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Latitude: 51.5087 / 51°30'31"N
Longitude: -0.1879 / 0°11'16"W
OS Eastings: 525851
OS Northings: 180418
OS Grid: TQ258804
Mapcode National: GBR 2F.0C
Mapcode Global: VHGQY.PBHS
Plus Code: 9C3XGR56+FR
Entry Name: Elfin Oak
Listing Date: 19 December 1997
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1376784
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469002
ID on this website: 101376784
Location: Kensington Gardens, Bayswater, Kensington and Chelsea, London, W2
County: London
District: Kensington and Chelsea
Electoral Ward/Division: Campden
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Kensington and Chelsea
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Matthew Bayswater
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Sculpture
TQ 2580 SE KENSINGTON GARDENS, W8
249/26/10074 ELFIN OAK
II
Sculpture, 1928-1930, by Ivor Innes. Free-standing gnarled oak tree stump covered with representations of animals, elves and fairies, mostly carved from the oak, some believed to be plaster, all painted (and over-painted). The sculpture depicts the world of Little People (Wookey the witch, Hucklebury the gnome, Grumples, Groodle and many more)' and is a rare and interesting representation in three-dimensional form of the contemporary fascination in the world of fairies, which culminated in J .M. Barriers Peter Pan, the statue of whom (by Sir George Frampton, listed grade II*) is complemented by the Elfin Oak. It is also an interesting example of George Lansbury's inter-war scheme of improvements of London's public amenities and of popular -public art of the period.
The protective railings and shelter are not of special interest.
Listing NGR: TQ2585180418
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