List of public art in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea facts for kids

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.

Belgravia

See the list of public art in Belgravia.

Brompton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Newman Statue of Cardinal John Henry Newman	Brompton Oratory	1895	Chavalliaud Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud	Statue under canopy	Campanella marble and Portland stone	3 Grade II-listed	Unveiled 15 June 1896. Architects: G. F. Bodley and Thomas Garner.

Chelsea

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Charles 2 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	Gibbons, GrinlingGrinling Gibbons	Statue	Gilt bronze	A Grade I-listed	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.
	Millar Millar Obelisk	King's Road, Dovehouse Green	1751	?	Obelisk		N/A
	Chillianwallah Memorial	Royal Hospital, South Grounds	1853	Cockerell, Charles RobertCharles Robert Cockerell	Obelisk		C Grade II-listed
	Two women, a warrior over a chariot and horses, two eagles and two caryatids	The Pheasantry, King's Road	1881	Joubert, AmédéeAmédée Joubert	Architectural sculptures		C Grade II-listed
	Stewart, HerbertHerbert Stewart Memorial Fountain	Hans Place	1885, c. late 19th century	Whitehead, JosephJoseph Whitehead and Joseph Edgar Boehm (medallion)	Drinking fountain with relief sculpture		N/A	Erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Stewart lived nearby at 40 Cadogan Place.
	Christ, the Apostles, bishop, king and an angel with the Shield of the Trinity	Over entrance to Holy Trinity, Sloane Street	1890	Sedding, John DandoJohn Dando Sedding	Architectural sculpture (relief)		C Grade I-listed
	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	Blomfield, ReginaldReginald Blomfield	Cross		C Grade II-listed	Unveiled 24 October 1920. Follows Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice design.
	Fountain	Wellington Square	1926	?	Fountain with sculpture		N/A
	Friese-Greene Portrait roundel of William Friese-Greene	King's Road, outside No. 208	1934	Trent, Newbury AbbotNewbury Abbot Trent	Architectural sculpture		N/A
	Gwyn Statue of Nell Gwyn	Nell Gwyn House, Sloane Avenue			Architectural sculpture		N/A
	Venus Fountain	Sloane Square	1953	Ledward, GilbertGilbert Ledward	Fountain with sculpture	Bronze	C Grade II-listed	Unveiled 26 October 1953. Architect: Sir Charles Maufe.
	Girl with Doves	Cadogan Square	1970	Wynne David Wynne	Statue	Bronze	N/A
	The Dancers	Cadogan Square	1971	Wynne David Wynne	Sculptural group	Bronze	N/A
	Dancer with Bird	Cadogan Square	1974	Wynne David Wynne	Statue	Bronze	N/A
	Young Girl	Sloane Gardens	1980	Jonzen, KarinKarin Jonzen	Statue	Bronze	N/A
	In-pensioner The In-Pensioner	Royal Hospital, North Front	2000	Jackson, PhilipPhilip Jackson	Statue	Bronze	N/A	Unveiled 4 May 2000.
	My Children	Duke of York Square	2002	Bowtell, AllisterAllister Bowtell (sculptures), Richard Kindersley (pedestal)	Sculptures	Bronze	N/A	The two sculptures represent children from the Royal Military Asylum formerly in the square.
	Sloane Statue of Hans Sloane	Duke of York Square	2005	Smith, SimonSimon Smith after John Michael Rysbrack	Statue		N/A
	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		N/A

Chelsea Embankment

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Sparks Memorial to George Sparks	Chelsea Embankment, outside Chelsea Old Church	1880	Barry Jr., CharlesCharles Barry Jr.	Drinking fountain
	Carlyle 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	Boehm, Joseph EdgarJoseph Edgar Boehm	Statue	Bronze statue on red granite pedestal	C Grade II-listed
	Rossetti 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	Brown, Ford MadoxFord Madox Brown	Drinking fountain with bust	Grey granite and bronze	C Grade II-listed	Unveiled 14 July 1887 by William Holman Hunt. Architect: John Pollard Seddon, in whose cottage in Bridlington Rossetti died in 1882.
	Carabiniers Boer War Memorial	Built into the railings of Ranelagh Gardens, opposite Chelsea Bridge	1905	Jones, AdrianAdrian Jones	Screen with relief panels	Red brick, Portland stone and bronze
	Awakening	Roper's Gardens	1915	Ledward, GilbertGilbert Ledward	Statue	Bronze		Installed on this site in 1965.
	Atalanta	Near Albert Bridge	1929	Wood, Francis DerwentFrancis Derwent Wood	Statue	Bronze	C Grade II	Based on a plaster sculpture of 1907 and marble of 1909; bronze installed on this site in 1929.
	Untitled bas-relief	Roper's Gardens	1950	Epstein, JacobJacob Epstein	Bas relief	Portland stone		Unveiled 3 June 1972.
	More Statue of Thomas More	Outside Chelsea Old Church, Cheyne Walk	1968	Bevis, Leslie CubittLeslie Cubitt Bevis	Statue			Unveiled 21 July 1969.
	The Boy David	Chelsea Embankment Gardens, east of Oakley Street	1971	Copnall, Edward BainbridgeEdward 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.
	Boy with a Dolphin	Cheyne Walk, corner of Oakley Street	1974	Wynne, DavidDavid Wynne	Sculptural group	Bronze		Unveiled 13 October 1975.
	Sloane Statue of Hans Sloane	Chelsea Physic Garden	1983	Rysbrack, after After John Michael Rysbrack	Statue			Replica of Rysbrack’s original of 1733, installed here in 1737 and moved to the British Museum in 1983.
	Whistler Statue of James Abbott McNeill Whistler	Whistler's Reach, near Battersea Bridge	2003	Dimbleby, NicholasNicholas Dimbleby	Statue	Bronze		Unveiled 15 September 2005.
	Vaughan Williams Bust of Ralph Vaughan Williams	Chelsea Embankment Gardens	2012	Cornish, MarcusMarcus Cornish	Bust			Unveiled 5 September 2012.

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	Healy, RichardRichard Healy	Stele	N/A