List_of_public_art_in_the_Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich
This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Main article: Avery Hill
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Hermes | Winter Garden 51.45024°N 0.07627°E / 51.45024; 0.07627 (Hermes) |
1889 c. 1889 | After Giambologna | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [1][2] |
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Main article: Blackheath, London
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Borough of Greenwich War Memorial | Corner of Charlton Way and Maze Hill 51.4752°N 0.0097°E / 51.4752; 0.0097 (Borough of Greenwich War Memorial) |
1922 | ? | War memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 11 November 1922.[3] | |
St John the Evangelist's Church War Memorial | East end of St John the Evangelist's churchyard, Stratheden Road 51.4758°N 0.01904°E / 51.4758; 0.01904 (St John the Evangelist's Church War Memorial) |
1922 | J. B. L. Tolhurst (designer); Hoare and Sons (sculptors) | Memorial cross | Portland stone | 5.3 m c. 5.3 m | Grade II | Unveiled 11 November 1922.[4] |
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Main article: Charlton, London
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Charlton War Memorial | Green opposite St Luke's Church 51.4814°N 0.0358°E / 51.4814; 0.0358 (Charlton War Memorial) |
1920 | R. G. Hoare, after Reginald Blomfield | Memorial cross | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 31 October 1920. A modified version of Blomfield's Cross of Sacrifice design.[5] | |
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Statue of Sam Bartram | The Valley 51.4867°N 0.0355°E / 51.4867; 0.0355 (Statue of Sam Bartram) |
2005 | Anthony Hawken | Statue | Bronze | — | Unveiled 9 June 2005.[6] | |
Portage | Charlton House Peace Garden 51.48029°N 0.03744°E / 51.48029; 0.03744 (Portage) |
2006 | Margaret Higginson | Statue | — | Inspired by the Amnesty International campaign "Stop Violence Against Women".[7] | |||
Thames Barrier Memorial | Thames Barrier 51.49397°N 0.03739°E / 51.49397; 0.03739 (Thames Barrier memorial) |
2018 | Memorial | — | Memorial to those who have worked on the Thames Barrier and other Thames flood defences.[8] |
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Main article: Deptford
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Memorial to Margaret McMillan | Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street 51.48136°N 0.02296°W / 51.48136; -0.02296 (Memorial to Margaret McMillan) |
1932 | Herbert Baker (architect) | Stone on brick plinth | Grade II | [9] | |||
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Memorial to Peter the Great | Glaisher Street 51.48333°N 0.01889°W / 51.48333; -0.01889 (Memorial to Peter the Great) |
2001 | Mihail Chemiakin | Statue | — | [10] | ||
His and Hers | Junction of Deptford High Street and Griffin Street 51.4779°N 0.0257°W / 51.4779; -0.0257 (His and Hers) |
2002 | Patricio Forrester | Mural | Masonry paint | — | Refurbished 2016.[11][12] | ||
Memorial to the Battle of Deptford Bridge | Deptford Bridge 51.471488°N 0.014639°W / 51.471488; -0.014639 (Battle of Deptford Bridge Memorial Sundial) |
2017 | Gary Drostle | Sundial mosaic bench | — | [13] |
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Main article: Eltham
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Holy Trinity Church War Memorial | Holy Trinity churchyard, Southend Crescent 51.4484°N 0.0641°E / 51.4484; 0.0641 (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial) |
after 1918 | ? | Crucifix | Stone and bronze | — | [14] | ||
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Eltham War Memorial | St John the Baptist's Church, High Street 51.4510°N 0.0514°E / 51.4510; 0.0514 (Eltham War Memorial) |
1924 | Reginald Blomfield | Memorial cross | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 9 November 1924. Adapted from Blomfield's much-used Cross of Sacrifice design; he was present at the unveiling.[15] |
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Main article: Greenwich Peninsula
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East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial | West Parkside Road 51.4953°N 0.0121°E / 51.4953; 0.0121 (East Greenwich Gas Works War Memorial) |
1926 | ? | War memorial | Grey Aberdeen granite | Grade II | Unveiled 18 September 1926.[42] | |
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Quantum Cloud | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50185°N 0.00913°E / 51.50185; 0.00913 (Quantum Cloud) |
2000 | Antony Gormley | Sculpture | — | Created for the millennium celebrations, now part of The Line art trail | ||
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A Slice of Reality | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50418°N 0.00028°W / 51.50418; -0.00028 (Slice of Reality) |
