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The In-Pensioner
Royal Hospital , North Front
2000
Philip Jackson
Statue
Bronze
—
Unveiled 4 May 2000.[14]
My Children
Duke of York Square
2002
Allister Bowtell (sculptures), Richard Kindersley (pedestal)
Sculptures
Bronze
—
The two sculptures represent children from the Royal Military Asylum formerly in the square.[15]
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Statue of Hans Sloane
Duke of York Square
2005
Simon Smith after John Michael Rysbrack
Statue
Portland stone
—
Unveiled 14 June 2007.[16] [17]
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In-Pensioner
Royal Hospital , Light Horse Court
2009
Mary Catterall
Statue
Bronze
—
A gift of the sculptor.[18]
Chelsea Arts Club frontages
143 Old Church Street, London, SW3 6EB 51°29′17″N 0°10′29″W / 51.48806°N 0.17472°W / 51.48806; -0.17472
various
various
Murals
—
[19] [20] [21]
Chelsea Embankment
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Designation
Notes
Memorial to George Sparks
Chelsea Embankment, outside Chelsea Old Church
1880
Charles Barry Jr.
Drinking fountain
—
[22]
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Statue of Thomas Carlyle
Chelsea Embankment Gardens, west of Oakley Street 51°29′00″N 0°10′09″W / 51.4832°N 0.1691°W / 51.4832; -0.1691 (Thomas Carlyle )
1882
Joseph Edgar Boehm
Statue
Bronze statue on red granite pedestal
Grade II
[23]
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Memorial to Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Chelsea Embankment Gardens, outside 16 Cheyne Walk (Rossetti's house) 51°29′01″N 0°09′57″W / 51.4837°N 0.1658°W / 51.4837; -0.1658 (Dante Gabriel Rossetti Memorial )
1887
Ford Madox Brown (bust)
Drinking fountain with bust
Grey granite and bronze
Grade II
Unveiled 14 July 1887 by William Holman Hunt . Designed by the architect John Pollard Seddon ; Rossetti had died in Seddon's cottage in Bridlington , Yorkshire, in 1882.[24]
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Carabiniers Boer War Memorial
Built into the railings of Ranelagh Gardens, opposite Chelsea Bridge
1905
Adrian Jones
Screen with relief panels
Red brick, Portland stone and bronze
—
[25]
Awakening
Roper's Gardens
1915
Gilbert Ledward
Statue
Bronze
—
Installed on this site in 1965.[26]
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Atalanta
Near Albert Bridge
1929
Francis Derwent Wood
Statue
Bronze
Grade II
Based on a plaster sculpture of 1907 and one in marble of 1909. A bronze was installed on this site in 1929.[27]
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Woman Removing Her Dress
Roper's Gardens
1950
Jacob Epstein
Bas relief
Portland stone
—
Unveiled 3 June 1972.[28] [29]
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Statue of Thomas More
Outside Chelsea Old Church , Cheyne Walk
1968
Leslie Cubitt Bevis
Statue
—
Unveiled 21 July 1969.[30]
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The Boy David
Chelsea Embankment Gardens, east of Oakley Street
1971
Edward Bainbridge Copnall after Francis Derwent Wood
Statuette on column
Fibreglass statuette on a pink granite column
—
Unveiled 8 May 1971. Previously Wood's half-size model of the figure for his Machine Gun Corps Memorial stood here; this was stolen in 1969.[31]
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Boy with a Dolphin
Cheyne Walk , corner of Oakley Street
1974
David Wynne
Sculptural group
Bronze
—
Unveiled 13 October 1975.[32]
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Statue of James McNeill Whistler
Whistler's Reach, near Battersea Bridge
2003
Nicholas Dimbleby
Statue
Bronze
—
Unveiled 15 September 2005.[33]
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Bust of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Chelsea Embankment Gardens
2012
Marcus Cornish
Bust
—
Unveiled 5 September 2012.[34]
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Statue of Hans Sloane
Chelsea Physic Garden
2014
Simon Smith after John Michael Rysbrack
Statue
Portland stone
—
Unveiled 28 April 2014 by Lord Cadogan , a descendant of Sloane's.[35] Based on Rysbrack's marble original of 1733, moved from this site to the British Museum in 1983. This replica is the third to stand here; its predecessors in fibreglass and jesmonite both deteriorated quickly.[36]
Kensington
See the list of public art in Kensington and the list of public art in Kensington Gardens .
Knightsbridge
See the list of public art in Knightsbridge .
Ladbroke Grove
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Designation
Notes
Memorial to the Ladbroke Grove rail crash
Canal Way
2001
Richard Healy
Stele
—
[37]
References
^ "Cardinal Newman, Statue, Brompton Oratory Complex" . National Recording Project . PMSA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2012 .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 18
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 20
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 19
^ "Simon's Walks – At Home In Chelsea" . At Home In Chelsea. Retrieved 10 February 2015 .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 37
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 31
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 26
^ "William Friese Greene" . London Remembers . Retrieved 11 February 2015 .
^ "Rooftop Statues" .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 30
^ a b Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 33
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 28
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 17
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 27
^ Sir Hans Sloane statue . Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2021 .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 29
^ In Pensioner . Art UK. Retrieved 28 May 2024 .
^ "JtChatter" .
^ "Chelsea Arts Club | Patrick Baty – Historical paint consultant" .
^ "Chelsea Arts Club.. | BEGG" . Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014 .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 8
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 9
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 13
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 16
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 1
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 10
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 2
^ Evelyn Silber (1986). The Sculpture of Epstein with a complete catalogue . Phaidon. ISBN 0714822620 .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 6
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 12
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 11
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 4
^ "Ralph Vaughan Williams – bust" . London Remembers . Retrieved 18 October 2019 .
^ "Sir Hans Sloane Statue – Chelsea Physic Garden" . Simon Smith Stone Carving . Retrieved 19 June 2021 .
^ Nolan & Starren 2012 , no. 15
^ Matthews 2018 , p. 225
Bibliography
Matthews, Peter (2018), London's Statues and Monuments , Oxford: Shire Publications
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
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