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The Battersea Park Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 38) was passed in 1846 and £200,000 was promised for the purchase of the land. The Commission for Improving the Metropolis acquired 320 acres of Battersea fields, of which 198 acres became Battersea Park, opened in 1858, and the remainder was let on building leases.
Central London borders some of the borough's boundary with the Thames the closest park to which is Battersea Park. At 92 hectares (230 acres), Tooting Commons in the south of the borough, between Balham and Streatham are Wandsworth's largest public open space (not shared with any other borough). It is followed by 83-hectare (210-acre) Battersea ...
The boating lake was a key feature of Battersea Park, designed in the 1850s by James Pennethorne. [2] It is built of English bond brown brick with rusticated quoin strips and stucco dressings, and has a hipped Welsh slate roof. [3] The front 4-storey bay has 'VR/1861' set in a stone roundel above a keyed stone semi-circular arched doorway. [4]
Latchmere Recreation Ground or Latchmere Park is a public open space with a children's playground in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located approximately 300 metres (330 yd) south of the far larger Battersea Park and the River Thames beyond. It is bounded by Burns Road to the south and Reform Street to the east and north.
The first completed bronze of Single Form (Memorial) was included in the open air sculpture exhibition at Battersea Park in 1963. This first cast was shipped to the US in October 1963 and retained by the Blaustein family until 2005, when it was donated to Johns Hopkins University and displayed at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced ...
Three Standing Figures 1947 (LH 268) is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore.It was made in 1947–48, and exhibited at London County Council's first Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition at Battersea Park in 1948.
Battersea Park: 1948: Henry Moore: Sculptural group Grade II [25] Single Form (Memorial) Battersea Park: 1961–1962: Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture — [26] More images: Brown Dog Memorial: Battersea Park: 1985: Nicola Hicks: Sculpture — [27] Australian World War II Air Crew Memorial Battersea Park: 1995: War memorial — Erected 15 May 1995 ...
Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross it also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the 200-acre (0.81 km 2) Battersea Park.