Elfin Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1997. Sculpture. 1 related planning application.
Elfin Oak
- WRENN ID
- burning-rubblework-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1997
- Type
- Sculpture
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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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