This is a list of public art in the City of London , including statues, busts, commemorative plaques and other memorials.
The City of London is the historic nucleus of London as well as its modern financial centre. The City of London Corporation, its municipal governing body, states that "around almost every corner in the City you will find an unusual piece of public art or a commemoration of the City's great history". [1] This article lists the various permanent works of public art by the ward in which they are located.
In the 19th century, sculpture was incorporated into major engineering schemes such as the Victoria Embankment and the Holborn Viaduct. Entrances to the City are marked by statues of dragons (often mistakenly called griffins) [2] bearing the City's shield. The most elaborate of these is the Temple Bar Marker of 1880, which replaced a gate to the City, while two on the Victoria Embankment were originally made for the Coal Exchange building in 1849, and were repurposed as boundary markers in 1963.
Since 2010, the City has hosted an annual exhibition of public sculpture, called Sculpture in the City. [3]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Drinking fountain | Aldersgate Street 51°31′01″N0°05′49″W / 51.5169°N 0.0970°W | 1870 | ? | — | Drinking fountain | Grade II | ||
More images | Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice | Postman's Park 51°31′01″N0°05′52″W / 51.516876°N 0.097875°W | 1900 | George Frederic Watts and T. H. Wren (central statuette of Watts, pictured) | — | Memorial | Grade II | [4] |
More images | The Gold Smelters | Aldersgate Street | 1901 | John Daymond and Son | — | Relief sculpture | — | [5] |
More images | John Wesley Conversion Place Memorial | Nettleton Court, London Wall | 1981 | Martin Ludlow | — | Sculpture | — | [6] |
More images | Dolphin Fountain | Ben Jonson Place, Barbican Estate | 1989–1990 | John Ravera | — | Fountain with sculpture | — | [7] |
More images | Union (Horse with Two Discs) | London Wall, outside the Museum of London | 1999–2000 | Christopher Le Brun | — | Sculpture | — | Installed on this site in 2005. [8] [9] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Churchyard gateway and Fitch Memorial Fountain | St Katharine Cree Churchyard | 1631 and 1965 | ? | D. W. Insall and Associates (1965) | Fountain in repurposed architectural setting | [10] | ||
More images | Aldgate Pump | Junction of Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street 51°30′48″N0°04′40″W / 51.5132°N 0.0779°W | Apparently 18th century | ? | — | Water pump | Grade II | [11] |
Steamship's Prow | Holland House, 32 Bury Street | 1914–1916 | Joseph Mendes da Costa | Hendrik Petrus Berlage | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [12] | |
The Four Elements | The Scalpel, 52 Lime Street | 1954–1957 | c.James Woodford | Kohn Pederson Fox (current setting); Terence Heysham (original setting) | Reliefs | — | [13] [14] | |
More images | Roundhouse | Outside The Scalpel, 52 Lime Street | 2018 | Joel Perlman | — | Sculpture | — | [15] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Foundation stone with allegory of the City | Old Guildhall Library, Basinghall Street | 1870 | Possibly J. W. Seale | Horace Jones | Relief | Grade II* | [16] | |
Elizabeth I , Queen Anne and Queen Victoria | Old Guildhall Library, Basinghall Street | c. 1873 | J. W. Seale | Horace Jones | Statues in niches | Grade II* | [16] | |
Robert Hargreaves Rogers Drinking Fountain | Junction of Aldermanbury and Love Lane | 1891 | ? | — | Drinking fountain | — | Erected to commemorate Rogers's election as Deputy Alderman. [17] [18] | |
More images | Memorial to John Heminges and Henry Condell | Former churchyard of St Mary Aldermanbury 51°30′59″N0°05′35″W / 51.5164°N 0.0931°W | 1895–1896 | C. J. Allen | Charles Clement Walker | Memorial with bust | Grade II | Inaugurated 15 July 1896. Incorporates a bronze bust of William Shakespeare. Heminges and Condell, the compilers of Shakespeare's First Folio, were both buried in the parish. [19] |
Maiden keystone | Brewers' Hall, Aldermanbury Square | 1958–1960 | Charles Wheeler | Hubert Worthington | Architectural sculpture | — | [20] | |
More images | Ritual | Outside Woolgate Exchange, Coleman Street 51°30′59″N0°05′24″W / 51.5164°N 0.0900°W | 1968–1969 | Antanas Braždys | — | Sculpture | Grade II | [21] |
Glass Fountain | Guildhall Piazza | 1969 | Allen David | — | Fountain with sculpture | — | [22] | |
More images | Beyond Tomorrow | Guildhall Piazza 51°30′58″N0°05′31″W / 51.5161°N 0.0919°W | 1972 | Karin Jonzen | — | Sculptural group | — | [23] |
More images | The Minotaur | London Wall Place | 1973 | Michael Ayrton | — | Sculpture | — | The sculpture was previously located at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and also elsewhere within the Barbican estate. [24] |
More images | Unity | Alban Gate 51°31′03″N0°05′36″W / 51.5175°N 0.0933°W | 1992 | Ivan Klapež | — | Sculptural group | — | [25] |
More images | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Guildhall Art Gallery | 1999 | Lawrence Tindall | Richard Gilbert Scott | Architectural sculpture | — | [26] |
More images | Bust of Samuel Pepys | Guildhall Art Gallery | 1999 | Tim Crawley | Richard Gilbert Scott | Architectural sculpture | — | [26] |
More images | Bust of Oliver Cromwell | Guildhall Art Gallery | 1999 | Tim Crawley | Richard Gilbert Scott | Architectural sculpture | — | [26] |
More images | Bust of William Shakespeare | Guildhall Art Gallery | 1999 | Tim Crawley | Richard Gilbert Scott | Architectural sculpture | — | [26] |
More images | Bust of Christopher Wren | Guildhall Art Gallery | 1999 | Tim Crawley | Richard Gilbert Scott | Architectural sculpture | — | [26] |
Standing stone and bench | Aldermanbury Square | 2000 | Richard Kindersley | — | Standing stone | — | [20] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Company arms, Triton reliefs, capitals and River God keystone | Watermen's Hall, St Mary at Hill | 1779 | ? | William Blackburn (?) | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [27] | |
Britannia, Dolphins and City Arms | Old Billingsgate Market | 1873–1878 | Unknown | Horace Jones | Pediment sculptures | Grade II | [28] | |
Camel Caravan | Peek House, 20 Eastcheap, at the junction with Lovat Lane | 1884 | William Theed | Alexander Peebles | Relief | — | The trademark of Peek Bros. [29] | |
More images | The Minster Court Horses | Minster Court, Mincing Lane | 1989–1990 | Althea Wynne | — | Statues | — | [30] |
Lupine Flower | 30 Fenchurch Street | 2023 | Arne Quinze | — | Sculpture | — | [31] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Charity Boy and Charity Girl | St Botolph's Church Hall | 1821 | ? | ? | Statues in niches | — | [32] | |
Ram | New Street | 1860s | ? | ? | Sculpture | — | [33] | |
Two drinking fountains | Churchyard of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate 51°30′59″N0°04′53″W / 51.5165°N 0.0815°W | 1866 | — | ? | Drinking fountains | Grade II | ||
Bishopsgate Parish War Memorial | Churchyard of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate 51°31′00″N0°04′54″W / 51.516577°N 0.08164°W | 1916 | Maile and Sons | ? | Memorial cross | Grade II | ||
Bakers | Former Nordheim Model Bakery, 12–13 Widegate Street | 1926 | Philip Lindsey Clark | George Val Myer | Reliefs | — | [34] | |
Beaver weather vane | Roof of 60–64 Bishopsgate | 1926 | ? | Charles Mewès and Arthur Joseph Davis | Weather vane | [35] | ||
More images | The Cnihtengild | Devonshire Square | 1990 | Denys Mitchell | — | Equestrian statue | — | [36] |
Cockerel | Cock Hill 51°31′03″N0°04′42″W / 51.5176°N 0.0784°W | 1991 | ? | — | Ceramic tiles | — | Artist possibly "W.N." [37] | |
Rebellion | East India House, 109 Middlesex Street | 1992–1993 | Judy Boyt | Sculpture | — | [38] | ||
Alphabet mural | 119 Middlesex Street | 2010 | Ben Eine | — | Street art | — | Completed September 2010. [39] | |