2000 | Richard Wilson | Sculpture | — | Created for the millennium celebrations, now part of The Line art trail[43] | ||
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Liberty Grip | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50437°N 0.00509°E / 51.50437; 0.00509 (Liberty Grip) |
2008 | Gary Hume | Sculpture | — | Part of The Line art trail[44] | ||
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Here | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50316°N 0.00146°W / 51.50316; -0.00146 (Here) |
2013 | Thomson & Craighead | Sculpture | — | Part of The Line art trail[45] | ||
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A Bullet from a Shooting Star | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50124°N 0.00057°W / 51.50124; -0.00057 (A Bullet from a Shooting Star) |
2015 | Alex Chinneck | Sculpture | — | Part of The Line art trail[46] | ||
Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage | Greenwich Peninsula 51.493905°N 0.007183°E / 51.493905; 0.007183 (Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage) |
2016 | Conrad Shawcross | Sculpture | metal | 49 m high | — | Part of the Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre, and inspired by dazzle camouflage[47] | |
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Hydra and Kali | Greenwich Peninsula 51.49875°N 0.01264°E / 51.49875; 0.01264 (Hydra and Kali) |
2016 | Damien Hirst | Sculpture | metal | — | Formerly part of Hirst's 2017 exhibition Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable in Venice[48] | |
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Mermaid | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50257°N 0.00682°E / 51.50257; 0.00682 (Mermaid) |
2017 | Damien Hirst | Sculpture | metal | — | Formerly part of Hirst's 2017 exhibition Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable in Venice[48] | |
Head in the Wind | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50176°N 0.00683°E / 51.50176; 0.00683 (Head in the Wind) |
2019 | Allen Jones | Sculpture | 8 metres (26 ft) | — | [49] | ||
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Demon with Bowl | Greenwich Peninsula 51.50012°N 0.00902°E / 51.50012; 0.00902 (Demon with Bowl) |
2023 | Damien Hirst | Sculpture | 60 feet (18 m) | — | [50] |
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Main article: Lee, London
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Men of St Peter's War Memorial | Courtlands Avenue 51.4567°N 0.0226°E / 51.4567; 0.0226 (Men of St Peter's War Memorial) |
1920 | Hatchard Smith and Son (designers); Farmer and Brindley (sculptors) | Memorial cross | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 15 May 1920.[51] |
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Main article: Plumstead
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8th London Howitzer Brigade War Memorial | Plumstead Common 51.4819°N 0.0756°E / 51.4819; 0.0756 (8th London Howitzer Brigade War Memorial) |
1922 | ? | War memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | Unveiled 7 October 1922.[52] |
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Main article: Shooter's Hill
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Christ Church War Memorial | Churchyard of Christ Church 51.4649°N 0.0572°E / 51.4649; 0.0572 (Christ Church War Memorial) |
1922 | ? | Memorial cross | Stone | — | Unveiled 8 October 1922.[53] |
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Main article: Thamesmead
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Byron Close Arches | Byron Close, arches under Carlyle Road 51.5025°N 0.1198°E / 51.5025; 0.1198 (Byron Close Arches) |
2018 | Rebecca Sutherland | Sculpture | Concrete | ? | — | Won the Wayfinding & Environmental Graphics category in the Design Week Awards 2018.[[54] |
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Main article: Woolwich
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Statue of a Barbarian or Deus Lunus | Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, No 1 Street 51.49235°N 0.06939°E / 51.49235; 0.06939 (Roman statue "Deus Lunus" at Royal Arsenal) |
late-Roman period (1st–3rd century AD) | ? | Roman statue | Turkish marble | — | Dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1801 and shipped to Woolwich | ||
Crucifix | St Mary's Gardens, Greenlaw Street 51.4932°N 0.05881313°E / 51.4932; 0.05881313 (Crucifix) |
18th–19th century? | ? | crucifix | wood | — | Originally part of the church interior; moved here in 1966 | ||
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Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | Royal Arsenal, Wellington Park 51.49354°N 0.07388°E / 51.49354; 0.07388 (Statue of the Duke of Wellington) |
1848 | Thomas Milnes | statue on pedestal | marble, Portland stone (plinth) | Grade II | Originally at the Tower of London, moved to the Arsenal in 1863 | |
