This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Newham.
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Bromley-by-Bow
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Statue of Corbet Woodall | Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W |
1926 | c.Arthur George Walker | Statue | Grade II | [1] |
Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp | Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′24″N 0°00′16″W / 51.52346°N 0.00441°W |
? | ? | Memorial column with gas lamp | Grade II | [2] | |
Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda | Twelvetrees Crescent 51°31′25″N 0°00′16″W / 51.52351°N 0.00441°W |
? | ? | War memorial | Grade II | [3] |
Canning Town
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Memorial to Bradley Stone | Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North 51°30′35″N 0°00′48″E / 51.50966°N 0.01341°E |
1995 | Ann Downey | Statue | — | Unveiled 10 January 1995.[4] | |
DNA DL90 | Bow Creek 51°31′13″N 0°00′31″W / 51.52037°N 0.00860°W |
2003 | Abigail Fallis | Sculpture | — | This 9.3 m (31 ft) tall sculpture is a double helix made up of 22 shopping trolleys. It marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, and the artist considers the trolleys a symbol of modern consumer culture.[5] | |
Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden mosaics | Beckton Road 51°31′03″N 0°01′04″E / 51.51748°N 0.017899°E |
2015 | Alan Read, pupils of Rokeby School | Mosaic | — | Four mosaics commemorating the meeting nearby of Charlie Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi in 1931, which inspired the film Modern Times[6][7] | |
Alphabetti Spaghetti | Caxton Works 51°30′40″N 0°00′43″E / 51.51112°N 0.01206°E |
2019 | Alex Chinneck | Sculpture | — | Sculpture of a pillar box tied in a knot, one of a number installed around the country.[8][9] |
Custom House
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Newham Trackside Wall (second section) | Victoria Dock Road 51°30′36″N 0°01′29″E / 51.50991°N 0.02480°E |
2016–2021 | Sonia Boyce | Mural | — | Panels with images, personal testimonies and information relating to the area, on a wall running alongside the Elizabeth line. The two sections combined measure 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length, making this one of the longest artworks ever commissioned in the UK.[10][11] |
East Ham
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Central Park War Memorial County Borough of East Ham |
Central Park 51°31′42″N 0°03′20″E / 51.5284°N 0.0556°E |
1921 | Robert Banks-Martin | Cenotaph | Grade II | The architect was the mayor of East Ham during the First World War.[12] |
Forest Gate
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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The Preacher | Forest Gate Methodist Church, Woodgrange Road 51°32′53″N 0°01′31″E / 51.5480°N 0.0253°E |
1961 | Peter Laszlo Peri | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [13] |
Manor Park
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Bust of Andrew Carnegie | Rabbits Road wall of former Carnegie Library, Manor Park 51°33′11″N 0°03′13″E / 51.55301°N 0.05372°E |
1904 | Unknown | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [14] |
North Woolwich and Silvertown
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Silvertown War Memorial | Royal Wharf, North Woolwich Road 51°30′00″N 0°01′40″E / 51.4999°N 0.0278°E |
1920 | c.Thomas Arthur Darcy Braddell | Pillar | Grade II | Moved to this location in 2016.[15][16] |
St Mark's Church War Memorial | Brick Lane Music Hall 51°30′09″N 0°02′33″E / 51.5026°N 0.0426°E |
1920 | c.? | Celtic cross | Grade II | Moved to this location in 1991.[17] | |
Brick Lane Music Hall mural | Brick Lane Music Hall 51°30′10″N 0°02′33″E / 51.5027°N 0.0425°E |
2004 | Mural | — | [18] | ||
Newham Trackside Wall (first section) | Connaught Road and Albert Road 51°30′06″N 0°03′03″E / 51.50156°N 0.05089°E |
2016–2021 | Sonia Boyce | Mural | — | Panels with images, personal testimonies and information relating to the area, on a wall running alongside the Elizabeth line. The two sections combined measure 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length, making this one of the longest artworks ever commissioned in the UK.[10][11] |
Plaistow
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial | Greengate Street 51°31′39″N 0°01′38″E / 51.52749°N 0.02733°E |
c. 1920 | J. F. Richards | War memorial | Grade II | [19] |
Royal Docks
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Landed | Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock 51°30′29″N 0°01′30″E / 51.50797°N 0.02500°E |
2009 | Les Johnson | Sculptural group | — | |
Bird Boy (without a tail) | Royal Victoria Dock 51°30′27″N 0°01′03″E / 51.50761°N 0.01745°E |
2011 | Laura Ford | Statue | — | A sculpture of a child wearing a bird costume, standing on a pontoon.[20] | |