Bishop's mitre | Outside 101–105 Bishopsgate, near its junction with Wormwood Street | ? | ? | Plaque | — | [40] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Bellerophon Taming Pegasus | Broadgate Square 51°31′08″N0°05′06″W / 51.5189°N 0.0851°W | 1964–1966 | Jacques Lipchitz | — | Sculpture | — | [41] | |
More images | Rush Hour | Finsbury Avenue Square | 1983–1987 | George Segal | — | Sculptural group | — | [42] |
More images | Fulcrum | Broadgate Octagon | 1986–1987 | Richard Serra | — | Sculpture | — | [43] |
Ganapathi and Devi | Sun Street Roundabout | 1988 | Stephen Cox | — | Sculpture | — | [44] | |
Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell | Broadgate Square | 1988 | Barry Flanagan | — | Sculpture | — | [41] | |
More images | Broadgate Venus | Exchange Square 51°31′11″N0°04′50″W / 51.51972°N 0.08050°W | 1989 | Fernando Botero | — | Recumbent statue | — | [45] |
Tiled fountain | Corner of Exchange House, junction of Primrose Street and Appold Street | 1990 | Joan Gardy Artigas | Tiled fountain | — | [46] | ||
More images | The Broad Family | Exchange Square | 1991 | Xavier Corberó | — | Sculptures | — | [46] |
Water feature | Exchange Square | 1991 | Stephen Cox | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | Cascading water feature with sculpture | — | [47] | |
More images | Eye-I | Bishopsgate entrance to Pindar Plaza | 1993 | Bruce McLean | — | Sculpture | — | [48] |
Chromorama | Sun Street | 2015 | David Batchelor | — | Sculpture | — | [49] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Memorial to Charles Fryatt | East wall 51°31′03″N0°04′55″W / 51.5175°N 0.0819°W | 1916–1917 | H. T. H. van Golberdinge | — | Memorial tablet with portrait roundel | — | [50] | |
More images | London Society of East Anglians War Memorial Men of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire | 1920? | Guy Dawber | Plaque | [51] | |||
More images | Great Eastern Railway War Memorial | East wall 51°31′04″N0°04′56″W / 51.5177°N 0.0822°W | 1922 | Farmer and Brindley | — | War memorial | — | |
Memorial to Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet | East wall | 1922–1923 | Charles Leonard Hartwell | — | Memorial tablet with portrait relief | — | [50] | |
More images | Für das Kind Kindertransport | 51°31′03″N0°04′55″W / 51.5175°N 0.0819°W | 2003 and 2011 | Flor Kent | — | Sculptural group | — | [52] |
More images | Kindertransport – The Arrival | Hope Square, outside Liverpool Street station 51°31′03″N0°04′57″W / 51.5176°N 0.0826°W | 2006 | Frank Meisler and Arie Ovadia | — | Sculptural group | — | [53] |
More images | Infinite Accumulation | Outside the Elizabeth line eastern ticket hall | 2024 | Yayoi Kusama | — | Sculpture | — | [54] [55] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of James I | Temple Bar Gate | John Bushnell | Joshua Marshall and Thomas Knight, with the possible involvement of Christopher Wren | Statue in niche | Grade I | |||
Statue of Anne of Denmark | Temple Bar Gate | John Bushnell | Joshua Marshall and Thomas Knight, with the possible involvement of Christopher Wren | Statue in niche | Grade I | |||
Statue of Charles I | Temple Bar Gate | John Bushnell | Joshua Marshall and Thomas Knight, with the possible involvement of Christopher Wren | Statue in niche | Grade I | |||
Statue of Charles II | Temple Bar Gate | John Bushnell | Joshua Marshall and Thomas Knight, with the possible involvement of Christopher Wren | Statue in niche | Grade I | |||
More images | Panyer Alley Boy | Panyer Alley Steps 51°30′53″N0°05′52″W / 51.5148°N 0.0977°W | 1688 | ? | — | Relief sculpture | Grade II | [56] |
More images | St Lawrence and Mary Magdalene Drinking Fountain | Carter Lane Gardens 51°30′46″N0°05′51″W / 51.5129°N 0.0974°W | 1866 | Joseph Durham | John Robinson | Drinking fountain with sculpture | Grade II | [57] |
More images | Memorial to Admiral Arthur Phillip | Cannon Street Gardens 51°30′47″N0°05′45″W / 51.5131°N 0.0958°W | 1932 (original memorial; most features of the present memorial date to 1968, 1976 and 2000) | Charles Leonard Hartwell , W. Hamilton Buchan and Sharon A. M. Keenan | ? | Memorial with bust | — | [58] |
More images | Wall fountain | Festival Gardens 51°30′48″N0°05′49″W / 51.5132°N 0.0970°W | 1950 | ? | Albert Richardson | Fountain | — | [59] |
More images | The Young Lovers | Festival Gardens 51°30′48″N0°05′50″W / 51.5133°N 0.0972°W | 1950–1951 | Georg Ehrlich | — | Sculptural group | — | [60] |
Icarus III | Distaff Lane Garden 51°30′45″N0°05′50″W / 51.5124°N 0.0972°W | 1973 | Michael Ayrton | — | Sculpture | — | Moved from Old Change Court circa 2020, image shows original location. [61] | |
More images | Paternoster | Paternoster Square 51°30′53″N0°05′56″W / 51.5146°N 0.0989°W | 1975 | Elisabeth Frink | — | Sculptural group | — | [62] |
More images | National Firefighters Memorial | Carter Lane Gardens 51°30′46″N0°05′55″W / 51.5129°N 0.0985°W | 1990–1991 | John W. Mills | — | Sculptural group | — | [63] |
More images | Paternoster Vents | Paternoster Square 51°30′51″N0°06′02″W / 51.5143°N 0.1005°W | 2002 | Thomas Heatherwick | — | Vents | — | [64] |
More images | Angel I to V | St Paul's Churchyard 51°30′50″N0°06′00″W / 51.5139°N 0.1000°W | 2003 | Emily Young | William Whitfield (commissioner) | Sculptures | — | [65] |
Noon-Mark | 10 Paternoster Square | 2003 | Frank King (gnomon and astronomy) and Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley (letter-cutting) | Eric Parry Architects (commissioners) | Analemmatic sundial | — | [66] [67] | |
More images | Paternoster Square Column | Paternoster Square 51°30′53″N0°05′58″W / 51.5147°N 0.0994°W | 2003 | William Whitfield and Andrew Lockwood | Column | — | ||
Lion, Unicorn and two City Dragons | Temple Bar Gate | 2004 | Tim Crawley | Freeland Rees Roberts (restoration) | Sculptures | Grade I | ||
Amicale | The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Garden | 2007 | Paul Mount | — | Sculpture | — | Installed on this site in March 2012. [68] | |
More images | Globe with Slots | Carter Lane Gardens | 2009 or before | Paul Mount | — | Sculpture | — | [69] |
More images | Bust of John Donne | The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Garden 51°30′48″N0°05′50″W / 51.5133°N 0.0973°W | 2012 | Nigel Boonham | — | Bust | — | [68] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Elizabeth II | One New Change | c. 1953–1960 | Boris Anrep | Mosaic | — | [70] | ||
William III and Mary II | One New Change | c. 1953–1960 | Boris Anrep | Mosaic | — | [70] | ||
Compass Rose | One New Change | c. 1953–1960 | Boris Anrep | Mosaic | — | [70] | ||
Ariel | One New Change | c. 1953–1960 | Boris Anrep | Mosaic | — | |||
Guardian Lion | One New Change | 1957 | c.Charles Wheeler | Victor Heal (original setting) | Relief | — | [71] | |
Saint George Triumphant | One New Change | 1957 | c.Charles Wheeler | Victor Heal (original setting) | Relief | — | [71] | |
Saint George Combatant | One New Change | 1957 | c.Charles Wheeler | Victor Heal (original setting) | Relief | — | [71] | |
Guardian Lion | One New Change | 1957 | c.Charles Wheeler | Victor Heal (original setting) | Relief | — | [71] | |
Nail | One New Change | 2011 | Gavin Turk | — | Sculpture | — | [72] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | The Monument Great Fire of London | Monument Yard 51°30′36″N0°05′10″W / 51.5101°N 0.0860°W | 1671–1677 | Caius Gabriel Cibber , Edward Pearce and George Bowers | Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke | Monumental column with basement astronomical observatory | Grade I | [73] |
Statue of James Hulbert | Garden of Fishmongers' Hall | 1724 | Robert Easton | — | Statue | [74] | ||
More images | Mice | Philpot Lane, near junction with Eastcheap | 1862 | Uncertain, but thought to be John Young and Son | [75] | |||
