This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Croydon.
Map of public art in the London Borough of Croydon
Coombe
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Bench (with a relief carving of a centaur) | Coombe Wood Garden | 1925–1930 | c.Eric Gill | — | Concrete bench | — | [1] |
Croydon
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of John Whitgift | Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street | 1903 | c.John Wenlock Rollins | Charles Henman Jr. | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [2] |
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Statue of Queen Victoria | Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street | 1903 | Francis John Williamson | — | Statue | Grade II | [3] |
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Croydon Cenotaph | Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street 51°22′20″N 0°05′58″W / 51.3723°N 0.0994°W |
1921 | Paul Raphael Montford | James Burford | War memorial | Grade II* | [4] |
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War memorial | Outside Croydon Minster, Church Street 51°22′21″N 0°06′22″W / 51.3725°N 0.1062°W |
1930 (after an original of 1922) | c.— | Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott | Memorial cross | Grade II | The original memorial of Chilmark stone was unveiled 27 February 1922; it was destroyed in a storm c. 1930 and replaced by the current memorial of Portland stone.[5] |
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Minerva | Croydon College | c. 1953–1959 | ? | Robert Atkinson and Partners | Relief | — | [6] |
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Vulcan | Croydon College | c. 1953–1959 | ? | Robert Atkinson and Partners | Relief | — | [6] |
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Jorrocks | 96 George Street | 1982 | John W. Mills | — | Equestrian statue | — | [7] |
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Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft | Charles Street | 2013 | ? | — | Sculpture | — | Figures selected by a public vote. Part of the Sustrans Portrait Benches series.[8][9] |
Winston Churchill mural | Corner of Park Street and High Street | 2016 | David Hollier | — | Mural | — | [10] | |
Electric City | Corner of Park Street and High Street 51°22′24″N 0°06′00″W / 51.3732°N 0.0999°W |
2018 | Dan Kitchener | — | mural | — | 30 by 30 ft (9 by 9 m), freehand spray paint. Painted in 2.5 days in May 2018.[11][12] |
Croydon Airport
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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De Havilland Heron | Entrance to Croydon Airport | 1997 | [13] | ||||
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Battle of Britain War Memorial | Purley Way, outside Croydon Airport | 1991 |
Old Coulsdon
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Old Coulsdon War Memorial | Junction of Coulsdon Road and Canon's Hill 51°18′27″N 0°07′12″W / 51.3074°N 0.1200°W |
1919 | ? | ? | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 14 September 2019.[14] |
Selhurst
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Selhurst War Memorial | Trinity Court, Selhurst Road 51°23′24″N 0°05′19″W / 51.3899°N 0.0885°W |
1922 | Arthur Hook | — | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled 25 November 1922. Originally stood outside Holy Trinity Church on this site, which was demolished in the 1980s.[15] |
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Lion and unicorn | Sydenham Road, at entrance to King George's Field | 1936 | [16] |
Woodcote
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Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Promenade de Verdun War Memorial | Promenade de Verdun 51°20′12″N 0°08′10″W / 51.3367°N 0.1360°W |
1922 | ? | ? | War memorial | Grade II | [17] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Gill Bench". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Whitgift Statue". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Queen Victoria statue – Croydon". London Remembers. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Croydon War Memorial (1268438)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at Croydon Minster (1442680)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Croydon College Façade Reliefs". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Jorrocks". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft immortalised on Croydon bench". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ O'Connor, Tara (12 June 2020). "Artist who painted Croydon's Churchill mural says he was a 'racist warmonger' and offers to replace it". MyLondon. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Kitchener, Dan (23 May 2018). "Croydon - 'Electric-City'". dankitchener. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Truelove, Sam (24 May 2018). "This could be the most stunning mural yet to appear in Croydon". Croydona Avertiser. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Online communities". croydononline.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Old Coulsdon War Memorial (1442725)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Selhurst War Memorial (1442664)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ King George's Field History Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Historic England. "Promenade de Verdun War Memorial (1431367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
External links
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