Lamp Standard at Chelsea Old Church

Lamp Standard at Chelsea Old Church is a work of art in Wandsworth, Greater London, England. Lamp Standard at Chelsea Old Church is situated nearby to the park Roper’s Garden, as well as near the restaurant The Cross Keys.

Photo: Apollondron, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Description: streetlight in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Lamp Standard” and “Lamp Standard (West End Of Chelsea Embankment Gardens)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chelsea Old Church and Battersea Bridge.

Chelsea Old Church

Church

Photo: Jim, CC BY 2.0.

Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England.

Battersea Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Battersea Bridge is a five-span arch bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England. It is situated on a sharp bend in the river, and links Battersea south of the river with Chelsea to the north. Battersea Bridge is situated 700 feet southwest of Lamp Standard at Chelsea Old Church.

Albert Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Pretaxrain, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 980 feet east of Lamp Standard at Chelsea Old Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include World’s End and Chelsea.

World’s End

Neighborhood

Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.

World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.

Chelsea

Suburb

Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.