Female Figure holding a Globe | Adelaide House, London Bridge Approach | 1921–1925 | William Reid Dick | John James Burnet and Thomas S. Tait | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [76] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Credit Facilitating Transport, Commerce and Industry and sexfoil panels | 7 Lothbury | 1866 | James Redfern | George Somers Leigh Clarke | Reliefs | Grade II* | [77] | |
"Persian" Atlas Figures | Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton Street | 1898–1899 | Henry Alfred Pegram | Thomas Graham Jackson | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [78] | |
More images | Statue of Saint Augustine of Hippo | Augustine House, 6a Austin Friars | 1955–1957 | John Skeaping | Arthur Bailey | Architectural sculpture | — | [79] |
More images | Augustinian Friar | 4 Austin Friars | 1989 | T. Metcalfe | Fookes, Ness and Gough (1987–1990 refurbishment of Nos. 2–6) | Statue in niche | — | [80] |
Standing Stone | Austin Friars, outside Augustine House | 2000 | Richard Kindersley | — | Standing stone | — | Inscribed with words from T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets . [81] | |
Last of Light (3 Needles) | Angel Court | 2017 | Sara Barker | Fletcher Priest Architects | Architectural sculpture | — | [82] | |
Selvedge with dark | Throgmorton Passage | 2017 | Sara Barker | Fletcher Priest Architects | Architectural sculpture | — | [82] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Chimera with Personifications of Fire and the Sea | 24–28 Lombard Street 51°30′45″N0°05′12″W / 51.5124°N 0.0866°W | 1914 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Gordon & Gunton | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [83] | |
Phoenix | Phoenix House, 5 King William Street | c. 1921–1922 | Charles Henry Mabey | John Macvicar Anderson and Henry Lennox Anderson | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [84] | |
Shield of the London Life Association | 81 King William Street | 1925–1927 | Charles Leonard Hartwell | William Curtis Green | Architectural sculpture | — | [85] | |
Unity and Security | 81 King William Street | 1925–1927 | Herbert William Palliser | William Curtis Green | Architectural sculpture | — | [85] | |
Wisdom and Foresight | 81 King William Street | 1925–1927 | Herbert William Palliser | William Curtis Green | Architectural sculpture | — | [85] | |
Break the Wall of Distrust | 108 Cannon Street | 1989–1990 | Zurab Tsereteli | Architectural sculpture | — | [86] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Memorial to Robert Waithman | Salisbury Square 51°30′49″N0°06′23″W / 51.513509°N 0.106346°W | 1833 | — | James Elmes | Obelisk | Grade II | [87] |
More images | Temperance drinking fountain | New Bridge Street 51°30′41″N0°06′15″W / 51.511362°N 0.104106°W | 1861 | Wills Brothers | — | Drinking fountain with statue | Grade II | |
Capitals | Blackfriars Bridge | 1860–1869 | John Birnie Philip | Joseph Cubitt and H. Carr | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [88] | |
Pegasus | Inner Temple Gateway, Tudor Street | 1887 | John Daymond and Son | ? | Relief | Grade II | [89] | |
More images | Statue of Queen Victoria | New Bridge Street 51°30′40″N0°06′16″W / 51.511°N 0.1044°W | 1893–1896 | Charles Bell Birch | — | Statue | Grade II | [90] |
Relief panel and figure of Youth | Pemberton House, New Street Square | 1955 | Wilfred Dudeney | Richard Seifert & Partners | Architectural sculpture | — | [33] | |
More images | The Seven Ages of Man | Baynard House, Queen Victoria Street 51°30′43″N0°06′03″W / 51.51188°N 0.10093°W | 1980 | Richard Kindersley | — | Sculpture | — | [91] |
Taxi | John Carpenter Street 51°30′40″N0°06′22″W / 51.5111°N 0.1061°W | 1983 | John Seward Johnson II | — | Statue | — | ||
More images | Saint George and the Dragon | Dorset Rise 51°30′46″N0°06′20″W / 51.51282°N 0.10569°W | 1988 | Michael Sandle | — | Sculptural group | — | |
More images | Statue of Hodge | Gough Square 51°30′53″N0°06′27″W / 51.514722222222°N 0.1075°W | 1997 | Jon Bickley | — | Statue | — | [92] |
Cantus | Shoe Lane | 2002 | Charles Hadcock | — | Sculpture | — | [93] | |
More images | Resolution | Corner of St Bride Street and Shoe Lane 51°30′56″N0°06′22″W / 51.51554°N 0.10615°W | 2007 | Antony Gormley | — | Sculpture | — | [94] |
Browsers | New Street Square | 2008 | Jonathan Clarke | — | Sculptures | — | [95] [96] | |
Day and Night, Night and Day | New Street Square | 2009 | Ron Haselden | Neon sculpture | — | [97] | ||
Gateway | New Fetter Lane | 2011 | Jonathan Clarke | — | Sculpture | — | [95] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Putti | St Bartholomew House, 92 Fleet Street | 1900 | Gilbert Seale | H. Huntly Gordon | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [98] | |
Statue of Mary, Queen of Scots | Queen of Scots House, 143–144 Fleet Street 51°30′52″N0°06′26″W / 51.514311°N 0.107181°W | 1905 | ? | R. M. Roe | Statue in niche | Grade II | [99] | |
The Past and The Future | Daily Telegraph Building, 135–141 Fleet Street | 1929–1930 | Samuel Rabinovitch | Elcock and Sutcliffe | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [100] | |
Panel with two Mercury figures and a globe; Panel with swallows | Daily Telegraph Building, 135–141 Fleet Street | 1929–1930 | A. J. Oakley? | Elcock and Sutcliffe | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [101] | |
More images | Memorial to Edgar Wallace | Ludgate House, 107 Fleet Street (at Ludgate Circus) | 1934 | Francis William Doyle-Jones | Plaque with portrait medallion | — | [102] | |
Busts of King Lud | Leon restaurant, 12 Ludgate Circus (former King Lud pub) | 1870 | Lewis Henry Isaacs | Architectural sculpture | — | [103] | ||
Bust of T. P. O'Connor | Chronicle House, 72–78 Fleet Street 51°30′51″N0°06′24″W / 51.5141°N 0.10657°W | 1935–1936 | Francis William Doyle-Jones | Bust | — | [104] | ||
The Herald | 85 Fleet Street | 1938–1939 | William Reid Dick | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [105] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Notes | |
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Angels with the Royal Arms | Lunette within pediment of north front | 1698 | Grinling Gibbons | Relief | Grade I | [106] | |
Phoenix | Lunette within pediment of south front | 1699 | Caius Gabriel Cibber | Relief | Grade I | [107] | |
Saint Paul Preaching to the Bereans | Over great west door | 1705–1706 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [108] | |
The Conversion of Saint Paul | Pediment of west front | 1706 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [109] | |
Saul Receiving Letters from the High Priest | North side of the upper storey above the portico | Probably between 1706 and 1712 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [110] | |
Ananias Putting His Hands on Saul and Restoring His Sight | South side of the upper storey above the portico | Probably between 1706 and 1712 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [111] | |
Saint Paul and the Gaoler of Philippi | Inside the portico, on the north side wall | 1712/1713 | c.Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [112] | |
Saint Paul Bitten by a Viper on Malta | Inside the portico, on the south side wall | 1712/1713 | c.Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [112] | |
Saint Paul Before Felix | Within the portico, to the left of the great west door | 1712–1713 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [113] | |
Saint Paul Before Agrippa | Within the portico, to the right of the great west door | 1712–1713 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [113] | |
The Stoning of Saint Stephen | Over north door, west front | Possibly 1713 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [111] | |
The Baptism of Saul | Over south door, west front | Possibly 1713 | Francis Bird | Relief | Grade I | [108] | |
Saints Peter , James and Paul | Pediment of west front | 1718–1721 | Francis Bird | Statues | Grade I | [114] | |
Four Evangelists | Parapet at the foot of the side towers, west front | 1718–1721 | Francis Bird | Statues | Grade I | [114] | |
