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List of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham.
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Blackheath
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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Jubilee Memorial Drinking Fountain Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria |
Tranquil Vale 51.4672°N 0.0066°E / 51.4672; 0.0066 (Jubilee Memorial Drinking Fountain) |
1897 | ? | Drinking fountain | Grade II | [2] |
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Brockley
Main article: Brockley
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Saint Mary Magdalene | St Mary Magdalen's Church, Howson Road | c. 1898–1899 | ? | Young Bolton | Statue in niche | — | [3] |
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War memorial | Outside St Mary Magdalen's Church, junction of Howson Road and Comerford Road 51.4593°N 0.0380°W / 51.4593; -0.0380 (St Mary Magdalen's Church War Memorial) |
1917 | ? | — | Calvary cross | Grade II | Unveiled 7 July 1917.[4] |
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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.[5] |
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Catford
Main article: Catford
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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 | Sculpture | [6] | |
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Pensive Girl | Catford Town Hall | 1992 | Gerda Rubinstein | Sculpture | [6] | |
Water Line | Rushey Green | 2006 | Oliver Barratt | [7] | |||
Chariot / Blue on Green | Catford | 2006 | Oleg Prokofiev | [6] | |||
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Statue of Henry Cooper | Bromley Road | 2011–2019 | Carl Payne | Statue | The boxer is shown holding his title belts in both hands.[8] | |
Statue of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah | Mountsfield Park | 2025 | Hannah Stewart | Statue | A life-sized statue of the nine-year-old girl who was the first person to have air pollution recorded as a cause of death.[9] |
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Crofton Park
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.[10] |
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Deptford
Main article: Deptford
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War memorial | St Paul's churchyard 51.4797°N 0.0258°W / 51.4797; -0.0258 (Deptford (St Paul's) War Memorial) |
1920 | ? | Obelisk | Grade II | Unveiled 24 May 1920 in its original location at the Sandford Estate, Hornshay Street, New Cross. Moved here in 1986.[11] |
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Gates | Sayes Court Park | 2010 | ? | Ornamental gates | The motifs of a mulberry stem, leaf and fruit refer to "Evelyn's Mulberry", a tree said to be from the garden of the diarist and horticulturalist John Evelyn.[12] | |
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Pig sculptures | Thames Walk | Sculptures |
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Forest Hill
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* | [13] |
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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* | [14] |
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Totem pole | Horniman Museum gardens | 1985 | Nathan Jackson | — | Totem pole | — | [15] |
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Honor Oak
Main article: Honor Oak
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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 | [16] |
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Lewisham
Main article: Lewisham
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Obelisk and drinking fountain | Lewisham Hill | 1866 | ? | — | Obelisk | — | [17][18] |
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Prudentia | Former Prudential Building, 187–197 High Street | 1908 | F. W. Pomeroy | Paul Waterhouse | Statue in niche | Grade II | [19] |
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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 | — | [20] |
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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.[21] | |
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.[22] | |
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The Whisper | Bromley Road | 1983 | André Wallace | — | Sculptural group | — | [23] |
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Blue Well | University Hospital Lewisham | 2007 | Chris Marshall | Sculpture | — | Alludes to the namesake of Ladywell, a well on the medieval pilgrimage route to Canterbury which was renowned for its healing properties.[24] | |
Riverside Light Installation | Riverside Building, University Hospital Lewisham | 2007 | ? | Light installation | — | [25] | ||
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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.[26] Inscribed "Race Equality/ Asquith Gibbes MBE/ 4 November 1934 – 16 July 2013" |
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New Cross
Main article: New Cross
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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 | [27] | |
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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* | [28] |
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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* | [28] |
Water and Wine | Goldsmiths, University of London | 1990 | Michael Kenny | — | Sculpture | — | [29] | |
Black Door | Goldsmiths, University of London | Svein Møxvold | — | Sculpture | — | [30] |
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Sydenham
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 | [31] |
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Telegraph Hill
Main article: Telegraph Hill, London
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Memorial to Olaudah Equiano | Telegraph Hill Lower Park | 2008 | Pupils of Edmund Waller Primary School, and the Friends of Telegraph Hill Park | Memorial | — | [32] |
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