List of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham facts for kids
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Contents
Blackheath
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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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 |
Early 19th century | ? | N/A | Sculpture | Grade II | The tablet held by the lion is inscribed NELSON/ CXXII BATTLES. |
Brockley
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
1919–1921 | William Wheatley Wagstaff | William Roberts | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II | Unveiled 1921 by Major-General Sir Charles Townshend. |
Catford
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Catford Centre Cat | Rushey Green 51°26′45″N 0°01′11″W / 51.4458°N 0.0198°W |
1974 | Owen Luder/Embassy Signs | ||||
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Pensive Girl | Catford Town Hall | 1992 | Gerda Rubinstein | ||||
| Water Line | Rushey Green | 2006 | Oliver Barratt | |||||
| Chariot / Blue on Green | Catford | 2006 | Oleg Prokofiev |
Crofton Park
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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War memorial | St Hilda's Church 51°27′09″N 0°02′22″W / 51.4524°N 0.0394°W |
1920 | F. H. Greenway and J. E. Newberry | W. Richards (stonemason) | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled 29 May 1920. |
Deptford
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Pig statues | Thames Walk |
Forest Hill
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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* | |
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Humanity in the House of Circumstance | Horniman Museum, London Road | c. 1902 | Robert Anning Bell | Charles Harrison Townsend | Mosaic | Grade II* | |
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Totem pole | Horniman Museum gardens | 1985 | Nathan Jackson | N/A | Totem pole | N/A |
Honor Oak
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway) | Honor Oak 51°26′59″N 0°02′46″W / 51.4497°N 0.0462°W |
c. 1960 | William Mitchell |
Lewisham
| 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 | ? | N/A | Obelisk | N/A | |
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Prudentia | Former Prudential Building, 187–197 High Street | 1908 | F. W. Pomeroy | Paul Waterhouse | Statue in niche | Grade II | |
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Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial | University Hospital Lewisham, High Street 51°27′26″N 0°00′54″W / 51.4572°N 0.0151°W |
after 1918 | ? | N/A | Memorial stones | N/A | |
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Lewisham War Memorial | Memorial Gardens, High Street 51°27′13″N 0°00′58″W / 51.4536°N 0.0160°W |
1921 | E. A. Stone | Obelisk | Grade II | Unveiled 7 May 1921. | |
| St Stephen's Church War Memorial | St Stephen's Church 51°27′51″N 0°00′37″W / 51.4641°N 0.0103°W |
1921 | ? | N/A | Hooded Calvary cross | Grade II | Unveiled 3 September 1921. | |
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The Whisper | Bromley Road | 1983 | André Wallace | N/A | Sculptural group | N/A | |
| Riverside Light Installation | Riverside Building, University Hospital Lewisham | 2007 | ? | Light installation | N/A | |||
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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. Inscribed "Race Equality/ Asquith Gibbes MBE/ 4 November 1934 – 16 July 2013" |
New Cross
| Image | 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 |
1825 | William Croggon | N/A | Statue | Grade II | ||
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Francis Drake and Robert Blake | Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road 51°28′31″N 0°02′16″W / 51.4754°N 0.0379°W |
1905 | Henry Poole | H. V. Lanchester, James Stewart and E. A. Rickards | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
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Admiral Lord Nelson and an admiral of 1905 | Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road 51°28′31″N 0°02′16″W / 51.4754°N 0.0379°W |
1905 | Henry Poole | H. V. Lanchester, James Stewart and E. A. Rickards | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | |
| Water and Wine | Goldsmiths, University of London | 1990 | Michael Kenny | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | ||
| Black Door | Goldsmiths, University of London | Svein Møxvold | N/A | Sculpture | N/A |
Sydenham
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
1920 | Sydney March | War memorial with sculpture | Grade II |
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