List of public art in the London Borough of Newham

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ArcelorMittal Orbit
Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML

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

Bromley-by-Bow[]

Main article: Bromley-by-Bow
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Sir Corbet Woodall (14712980803).jpg Statue of Corbet Woodall Twelvetrees Crescent

51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W / 51.5233; -0.0051 		1913–26 c. 1913–26 Arthur George Walker Statue Grade II [1]
Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Twelvetrees Crescent

51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0050°W / 51.5233; -0.0050 		? ? Memorial column with gas lamp Grade II [2]

Canning Town[]

Main article: Canning Town
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bradley Stone (16704494390).jpg Memorial to Bradley Stone Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North 1995 Ann Downey Statue N/A Unveiled 10 January 1995.[3]

Docklands[]

Main article: London Docklands
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Dockers sculpture (16904769355).jpg
More images 		Landed Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock 2009 Les Johnson Sculptural group N/A

Forest Gate[]

Main article: Forest Gate
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
The Preacher (1961) by Peter Laszlo Peri.jpg The Preacher Forest Gate Methodist Church, Woodgrange Road

51°32′53″N 0°01′31″E / 51.5480°N 0.0253°E / 51.5480; 0.0253 (The Preacher) 		1961 Peter Laszlo Peri Architectural sculpture Grade II [4]

Manor Park[]

Main article: Manor Park, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bust of Andrew Carnegie, Manor Park Library.jpg Bust of Andrew Carnegie Rabbits Road wall of Carnegie Library, Manor Park 1904 Un­known Architectural sculpture Grade II [5]

Plaistow[]

Main article: Plaistow, Newham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
War Memorial for the fallen of the West Ham Tram Company - geograph.org.uk - 1003593.jpg West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial Greengage Street c. 1920 J. F. Richards War memorial Grade II [6]

Royal Docks[]

Main article: Royal Docks
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Athena by Nasser Azam.jpg Athena Outside London City Airport 2012 Nasser Azam Statue N/A Unveiled 5 July 2012. This is the tallest bronze sculpture in the UK, at 12 metres high. The sculptor grew up in the borough.[7]

Stratford[]

Main article: Stratford, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Statue of Shakespeare in Coade stone at University of East London (16331989992).jpg Statue of William Shakespeare University of East London Stratford Campus 1840 ? Statue Grade II A statue in Coade stone, originally made for the Opera House (now Her Majesty's Theatre) in Haymarket. Presented to Stratford by a local councillor, J. C. Carroll, in 1925.[8]
Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain, Stratford.jpg
More images 		Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain Broadway

51°32′27″N 0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E / 51.5409; 0.0017 		1861 John Bell Obelisk Grade II [9]
St John the Evangelist, Broadway, Stratford (geograph 3550233).jpg
More images 		Memorial to the Stratford Martyrs St John the Evangelist Church, Broadway

51°32′29″N 0°00′09″E / 51.5415°N 0.0026°E / 51.5415; 0.0026 		1878 J. T. Newman Memorial Grade II [10]
Memorial to Edith Kerrison The Grove 1936 Christine Gregory Memorial N/A Kerrison was the first female councillor in West Ham.[11]
Gerard Manley Hopkins, London (9437625180).jpg Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins Outside Stratford Library, The Grove 1994 ? Commemorative stone N/A Unveiled 28 July 1994, the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth, by Seamus Heaney. Hopkins's birthplace was at 87 The Grove; the house was bombed in World War II.[12]
Steel Fountain - geograph.org.uk - 842445.jpg Railway Tree Stratford High Street

51°32′21.93″N 0°0′1.33″W / 51.5394250°N 0.0003694°W / 51.5394250; -0.0003694 		1996 Malcolm Robertson Sculpture N/A [13]
ArcelorMittal Orbit, Olympic Park, Stratford, London29July2012.jpg
More images 		ArcelorMittal Orbit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 2012 Anish Kapoor (with Cecil Balmond) Sculpture N/A
Clare Woods 'Carpenters Curve'.JPG Carpenters Curve Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 2012 Clare Woods Mural N/A [14]
Stratford station MMB 31.jpg
More images 		Stratford Shoal Stratford Centre 2012 Studio Egret West Sculpture N/A [15]
Untitled Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 2012 D. J. Simpson Mural N/A [14]
Joan Littlewood at Theatre Royal Stratford.jpg
More images 		Statue of Joan Littlewood Gerry Raffles Square, outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East 2015 Philip Jackson Statue N/A Unveiled 4 October 2015.[16]

Upton Park[]

Main article: Upton Park, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Champions statue.jpg
More images 		World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions")

Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson

Barking Road and Central Park Road 2003 Philip Jackson Sculptural group N/A

References[]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Corbet Woodhall [sic] (1392548)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1392547)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Monument to Bradley Stone". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ Historic England. "'The Preacher', Forest Gate Methodist Church (1430832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Andrew Carnegie". VADS. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Tramway Workers War Memorial (1388315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. ^ Humphries, Will (5 July 2012). "Tallest bronze sculpture in UK unveiled". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  8. ^ Matthews 2018, pp. 251–252.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain (1358001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Martyrs' Memorial (1190750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  11. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 250.
  12. ^ "Monument: Gerard Manley Hopkins – E15". London Remembers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Railway Tree". PMSA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  14. ^ a b Olympic Park – Clare Woods & DJ Simpson Commissions. Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  15. ^ Frearson, Amy (12 June 2012). "The Stratford Shoal by Studio Egret West". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  16. ^ Hemley, Matthew (6 October 2015). "Joan Littlewood sculpture unveiled outside Theatre Royal Stratford East". The Stage. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

Bibliography[]

  • Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""