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This otherwise sturdy and mature London Plane tree will soon be suffocated by the creeping parasitic ivy, unless drastic measures will be taken to prune drastically the invader: unless residents wake up to this prospect, they will loose a feature tree.
St. Simon Zelotes, Chelsea, SW3
Victorian Gothic
Promenades and Streetscapes
London SW3, Chelsea
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Church consecrated 1859, Milner Street .
Bldg of Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings designed by Jos. Peacock 1858–9, built by White of Pimlico, in idiosyncratic Dec. style. Shallow sanctuary, aisled and clerestoreyed nave, with higher E. bays of aisles forming transepts galleried until 1896, W. bell turret. Polychrome interior with much naturalistic carving by J.L. Jacquet, and rich E. end with glass by Lavers & Barraud and furnishings by Hailand & Fisher. Organ by Walker.
London Borough of Chelsea & Westminster,
Park Walk & Paulton Square,
London SW3, Chelsea,
Promenades & Streetscapes,
London Borough of Chelsea & Westminster,
Park Walk & Paulton Square,
London SW3, Chelsea,
Promenades & Streetscapes,
All Elephants come home to roost
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3
Ranelagh Gardesn
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All elephants are for sale: this is a publicity stunt kind of "adopt an elephant" sound bite. It is initiated by a charity involved in wild life conservation and the idea is that the money received from selling these elephants will go to a good cause.
Before they were gathered here, in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (seen in the background) these cast and highly decorated sculptures were dotted around central London with a "for sale" sign and the aim of the Charity. Now that they gathered here marks probably the grand finale of a several weeks long campaign.
The obelisk seen in some of these photos is a memorial erected to the British soldiers who fell in the Second Sikh war. Most of the names are irish and the long roll call reads like the list from an Irish parish graveyard. The great Koh-I-Noor gemstone now displayed in the British Crown was "gifted" to Queen Victoria by the (defeated) leader of the Sikhs who was recognis3ed as a "Prince of the Realm" and enjoyed the full honours of the Court.
Both sides of a carving by Jacob Epstein on a site which was originally Sir Thomas More's orchard.
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London SW3, Chelsea,
Promenades and Streetscapes
David Wynne (b. 1926) was born in London, and seems to have had no formal art training. His figurative sculpture concentrates on movement, and includes most notably Girl With Doves (1970), The Dancers (1971) and Dancer with Bird (1975), all in Cadogen Square Gardens. Other works in London are Girl with a Dolphin and Boy with a Dolphin, the latter being at the Chelsea School of Art.