List_of_public_art_in_the_London_Borough_of_Lewisham
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham.
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Main article: Blackheath, London
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Lion | Lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House, Wat Tyler Road 51.4703°N 0.0056°W / 51.4703; -0.0056 (Lion) |
Early 19th century | ? | — | Sculpture | Grade II | The tablet held by the lion is inscribed NELSON/ CXXII BATTLES.[1] |
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Main article: Brockley
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| Deptford War Memorial | Junction of Upper Brockley Road and Lewisham Way 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] |
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Main article: Catford
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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| Catford Centre Cat | Rushey Green 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] |
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Main article: Crofton Park
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War memorial | St Hilda's Church 51.4524°N 0.0394°W / 51.4524; -0.0394 (Crofton Park (St Hilda's) War Memorial) |
1920 | F. H. Greenway and J. E. Newberry | W. Richards (stonemason) | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled 29 May 1920.[5] |
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Main article: Deptford
Main article: Forest Hill, London
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| Plaque commemorating the gift of Frederick John Horniman | Horniman Museum, London Road | 1901 | F. W. Pomeroy | Charles Harrison Townsend | Relief | Grade II* | [6] | |
| Humanity in the House of Circumstance | Horniman Museum, London Road | c. 1902 | Robert Anning Bell | Charles Harrison Townsend | Mosaic | Grade II* | [7] | |
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Totem pole | Horniman Museum gardens | 1985 | Nathan Jackson | — | Totem pole | — | [8] |
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Main article: Honor Oak
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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| Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway) | Honor Oak 51.4497°N 0.0462°W / 51.4497; -0.0462 (Bridge Parapets) |
1960 c. 1960 | William Mitchell | [9] |
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Main article: Lewisham
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| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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| Obelisk and drinking fountain | Lewisham Hill | 1866 | ? | — | Obelisk | — | [10][11] | |
| Prudentia | Former Prudential Building, 187–197 High Street | 1908 | F. W. Pomeroy | Paul Waterhouse | Statue in niche | Grade II | [12] | |
| Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial | University Hospital Lewisham, High Street 51.4572°N 0.0151°W / 51.4572; -0.0151 (Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial) |
after 1918 | ? | — | Memorial stones | — | [13] | |
| Lewisham War Memorial | Memorial Gardens, High Street 51.4536°N 0.0160°W / 51.4536; -0.0160 (Lewisham War Memorial) |
1921 | E. A. Stone | Obelisk | Grade II | Unveiled 7 May 1921.[14] | ||
| St Stephen's Church War Memorial | St Stephen's Church 51.4641°N 0.0103°W / 51.4641; -0.0103 (St Stephen's Church War Memorial) |
1921 | ? | — | Hooded Calvary cross | Grade II | Unveiled 3 September 1921.[15] | |
| The Whisper | Bromley Road | 1983 | André Wallace | — | Sculptural group | — | [16] | |
| Riverside Light Installation | Riverside Building, University Hospital Lewisham | 2007 | ? | Light installation | — | [17] | ||
| Memorial to Asquith Gibbes | Lewisham Police Station | 2019 | Simon Smith | Relief | — | Unveiled 27 June 2019. Gibbes was the founder of the Lewisham Equality Council, in 1981.[18] Inscribed "Race Equality/ Asquith Gibbes MBE/ 4 November 1934 – 16 July 2013" |
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Main article: New Cross
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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| Statue of Robert Aske | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School 51.4681°N 0.0436°W / 51.4681; -0.0436 (Statue of Robert Aske) |
1825 | William Croggon | — | Statue | Grade II | [19] | |
| Francis Drake and Robert Blake | Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road 51.4754°N 0.0379°W / 51.4754; -0.0379 (Deptford Old Town Hall) |
1905 | Henry Poole | H. V. Lanchester, James Stewart and E. A. Rickards | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [20] | |
| Admiral Lord Nelson and an admiral of 1905 | Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road 51.4754°N 0.0379°W / 51.4754; -0.0379 (Deptford Old Town Hall) |
1905 | Henry Poole | H. V. Lanchester, James Stewart and E. A. Rickards | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [20] | |
| Water and Wine | Goldsmiths, University of London | 1990 | Michael Kenny | — | Sculpture | — | [21] | |
| Black Door | Goldsmiths, University of London | Svein Møxvold | — | Sculpture | — | [22] |
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Main article: Sydenham, London
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| Livesey Hall War Memorial South Suburban Gas Company |
Perry Hill, Lower Sydenham 51.4314°N 0.0372°W / 51.4314; -0.0372 (Livesey Hall War Memorial) |
1920 | Sydney March | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II | [23] |
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- 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.
- Lewisham Council – Catford public art. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- "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.
- Smith, Charlotte Fell (1912). "Horniman, Frederick John" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 304.
- Banerjee, Jacqueline. "The Horniman Museum by Charles Harrison Townsend". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- Other Horniman Sights to See. Horniman Museum & Gardens. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- "Lewisham". mdfcta.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- "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.
- Curl, James Stevens (3 December 2023). "Rickards remembered". The Critic. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- 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.
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