The Pan Statue is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculpture. 1 related planning application.
The Pan Statue
- WRENN ID
- crooked-portal-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculpture
- Address
- The Pan Statue, Junction of Edinburgh Gate and South Carriage Drive, Knightsbridge, London, Sw1x, City of Westminster, SW7 1SE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 276 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50236, -0.16226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pan Statue is a sculpture created by Sir Jacob Epstein for the Land Securities Investment Trust between 1957 and 1959, and it was erected in 1961. Made of bronze, the sculpture features a group of five running figures that measures approximately 285 centimeters in length. It occupies a long and narrow space within the central reservation of the Edinburgh Gate. The figures, which include an elongated nude man, woman, and boy, are shown rushing northwards with their dog, creating a dramatic diagonal composition as they leap towards the Park. Pan, depicted with his pipes, drives them forward. The piece has been described as "a sort of symbolic Bacchic rout from the city into the country."
The plinth, replaced around 2010, is made of granite and slate and is not considered of special interest. It is designed to reflect the upward diagonal movement of the figures, with the ends sloping forward and a more pronounced slope at the rear. The front, back, and top of the plinth are covered with pale grey granite, which creates an outline when viewed from the side.
Local climate
The Pan Statue sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
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