Saints Barnabas , Philip , James the Less , Jude and John the Baptist | Pediment of north front | 1720–1724 | Francis Bird , with some additions by Farmer & Brindley | Statues | Grade I | [115] | |
Saints Simon and Matthias | Outer corners of south transept | Between 1722–1724 and 1923–1925 | Francis Bird , with substantial additions by Henry Poole | Statues | Grade I | [106] | |
Saints Thomas , Andrew and Bartholomew | Pediment of south front | 1898–1900 | Farmer & Brindley after Francis Bird | Statues | Grade I | [115] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Statue of Queen Anne | St Paul's Churchyard 51°30′49″N0°06′00″W / 51.5137°N 0.0999°W | 1884–1886 (after an original of 1709–1712) | Richard Claude Belt and L. A. Malempré, after Francis Bird | Christopher Wren | Statue flanked by other sculpture | Grade II | [116] |
More images | St Paul's Cross | St Paul's Churchyard 51°30′51″N0°05′52″W / 51.5142°N 0.0977°W | 1908–1910 | Bertram Mackennal | Reginald Blomfield | Statue on column | Grade II | [117] |
More images | Statue of Thomas Becket | St Paul's Churchyard 51°30′49″N0°05′51″W / 51.5135°N 0.0976°W | 1971 | Edward Bainbridge Copnall | — | Statue | Grade II | [118] |
Memorial to Londoners killed in World War II bombardments | St Paul's Churchyard | 1999 | Richard Kindersley | — | Memorial | — | [119] | |
More images | Statue of John Wesley | St Paul's Churchyard 51°30′51″N0°05′55″W / 51.5143°N 0.09854°W | 1988 (after an original of 1825–1849) | after Samuel Manning the Elder and Samuel Manning the Younger | — | Statue | — | [120] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Putti crowning Queen Victoria, and symbolic flora | 42–44 Gresham Street | 1850–1852 | ? | Sancton Wood | Reliefs | Grade II | Banderoles inscribed THE QUEEN'S/ ASSURANCE/ ESTABLISHED/ AD 185 (sic). [121] | |
Keystones portraying Postmasters General and sprandrels with men writing and receiving letters Cecil Raikes and Alfred Morley | Nomura House, St Martin's Le Grand and King Edward Street | 1889–1895 | ? | Henry Tanner | Architectural sculpture | — | [122] | |
Atlas with Globe | King Street 51°30′51″N0°05′32″W / 51.5141°N 0.0923°W | 1893–1894 | Thomas Tyrrell for Farmer and Brindley | Alfred Waterhouse | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [123] | |
More images | Signs of the Zodiac | 107 Cheapside | 1955–1958 | John Skeaping | Antony Lloyd of Curtis Green, Son & Lloyd | 12 stone panels | — | Originally installed with a figure of Apollo plus sun and star motifs, now lost, in the scheme. [124] |
Three Pritners | Goldsmiths' Hall garden (former churchyard of St John Zachary) 51°30′58″N0°05′43″W / 51.5160°N 0.0954°W | 1957 | c.Wilfred Dudeney | — | Sculptural group | — | The only public monument to newspapers in Britain. Originally sited in New Street Square, the group was rescued by Christopher Wilson and moved to its present location in 2009. [125] [126] | |
Relief of Thomas Becket | 90 Cheapside 51°30′49″N0°05′31″W / 51.5136°N 0.0919°W | ? | Plaque | — |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Architectural sculpture | Europe Arab Bank (originally the Metropolitan Life Assurance headquarters), 13 and 15 Moorgate | 1890–1895 | William Silver Frith | Aston Webb and Ingress Bell | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [127] | |
The Electric Telegraph, or Electricity and Engineering | Electra House, Moorgate | 1900–1903 | c.George Frampton | John Belcher and John James Joass | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [128] | |
Allegorical panels | Electra House, Moorgate | 1900–1903 | c.F. W. Pomeroy | John Belcher and John James Joass | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [129] | |
Egypt, Japan, India and China | Electra House, Moorgate | 1900–1903 | c.William Goscombe John | John Belcher and John James Joass | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [130] | |
Amorini with companies' arms and seals | Electra House, Moorgate | 1900–1903 | c.Alfred Drury | John Belcher and John James Joass | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [130] | |
Young atlantes with armilla and zodiacal globe | Electra House, Moorgate | 1900–1903 | c.F. W. Pomeroy | John Belcher and John James Joass | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [130] | |
Victory and Plenty | Salisbury House, Finsbury Circus | 1901 | ? | Davis and Emmanuel | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [131] | |
More images | Drinking fountain | Finsbury Circus 51°31′05″N0°05′10″W / 51.518014°N 0.086091°W | 1902 | John Whitehead and Son | — | Drinking fountain | Grade II | The shelter is based on the well head designed by Philip Webb for William Morris's Red House in Bexleyheath. [132] |
Britannia (two versions) | Britannic House, Moorgate | 1924 | Francis Derwent Wood | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [133] | |
Indian Water-carrier | Britannic House, Moorgate | 1924 | Francis Derwent Wood | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [133] | |
More images | Persian Scarf-dancer | Britannic House, Moorgate | 1924 | c.Francis Derwent Wood | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [133] |
Woman and Baby or Spring | Britannic House, Moorgate | 1924 | c.Francis Derwent Wood | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [133] | |
Decorative keystones | Britannic House, Moorgate | 1924 | c.Messrs Broadbent & Sons | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [133] | |
Lighthouse | 42 Moorgate 51°31′00″N0°05′20″W / 51.5166°N 0.0889°W | 1928 | ? | Aston Webb | Architectural sculpture | — | Built as the headquarter of Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation. Possibly previously had a working light. [134] | |
Neptune | 42 Moorgate 51°31′00″N0°05′20″W / 51.5166°N 0.0889°W | 1928 | ? | Aston Webb | Architectural sculpture | — | Built as the headquarter of Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation. [134] | |
More images | The Gardener | Brewers' Hall Garden, London Wall, near the junction with Moorgate 51°31′02″N0°05′33″W / 51.5172°N 0.0925°W | 1971–1972 | Karin Jonzen | — | Statue | — | [135] |
Doors and screens | 2 Moorgate | 1973–1975 | John Poole | Fitzroy Robinson & Partners | Bronze doors and screens | Grade II | Commissioned by Brown, Shipley & Co. The design on the doors is intended to represent "the interaction of spheres of influence". [136] | |
Doors | 1 Moorgate | 1980s | ? | Mountford and Gruning | Bronze doors | Grade II | Thought to have been installed by the Banco di Napoli. [137] [138] | |
More images | Memorial to George Dance the Younger | Circus Place 51°31′02″N0°05′12″W / 51.5172°N 0.0867°W | 1999 | Mel Morris Jones | ? | Obeliscal ventilation shaft | — | |
Manifold (Major Third) 5:4 | Moorgate entrance of Liverpool Street station | 2018 | Conrad Shawcross | Sculpture | — | Installed 2023. [139] A representation of a piano chord falling into silence, created using a machine based on a Victorian harmonograph. [140] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Allegorical frieze | Moorgate Place and Great Swan Alley | c. 1888–1893 | Hamo Thornycroft | John Belcher and Arthur Beresford Pite | Reliefs | Grade II* | Sections represent the Arts, the Sciences, Crafts, Education, Commerce, Manufactures, Agriculture, Mining, Accountancy, Railways, Shipping, India and the Colonies and Building. [141] | |
Boys with Coat of Arms | Moorgate Place | 1890–1892 | Harry Bates | John Belcher and Arthur Beresford Pite | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [141] | |
Corbel with winged, fish-tailed atlantes | Corner of Great Swan Alley and Moorgate Place | 1890–1892 | Harry Bates | John Belcher and Arthur Beresford Pite | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [142] | |
Eleven terms | Great Swan Alley | 1890–1892 | Harry Bates | John Belcher and Arthur Beresford Pite | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [143] | |