Athena | Outside London City Airport 51°30′16″N 0°02′23″E / 51.50458°N 0.03963°E |
2012 | Nasser Azam | Statue | — | Unveiled 5 July 2012. This is the tallest bronze sculpture in the UK, at 12 metres high. The sculptor grew up in the borough.[21] | |
Types of Happiness | Royal Docks 51°30′28″N 0°01′08″E / 51.50774°N 0.01896°E |
2019 (created), 2023 (installed) | Yinka Ilori | Sculpture | — | Two 10 feet (3.0 m) tall chairs decorated in the style of African wax prints, representing happiness and pride.[22][23] | |
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Timeless Flight | University of East London Docklands Campus 51°30′26″N 0°04′12″E / 51.50725°N 0.07006°E |
2024 | UEL students | Sculpture | — | Sculpture marking the 125th anniversary of the University of East London, in the form of a phoenix as found on the university's coat of arms[24][25] |
Stratford
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of William Shakespeare | University of East London Stratford Campus 51°32′36″N 0°00′33″E / 51.54344°N 0.00906°E |
1840 | ? | Statue | Grade II | A statue in Coade stone, originally made for the Opera House (now Her Majesty's Theatre) in Haymarket. Presented to Stratford by a local councillor, J. C. Carroll, in 1925.[26] | |
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Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain | Broadway 51°32′27″N 0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E |
1861 | John Bell | Obelisk | Grade II | [27] |
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Memorial to the Stratford Martyrs | St John the Evangelist Church, Broadway 51°32′29″N 0°00′09″E / 51.5415°N 0.0026°E |
1878 | J. T. Newman | Memorial | Grade II | [28] |
Memorial to Edith Kerrison | The Grove 51°32′34″N 0°00′14″E / 51.54285°N 0.00402°E |
1936 | Christine Gregory | Memorial | — | Kerrison was the first female councillor in West Ham.[29] | |
Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins | Outside Stratford Library, The Grove 51°32′34″N 0°00′14″E / 51.54265°N 0.00391°E |
1994 | ? | Commemorative stone | — | Unveiled 28 July 1994, the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth, by Seamus Heaney. Hopkins's birthplace was at 87 The Grove; the house was bombed in World War II.[30] | |
Railway Tree | Stratford High Street 51°32′21.93″N 0°0′1.33″W / 51.5394250°N 0.0003694°W |
1996 | Malcolm Robertson | Sculpture | — | [31] | |
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ArcelorMittal Orbit | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 51°32′18″N 0°00′47″W / 51.53827°N 0.01298°W |
2012 | Anish Kapoor (with Cecil Balmond) | Sculpture | — | |
Carpenters Curve | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 51°32′17″N 0°00′33″W / 51.53799°N 0.00930°W |
2012 | Clare Woods | Mural | — | [32] | |
Danes Yard Tower | Danes Yard, beside Three Mills Wall River 51°31′57″N 0°00′31″W / 51.5325°N 0.0085°W |
2012 | ARC-ML Archichtects | Tower | — | Also known as Strand East Tower and the Olympic Torch sculpture, the wood and galvanised steel tower is 40 metres (130 ft) high and lit at night by LEDs. [33][34][35] | |
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Stratford Shoal | Stratford Centre 51°32′30″N 0°00′06″W / 51.54163°N 0.00167°W |
2012 | Studio Egret West | Sculpture | — | [36] |
Untitled | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park | 2012 | D. J. Simpson | Mural | — | [32] | |
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Statue of Joan Littlewood | Gerry Raffles Square, outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East 51°32′34″N 0°00′03″E / 51.54273°N 0.00089°E |
2015 | Philip Jackson | Statue | — | Unveiled 4 October 2015.[37] |
Three Mills
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Untitled (Juniper) | House Mill, Three Mills 51°31′39″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52737°N 0.00750°W |
2014 | Virginia Overton | Sculpture | — | A weather vane in steel and gold leaf featuring a juniper tree, referencing both the artist's origins and a former gin distillery at Three Mills.[38] | |
A Moment Without You | Three Mills 51°31′36″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52659°N 0.00751°W |
2017 | Tracey Emin | Sculpture | — | Five bronze sculptures of birds mounted on tall poles.[39] | |
Reaching Out | Three Mills Green 51°31′46″N 0°00′24″W / 51.52942°N 0.00665°W |
2020 | Thomas J. Price | Statue | — | The third sculpture of a black woman in the UK, and the first by a black artist, this is not based on a single person but is a fictional composite of various references. The statue is 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and weighs 420 kilograms.[40][41] |
Upton Park
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World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions") |
