List of public art in Kent

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This is a list of public art in Kent, a county in South East England. This list including statues, busts and other memorials and applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, artworks in museums.

Canterbury[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Edward Onslow Ford (1852-1901) - The Muse of Poetry (1891) front, Marlowe Memorial nr Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury, UK, October 2012 (8111627288).png
More images 		Memorial to Christopher Marlowe Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury 1891 Edward Onslow Ford Statue on pedestal with 4 statuettes Bronze and stone Grade II Q19354026 [1]
The South African Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1106103.jpg
More images 		Boer War Memorial Dane John Gardens, Canterbury 1904 William Douglas Caroe Obelisk with statue Stone and bronze Q94071452 Architect, Nathaniel Hitch[2][3][4]
War Memorial, Canterbury Old Buttermarket (geograph 3468054).jpg
More images 		War memorial Buttermarket, Canterbury 1921 Benjamin Clemens Pillar with cross & 4 figures in niches Stone 9m tall Grade II Q66477861 Architect, Arthur Beresford Pite[5][6][7]
Canterbury AEthelberht statue 03.jpg
More images 		Æthelberht of Kent Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury 2004-5 Stephen Melton
Canterbury Statue Queen Bertha 01.jpg
More images 		Bertha of Kent Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury 2004-5 Stephen Melton
Canterbury Holland Chaucer statue.jpg
More images 		Geoffrey Chaucer High Sreet, Canterbury 2016 Sam Holland & Lynn O'Dowd Statue on podium Bronze

Chatham[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
General Charles George Gordon Brompton Barracks, Chatham 1890 Edward Onslow Ford Camel-mounted statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II* [8][9]
Statue of Kitchener, Chatham - geograph.org.uk - 518050.jpg Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Kitchener Barracks, Chatham Relocated 1960 Equestrian statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26558560 Originally in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960.[10][11]
Chatham Naval Memorial (3) - geograph.org.uk - 639147.jpg
More images 		Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1924 Robert Lorimer Obelisk with plaques Portland stone and bronze Grade I Q5087681 [2][12]
GillinghamNavalWarMem2714.JPG
More images 		Extension to Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1952 William McMillan & Charles Wheeler Sculpture elements Portland stone Grade I Q5087681 Extension designed by Sir Edward Maufe.[12]

Dover[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Matthew Webb Marine Parade, Dover 1910 Francis William Doyle Jones Bust on pedestal with plaque Bronze & granite [13]
Charles Stewart Rolls, aviator - geograph.org.uk - 824750.jpg Charles Rolls Marine Parade, Dover Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone
Dover Marine Station 14.jpg
More images 		South Eastern and Chatham Railway war memorial Cruse Terminal 1, former Dover Marine Station 1922 William Charles Holland King Sculpture group on pedestal with surround Bronze & granite Grade II Q5302507 [14][15]
Dover war memorial goulden 2.jpg
More images 		War memorial Garden of Remembrance, Biggin Street, Dover 1924 Richard Reginald Goulden Statue on pedestal with surround Bronze & granite Q26675819 Grade II* [16][17]
The Waiting Miner - geograph.org.uk - 824742.jpg The Waiting Miner Marine Parade, Dover Resited 1997 H. Phillips Statue Bronze
Ramsay Statue, Dover Castle 2.jpg
More images 		Admiral Bertram Ramsay Dover Castle 2000 Stephen Melton Statue on pedestal with plaques Bronze & stone
Merchant Navy memorial Marine Parade, Dover Vivien Mallock Statue on pedestal Bronze & granite [18]

Gillingham[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial, Mill Rd - geograph.org.uk - 1145055.jpg
More images 		War memorial Gillingham 1924 Francis William Doyle Jones Inscribed column Stone Grade II Q26677893 [19][20]

Gravesend[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
General Charles George Gordon Statue.jpg
More images 		General Charles George Gordon Gordon Gardens, Gravesend John Broad & Messrs Doulton Statue on pedestal Stone and terracotta Grade II Q2667047 [8][21][22]
Statue of Queen Victoria, Darnley Road, Gravesend.jpg Queen Victoria Darnley Road, Gravesend 1897–98 John Broad & Messrs Doultons, Lambeth Statue on pedestal Stone and terracotta Grade II [8][23]
Statue of Queen Victoria in Borough Market House, Gravesend (II).jpg
More images 		Queen Victoria Borough Market House, Gravesend 1898 John Broad Statue on pedestal Stone Grade II [24]
Gravesend, Windmill Hill, view of River Thames and 1922 War Monument - geograph.org.uk - 1491178.jpg
More images 		War memorial Windmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend 1922 Francis William Doyle Jones Statue on column Bronze & stone 9.2m tall Grade II Q66477666 [25][26]
Statue of Pocahontas in Gravesend.jpg
More images 		Pocahontas St George's Church, Gravesend 1958 William Ordway Partridge Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Grade II Q26309866 Cast of the original 1922 statue in Jamestown, Virginia.[8][27]
MahinderSinghPujjiStatueGravesend.jpg Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend 2014 Douglas Jennings Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone [28]
Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in Gravesend (02).jpg Elizabeth II Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend 2018 Douglas Jennings Seated statue on pedestal Bronze and stone