Brackets and corbel of niche | Great Swan Alley, over the entrance | 1890–1892 | Attributed to Harry Bates | John Belcher and Arthur Beresford Pite | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | The niche was intended to house a bronze statue of Queen Victoria, never realised. [144] | |
Justice | Corner of Great Swan Alley and Moorgate Place | 1892–1893 | Hamo Thornycroft | John Belcher and Arthur Beresford Pite | Statue | Grade II* | [143] | |
Architecture frieze | Great Swan Alley | 1930–1931 | James Alexander Stephenson | John James Joass | Relief | Grade II* | [145] | |
Six terms | Great Swan Alley | 1930–1931 | Possibly by James Alexander Stephenson | John James Joass | Reliefs | Grade II* | [145] | |
Three historical panels | Great Swan Alley | 1969 | David McFall | William Whitfield | Reliefs | Grade II* | [146] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Royal progresses of Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Charles II and Queen Victoria | 1 Poultry | 1875 | Joseph Kremer | F. Chancellor(original building, 12–13 Poultry); James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates (current building) | Reliefs | Grade II* | [147] | |
Hutton Panels | Bank station (relocated from Bucklersbury House) | 1960 | John Hutton | — | Engraved and etched glass panels | — | ||
More images | Statue of Captain John Smith | Bow Churchyard 51°30′49″N0°05′38″W / 51.5137°N 0.0939°W | 1960 (after an original of 1907) | Charles Renick after William Couper | — | Statue | Grade II | [148] |
More images | The Cordwainer | Watling Street 51°30′45″N0°05′34″W / 51.5125°N 0.0928°W | 2002 | Alma Boyes | — | Statue | — | [149] |
More images | Forgotten Streams | Bloomberg London | 2017 | Cristina Iglesias | Foster and Partners | Sculpture | — | [150] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Manchester | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Sculptural group | Grade I | [172] | |
England | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Sculptural group | Grade I | [172] | |
Wales | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Sculptural group | Grade I | [172] | |
Birmingham | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Statue | Grade I | [173] | |
Newcastle and the Pottery Districts | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Statue | Grade I | [173] | |
Dover | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Statue | Grade I | [173] | |
Birmingham | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Statue | Grade I | [173] | |
London | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | Henry Bursill or Felix Martin Miller | John Gibson | Sculptural group | Grade I | [174] | |
The Arts | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | John Hancock | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [174] | |
Commerce | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | John Hancock | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [174] | |
Science | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | John Hancock | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [174] | |
Manufactures | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | John Hancock | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [175] | |
Agriculture | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | John Hancock | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [175] | |
Navigation | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1864–1865 | John Hancock | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [175] | |
Shipbuilding | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1878 | Charles Henry Mabey | John Gibson | Statue | Grade I | [173] | |
Mining | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1878 | Charles Henry Mabey | John Gibson | Statue | Grade I | [173] | |
Shipbuilding | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1878 | Charles Henry Mabey | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [175] | |
Mining | Gibson Hall, 13 Bishopsgate | 1878 | Charles Henry Mabey | John Gibson | Relief | Grade I | [175] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Science and Art; Education accompanied by Art and Science | Former Cripplegate Institute (now UBS), Golden Lane | 1894–1896 and 1910–1911 | ? | Sidney R. J. Smith and F. Hammond | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [176] | |
Saint Giles | St Giles-without-Cripplegate | 1951–1960 (?) | ? | Probably Godfrey Allen | Statue in niche | Grade I | [177] | |
More images | Fleet Building Murals | Cromwell Highwalk, Barbican Estate (relocated from Fleet Building, Farringdon Street) | 1960 | c.Dorothy Annan | — | Ceramic mural panels | Grade II | [178] |
Ascent | Ben Jonson Place, Barbican Centre | 1990 | Charlotte Mayer | — | Sculpture | — | [179] | |
More images | The Barbican Muse | Gilbert Highwalk, Barbican Centre 51°31′11″N0°05′34″W / 51.5196°N 0.0929°W | 1993–1994 | Matthew Spender | — | suspended sculptures | — | [180] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Pediment with the company arms and decorative frieze | Skinners' Hall, Dowgate Hill | 1778–1779 | ? | William Jupp | Relief sculpture | Grade I | [181] | |
More images | Memorial to the dead of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook | Cloak Lane 51°30′42″N0°05′28″W / 51.5115904°N 0.091207416°W | 1884 | — | ? | Monument | Grade II | [182] |
More images | LIFFE Trader | Dowgate Hill 51°30′39″N0°05′28″W / 51.5107°N 0.0912°W | 1997 | Stephen Melton | — | Statue | — | Formerly located on Walbrook in Cordwainer ward. Relocated to the Guildhall, and then to its current site on Dowgate Hill in 2021. [183] [184] |
More images | Magister Equitum | Whittington Garden | 2005 (after an original of 1924) | After Duilio Cambellotti | — | Sculpture | — | [185] |
More images | The Plumber's Apprentice | Cannon Street station | 2011 | Martin Jennings | — | Statue | — | Commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Plumbers to mark its 400th anniversary; the guild's last livery hall stood on the site now occupied by the station. [186] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Relief of Guy of Warwick | 7 Newgate Street, at Warwick Lane | 1688 | ? | Fitzroy Robinson (7 Newgate Street, 2000) | Relief | — | [187] [188] |
More images | Statue of Rowland Hill | King Edward Street 51°30′59″N0°05′55″W / 51.5163°N 0.0986°W | 1882 | Edward Onslow Ford | — | Statue | Grade II | [189] |
More images | Frieze | Cutlers' Hall, Warwick Lane | 1887 | Benjamin Creswick or George Tinworth | T. Tayler Smith | Relief sculpture | Grade II | [190] |
Tympanum and grotesque reliefs on metopes | The Black Friar pub, corner of Queen Victoria Street and New Bridge Street | 1904–1905 | Nathaniel Hitch | Herbert Fuller-Clark | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [191] | |
Fretted sign plaques with friars | The Black Friar pub, corner of Queen Victoria Street and New Bridge Street | 1904–1905(?) | ? | Herbert Fuller-Clark | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [191] | |
Allegorical reliefs of infants | Meridian House, 34–35 Farringdon Street (formerly the offices of Babcock & Wilcox) | 1921–1922 | George Alexander | Victor Wilkins | Architectural relief sculptures | — | [192] | |
Frieze with chess piece motifs | St Paul's House, Warwick Lane | 1963 | Alan Collins | Victor Heal | Relief sculpture | — | [193] | |
The Black Friar | The Black Friar pub, corner of Queen Victoria Street and New Bridge Street | 1983(?) | ? | Herbert Fuller-Clark | Statue | Grade II* | [191] | |
Stained glass canopies | Façade of 100 New Bridge Street | 1991–1992 | Brian Clarke | Renton Howard Wood Levin | Stained glass | — | Two-part composition along the principal elevation. | |
Ceramic murals | Waithman Street façade of 100 New Bridge Street | 1992 | Rupert Spira | Renton Howard Wood Levin | Ceramic murals | — | [194] [195] | |
