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.

Map of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham

Blackheath

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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 / 51.4703; -0.0056 (Lion) 		Early 19th century ? — Sculpture Grade II The tablet held by the lion is inscribed NELSON/ CXXII BATTLES.[1]

Brockley

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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 / 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]

Catford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Catford Centre Cat Rushey Green

51°26′45″N 0°01′11″W / 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]

Crofton Park

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes

More images 		War memorial St Hilda's Church

51°27′09″N 0°02′22″W / 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]

Deptford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Pig statues Thames Walk

Forest Hill

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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]

More images 		Totem pole Horniman Museum gardens 1985 Nathan Jackson — Totem pole — [8]

Honor Oak

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway) Honor Oak

51°26′59″N 0°02′46″W / 51.4497°N 0.0462°W / 51.4497; -0.0462 (Bridge Parapets) 		1960 c. 1960 William Mitchell [9]

Lewisham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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°27′26″N 0°00′54″W / 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°27′13″N 0°00′58″W / 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°27′51″N 0°00′37″W / 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"

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 / 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°28′31″N 0°02′16″W / 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°28′31″N 0°02′16″W / 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]

Sydenham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
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 / 51.4314; -0.0372 (Livesey Hall War Memorial) 		1920 Sydney March War memorial with sculpture Grade II [23]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Carving on lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House (1194163)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Deptford War Memorial (1406592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Lewisham Council – Catford public art. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ^ "water line | oliver barratt sculpture". www.oliverbarratt.co.uk.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Crofton Park (St Hilda's) War Memorial (1449909)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Banerjee, Jacqueline. "The Horniman Museum by Charles Harrison Townsend". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  8. ^ Other Horniman Sights to See. Horniman Museum & Gardens. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Historic filming in Forest Hill – SE23 Forum | Forest Hill & Honor Oak". www.se23.com.
  10. ^ Obelisk. Art UK. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Lewisham". mdfcta.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  12. ^ Prudentia. Art UK. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Lewisham Military Hospital". War Memorials Register. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Lewisham War Memorial, Memorial Gardens (1435882)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  15. ^ Historic England. "St Stephen's Church War Memorial, Lewisham (1437645)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  16. ^ The Whisper. Art UK. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  17. ^ Riverside Light Installation. Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  18. ^ Simon Smith – Back the Bid!. Lewisham Council. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  19. ^ Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  20. ^ a b Curl, James Stevens (3 December 2023). "Rickards remembered". The Critic. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  21. ^ Water and Wine. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  22. ^ Black Door. Art UK. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  23. ^ "South Suburban Gas Company". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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