List of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

Coombe

Main article: Coombe, Croydon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bench (with a relief carving of a centaur)	Coombe Wood Garden	1925–1930 c. 1925–1930	Eric Gill	—	Concrete bench	—	[1]

Croydon

Main article: Croydon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of John Whitgift	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street	1903 c. 1903	John Wenlock Rollins	Charles Henman Jr.	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	[2]
More images	Statue of Queen Victoria	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street	1903	Francis John Williamson	—	Statue	Grade II	[3]
More images	Croydon Cenotaph	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street 51°22′20″N0°05′58″W / 51.3723°N 0.0994°W / 51.3723; -0.0994 (Croydon Cenotaph)	1921	Paul Raphael Montford	James Burford	War memorial	Grade II*	[4]
	War memorial	Outside Croydon Minster, Church Street 51°22′21″N0°06′22″W / 51.3725°N 0.1062°W / 51.3725; -0.1062 (War memorial at Croydon Minster)	1930 c. 1930 (after an original of 1922)	—	Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott	Memorial cross	Grade II	The original memorial of Chilmark stone was unveiled 27 February 1922; it was destroyed in a storm c. 1930 and replaced by the current memorial of Portland stone. [5]
	Minerva	Croydon College	c. 1953–1959	?	Robert Atkinson and Partners	Relief	—	[6]
	Vulcan	Croydon College	c. 1953–1959	?	Robert Atkinson and Partners	Relief	—	[6]
More images	Jorrocks	96 George Street	1982	John W. Mills	—	Equestrian statue	—	[7]
More images	Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft	Charles Street	2013	?	—	Sculpture	—	Figures selected by a public vote. Part of the Sustrans Portrait Benches series. [8] [9]
	Winston Churchill mural	Corner of Park Street and High Street	2016	David Hollier	—	Mural	—	[10]
	Electric City	Corner of Park Street and High Street 51°22′24″N0°06′00″W / 51.3732°N 0.0999°W / 51.3732; -0.0999 (Electric City)	2018	Dan Kitchener	—	mural	—	30 by 30 ft (9 by 9 m), freehand spray paint. Painted in 2.5 days in May 2018. [11] [12]

Croydon Airport

Main article: Croydon Airport

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	De Havilland Heron	Entrance to Croydon Airport	1997					[13]
More images	Battle of Britain War Memorial	Purley Way, outside Croydon Airport	1991

Old Coulsdon

Main article: Old Coulsdon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Old Coulsdon War Memorial	Junction of Coulsdon Road and Canon's Hill 51°18′27″N0°07′12″W / 51.3074°N 0.1200°W / 51.3074; -0.1200 (Old Coulsdon War Memorial)	1919	?	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 14 September 2019. [14]

Selhurst

Main article: Selhurst

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Selhurst War Memorial	Trinity Court, Selhurst Road 51°23′24″N0°05′19″W / 51.3899°N 0.0885°W / 51.3899; -0.0885 (Selhurst War Memorial)	1922	Arthur Hook	—	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled 25 November 1922. Originally stood outside Holy Trinity Church on this site, which was demolished in the 1980s. [15]
	Lion and unicorn	Sydenham Road, at entrance to King George's Field	1936					[16]

Woodcote

Main article: Woodcote, London

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Promenade de Verdun War Memorial	Promenade de Verdun 51°20′12″N0°08′10″W / 51.3367°N 0.1360°W / 51.3367; -0.1360 (Promenade de Verdun War Memorial)	1922	?	?	War memorial	Grade II	[17]

References

1. "Gill Bench". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Whitgift Statue". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Queen Victoria statue – Croydon". London Remembers. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
4. Historic England. "Croydon War Memorial (1268438)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
5. Historic England. "War Memorial at Croydon Minster (1442680)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
6. "Croydon College Façade Reliefs". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
7. "Jorrocks". VADS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. "Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft immortalised on Croydon bench". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
9. M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
10. O'Connor, Tara (12 June 2020). "Artist who painted Croydon's Churchill mural says he was a 'racist warmonger' and offers to replace it". MyLondon. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
11. Kitchener, Dan (23 May 2018). "Croydon - 'Electric-City'". dankitchener. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
12. Truelove, Sam (24 May 2018). "This could be the most stunning mural yet to appear in Croydon". Croydona Avertiser. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
13. "Online communities". croydononline.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
14. Historic England. "Old Coulsdon War Memorial (1442725)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
15. Historic England. "Selhurst War Memorial (1442664)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
16. King George's Field History Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
17. Historic England. "Promenade de Verdun War Memorial (1431367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Croydon at Wikimedia Commons