List of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

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

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Coombe

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Bench (with a relief carving of a centaur) Coombe Wood Garden1925–1930 c.1925–1930 Eric Gill Concrete bench [1]

Croydon

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
John Whitgift statue.jpg Statue of John Whitgift Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street1903 c.1903John Wenlock RollinsCharles Henman Jr.Architectural sculpture Grade II [2]
Queen Victoria in Croydon (cropped).jpg
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Statue of Queen Victoria Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street1903 Francis John Williamson Statue Grade II [3]
Croydon War Memorial - West.jpg
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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 BurfordWar memorial Grade II* [4]
Croydon Minster- war memorial (geograph 2955077).jpg War memorialOutside 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]
Croydon College, west end- relief of Minerva (cropped).jpg Minerva Croydon College c.1953–1959? Robert Atkinson and PartnersRelief [6]
Croydon College, west end- relief of Vulcan (cropped).jpg Vulcan Croydon College c.1953–1959? Robert Atkinson and PartnersRelief [6]
Huntsman of Croydon.jpg
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Jorrocks 96 George Street1982 John W. Mills Equestrian statue [7]
Sustrans sculptures in Croydon (48711810607).jpg
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Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft Charles Street2013?SculptureFigures selected by a public vote. Part of the Sustrans Portrait Benches series. [8] [9]
Winston Churchill muralCorner of Park Street and High Street2016David HollierMural [10]
Electric CityCorner 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)
2018Dan Kitchenermural30 by 30 ft (9 by 9 m), freehand spray paint. Painted in 2.5 days in May 2018. [11] [12]

Croydon Airport

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Airport House (geograph 5301382).jpg
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De Havilland Heron Entrance to Croydon Airport1997 [13]
R.A.F. Memorial, Croydon Airport - geograph.org.uk - 1208193.jpg
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Battle of Britain War MemorialPurley Way, outside Croydon Airport1991

Old Coulsdon

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
War Memorial, Old Coulsdon, Surrey (geograph 3222845).jpg
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Old Coulsdon War MemorialJunction 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

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
Selhurst War Memorial Grade II listed.jpg Selhurst War MemorialTrinity Court, Selhurst Road

51°23′24″N0°05′19″W / 51.3899°N 0.0885°W / 51.3899; -0.0885 (Selhurst War Memorial)
1922Arthur HookCeltic cross Grade II Unveiled 25 November 1922. Originally stood outside Holy Trinity Church on this site, which was demolished in the 1980s. [15]
King George's Field, Croydon - T71.jpg Lion and unicornSydenham Road, at entrance to King George's Field 1936 [16]

Woodcote

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerArchitect / otherTypeDesignationNotes
War memorial, Promenade de Verdun (geograph 2176760).jpg Promenade de Verdun War MemorialPromenade 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]

Related Research Articles

Shirley, London Human settlement in England

Shirley is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It lies north of Spring Park and Addington, east of Addiscombe, south of Monks Orchard and west of West Wickham, and ten miles south-southeast of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, Shirley was in the administrative county of Surrey.

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. 1 2 "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.