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
	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 / 51.4703; -0.0056 (Lion)	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
	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 / 51.4710; -0.0299 (Deptford War Memorial)	1919–1921	William Wheatley Wagstaff	William Roberts	War memorial with sculpture	Grade II	Unveiled 1921 by Major-General Sir Charles Townshend.^[2]

Catford[]

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
Catford Centre Cat	Rushey Green 51°26′45″N 0°01′11″W / 51.4458°N 0.0198°W / 51.4458; -0.0198 (Catford Centre Cat)	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
	War memorial	St Hilda's Church 51°27′09″N 0°02′22″W / 51.4524°N 0.0394°W / 51.4524; -0.0394	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
	Pig statues	Thames Walk

Honor Oak[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway)	Honor Oak 51°26′59″N 0°02′46″W / 51.4497°N 0.0462°W / 51.4497; -0.0462 (Bridge Parapets)	1960 c. 1960	William Mitchell				^[6]

Lewisham[]

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial	University Hospital Lewisham, High Street 51°27′26″N 0°00′54″W / 51.4572°N 0.0151°W / 51.4572; -0.0151	after 1918	?	N/A	Memorial stones	N/A	^[7]
Lewisham War Memorial	Memorial Gardens, High Street 51°27′13″N 0°00′58″W / 51.4536°N 0.0160°W / 51.4536; -0.0160 (Lewisham War Memorial)	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 / 51.4641; -0.0103 (St Stephen's Church War Memorial)	1921	?	N/A	Hooded Calvary cross	Grade II	Unveiled 3 September 1921.^[9]
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]
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[]

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
Statue of Robert Aske	Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School 51°28′05″N 0°02′37″W / 51.4681°N 0.0436°W / 51.4681; -0.0436 (Statue of Robert Aske)	1825	William Croggon	N/A	Statue	Grade II	^[13]
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 / 51.4754; -0.0379 (Deptford Old Town Hall)	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
	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 / 51.4314; -0.0372 (Livesey Hall War Memorial)	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

[1] Historic England. "Carving on lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House (1194163)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[2] Historic England. "Deptford War Memorial (1406592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

[auto-3] ttps://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/arts/Your-local-arts/public-art/Pages/Catford-public-art.aspx^{[bare URL]}

[4] "water line | oliver barratt sculpture". www.oliverbarratt.co.uk.

[5] Historic England. "Crofton Park (St Hilda's) War Memorial (1449909)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[6] "Historic filming in Forest Hill – SE23 Forum | Forest Hill & Honor Oak". www.se23.com.

[7] "Lewisham Military Hospital". War Memorials Register. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[8] Historic England. "Lewisham War Memorial, Memorial Gardens (1435882)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[9] Historic England. "St Stephen's Church War Memorial, Lewisham (1437645)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[10] The Whisper. Art UK. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[11] Riverside Light Installation. Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[12] Simon Smith – Back the Bid!. Lewisham Council. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[TLE-13] Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.

[14] Water and Wine. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[15] Black Door. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[16] "South Suburban Gas Company". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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