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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

Coombe

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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

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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″N 0°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″N 0°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″N 0°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

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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

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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″N 0°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

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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″N 0°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

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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″N 0°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

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  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. ^ a b "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.
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