Jump to content

List of public art in the London Borough of Newham

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ArcelorMittal Orbit

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Newham

Bromley-by-Bow

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images
Statue of Corbet Woodall Twelvetrees Crescent

51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W / 51.5233; -0.0051 (Statue of Corbet Woodall)
1926 c. 1926 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 / 51.52346; -0.00441 (Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp)
? ? 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 / 51.52351; -0.00441 (Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda)
? ? War memorial Grade II [3]


Canning Town

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Memorial to Bradley Stone Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North

51°30′35″N 0°00′48″E / 51.50966°N 0.01341°E / 51.50966; 0.01341 (Memorial to Bradley Stone)
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 / 51.52037; -0.00860 (DNA DL90)
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 / 51.51748; 0.017899 (Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden mosaics)
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 / 51.51112; 0.01206 (Alphabetti Spaghetti)
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

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Newham Trackside Wall (second section) Victoria Dock Road

51°30′36″N 0°01′29″E / 51.50991°N 0.02480°E / 51.50991; 0.02480 (Newham Trackside Wall (second section))
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

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images
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 / 51.5284; 0.0556 (Central Park War Memorial)
1921 Robert Banks-Martin Cenotaph Grade II The architect was the mayor of East Ham during the First World War.[12]


Forest Gate

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
The Preacher Forest Gate Methodist Church, Woodgrange Road

51°32′53″N 0°01′31″E / 51.5480°N 0.0253°E / 51.5480; 0.0253 (The Preacher)
1961 Peter Laszlo Peri Architectural sculpture Grade II [13]


Manor Park

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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 / 51.55301; 0.05372 (Bust of Andrew Carnegie)
1904 Un­known Architectural sculpture Grade II [14]


North Woolwich and Silvertown

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images
Silvertown War Memorial Royal Wharf, North Woolwich Road

51°30′00″N 0°01′40″E / 51.4999°N 0.0278°E / 51.4999; 0.0278 (Silvertown War Memorial)
1920 c. 1920 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 / 51.5026; 0.0426 (St Mark's Church War Memorial)
1920 c. 1920 ? 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 / 51.5027; 0.0425 (Brick Lane Music Hall Memorial)
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 / 51.50156; 0.05089 (Newham Trackside Wall (first section))
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

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial Greengate Street

51°31′39″N 0°01′38″E / 51.52749°N 0.02733°E / 51.52749; 0.02733 (West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial)
c. 1920 J. F. Richards War memorial Grade II [19]


Royal Docks

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images
Landed Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock

51°30′29″N 0°01′30″E / 51.50797°N 0.02500°E / 51.50797; 0.02500 (Landed)
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 / 51.50761; 0.01745 (Bird Boy (without a tail))
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 / 51.50458; 0.03963 (Athena)
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 / 51.50774; 0.01896 (Types of Happiness)
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]

More images
Timeless Flight University of East London Docklands Campus

51°30′26″N 0°04′12″E / 51.50725°N 0.07006°E / 51.50725; 0.07006 (Timeless Flight)
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

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Statue of William Shakespeare University of East London Stratford Campus

51°32′36″N 0°00′33″E / 51.54344°N 0.00906°E / 51.54344; 0.00906 (Statue of William Shakespeare)
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]

More images
Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain Broadway

51°32′27″N 0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E / 51.5409; 0.0017 (Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain)
1861 John Bell Obelisk Grade II [27]

More images
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 / 51.5415; 0.0026 (Stratford Martyrs Memorial)
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 / 51.54285; 0.00402 (Memorial to Edith Kerrison)
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 / 51.54265; 0.00391 (Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins)
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 / 51.5394250; -0.0003694 (Railway Tree)
1996 Malcolm Robertson Sculpture [31]

More images
ArcelorMittal Orbit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

