Is this a blott on the landscape?

I had a wonderful little mosey around Hype Park and the Albert Hall in London today.

My first photo is of the Albert memorial. I first saw this when I was about ten years old and was stunned by it. Now it has been refurbished, it is even more stunning. I notice that tourists continue to be mesmerised by it also. It is a most wonderful example of Victorian extravagance. Having watched "Young Victoria" last night, I already had the context in my head.

(I should say that I have digitally altered all but the first of these photos, because the light was rather pants when I took them.)

And here's a shot of the Albert Hall from the Royal Academy of Music end. I have "warmified" this image because I was feeling a bit soppy.

Here's some players of American Football practising their game in front of the Albert Memorial.

And here is......well I don't know. Can you tell me? I've looked it up under "tower", pillar" and "obelisk" "near Albert Hall", "in Kensington Gore", "in front of Queen Alexandra House" etc etc and found nothing. I could find nothing on maps or in various guides to London. There was no inscription on it or around it. In itself, it is an interesting example of a brick monument. However, right next door to one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture in the country, it looks rather incongruous, being charitable. Let's just say that I might not be the first person to think, on seeing it: "Where is Fred Dibner when you need him?"