List of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Croydon.

Coombe[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bench (with a relief carving of a centaur)	Coombe Wood Garden	1925–1930 c. 1925–1930	Eric Gill	N/A	Concrete bench	N/A	^[1]

Croydon[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of John Whitgift	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street	1903 c. 1903	John Wenlock Rollins	Charles Henman Jr.	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	^[2]
More images	Statue of Queen Victoria	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street	1903	Francis John Williamson	N/A	Statue	Grade II	^[3]
More images	Croydon Cenotaph	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street 51°22′20″N 0°05′58″W / 51.3723°N 0.0994°W / 51.3723; -0.0994 (Croydon Cenotaph)	1921	Paul Raphael Montford	James Burford	War memorial	Grade II*	^[4]
	War memorial	Outside Croydon Minster, Church Street 51°22′21″N 0°06′22″W / 51.3725°N 0.1062°W / 51.3725; -0.1062 (War memorial at Croydon Minster)	1930 c. 1930 (after an original of 1922)	N/A	Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott	Memorial cross	Grade II	The original memorial of Chilmark stone was unveiled 27 February 1922; it was destroyed in a storm c. 1930 and replaced by the current memorial of Portland stone.^[5]
	Minerva	Croydon College	c. 1953–1959	?	Robert Atkinson and Partners	Relief	N/A	^[6]
	Vulcan	Croydon College	c. 1953–1959	?	Robert Atkinson and Partners	Relief	N/A	^[6]
More images	Jorrocks	96 George Street	1982	John W. Mills	N/A	Equestrian statue	N/A	^[7]
	Winston Churchill mural	Corner of Park Street and High Street	2016	David Hollier	N/A	Mural	N/A	^[8]
More images	Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft	Charles Street						^[9]

Croydon Airport[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	De Havilland Heron	Entrance to Croydon Airport	1997					^[10]
More images	Battle of Britain War Memorial	Purley Way, outside Croydon Airport	1991

Old Coulsdon[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Old Coulsdon War Memorial	Junction of Coulsdon Road and Canon's Hill 51°18′27″N 0°07′12″W / 51.3074°N 0.1200°W / 51.3074; -0.1200 (Old Coulsdon War Memorial)	1919	?	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 14 September 2019.^[11]

Selhurst[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Selhurst War Memorial	Trinity Court, Selhurst Road 51°23′24″N 0°05′19″W / 51.3899°N 0.0885°W / 51.3899; -0.0885 (Selhurst War Memorial)	1922	Arthur Hook	N/A	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled 25 November 1922. Originally stood outside Holy Trinity Church on this site, which was demolished in the 1980s.^[12]
	Lion and unicorn	Sydenham Road, at entrance to King George's Field	1936					^[13]

Woodcote[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Promenade de Verdun War Memorial	Promenade de Verdun 51°20′12″N 0°08′10″W / 51.3367°N 0.1360°W / 51.3367; -0.1360 (Promenade de Verdun War Memorial)	1922	?	?	War memorial	Grade II	^[14]

References[]

^ "Gill Bench". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Whitgift Statue". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Queen Victoria statue – Croydon". London Remembers. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ Historic England. "Croydon War Memorial (1268438)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Historic England. "War Memorial at Croydon Minster (1442680)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Croydon College Façade Reliefs". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Jorrocks". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ O'Connor, Tara (12 June 2020). "Artist who painted Croydon's Churchill mural says he was a 'racist warmonger' and offers to replace it". MyLondon. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft immortalised on Croydon bench". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ "Online communities". croydononline.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ Historic England. "Old Coulsdon War Memorial (1442725)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ Historic England. "Selhurst War Memorial (1442664)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ King George's Field History Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Historic England. "Promenade de Verdun War Memorial (1431367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

External links[]

Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Croydon at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Gill Bench". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[2] "Whitgift Statue". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[3] "Queen Victoria statue – Croydon". London Remembers. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[4] Historic England. "Croydon War Memorial (1268438)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[5] Historic England. "War Memorial at Croydon Minster (1442680)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[VADS_Croydon_College-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Croydon College Façade Reliefs". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[7] "Jorrocks". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[8] O'Connor, Tara (12 June 2020). "Artist who painted Croydon's Churchill mural says he was a 'racist warmonger' and offers to replace it". MyLondon. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[9] "Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft immortalised on Croydon bench". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[10] "Online communities". croydononline.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[11] Historic England. "Old Coulsdon War Memorial (1442725)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[12] Historic England. "Selhurst War Memorial (1442664)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[13] King George's Field History Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine

[14] Historic England. "Promenade de Verdun War Memorial (1431367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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