List of public art in the London Borough of Barnet

The Archer by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley tube station

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Barnet .

Map of public art in the London Borough of Barnet

Arkley

Main article: Arkley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Arkley War Memorial	Junction of Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road 51°38′52″N0°13′55″W / 51.6477°N 0.2319°W / 51.6477; -0.2319	1920	?	—	Celtic cross	Grade II	[1]

Barnet Vale

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Saint Mark , Christ as the Good Shepherd and Saint Alban	St Mark's Church 51°39′10″N0°11′06″W / 51.6528°N 0.1850°W / 51.6528; -0.1850	1909, 1917 and 1926	Nathaniel Hitch	John Loughborough Pearson	Statues in niches	Grade II	[2]
	Figure with bowl	Hadley Heights, 134 Hadley Road 51°39′28″N0°10′58″W / 51.6578°N 0.1828°W / 51.6578; -0.1828	2001	"A.H."	—	Sculpture	—	[3]

Brent Cross

Main article: Brent Cross

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Here we come, here we rise	Staples Corner 51°34′17″N0°13′47″W / 51.5715°N 0.2297°W / 51.5715; -0.2297 (Here we come, here we rise)	2023	Lakwena	IF_DO	Façade	—	Constructed around an electrical substation [4] [5]
	Time passes & still I think of you	Brent Cross West railway station 51°34′07″N0°13′37″W / 51.5687°N 0.2269°W / 51.5687; -0.2269 (Time passes & still I think of you)	2023	Giles Round	—	Frieze	—	[6]

Chipping Barnet

Main article: Chipping Barnet

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Barnet Boys School Boer War Memorial	Opposite Christ Church, St Albans Road 51°39′31″N0°12′16″W / 51.6585°N 0.2045°W / 51.6585; -0.2045	1903	?	—	Obelisk	Grade II	Unveiled in July 1903 by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell. [7]
More images	Chipping Barnet War Memorial	Outside St John the Baptist's Church, Wood Street 51°39′12″N0°12′05″W / 51.6532°N 0.2015°W / 51.6532; -0.2015	1921	?	—	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled 5 April 1921 by General the Lord Byng of Vimy. [8]

East Barnet

Main article: East Barnet

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	East Barnet War Memorial	Junction of Church Hill Road and East Barnet Road 51°38′33″N0°09′46″W / 51.6426°N 0.1629°W / 51.6426; -0.1629	1920	?	A. E. Prentice (builder)	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled 27 June 1920. [9]

Finchley

Main article: Finchley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	La Délivrance	Henly's Corner 51°35′27″N0°12′00″W / 51.5909°N 0.2000°W / 51.5909; -0.2000 (La Délivrance)	1914–1918	Émile Oscar Guillaume	—	Statue	Grade II*	Unveiled 20 October 1927 by David Lloyd George. [10]
More images	Finchley Garden Village War Memorial	Village Road 51°35′55″N0°12′29″W / 51.5987°N 0.2080°W / 51.5987; -0.2080 (Finchley Garden Village War Memorial)	1924	?	—	Pedestal lamp	Grade II	Unveiled 6 December 1924. [11]
More images	Finchley War Memorial	Ballards Lane, North Finchley, outside United Services Club 51°36′44″N0°10′40″W / 51.6123°N 0.1778°W / 51.6123; -0.1778 (Finchley War Memorial)	By 1925	?	?	War memorial with relief	—	[12]
	Saint  Philip the Apostle	St Philip's Church 51°35′51″N0°11′52″W / 51.5975°N 0.1978°W / 51.5975; -0.1978 (Saint Philip the Apostle)	1933	?	T. H. B. Scott	Mosaic	—	[13]
More images	The Archer	East Finchley tube station 51°35′14″N0°09′52″W / 51.58716°N 0.16442°W / 51.58716; -0.16442 (The Archer)	1939–1940	Eric Aumonier	Charles Holden and L. H. Bucknell	Architectural sculpture; statue	Grade II
	Carving of Dick Turpin on tree	Great North Road 51°36′09″N0°10′21″W / 51.6024°N 0.1724°W / 51.6024; -0.1724 (Carving of Dick Turpin on tree)	1998 c. 1998	Students of Barnet College	—	Relief	—	[14]
More images	A Conversation with Spike Spike Milligan	Grounds of Stephens House, 17 East End Road 51°35′48″N0°11′39″W / 51.5967°N 0.1942°W / 51.5967; -0.1942 (A Conversation with Spike)	2014	John Somerville	—	Statue on bench	—	[15]

