List of public art in Kent

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This is a list of public art in Kent , a county in South East England. This list including statues, busts and other memorials and applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, artworks in museums.

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Canterbury

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Edward Onslow Ford (1852-1901) - The Muse of Poetry (1891) front, Marlowe Memorial nr Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury, UK, October 2012 (8111627288).png
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Memorial to Christopher Marlowe Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury 1891 Edward Onslow Ford Statue on pedestal with 4 statuettesBronze and stoneGrade II Q19354026 [1]
The South African Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1106103.jpg
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Boer War Memorial Dane John Gardens, Canterbury 1904 William Douglas Caroe Obelisk with statueStone and bronze Q94071452 Architect, Nathaniel Hitch [2] [3] [4]
War Memorial, Canterbury Old Buttermarket (geograph 3468054).jpg
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War memorialButtermarket, Canterbury 1921 Benjamin Clemens Pillar with cross & 4 figures in nichesStone9m tallGrade II Q66477861 Architect, Arthur Beresford Pite [5] [6] [7]
Canterbury AEthelberht statue 03.jpg
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Æthelberht of Kent Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury 2004-5Stephen Melton
Canterbury Statue Queen Bertha 01.jpg
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Bertha of Kent Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury 2004-5Stephen Melton
Canterbury Holland Chaucer statue.jpg
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Geoffrey Chaucer High Sreet, Canterbury 2016Sam Holland & Lynn O'DowdStatue on podiumBronze

Chatham

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Gordon Memorial, New Brompton, England-LCCN2002708002.jpg General Charles George Gordon Brompton Barracks, Chatham1890 Edward Onslow Ford Camel-mounted statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II* [8] [9]
Statue of Kitchener, Chatham - geograph.org.uk - 518050.jpg Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Kitchener Barracks, Chatham Relocated 1960Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26558560 Originally in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960. [10] [11]
Chatham Naval Memorial (3) - geograph.org.uk - 639147.jpg
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Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1924 Robert Lorimer Obelisk with plaquesPortland stone and bronzeGrade I Q5087681 [2] [12]
GillinghamNavalWarMem2714.JPG
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Extension to Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1952 William McMillan & Charles Wheeler Sculpture elementsPortland stoneGrade I Q5087681 Extension designed by Sir Edward Maufe. [12]

Dover

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Captain Matthew Webb memorial, Dover.jpg
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Matthew Webb Marine Parade, Dover 1910 Francis William Doyle Jones Bust on pedestal with plaqueBronze & granite Q117405781 [13]
Charles Stewart Rolls, aviator - geograph.org.uk - 824750.jpg
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Charles Rolls Marine Parade, Dover1911 Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestalBronze & stone Q117378416 [8]
Dover Marine Station 14.jpg
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South Eastern and Chatham Railway war memorial Cruse Terminal 1, former Dover Marine Station1922William Charles Holland KingSculpture group on pedestal with surroundBronze & graniteGrade II Q5302507 [14] [15]
Dover war memorial goulden 2.jpg
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War memorialGarden of Remembrance, Biggin Street, Dover1924 Richard Reginald Goulden Statue on pedestal with surroundBronze & graniteGrade II* Q26675819 [16] [17]
The Waiting Miner - geograph.org.uk - 824742.jpg The Waiting MinerMarine Parade, DoverResited 1997H. PhillipsStatueBronze
Ramsay Statue, Dover Castle 2.jpg
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Admiral Bertram Ramsay Dover Castle 2000Stephen MeltonStatue on pedestal with plaquesBronze & stone
Merchant Navy Seamen Memorial, Dover, Kent.jpg Merchant Navy memorialMarine Parade, Dover Vivien Mallock Statue on pedestalBronze & granite [18]
Samphire Hoe Tower, Samphire Hoe, Kent, UK.JPG The Samphire TowerSamphire Hoe2001Jony EasterbyTowerOak framed, larch clad. Rolled sheet lead roof. [19]

Gillingham

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial, Mill Rd - geograph.org.uk - 1145055.jpg
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War memorial Gillingham 1924 Francis William Doyle Jones Inscribed columnStoneGrade II Q26677893 [20] [21]