Knowlton[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial, Knowlton (geograph 3893671).jpg
More images 		War memorial Knowlton 1919 George Frampton Lantern cross with figures Stone Q94131948 [2][29]

Maidstone[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Queen's Monument, Maidstone.jpg
More images 		Queen Victoria Monument High Street, Maidstone 1862 John Thomas Statue on pedestal with canopy Stone and granite Grade II Q26376681 [30]
War Memorial, Maidstone West Station - geograph.org.uk - 1506717.jpg
More images 		War memorial Tonbridge Road, Maidstone 1922 George Frampton Statue on pedestal Bronze and limestone Grade II Q26675478 [31][32]

Northfleet[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
NorthfleetBevansWM8800.JPG
More images 		War memorial Bevans Cement Works, Northfleet c. 1920 Francis William Doyle Jones Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaque Concrete & bronze Grade II Q26671015 [33][34][35]

Westerham[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Churchill statue, Westerham.JPG
More images 		Winston Churchill The Green, Westerham 1921 Oscar Nemon Seated statue on plinth Bronze and limestone [8]
Statue of General Wolfe, Westerham-geograph.org-2007498.jpg
More images 		General James Wolfe The Green, Westerham 1911 Francis Derwent Wood Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II* Q17545629 [8][36]

Wittersham[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Wittersham War Memorial (geograph 4055771).jpg
More images 		War memorial Wittersham 1921 George Frampton Orb on octagonal column Portland and Wealden stone 5m tall Grade II Q26676940 [37][38]

References[]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Memorial to Christopher Marlowe (1085044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Roger Bowdler (2019). Britains Heritage War memorials. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445691015.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Dane John Gardens (1001360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. ^ "War Memorials Register: Buffs and Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Canterbury War Memorial, Buttermarket, Canterbury (1437667)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ "War Memorials Register: The Men of Canterbury - WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ^ Alan Borg (1991). War memorials: From Antiquity to the Present. Leo Cooper. ISBN 085052363X.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Memorial to General Gordon, Brompton Barracks (1375610)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Lord Kitchener approximately 50 metres west of entrance to Kitchener Barracks (1268230)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  11. ^ "War Memorials Register: Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  12. ^ a b Historic England. "Chatham Naval War Memorial (1267787)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Captain Matthew Webb – the first Person to swim the Channel". The Dover Historian. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Cruse Terminal 1, including attached pedestrian walkway, war memorial, four K6 telephone kiosks and ship's figurehead believed to be of the barque 'Roseau' (1273179)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  15. ^ "War Memorials Register: South Eastern and Chatham Railway". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  16. ^ Historic England. "People of Dover war Memorial (1406098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  17. ^ "War Memorials Register: People of Dover - WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  18. ^ "War Memorials Register: Dover and District Merchant Navy - WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Gillingham War Memorial (1433120)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  20. ^ "War Memorials Register: Gillingham Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Statue of General Gordon (1367047)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  22. ^ "War Memorials Register: Gen Gordon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria (1240349)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  24. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria, Borough Market House (1089035)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  25. ^ Historic England. "Gravesend War Memorial (1432908)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  26. ^ "War Memorials Register: Gravesend – WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  27. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of Saint George (1057700)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  28. ^ "War Memorials Register: Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  29. ^ "War Memorials Register: Knowlton - WW1 (Weekly Dispatch Newspaper Bravest Village 1st Place". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  30. ^ Historic England. "Queen Victoria Statue and Drinking Fountain opposite No 98 (1086318)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  31. ^ Historic England. "Maidstone Borough War Memorial (1401312)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  32. ^ "War Memorials Register: Maidstone Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  33. ^ Historic England. "Bevans Memorial in Northfleet Cement Works (1391662)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  34. ^ "War Memorials Register: Bevans Cement Works". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  35. ^ Nicky Hughes (19 February 2018). "8 Unusual war memorials". Historic England. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  36. ^ Historic England. "Statue of General Wolfe (1244025)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  37. ^ Historic England. "Wittersham War Memorial (1422309)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  38. ^ "War Memorials Register: Wittersham WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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