51°32′18″N 0°00′47″W / 51.53827°N 0.01298°W / 51.53827; -0.01298 (ArcelorMittal Orbit)
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 / 51.53799; -0.00930 (Carpenters Curve)
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 / 51.5325; -0.0085 (Danes Yard Tower)
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]

More images
Stratford Shoal Stratford Centre

51°32′30″N 0°00′06″W / 51.54163°N 0.00167°W / 51.54163; -0.00167 (Stratford Shoal)
2012 Studio Egret West Sculpture [36]
Untitled Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 2012 D. J. Simpson Mural [32]

More images
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 / 51.54273; 0.00089 (Statue of Joan Littlewood)
2015 Philip Jackson Statue Unveiled 4 October 2015.[37]


Three Mills

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Untitled (Juniper) House Mill, Three Mills

51°31′39″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52737°N 0.00750°W / 51.52737; -0.00750 (Untitled (Juniper))
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 / 51.52659; -0.00751 (A Moment Without You)
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 / 51.52942; -0.00665 (Reaching Out)
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

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images
World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions")

Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson

Barking Road and Central Park Road

51°31′48″N 0°02′17″E / 51.53012°N 0.03796°E / 51.53012; 0.03796 (The Champions / World Cup Sculpture)
2003 Philip Jackson Sculptural group


West Ham

[edit]
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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 / 51.5331; 0.0058 (Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial)
After 1918 ? Pylon with sculpture Grade II [42]


References

[edit]
  1. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Corbet Woodhall [sic] (1392548)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp (1392547)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda (1477362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Monument to Bradley Stone". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Abigail Fallis". The Line. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Marvel At This Tangled Postbox Which Has Appeared In East London". Londonist. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Alex Chinneck ties post boxes in knots across the UK for his latest public artwork". StreetArtNews. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b Newham Trackside Wall. UP Projects. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  11. ^ a b "About the Artwork". Newham Trackside Wall. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Central Park War Memorial, East Ham (1406072)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  13. ^ Historic England. "'The Preacher', Forest Gate Methodist Church (1430832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Andrew Carnegie". VADS. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Silvertown War Memorial (1387182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Brunner Mond Lostock Gralam (Northwich) War Memorial (1454837)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  17. ^ Historic England. "War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall) (1406974)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Brick Lane Music Hall Mural mural, Silvertown | London Mural Preservation Society". www.londonmuralpreservationsociety.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Tramway Workers War Memorial (1388315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Laura Ford". The Line. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  21. ^ Humphries, Will (5 July 2012). "Tallest bronze sculpture in UK unveiled". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Yinka Ilori". The Line. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  23. ^ Carlson, Cajsa (20 June 2023). "Yinka Ilori places gigantic chairs in Royal Docks for Types of Happiness installation". Dezeen. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  24. ^ "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.
  25. ^ "Student sculpture celebration". University of East London. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  26. ^ Matthews 2018, pp. 251–252.
  27. ^ Historic England. "Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain (1358001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  28. ^ Historic England. "Martyrs' Memorial (1190750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  29. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 250.
  30. ^ "Monument: Gerard Manley Hopkins – E15". London Remembers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  31. ^ "Railway Tree". PMSA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  32. ^ a b Olympic Park – Clare Woods & DJ Simpson Commissions. Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  33. ^ "Dane's Yard Tower, London". ARC-ML. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  34. ^ "Strand East Tower". LTP Integration. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  35. ^ "A Wooden Tower in the olympic London". Wood Benton. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  36. ^ Frearson, Amy (12 June 2012). "The Stratford Shoal by Studio Egret West". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  37. ^ Hemley, Matthew (6 October 2015). "Joan Littlewood sculpture unveiled outside Theatre Royal Stratford East". The Stage. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  38. ^ "Virginia Overton". The Line. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  39. ^ "Tracey Emin". The Line. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  40. ^ "Thomas J Price". The Line. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  41. ^ Brown, Mark (5 August 2020). "Sculptor's black 'everywoman' erected on public art walk in London". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  42. ^ 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.
[edit]