Gravesend

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
General Charles George Gordon Statue.jpg
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General Charles George Gordon Gordon Gardens, Gravesend John Broad & Messrs DoultonStatue on pedestalStone and terracottaGrade II Q2667047 [8] [22] [23]
Statue of Queen Victoria, Darnley Road, Gravesend.jpg Queen VictoriaDarnley Road, Gravesend 1897–98John Broad & Messrs Doultons, LambethStatue on pedestalStone and terracottaGrade II [8] [24]
Statue of Queen Victoria in Borough Market House, Gravesend (II).jpg
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Queen VictoriaBorough Market House, Gravesend 1898John BroadStatue on pedestalStoneGrade II [25]
Gravesend, Windmill Hill, view of River Thames and 1922 War Monument - geograph.org.uk - 1491178.jpg
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War memorialWindmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend 1922 Francis William Doyle Jones Statue on columnBronze & stone9.2m tallGrade II Q66477666 [26] [27]
Statue of Pocahontas in Gravesend.jpg
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Pocahontas St George's Church, Gravesend 1958 William Ordway Partridge Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneGrade II Q26309866 Cast of the original 1922 statue in Jamestown, Virginia. [8] [28]
MahinderSinghPujjiStatueGravesend.jpg Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend2014 Douglas Jennings Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [29]
Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in Gravesend (02).jpg Elizabeth II Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend2018 Douglas Jennings Seated statue on pedestalBronze and stone

Knowlton

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial, Knowlton (geograph 3893671).jpg
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War memorial Knowlton 1919 George Frampton Lantern cross with figuresStone Q94131948 [2] [30]

Maidstone

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Queen's Monument, Maidstone.jpg
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Queen Victoria MonumentHigh Street, Maidstone 1862John ThomasStatue on pedestal with canopyStone and graniteGrade II Q26376681 [31]
War Memorial, Maidstone West Station - geograph.org.uk - 1506717.jpg
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War memorialTonbridge Road, Maidstone 1922 George Frampton Statue on pedestalBronze and limestoneGrade II Q26675478 [32] [33]

Northfleet

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
NorthfleetBevansWM8800.JPG
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War memorialBevans Cement Works, Northfleet c. 1920 Francis William Doyle Jones Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaqueConcrete & bronzeGrade II Q26671015 [34] [35] [36]

Westerham

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Churchill statue, Westerham.JPG
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Winston Churchill The Green, Westerham 1921 Oscar Nemon Seated statue on plinthBronze and limestone [8]
Statue of General Wolfe, Westerham-geograph.org-2007498.jpg
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General James Wolfe The Green, Westerham 1911 Francis Derwent Wood Statue on pedestalBronze and Portland stoneGrade II* Q17545629 [8] [37]

Wittersham

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Wittersham War Memorial (geograph 4055771).jpg
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War memorial Wittersham 1921 George Frampton Orb on octagonal columnPortland and Wealden stone5m tallGrade II Q26676940 [38] [39]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Memorial to Christopher Marlowe (1085044)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Roger Bowdler (2019). Britains Heritage War memorials. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   9781445691015.
  3. Historic England. "Dane John Gardens (1001360)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. "War Memorials Register: Buffs and Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. Historic England. "Canterbury War Memorial, Buttermarket, Canterbury (1437667)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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  10. Historic England. "Statue of Lord Kitchener approximately 50 metres west of entrance to Kitchener Barracks (1268230)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  11. "War Memorials Register: Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  12. 1 2 Historic England. "Chatham Naval War Memorial (1267787)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  13. "Captain Matthew Webb – the first Person to swim the Channel". The Dover Historian. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  14. Historic England. "Cruse Terminal 1, including attached pedestrian walkway, war memorial, four K6 telephone kiosks and ship's figurehead believed to be of the barque 'Roseau' (1273179)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  15. "War Memorials Register: South Eastern and Chatham Railway". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  16. Historic England. "People of Dover war Memorial (1406098)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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  18. "War Memorials Register: Dover and District Merchant Navy - WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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  20. Historic England. "Gillingham War Memorial (1433120)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  21. "War Memorials Register: Gillingham Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  22. Historic England. "Statue of General Gordon (1367047)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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  24. Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria (1240349)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  25. Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria, Borough Market House (1089035)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  26. Historic England. "Gravesend War Memorial (1432908)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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  28. Historic England. "Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of Saint George (1057700)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  29. "War Memorials Register: Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  30. "War Memorials Register: Knowlton - WW1 (Weekly Dispatch Newspaper Bravest Village 1st Place". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  31. Historic England. "Queen Victoria Statue and Drinking Fountain opposite No 98 (1086318)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  32. Historic England. "Maidstone Borough War Memorial (1401312)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  33. "War Memorials Register: Maidstone Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  34. Historic England. "Bevans Memorial in Northfleet Cement Works (1391662)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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  38. Historic England. "Wittersham War Memorial (1422309)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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