Battersea Power Station
E269967
Art Deco building
Grade II* listed building
coal-fired power station
decommissioned power station
mixed-use development
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station in London, famous for its Art Deco architecture and iconic chimneys, now redeveloped into a mixed-use complex.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battersea Power Station canonical | 9 |
| Battersea Power Station redevelopment | 2 |
| Battersea Power Station shopping and leisure complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2465858 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battersea Power Station Context triple: [Battersea, hasLandmark, Battersea Power Station]
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A.
Bankside Power Station
Bankside Power Station is a former oil-fired power station on London’s South Bank, best known today as the converted industrial building that houses the Tate Modern art museum.
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B.
The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a vast cast-iron and glass exhibition hall originally built in London for the Great Exhibition of 1851, celebrated as a landmark of Victorian engineering and design.
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C.
Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome is a large, iconic dome-shaped exhibition structure in Greenwich, London, originally built to celebrate the year 2000 and now redeveloped as The O2 entertainment complex.
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D.
Barbican
The Barbican is Plymouth’s historic harbourside district, known for its cobbled streets, preserved Elizabethan architecture, and vibrant waterfront pubs and galleries.
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E.
Barbican
The Barbican in Kraków is a well-preserved medieval fortified outpost and gateway that once formed part of the city’s defensive walls.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battersea Power Station Target entity description: Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station in London, famous for its Art Deco architecture and iconic chimneys, now redeveloped into a mixed-use complex.
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A.
Bankside Power Station
Bankside Power Station is a former oil-fired power station on London’s South Bank, best known today as the converted industrial building that houses the Tate Modern art museum.
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B.
The Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was a vast cast-iron and glass exhibition hall originally built in London for the Great Exhibition of 1851, celebrated as a landmark of Victorian engineering and design.
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C.
Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome is a large, iconic dome-shaped exhibition structure in Greenwich, London, originally built to celebrate the year 2000 and now redeveloped as The O2 entertainment complex.
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D.
Barbican
The Barbican in Kraków is a well-preserved medieval fortified outpost and gateway that once formed part of the city’s defensive walls.
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E.
Barbican
The Barbican is Plymouth’s historic harbourside district, known for its cobbled streets, preserved Elizabethan architecture, and vibrant waterfront pubs and galleries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Art Deco building
ⓘ
Grade II* listed building ⓘ coal-fired power station ⓘ decommissioned power station ⓘ mixed-use development ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Art Deco ⓘ |
| borough | London Borough of Wandsworth ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1929 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic London landmark
ⓘ
symbol of 20th-century industrial architecture ⓘ |
| decommissioningDate | 1983 ⓘ |
| designedBy |
J. Theo Halliday
ⓘ
Leonard Pearce ⓘ Giles Gilbert Scott ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
|
| developer | Battersea Power Station Development Company ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Pink Floyd album cover Animals
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The Beatles film Help! ⓘ numerous films and television programmes ⓘ |
| formerFunction | electricity generation ⓘ |
| fuelType | coal ⓘ |
| gridReference | TQ287767 ⓘ |
| hasUse |
leisure
ⓘ
office ⓘ public space ⓘ residential ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| height | approximately 50 metres (chimneys) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade II* listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| inception | 1933 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Battersea
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| locatedOn | south bank of the River Thames ⓘ |
| nearbyStation | Battersea Power Station Underground station ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
brick exterior
ⓘ
four white chimneys ⓘ turbine halls ⓘ |
| numberOfChimneys | 4 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| owner | Malaysian consortium of investors ⓘ |
| partOf | Battersea Power Station Estate ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs | mixed-use complex ⓘ |
| redevelopmentStart | 2013 ⓘ |
| servedByLine |
Northern line
ⓘ
surface form:
London Underground Northern line
|
| website | https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battersea Power Station Description of subject: Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station in London, famous for its Art Deco architecture and iconic chimneys, now redeveloped into a mixed-use complex.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battersea Power Station shopping and leisure complex
this entity surface form:
Battersea Power Station redevelopment
this entity surface form:
Battersea Power Station redevelopment