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Tom Cribb's tomb | St Mary's Gardens, Woolwich Church Street 51.493357°N 0.06018106°E / 51.493357; 0.06018106 (tomb of Tom Cribb) |
1851 | ? | statue | stone | Grade II | A lion resting its paw on an urn | |
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Crimean War Memorial | Royal Artillery Barracks, south end of parade ground 51.48513°N 0.06050292°E / 51.48513; 0.06050292 (Crimean War Memorial) |
1861 | John Bell | statue with pedestal surrounded by 12 cannon-bollards | bronze and stone | 3 m (without pediment) | Grade II | The figure of a woman distributing laurel wreaths, Honour, was cast from a Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol |
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Major Little Memorial | Woolwich Common, Academy Rd / Ha-ha Road 51.482047°N 0.06133977°E / 51.482047; 0.06133977 (Major Little Memorial) |
1861? | ? | obelisk | stone | Grade II | ||
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Second Boer War Memorial | Grand Depot Road, opposite Royal Artillery Barracks 51.48416°N 0.06237°E / 51.48416; 0.06237 (Second Boer War Memorial) |
1902? | ? | obelisk | granite | Grade II | Memorial to the men of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the Second Boer War (1899–1902) | |
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Statue of Alexander McLeod | Former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building, 125–161 Powis Street 51.49225°N 0.06318°E / 51.49225; 0.06318 (Statue of Alexander McLeod) |
1903 | Alfred Drury | Statue in niche | Coade stone or terracotta? | Grade II | [55] | |
World War I memorial | Royal Arsenal, Grand Store, Cadogan Road 51.494216°N 0.07334383°E / 51.494216; 0.07334383 (Royal Arsenal World War I Memorial) |
1919? | ? | relief | stone | — | |||
Maritime history of Woolwich | Woolwich Dockyard, Thames Path at Mast Pond Wharf 51.49444°N 0.05607°E / 51.49444; 0.05607 (Thames Path mosaics) |
1984–86 | community project | mosaic floor piece (damaged) | ceramic tesserae | — | The mosaics are the result of a community project led by the National Elfrida Rathbone Society through an arts workshop based at the Clock House Community Centre | ||
Workers of Woolwich | Woolwich Arsenal station, platform 1 51.48971°N 0.06998°E / 51.48971; 0.06998 (Workers of Woolwich) |
1993 | Martin Williams | relief | terracotta | — | The work was commissioned by British Rail's Community Unit with the University of Greenwich and Greenwich Council, and is a tribute to the tens of thousands of workers at the Royal Arsenal | ||
The Woolwich Ship | Plumstead Road, opposite the Royal Arsenal 51.491106°N 0.07086162°E / 51.491106; 0.07086162 (The Woolwich Ship) |
1999 | Tom Grimsey | sculpture | steel | — | The sculpture celebrates the naval history of Woolwich; commissioned by Woolwich Development Agency & Greenwich Council | ||
History of Woolwich Dockyard | Woolwich Church Street, Kingsman Parade pedestrian tunnel 51.49290°N 0.05573°E / 51.49290; 0.05573 (Kingsman Parade mosaic) |
2000 | Stephen Lobb, Greenwich Mural Workshop & pupils of Cardwell Primary School | mosaic mural | ceramic tesserae | — | The mosaics are the result of a project by the Greenwich Mural Workshop, with Stephen Lobb as the senior artist, working with Cardwell Primary School | ||
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Assembly | Royal Arsenal, James Clavell Square 51.49485°N 0.070059°E / 51.49485; 0.070059 (Assembly) |
2001 | Peter Burke | group of 16 statues | cast iron | 188cm | — | |
Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs | Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub 51.492502°N 0.06978873°E / 51.492502; 0.06978873 (Memorial to Arsenal FC) |
c. 2005 | ? | sculpture | bronze, stone | — | |||
Street Life | Woolwich Arsenal station, Green's End / Beresford Square 51.490755°N 0.06852809°E / 51.490755; 0.06852809 (Street Life, in-station mural) |
2008 | Michael Craig-Martin | ceramic art, mural | ceramic | extends over two storeys | — | More than 2500 individually screen-printed tiles by Manor Architectural Ceramics in Warwick | |
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Statue of Nike, goddess of victory | Royal Arsenal, No 1 Street, Main Guardhouse 51.49196°N 0.06938°E / 51.49196; 0.06938 (Nike, 2012 Summer Olympics memorial) |
9 Sept 2012 | Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis | statue | bronze | — | A gift of the people of Olympia to commemorate the 30th Olympiad in London in 2012 | |
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Woolwich Buddy Bear | General Gordon Square 51.490046°N 0.06737977°E / 51.490046; 0.06737977 (Woolwich Buddy Bear) |
27 May 2016 | Michele Petit-Jean (after a design by pupils of Eltham Hill School) | statue | fibreglass | — | Celebrating the 50th anniversary of friendship between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf |
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