The Watchers Behind Downshire House (Roehampton University) Alton Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1998. Sculpture.
The Watchers Behind Downshire House (Roehampton University) Alton Estate
- WRENN ID
- kindled-cobble-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wandsworth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1998
- Type
- Sculpture
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11/10/2017
TQ 2274 1207/19/10049
ROEHAMPTON LANE, SW15(West side) The Watchers behind Downshire House (Roehampton University), Alton Estate
(Formerly listed as The Watchers behind Downshire House (Garnett College), Alton Estate)
GV II Sculpture. 1960 by Lynn Chadwick, sited at Roehampton in 1963 by the London County Council. Bronze, cast from a frame of iron and spolit (gypsum and iron filings); over seven feet high on low plinth. Three abstract figures, of menacing and predatory character, that sum up Chadwick's fear of 'big brother', an Orwellian theme in tune with popular politics of the time. A fine example of his work, brilliantly sited where the figures can survey the whole Alton West estate, one of the LCC's greatest architectural achievements, across Downshire Field. It forms a stark contrast to the agrarian 'Bull' by Robert Clatworthy at the bottom of the slope.
Listing NGR: TQ2201874117
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