List of public art in the London Borough of Barnet

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

The Archer by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley tube station

Map of public art in the London Borough of Barnet

Arkley

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Arkley War Memorial Junction of Barnet Road and Rowley Green Road

51°38′52″N 0°13′55″W / 51.6477°N 0.2319°W / 51.6477; -0.2319
1920 ? Celtic cross Grade II [1]


Barnet Vale

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  Saint Mark, Christ as the Good Shepherd and Saint Alban St Mark's Church

51°39′10″N 0°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″N 0°10′58″W / 51.6578°N 0.1828°W / 51.6578; -0.1828
2001 "A.H." Sculpture [3]


Brent Cross

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  Here we come, here we rise Staples Corner

51°34′17″N 0°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″N 0°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

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Barnet Boys School Boer War Memorial Opposite Christ Church, St Albans Road

51°39′31″N 0°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]
 
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Chipping Barnet War Memorial Outside St John the Baptist's Church, Wood Street

51°39′12″N 0°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

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East Barnet War Memorial Junction of Church Hill Road and East Barnet Road

51°38′33″N 0°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

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La Délivrance Henly's Corner

51°35′27″N 0°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]
 
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Finchley Garden Village War Memorial Village Road

51°35′55″N 0°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]
 
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Finchley War Memorial Ballards Lane, North Finchley, outside United Services Club

51°36′44″N 0°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″N 0°11′52″W / 51.5975°N 0.1978°W / 51.5975; -0.1978 (Saint Philip the Apostle)
1933 ? T. H. B. Scott Mosaic [13]
 
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The Archer East Finchley tube station

51°35′14″N 0°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″N 0°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]
 
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A Conversation with Spike
Spike Milligan
Grounds of Stephens House, 17 East End Road

51°35′48″N 0°11′39″W / 51.5967°N 0.1942°W / 51.5967; -0.1942 (A Conversation with Spike)
2014 John Somerville Statue on bench [15]
  Susanna Wesley East Finchley Methodist Church, High Road, East Finchley 2022 Simon O'Rouke Wooden statue Unveiled 2022, the first public sculpture of Wesley.[16]


Friern Barnet

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Statue of Queen Victoria with the attributes of Peace Friary Park

51°37′06″N 0°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".[17]
 
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Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial Churchyard of St James the Great

51°37′16″N 0°09′50″W / 51.6212°N 0.1638°W / 51.6212; -0.1638
1921 ? Memorial cross Unveiled in July 1921.[18]


Golders Green

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  Calvary St Edward the Confessor's Church, Finchley Road

51°34′35″N 0°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 [19]
 
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Golders Green War Memorial Golders Green town centre

51°34′18″N 0°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.[20]


Golders Hill Park

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  Water Baby Golders Hill Park

51°34′06″N 0°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″N 0°11′18″W / 51.56744°N 0.18844°W / 51.56744; -0.18844
1983 Wendy Taylor Sculpture [21]
  Golders Hill Girl Golders Hill Park

51°34′05″N 0°11′11″W / 51.56801°N 0.18634°W / 51.56801; -0.18634
1991 Patricia Finch Sculpture [22]
 
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Diogenist Golders Hill Park

51°34′04″N 0°11′03″W / 51.56784°N 0.18423°W / 51.56784; -0.18423
Mark Batten Sculpture


Hendon

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Statue of Robert Peel Hendon Police College

51°35′39″N 0°14′25″W / 51.5941°N 0.2403°W / 51.5941; -0.2403
1855 William Behnes Statue Grade II [23]
 
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Hendon War Memorial Junction of Watford Way and the Burroughs

51°35′08″N 0°13′49″W / 51.5856°N 0.2303°W / 51.5856; -0.2303
1922 Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 23 April 1922.[24]
  Family of Man Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs

51°35′18″N 0°13′44″W / 51.58835°N 0.22879°W / 51.58835; -0.22879
1979 Itzhak Ofer Sculpture [25]
  Sky Dance RAF Museum

51°35′51″N 0°14′16″W / 51.59739°N 0.23785°W / 51.59739; -0.23785
2003 Kisa Kawakami Sculpture [26]
  No. 601 Squadron RAF Memorial RAF Museum 2009 Sam Bofey Sculpture Unveiled 13 May 2009.[27]


Mill Hill

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  Gate of Honour Mill Hill School

51°37′09″N 0°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.[28][29]
 
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Mill Hill War Memorial The Ridgeway

51°37′15″N 0°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.[30]
 
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Middlesex Regiment War Memorial The Ridgeway

51°37′13″N 0°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.[31]
 
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Civic Pride Fiveways Corner

51°36′04″N 0°14′03″W / 51.6011°N 0.2342°W / 51.6011; -0.2342
2001 David Annand Sculptures [32]


Monken Hadley

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Hadley Highstone
Commemorates the Battle of Barnet
Great North Road

51°39′57″N 0°11′56″W / 51.66584°N 0.19895°W / 51.66584; -0.19895
1740 c. 1740 Obelisk Grade II [33]
  David Livingstone Livingstone Cottage, Hadley Green Road

51°39′39″N 0°11′49″W / 51.6608°N 0.1969°W / 51.6608; -0.1969 (David Livingstone)
1913 ? Portrait medallion Grade II [34]
 
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Monken Hadley War Memorial Monken Hadley Common, Camlet Way

51°39′44″N 0°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.[35]


New Barnet

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New Barnet War Memorial Junction of Station Road and Lytton Road

51°38′59″N 0°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.[36]


Totteridge

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Totteridge War Memorial Junction of Totteridge Lane and Barnet Lane

51°38′01″N 0°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.[37]


References

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  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. ^ Raffray, Nathalie (28 January 2022). "'First public sculpture' of Mother of Methodism carved in East Finchley". Ham & High. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  17. ^ Ward-Jackson, Philip (8 October 2018). "Durham's Queen Victoria discovered in London Park". 3rd Dimension. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Friern Barnet Parishioners". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  19. ^ van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "Calvary". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Golders Green". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  21. ^ Carponen, Claire (20 December 2018). "Concrete Poetry: Exploring Britain's post-war public art". The Spaces. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  22. ^ Kasriel, Alex (2 July 2003). "Shoe done it to sculpture?". Times Series. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Robert Peel, Peel Centre (1249503)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  24. ^ Hendon War Memorial. Roll of Honour. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  25. ^ London Borough of Barnet – Barnet Online Hendon Histories The Burroughs Accessed 22 February 2010
  26. ^ Kisa Kawakami: Synergy – Art, Architecture and Landscape. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  27. ^ "601 Squadron Sculpture, RAF Museum, Hendon". Battle of Britain London Monument. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  28. ^ "Mill Hill School". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Hamp, Stanley Hinge". Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800–1950. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  30. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1391107)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  31. ^ "Middlesex Regiment WW1". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  32. ^ Civic Pride. Art UK. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  33. ^ Historic England. "Hadley Highstone (1078808)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  34. ^ van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter. "David Livingstone". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  35. ^ Historic England. "Monken Hadley War Memorial (1443746)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  36. ^ Historic England. "New Barnet (East Barnet Valley) War Memorial (1418126)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  37. ^ "Totteridge". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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