Friern Barnet

Main article: Friern Barnet

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue of Queen Victoria with the attributes of Peace	Friary Park 51°37′06″N0°09′39″W / 51.61842°N 0.16079°W / 51.61842; -0.16079	1862	Joseph Durham	—	Statue	Grade II	Unveiled 4 February 1911. Originally conceived by Prince Albert as the crowning feature of the Memorial to the Great Exhibition in South Kensington, the statue was substituted for one of the Prince himself after his death. Exhibited at the 1862 International Exhibition, it was afterwards installed in the nearby gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society. It was donated to Friary Park shortly before the park's opening by the businessman Sydney Simmons. The figure was re-dedicated as a memorial to Edward VII, who had recently died and who was sometimes called "the Peacemaker". [16]
More images	Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial	Churchyard of St James the Great 51°37′16″N0°09′50″W / 51.6212°N 0.1638°W / 51.6212; -0.1638	1921	?	—	Memorial cross	—	Unveiled in July 1921. [17]

Golders Green

Main article: Golders Green

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Calvary	St Edward the Confessor's Church, Finchley Road 51°34′35″N0°11′48″W / 51.5764°N 0.1967°W / 51.5764; -0.1967 (Calvary)	1915	Attributed to Joseph Armitage	Arthur Young	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[18]
More images	Golders Green War Memorial	Golders Green town centre 51°34′18″N0°11′44″W / 51.5716°N 0.1955°W / 51.5716; -0.1955	1923	—	Possibly Frank T. Dear	Clock tower	Grade II	Unveiled 21 April 1923. [19]

Golders Hill Park

Main article: Golders Hill Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Water Baby	Golders Hill Park 51°34′06″N0°11′13″W / 51.56827°N 0.18700°W / 51.56827; -0.18700	1950	Edward Bainbridge Copnall	—	Sculptural fountain	—
	Gazebo	Golders Hill Park 51°34′03″N0°11′18″W / 51.56744°N 0.18844°W / 51.56744; -0.18844	1983	Wendy Taylor	—	Sculpture	—	[20]
	Golders Hill Girl	Golders Hill Park 51°34′05″N0°11′11″W / 51.56801°N 0.18634°W / 51.56801; -0.18634	1991	Patricia Finch	—	Sculpture	—	[21]
More images	Diogenist	Golders Hill Park 51°34′04″N0°11′03″W / 51.56784°N 0.18423°W / 51.56784; -0.18423		Mark Batten	—	Sculpture	—

Hendon

Main article: Hendon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of Robert Peel	Hendon Police College 51°35′39″N0°14′25″W / 51.5941°N 0.2403°W / 51.5941; -0.2403	1855	William Behnes	Statue	Grade II	[22]
More images	Hendon War Memorial	Junction of Watford Way and the Burroughs 51°35′08″N0°13′49″W / 51.5856°N 0.2303°W / 51.5856; -0.2303	1922		Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 23 April 1922. [23]
	Family of Man	Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs 51°35′18″N0°13′44″W / 51.58835°N 0.22879°W / 51.58835; -0.22879	1979	Itzhak Ofer	Sculpture	—	[24]
	Sky Dance	RAF Museum 51°35′51″N0°14′16″W / 51.59739°N 0.23785°W / 51.59739; -0.23785	2003	Kisa Kawakami	Sculpture	—	[25]
	No. 601 Squadron RAF Memorial	RAF Museum	2009	Sam Bofey	Sculpture	—	Unveiled 13 May 2009. [26]

Mill Hill

Main article: Mill Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Gate of Honour	Mill Hill School 51°37′09″N0°13′49″W / 51.6192°N 0.2303°W / 51.6192; -0.2303 (Gate of Honour, Mill Hill School)	1920	Stanley Hinge Hamp	Propylaeum	Grade II	Unveiled 30 October 1920. [27] [28]
More images	Mill Hill War Memorial	The Ridgeway 51°37′15″N0°13′57″W / 51.6209°N 0.2326°W / 51.6209; -0.2326 (Mill Hill War Memorial)	1920	Frank E. Whiting	Pylon	Grade II	Unveiled 14 November 1920. [29]
More images	Middlesex Regiment War Memorial	The Ridgeway 51°37′13″N0°13′54″W / 51.6203°N 0.2318°W / 51.6203; -0.2318 (Middlesex Regiment War Memorial)	1922	?	Obelisk	Grade II	Unveiled 5 November 1922 at Inglis Barracks by the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII). Moved to this site in 2012. [30]
More images	Civic Pride	Fiveways Corner 51°36′04″N0°14′03″W / 51.6011°N 0.2342°W / 51.6011; -0.2342	2001	David Annand	Sculptures	—	[31]