Newgate Street Clock | Newgate Street 51°30′56″N0°05′56″W / 51.51552°N 0.09898°W | 2007 | Smith of Derby | — | "Wandering hour" clock | — | [196] | |
Christ's Hospital Memorial | Garden of Christ Church Greyfriars | 2017 | Andrew Brown | — | Sculpture | — | [197] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Rail Travel and Sea Travel | Britannia House, 16–17 Old Bailey | ? | Arthur Usher | Architectural sculptures | Grade II | [198] | ||
More images | Justice | Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, on lantern atop the dome | 1905–1906 | Frederick William Pomeroy | Edward William Mountford | Statue | Grade II* | [199] |
Fortitude, Truth and the Recording Angel | Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, over the main door | 1905–1906 | Frederick William Pomeroy | Edward William Mountford | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [200] | |
Allegorical Figure | Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, north pediment | 1906 | Frederick William Pomeroy | Edward William Mountford | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [201] | |
Allegorical Figure | Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, south pediment | 1906 | Frederick William Pomeroy | Edward William Mountford | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [202] | |
Frieze | Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, recessed centre bay of the main façade | 1906 | Alfred Turner | Edward William Mountford | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [203] | |
Man with Pipe | In front of 20 Old Bailey (Fleet Place development) | 1992 | Bruce MacLean | — | Sculpture | — | [204] | |
Echo | Rear of 6 Old Bailey (Fleet Place development) | 1993 | Stephen Cox | — | Sculpture | — | [205] | |
Zuni-Zennor | 10 Fleet Place | 1993 | Eilis O'Connor | ? | Architectural sculpture | — | [206] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of Rahere | West Porch of St Bartholomew-the-Great, overlooking the church path | 1893 | William Silver Frith | Aston Webb | Statue in niche | Grade I | [207] | |
Statue of Saint Bartholomew | North Porch of St Bartholomew-the-Great, overlooking Cloth Fair | 1893 | William Silver Frith | Aston Webb | Statue in niche | Grade I | [208] | |
Statue of Saint Bartholomew | Gatehouse of St Bartholomew-the-Great, overlooking West Smithfield | 1917 | William Silver Frith | Aston Webb | Statue in niche | Grade II* | [209] | |
War memorial | Gatehouse of St Bartholomew-the-Great, facing West Smithfield | 1917 | William Silver Frith | Aston Webb | Crucifix | Grade II* | [209] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Decorative sculpture on central block | Maughan Library | 1852–1853 | John Thomas | James Pennethorne | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [210] | |
Statues of Queen Victoria, Elizabeth I, the Empress Matilda and Queen Anne | Maughan Library | 1866–1867 | Joseph Durham | James Pennethorne | Statues | Grade II* | [211] | |
America, Australasia, Europe, Africa, India and Canada | Maughan Library | 1886 | Attributed to Walter Crane | — | Stucco panels | — | [212] | |
Statues of Henry III and Edward III | Maughan Library | 1891–1896 | Farmer & Brindley | John Taylor | Statues in niches | Grade II* | [213] | |
Reach Up | Maughan Library | 2004 | Dorothy Brook | — | Sculpture | — | ||
Statue of Confucius | Maughan Library | 2010 | ? | — | Statue | — | [214] | |
Travertine Frieze | 40 Chancery Lane | 2015 | Susanna Heron | Bennetts Associates | Relief | — | [215] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Architectural sculpture | 80 Fetter Lane | 1902 | John Daymond & Son | Treadwell & Martin | Relief sculptures | Grade II | [216] |
More images | Statue of John Wilkes | Fetter Lane | 1988 | James Butler | — | Statue | — | [217] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Doom | St Andrew, Holborn | late 17th century | ? | Relief sculpture | Grade I | [218] | ||
Charity Boy | St Andrew, Holborn | after 1721 | ? | Statue | Grade I | [219] | ||
Charity Girl | St Andrew, Holborn | after 1721 | ? | Statue | Grade I | [219] | ||
Dragon boundary mark on south side of road | High Holborn 51°31′05″N0°06′41″W / 51.518079°N 0.11127°W | mid-19th century (obelisk support) | ? | ? | Statue on obelisk | Grade II | [220] | |
More images | Drinking fountain | Churchyard of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate | 1859 | Wills Brothers | Drinking fountain | Grade II | [221] | |
Fine Art | Holborn Viaduct | 1868–1869 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Statue | Grade II | [222] | |
Science | Holborn Viaduct | 1868–1869 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Statue | Grade II | [222] | |
Agriculture | Holborn Viaduct | 1868–1869 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Statue | Grade II | [222] | |
Commerce | Holborn Viaduct | 1868–1869 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Statue | Grade II | [222] | |
Winged lions | Holborn Viaduct | 1868–1870 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Statues | Grade II | [222] | |
Coat of arms of the City of London | Holborn Viaduct | 1869 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Relief | Grade II | [223] | |
Statue of Thomas Gresham | Holborn Viaduct step-building | 1869 | Henry Bursill | William Haywood | Statue in niche | [223] | ||
Statue of Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone | Holborn Viaduct step-building | 1869 | Henry Bursill | William Haywood | Statue in niche | [224] | ||
Seated dragons with spears | Holborn Viaduct step-buildings | 1869 | Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Architectural sculpture | [223] | ||
Keystone heads | Holborn Viaduct step-buildings | 1869 | probably Farmer & Brindley | William Haywood | Architectural sculpture | [223] | ||
Atlantes | Holborn Viaduct step-buildings | 1869, 2000 and ?2014 | Henry Bursill, Carving Workshop and ? | William Haywood and ? | Atlantes | [223] | ||
More images | Statue of Albert, Prince Consort | Holborn Circus | 1869–1874 | Charles Bacon | Philip Charles Hardwick and William Haywood | Equestrian statue with other sculpture | Grade II | [225] |
Saint Andrew | St Andrew Court House, St Andrew Street | 1870 | Samuel Sanders Teulon | Statue in niche | Grade II | [226] | ||
Faith Enthroned Between Hope and Charity | City Temple, Holborn Viaduct | 1873–1874 | ? | Lockwood & Mason | Pediment sculpture | Grade II | [227] | |
More images | Royal Fusiliers War Memorial | High Holborn | 1920–1922 | Albert Toft | Cheadle and Harding | Statue | Grade II | [228] |
Reliefs of Africans and Europeans | Former Diamond Trading Company and Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa building, Holborn Viaduct | 1956–1957 | Esmond Burton | T. P. Bennett | Relief sculptures | — | [229] | |
Statue of William Walworth | Holborn Viaduct step-building | 2000 | Carving Workshop, after Henry Bursill | Statue in niche | — | [224] | ||
Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton, 1st Baronet | Holborn Viaduct step-building | ?2014 | after Henry Bursill | Statue in niche | — |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Golden Boy of Pye Corner | 1 Cock Lane | late 17th century | ? | Statue in niche | Grade II | [230] | |
More images | Statue of Henry VIII | St Bartholomew's Hospital | 1702–1703 | Francis Bird | Statue in niche | Grade I | [231] | |
Lameness and Disease | St Bartholomew's Hospital | 1702–1703 | possibly Edward Strong, Jr. | Statue in niche | Grade I | [231] | ||
More images | Fountain | St Bartholomew's Hospital 51°31′03″N0°06′00″W / 51.51746°N 0.100114°W | 1859 | Attributed to John Thomas | Philip Charles Hardwick | Fountain with sculpture | Grade II | [232] |
Dublin and Liverpool; London and Edinburgh | Smithfield Market | 1868 | Charles Kelsey | Horace Jones | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [233] | |