Barking Road and Central Park Road 51°31′48″N 0°02′17″E / 51.53012°N 0.03796°E |
2003 | Philip Jackson | Sculptural group | — |
West Ham
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Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial | Junction of Abbey Road and Mitre Road 51°31′59″N 0°00′21″E / 51.5331°N 0.0058°E |
After 1918 | ? | Pylon with sculpture | Grade II | [42] |
References
edit- ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Corbet Woodhall [sic] (1392548)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp (1392547)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda (1477362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Monument to Bradley Stone". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Abigail Fallis". The Line. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "When Chaplin met Gandhi, creating Royal Docks history". The Royal Docks. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden opened in Canning Town". Newham Recorder. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Marvel At This Tangled Postbox Which Has Appeared In East London". Londonist. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Alex Chinneck ties post boxes in knots across the UK for his latest public artwork". StreetArtNews. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ a b Newham Trackside Wall. UP Projects. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ a b "About the Artwork". Newham Trackside Wall. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Central Park War Memorial, East Ham (1406072)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "'The Preacher', Forest Gate Methodist Church (1430832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Andrew Carnegie". VADS. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Silvertown War Memorial (1387182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Brunner Mond Lostock Gralam (Northwich) War Memorial (1454837)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Historic England. "War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall) (1406974)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Brick Lane Music Hall Mural mural, Silvertown | London Mural Preservation Society". www.londonmuralpreservationsociety.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Tramway Workers War Memorial (1388315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Laura Ford". The Line. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Humphries, Will (5 July 2012). "Tallest bronze sculpture in UK unveiled". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Yinka Ilori". The Line. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Carlson, Cajsa (20 June 2023). "Yinka Ilori places gigantic chairs in Royal Docks for Types of Happiness installation". Dezeen. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "A phoenix emerges: New public sculpture unveiled near Gallions Reach DLR station". ianVisits. 10 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Student sculpture celebration". University of East London. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Matthews 2018, pp. 251–252.
- ^ Historic England. "Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain (1358001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Martyrs' Memorial (1190750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Matthews 2018, p. 250.
- ^ "Monument: Gerard Manley Hopkins – E15". London Remembers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Railway Tree". PMSA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ a b Olympic Park – Clare Woods & DJ Simpson Commissions. Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Dane's Yard Tower, London". ARC-ML. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Strand East Tower". LTP Integration. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "A Wooden Tower in the olympic London". Wood Benton. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ Frearson, Amy (12 June 2012). "The Stratford Shoal by Studio Egret West". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Hemley, Matthew (6 October 2015). "Joan Littlewood sculpture unveiled outside Theatre Royal Stratford East". The Stage. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Virginia Overton". The Line. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Tracey Emin". The Line. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Thomas J Price". The Line. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Brown, Mark (5 August 2020). "Sculptor's black 'everywoman' erected on public art walk in London". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial (1430693)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
Bibliography
edit- Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
External links
edit- Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Newham at Wikimedia Commons