Monken Hadley

Main article: Monken Hadley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Hadley Highstone Commemorates the Battle of Barnet	Great North Road 51°39′57″N0°11′56″W / 51.66584°N 0.19895°W / 51.66584; -0.19895	1740 c. 1740		Obelisk	Grade II	[32]
	David Livingstone	Livingstone Cottage, Hadley Green Road 51°39′39″N0°11′49″W / 51.6608°N 0.1969°W / 51.6608; -0.1969 (David Livingstone)	1913	?	Portrait medallion	Grade II	[33]
More images	Monken Hadley War Memorial	Monken Hadley Common, Camlet Way 51°39′44″N0°11′32″W / 51.6622°N 0.1922°W / 51.6622; -0.1922 (Monken Hadley War Memorial)	1920	Mr Callard	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 19 December 1920 by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Fremantle. Apparently inspired by a 15th-century market cross in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland. [34]

New Barnet

Main article: New Barnet

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	New Barnet War Memorial	Junction of Station Road and Lytton Road 51°38′59″N0°10′31″W / 51.6497°N 0.1753°W / 51.6497; -0.1753	1921	Newbury Abbot Trent	War memorial with sculpture	Grade II	Unveiled 20 March 1921. [35]

Totteridge

Main article: Totteridge

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Totteridge War Memorial	Junction of Totteridge Lane and Barnet Lane 51°38′01″N0°12′04″W / 51.6335°N 0.2010°W / 51.6335; -0.2010 (Totteridge War Memorial)	1922	Charles Carrick Allom	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 26 March 1922. [36]

References

1. Historic England. "Arkley War Memorial (1443693)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
2. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "St. Mark, Christ Good Shepherd and St. Alban". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
3. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "Figure with Bowl". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
4. "Brent Cross Town's New Artwork". Brent Cross Town. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
5. Waite, Richard (19 January 2023). "IF_DO and Lakwena unwrap Brent Cross substation artwork". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
6. "A New Artwork by Giles Round is Unveiled at Brent Cross West Station". Brent Cross Town. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
7. Historic England. "Barnet Boer War Memorial (1444997)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
8. "Chipping Barnet – WW1". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
9. Historic England. "East Barnet War Memorial (1443778)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
10. "La Deliverance [sic]". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
11. Historic England. "Finchley Garden Village War Memorial (1463220)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
12. "Men Of Finchley WW1 And WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
13. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "Saint Philip the Apostle". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
14. "Tree will stand with Turpin's deliverance". News Shopper. 4 April 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
15. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "A Conversation with Spike". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
16. Ward-Jackson, Philip (8 October 2018). "Durham's Queen Victoria discovered in London Park". 3rd Dimension. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
17. "Friern Barnet Parishioners". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
18. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "Calvary". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
19. "Golders Green". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
20. Carponen, Claire (20 December 2018). "Concrete Poetry: Exploring Britain's post-war public art". The Spaces. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
21. Kasriel, Alex (2 July 2003). "Shoe done it to sculpture?". Times Series. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
22. Historic England. "Statue of Sir Robert Peel, Peel Centre (1249503)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
23. Hendon War Memorial. Roll of Honour. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
24. London Borough of Barnet – Barnet Online Hendon Histories The Burroughs Accessed 22 February 2010
25. Kisa Kawakami: Synergy – Art, Architecture and Landscape. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
26. "601 Squadron Sculpture, RAF Museum, Hendon". Battle of Britain London Monument. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
27. "Mill Hill School". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
28. "Hamp, Stanley Hinge". Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800–1950. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
29. Historic England. "War Memorial (1391107)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
30. "Middlesex Regiment WW1". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
31. Civic Pride. Art UK. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
32. Historic England. "Hadley Highstone (1078808)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
33. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "David Livingstone". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
34. Historic England. "Monken Hadley War Memorial (1443746)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
35. Historic England. "New Barnet (East Barnet Valley) War Memorial (1418126)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
36. "Totteridge". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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