Memorial to John Rogers, John Bradford, John Philpot and other Marian Martyrs | St Bartholomew's Hospital | 1870 | ? | Habershon and Pite | Memorial tablet | Grade II | [234] | |
More images | Peace drinking fountain | West Smithfield Gardens | 1871–1873 | John Birnie Philip and Farmer & Brindley | Francis Butler | Drinking fountain with sculpture | Grade II | [99] |
Smithfield Market War Memorial | Grand Avenue, Smithfield Market 51°31′05″N0°06′06″W / 51.5180°N 0.1018°W | 1921 | G. Hawkings and Son | War memorial | Unveiled 22 July 1921. [235] | |||
More images | Charles Lamb Centenary Memorial | Giltspur Street | 1935 | William Reynolds-Stephens | Bust in niche with architectural framework | Grade I | [236] | |
More images | Memorial to William Wallace | St Bartholomew's Hospital | 1956 | ? | Memorial tablet | Grade II | [237] | |
More images | Memorial to the Peasants' Revolt | St Bartholomew's Hospital | 2015 | Emily Hoffnung | Incised slate tablets | — | Unveiled 15 July 2015 by Ken Loach. Wat Tyler was killed near this spot. [238] [239] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statues of King Lud, Androgeus and Theomantius/Tenvantius | St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street | probably 1586 | ? | Statues | Grade I | [240] | ||
More images | Statue of Elizabeth I | St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street | 1670–1699 | ? | probably John Shaw Jr. | Statue in niche | Grade I | [240] |
Clock figures | St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street | 1671 (modified in 1738) | Thomas Harrys | Wooden figures | Grade I | [241] | ||
More images | Temple Fountain | Fountain Court, Middle Temple | 1681 | ? | — | Fountain | Grade II | Thought to be the oldest permanent fountain in London. The characters Ruth Pinch and John Westlock met here in Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit (1842–1844). [242] |
Lamb and Flag keystone | Middle Temple Gateway, Fleet Street | 1683–1684 | ? | Roger North | Relief on keystone | Grade I | [243] | |
Black man supporting a sundial | Inner Temple Garden, near Paper Buildings | Early 18th century? | Attributed to John Nost | — | Statue with sundial | — | Said to have been bought by the Earl of Clare in 1705 and given to Clement's Inn in recompense after the Earl's Indian servant had killed two of the Inn's students. Moved to this site in about 1905. [244] | |
Monument to John Hiccocks Master in Chancery | Inner Temple Lane 51°30′49″N0°06′36″W / 51.513503°N 0.110064°W | Early 18th century | ? | — | Recumbent effigy | Grade II | [245] | |
Sir James Duke Drinking Fountain | In front of St Dunstan-in-the-West | 1859–1860 | — | John Shaw Jr. | Drinking fountain | Grade II | [246] | |
Learning and Justice | Temple Gardens | 1878–1879 | William Calder Marshall | Edward Middleton Barry | Statues in niches | Grade II | [247] | |
Architectural sculpture | Temple Gardens | 1878–1879 | Mabey & Co. | Edward Middleton Barry | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [247] | |
More images | City Dragon | Temple Bar Marker | 1879–1880 | Charles Bell Birch | Horace Jones | Statue | Grade II | [248] |
More images | Statue of Queen Victoria | Temple Bar Marker | 1879–1880 | Joseph Edgar Boehm | Horace Jones | Statue | Grade II | [248] |
More images | Statue of Edward VII as Prince of Wales | Temple Bar Marker | 1879–1880 | Joseph Edgar Boehm | Horace Jones | Statue | Grade II | [248] |
Statues of Christ, Solomon, Alfred the Great and Moses | Royal Courts of Justice | 1882 | ? | George Edmund Street | Architectural sculptures | Grade I | [249] | |
Prudence, Justice and Liberality | 49–50 Fleet Street (Norwich Union) | 1913 | A. Stanley Young | Jack McMullen Brooks | Relief sculpture | [250] | ||
Memorial to Charles Lamb | Inner Temple Garden | 1928 (present sculpture a copy of 1971) | Margaret Wrightson | — | Statue | [251] | ||
More images | Memorial to Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Baron Northcliffe | St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street | 1929–1930 | Kathleen Scott | Edwin Lutyens | Memorial with bust | Grade I | [252] |
Keystones | Serjeant's Inn | 1951–1958 | ? | Devereux & Davis | Relief sculptures on keystones | [253] | ||
More images | Monument for the Millennium | Temple Court | 1999 | Nicola Hicks | Ptolemy Dean | Column with sculptural group | — | [89] |
Justice | Hare Court, Inner Temple | 2007 | Tanya Russell | — | Sculpture | — | [254] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Mercers' Maiden | Corbet Court | 1669 | ? | Relief | — | [255] | ||
Electricity and Speed | Façade of the former Bank tube station, King William Street | 1899 | Oliver Wheatley | Sidney R. J. Smith | Reliefs | — | [256] | |
Japanese Figures | Asia House, 31–33 Lime Street | 1912–1913 | John Broad | Fair and Myer | Reliefs | — | [257] | |
More images | Doors with scenes from the history of Cornhill | 32 Cornhill | 1939 | Walter Gilbert after designs by B. P. Arnold | ? | Carved wooden doors | — | [258] |
Street signs George and Dragon; Crown and Thistle; Bell and Rope; Acorn; George and Vulture | George Yard entrance of Barclays Bank, 54 Lombard Street | 1959–1964 | Charles Wheeler | A. T. Scott and V. Helbing (original setting) | Reliefs | — | Representing earlier occupants of the site, the signs are survivals from the Barclays building that previously stood here, incorporated into its successor built from 1986 to 1994. [166] | |
More images | Gilt of Cain | Fen Court, Fenchurch Street | 2008 | Gareth Howat, Lemn Sissay and Michael Visocchi | — | Memorial | — | Commemorates the bicentenary of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which abolished the transatlantic slave trade. [259] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Navigation | Leadenhall Street | Early 20th century | Percy George Bentham | Architectural sculpture | — | Originally installed at the P&O headquarters at the junction of Leadenhall Street and St Mary Axe. [260] | |
Allegorical group | Lloyd's building, Leadenhall Street | 1925–1928 | Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Pedimental sculpture | Grade I | A globe in the centre is flanked by a reclining male figure (Shipping, accompanied by an owl for Wisdom) and a mirroring female figure (Commerce, accompanied by a lion for Courage and a beehive for Industry). [261] | |
Roebuck and Ram | Leathersellers' Hall, 7 St Helen's Place | 2000 | Mark Coreth | Sculptures | — | The heraldic beasts of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. [262] | ||
The Flesher | St Helen's Place | 2017 | Etienne Millner | — | Statue | — | Unveiled 16 May 2017 by the Earl of Wessex. [262] | |
Absent | St Mary Axe | 2018 | Nicholas Dimbleby | — | Sculpture | — | Marks the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. [263] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Charity Boy | The Aldgate School, Duke's Place | 1710–1711 | c.? | Arthur William Cooksey (1908 setting) | Statue in niche | Grade II* | [264] | |
Charity Girl | The Aldgate School, Duke's Place | 1710–1711 | c.? | Arthur William Cooksey (1908 setting) | Statue in niche | Grade II* | [264] | |
More images | Frederic David Mocatta Memorial Fountain | Aldgate High Street, outside St Botolph's Aldgate | 1906 | ? | ? | Drinking fountain | — | [265] |
Ridirich | Little Somerset Street | 1980 | Keith McCarter | — | Sculpture | — | [266] | |
More images | Sanctuary | St Botolph's Aldgate churchyard | 1985 | Naomi Blake | — | Sculpture | — | [267] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | Tylers and Bricklayers Millennium Sundial | Paul's Walk | 1999 | Piers Nicholson | Royal Engineers | Polar sundial | — | [268] |
HSBC Gates | Queen Victoria Street, on the approach to the Millennium Bridge | 1999–2000 | Anthony Caro , assisted by Gavin Morris | — | Sculpture | — | [269] | |
