List of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Blackheath[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Lion | Lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House, Wat Tyler Road 51°28′13″N 0°00′20″W / 51.4703°N 0.0056°W |
Early 19th century | ? | N/A | Sculpture | Grade II | The tablet held by the lion is inscribed NELSON/ CXXII BATTLES.[1] |
Brockley[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Deptford War Memorial | Junction of Upper Brockley Road and Lewisham Way 51°28′16″N 0°01′48″W / 51.4710°N 0.0299°W |
1919–1921 | William Wheatley Wagstaff | William Roberts | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II | Unveiled 1921 by Major-General Sir Charles Townshend.[2] |
Catford[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Catford Centre Cat | Rushey Green 51°26′45″N 0°01′11″W / 51.4458°N 0.0198°W |
1974 | Owen Luder/Embassy Signs | [3] | |||
Pensive Girl | Catford Town Hall | 1992 | Gerda Rubinstein | [3] | ||||
Water Line | Rushey Green | 2006 | Oliver Barratt | [4] | ||||
Chariot / Blue on Green | Catford | 2006 | Oleg Prokofiev | [3] |
Crofton Park[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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War memorial | St Hilda's Church 51°27′09″N 0°02′22″W / 51.4524°N 0.0394°W |
1920 | F. H. Greenway and J. E. Newberry | W. Richards (stonemason) | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled 29 May 1920.[5] |
Deptford[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Pig statues | Thames Walk |
Honor Oak[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway) | Honor Oak 51°26′59″N 0°02′46″W / 51.4497°N 0.0462°W |
1960 | c.William Mitchell | [6] |
Lewisham[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial | University Hospital Lewisham, High Street 51°27′26″N 0°00′54″W / 51.4572°N 0.0151°W |
after 1918 | ? | N/A | Memorial stones | N/A | [7] |
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Lewisham War Memorial | Memorial Gardens, High Street 51°27′13″N 0°00′58″W / 51.4536°N 0.0160°W |
1921 | E. A. Stone | Obelisk | Grade II | Unveiled 7 May 1921.[8] | |
St Stephen's Church War Memorial | St Stephen's Church 51°27′51″N 0°00′37″W / 51.4641°N 0.0103°W |
1921 | ? | N/A | Hooded Calvary cross | Grade II | Unveiled 3 September 1921.[9] | |
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The Whisper | Bromley Road | 1983 | André Wallace | N/A | Sculptural group | N/A | [10] |
Riverside Light Installation | Riverside Building, University Hospital Lewisham | 2007 | ? | Light installation | N/A | [11] | ||
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Memorial to Asquith Gibbes | Lewisham Police Station | 2019 | Simon Smith | Relief | N/A | Unveiled 27 June 2019. Gibbes was the founder of the Lewisham Equality Council, in 1981.[12] Inscribed "Race Equality/ Asquith Gibbes MBE/ 4 November 1934 – 16 July 2013" |
New Cross[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of Robert Aske | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School 51°28′05″N 0°02′37″W / 51.4681°N 0.0436°W |
1825 | William Croggon | N/A | Statue | Grade II | [13] | |
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Admiral Robert Blake, Horatio Nelson, Francis Drake and Oliver Cromwell | Deptford old town hall, New Cross Road 51°28′31″N 0°02′16″W / 51.4754°N 0.0379°W |
1905 | |||||
Water and Wine | Goldsmiths, University of London | 1990 | Michael Kenny | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | [14] | |
Black Door | Goldsmiths, University of London | Svein Møxvold | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | [15] |
Sydenham[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Livesey Hall War Memorial South Suburban Gas Company |
Perry Hill, Lower Sydenham 51°25′53″N 0°02′14″W / 51.4314°N 0.0372°W |
1920 | Sydney March | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II | [16] |
References[]
- ^ Historic England. "Carving on lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House (1194163)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Deptford War Memorial (1406592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ a b c https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/arts/Your-local-arts/public-art/Pages/Catford-public-art.aspx[bare URL]
- ^ "water line | oliver barratt sculpture". www.oliverbarratt.co.uk.
- ^ Historic England. "Crofton Park (St Hilda's) War Memorial (1449909)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Historic filming in Forest Hill – SE23 Forum | Forest Hill & Honor Oak". www.se23.com.
- ^ "Lewisham Military Hospital". War Memorials Register. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Lewisham War Memorial, Memorial Gardens (1435882)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "St Stephen's Church War Memorial, Lewisham (1437645)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ The Whisper. Art UK. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Riverside Light Installation. Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Simon Smith – Back the Bid!. Lewisham Council. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
- ^ Water and Wine. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Black Door. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "South Suburban Gas Company". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
External links[]
Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Lewisham at Wikimedia Commons
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