List of public art in the London Borough of Waltham Forest
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
Chingford[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Chingford War Memorial | The Ridgeway/King's Head Hill 51°37′54″N 0°00′04″W / 51.6316°N 0.0012°W |
1921 | N/A | W. A. Lewis | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled September 1921 by Lord Lambourne.[1] |
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Chingford Mount War Memorial | Albert Crescent 51°37′02″N 0°01′04″W / 51.6172°N 0.0178°W |
? | ? | N/A | Obelisk | N/A | [2] |
Leyton[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of Laurie Cunningham | Buckingham Road | 2017 | Graham Ibbeson | N/A | Statue | N/A | [3] |
Leytonstone[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Leytonstone War Memorial | Harrow Green, Harrow Road 51°33′30″N 0°00′26″E / 51.5582°N 0.0071°E |
1925 | N/A | William Griffiths & Co. Ltd. (masons) | Pillar | Grade II | Unveiled 21 November 1925 by Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd.[4] |
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Time Terminus | Leytonstone bus station 51°34′06″N 0°00′26″E / 51.5682°N 0.0073°E |
1999 | Lodewyk Pretor | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | [5] |
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Leaf Memory | Grove Road 51°34′11″N 0°00′47″E / 51.5696°N 0.0130°E |
2001 | Stephen Duncan | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | [6] |
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The Birds Alfred Hitchcock |
High Road | 2014 | Anna Mills and Mateusz Odrobny | N/A | Mural | N/A | [7] |
Walthamstow[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Ionic capital | Outside Vestry House Museum 51°35′02″N 0°00′45″W / 51.58397°N 0.01255°W |
1810s | N/A | Robert Smirke | Architectural fragment | N/A | Originally formed part of the General Post Office building at St Martin Le Grand in the City of London. When that building was demolished in 1912 this fragment was purchased by the stone mason Frank Mortimer, who gave it to the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. It has stood on its present site since 1954.[8] |
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Walthamstow War Memorial | Waltham Forest Town Hall 51°35′26″N 0°00′45″W / 51.5906°N 0.0124°W |
1922 | ? | ? | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II | Unveiled July 1922.[9] |
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Five figures and reliefs | Waltham Forest Town Hall | 1941 | John Francis Kavanagh | Philip Hepworth | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [10] |
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Comedy and Tragedy heads | Walthamstow Assembly Hall | 1941 | John Francis Kavanagh | Philip Hepworth | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [11] |
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William Morris tile motif | Walthamstow Central tube station, Victoria line platforms | c. 1968 | Julia Black | N/A | Ceramic mural | N/A | |
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Black horse tile motif | Blackhorse Road tube station, Victoria line platforms | c. 1968 | Hans Unger | N/A | Ceramic mural | N/A | [12] |
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Black horse mural | Outside Blackhorse Road tube station | c. 1968 | David McFall | N/A | Ceramic mural | N/A | [12] |
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Underline | Blackhorse Road tube station | Giles Round, Design Work Leisure | N/A | Ceramic mural | N/A | [13] |
Whipps Cross[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Territorial Army War Memorial | Lea Bridge Roundabout 51°34′53″N 0°00′03″E / 51.5813°N 0.0008°E |
1921 | ? | N/A | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled 12 November 1961. Moved to its current location in the 1950s.[14] |
References[]
- ^ Historic England. "Chingford War Memorial (1418307)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Chingford Mount War Memorial. Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Laurie Cunningham (1956–1989). Art UK. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens (1418327)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Leytonstone". Explore East London. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ Leaf Memory. Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Mural: Hitchcock birds". London Remembers. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ How part of London's postal heritage ended up in Walthamstow. Londonist. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall (1418595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Fellowship (William Morris)". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Tragedy Head". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22.
- ^ a b "Blackhorse Road". GoLondon. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Underline: Design Work Leisure. Art on the Underground. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Territorial Army War Memorial (1419819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
External links[]
Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Waltham Forest at Wikimedia Commons
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