Queenhithe Dock Mosaic | Queenhithe | 2011–2014 | London School of Mosaic | — | Mosaic | — | Unveiled 18 November 2014. A 30m-long mosaic telling the history of the dock. [270] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Skulls | Gateway (on Seething Lane) of St Olave, Hart Street 51°30′39″N0°04′45″W / 51.5107°N 0.0793°W | 1658 | ? | ? | Tympanum sculpture | Grade II* | [271] | |
Arms of Trinity House and medallions of George III and Queen Charlotte | Trinity House, Trinity Square | 1793–1796 | John Bacon the Elder | Samuel Wyatt | Relief | Grade I | [272] | |
Putti with nautical instruments | Trinity House (west pavilion), Trinity Square | 1793–1796 | John Bacon the Elder | Samuel Wyatt | Relief | Grade I | [272] | |
Putti with nautical instruments | Trinity House (east pavilion), Trinity Square | 1793–1796 | John Bacon the Elder | Samuel Wyatt | Relief | Grade I | [272] | |
Virgin and Child, Saint Ethelburga and Lancelot Andrewes | All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Byward Street elevation | 1892–1895 | Nathaniel Hitch | John Loughborough Pearson | Statues in niches | Grade I | [273] | |
Architectural sculpture | Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 71 Fenchurch Street | 1899–1901 | George Frampton and John Edward Taylersen | T. E. Collcutt | Reliefs, statuettes and corbels | Grade II* | Includes, in the spandrels, the arms of Dublin, Belfast, Cardiff, Southampton, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, the City of London and Middlesbrough. [274] | |
Mermen | 60 Fenchurch Street | 1906 | Henry Charles Fehr ? | James Glen Sivewright Gibson | Atlantes | — | [275] | |
Father Thames | 10 Trinity Square | 1921–1922 | Albert Hodge and Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Statue in niche | Grade II* | [276] | |
Exportation | 10 Trinity Square | 1921–1922 | Albert Hodge and Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [276] | |
Produce | 10 Trinity Square | 1921–1922 | Albert Hodge and Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [276] | |
Commerce | 10 Trinity Square | 1921–1922 | Albert Hodge and Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [276] | |
Navigation | 10 Trinity Square | 1921–1922 | Albert Hodge and Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Architectural sculpture | Grade II* | [276] | |
Putti | Portsoken House, 84–85 The Minories | 1927–1928 | Philip Lindsey Clark | George Val Myer | Architectural sculpture | — | [73] | |
Toc H Lamp | All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Tower Hill Terrace elevation | 1945–1957 | Cecil Thomas | John Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone | Relief | Grade I | [273] | |
Judex | Goodman's Yard | 1982 | Keith McCarter | — | Sculpture | — | [277] | |
More images | Bust of Samuel Pepys | Seething Lane Garden | 1983 | Karin Jonzen | — | Bust | — | [278] |
More images | Two Crutched Friars | Friary Court, Crutched Friars 51°30′44″N0°04′37″W / 51.5122°N 0.0770°W | 1984–1985 | Michael Black | Chapman Taylor Partners | Statues in niche | — | [279] |
More images | Malta George Cross Memorial Siege of Malta | Tower Place, Byward Street, near All Hallows-by-the-Tower 51°30′34″N0°04′47″W / 51.5095°N 0.0796°W | 2005 | ? | ? | Memorial | — | [280] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Abundance | Five Kings House, Queen Street Place, over central doorway | 1911 | Frank Lynn Jenkins | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [281] | |
Mercury and Agriculture(?) | Five Kings House, corner of Upper Thames Street and Queen Street Place | 1911–1912 | c.G. D. Macdougald | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [282] | |
Nude Figures Restraining Pegasus | Five Kings House, Queen Street Place, pediment of the northern pavilion | 1911–1912 | c.Attributed to Richard Garbe | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [283] | |
Keystone and corbel groups | Five Kings House, Queen Street Place, north doorway | 1911–1912 | c.? | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [281] | |
The Fruits of Land and Water | Five Kings House, Queen Street Place, pediment of the southern pavilion | 1911–1912 | c.Richard Garbe | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [281] | |
Wisdom in Commerce; Galleon | Five Kings House, Queen Street Place, southern pavilion | 1911–1912 | c.Richard Garbe (spandrel relief); William Bainbridge Reynolds (galleon) | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [284] | |
Putti with Attributes | Five Kings House, Queen Street Place, south side of the southern pavilion | 1911–1912 | c.Attributed to Richard Garbe | T. E. Collcutt and Stanley Hamp | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [285] | |
Female Figure (Bacchante?) with Goats | Vintners' Place, Queen Street Place entrance | 1927–1928 | Herbert William Palliser | Kersey, Gale & Spooner | Relief | — | [285] | |
More images | Zodiacal clock | Bracken House, Cannon Street | 1955–1959 | Frank Dobson and Philip Bentham | Albert Richardson | Astronomical clock | Grade II* | The face of Winston Churchill appears at the centre of the clock, in place of Apollo. [286] |
More images | Swan Marker and Barge Master or The Vintners | Little Trinity Lane | 2007 | Vivien Mallock | — | Sculptural group | — |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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More images | London Stone | 111 Cannon Street | Uncertain; possibly Roman | — | Fletcher Priest Architects (2018 setting) | Stone | Grade II* | [287] [288] |
The City of London Trampling Envy and Receiving the Benefits of Plenty Brought to London by the River Thames | Mansion House | 1744–1745 | Robert Taylor | George Dance the Elder | Pedimental sculpture | Grade I | [289] | |
Saint Anthony Abbot | Grocers' Hall, Grocers' Hall Court | 1889–1893 | ? | ? | Statue | — | From the 19th-century Grocers' Hall designed by H. Cowell Boyes; incorporated into the new building of 1970. [290] | |
Courage and Integrity | NatWest, 1 Prince's Street (Prince's Street elevation) | 1931 | Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Statues in niches | Grade II | [291] | |
Security and Prosperity | NatWest, 1 Prince's Street (Mansion House Street elevation) | 1931 | Charles Doman | Edwin Cooper | Statues in niches | Grade II | [291] | |
Britannia with Mercury, Truth and Higher and Lower Mathematics | NatWest, 1 Prince's Street (overlooking Mansion House Corner) | 1931–1932 | Ernest Gillick | Edwin Cooper | Sculptural group | Grade II | [291] | |
Boy with Goose | 27 Poultry | 1936–1937 | William Reid Dick | Edwin Lutyens | Architectural sculpture | Grade I | Two sculptural groups on the corners of the building, each a mirror-image of the other. Thought to derive from the Hellenistic sculptor Boethus's composition of a boy strangling a goose. [292] | |
The Arts | St Swithin's House, Walbrook | 1951 | Siegfried Charoux | R. W. Symonds | Architectural sculpture | — | A group of five monumental male nudes. [293] | |
Manual Labour | St Swithin's House, Walbrook | 1951 | Siegfried Charoux | R. W. Symonds | Architectural sculpture | — | Figures of a fisherman, a blacksmith, a miner and a shepherd. [294] | |
Thistles, Lion, Eagle with Thistles, Crowned Helmet | 36–39 Poultry | 1969–1970 | Mitzi Cunliffe | Joseph, F. Milton Cashmore and Partners | Reliefs | — | [295] | |
City Dragons | Bank tube station | 1994 | Gerald Laing | — | Reliefs | — | [296] | |
Line drawings of buildings at Bank junction | Bank tube station | 1995 | Doug Patterson | — | Enamel panels | — | [296] [297] | |
Memorial to Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr and to the suffering of all women and children in war | St Swithin's Church Garden | 2001 | Richard Renshaw | Nic Stradlyn-John | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 16 September 2001 by Siân Phillips. [298] The garden was re-landscaped in 2010. [299] |
Herbert Hampton was an English sculptor, artist, and creator of public memorials, who was active between 1888 and 1927.