List of public art in the London Borough of Bromley

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

Beckenham[edit]

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Beckenham War Memorial Junction of High Street, Rectory Road, Beckenham Road and Croydon Road

51°24′25″N 0°01′56″W / 51.4070°N 0.03210°W / 51.4070; -0.03210 (Beckenham War Memorial)
1921 Newbury Abbot Trent Memorial Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 24 July 1921.[1]

Bickley[edit]

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Bickley War Memorial St George's churchyard

51°24′06″N 0°02′58″E / 51.4018°N 0.04937°E / 51.4018; 0.04937 (Bickley War Memorial)
1920 William Godfrey Newton Memorial cross Limestone and bronze Grade II [2]

Biggin Hill[edit]

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Biggin Hill War Memorial Main Road

51°18′59″N 0°01′59″E / 51.3163°N 0.0330°E / 51.3163; 0.0330 (Biggin Hill War Memorial)
1923 Memorial Stone Grade II [3]
Hurricane and Spitfire Main Road, at entrance to RAF chapel

51°19′37″N 0°01′23″E / 51.3270°N 0.0230°E / 51.3270; 0.0230 (Hurricane and Spitfire)
2010 (replacements) Sculpture [4]

Bromley[edit]

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Town pump High Street 1860s ? Water pump Cast iron [5]
War memorial St Luke's churchyard, Bromley Common

51°23′34″N 0°01′52″E / 51.3927°N 0.0311°E / 51.3927; 0.0311 (St Luke's Church War Memorial)
1920 c. 1920 ? Wheel-head cross with figure of Christ Portland stone and bronze Grade II [6]
War memorial Holy Trinity churchyard, Bromley Common

51°22′48″N 0°02′33″E / 51.3801°N 0.0426°E / 51.3801; 0.0426 (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial)
1920 Evelyn Hellicar Memorial cross Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 29 July 1920.[7]

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War memorial St Peter and St Paul's churchyard

51°24′18″N 0°00′46″E / 51.4050°N 0.0127°E / 51.4050; 0.0127 (Bromley Parish Church War Memorial)
1921 Sydney March Column with sculpture Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 20 March 1921.[8]

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Bromley War Memorial Martin's Hill

51°24′17.7″N 00°00′39.9″E / 51.404917°N 0.011083°E / 51.404917; 0.011083 (Bromley War Memorial)
1922 Sydney March Memorial Portland stone and bronze Grade II* Unveiled 29 October 1922.[9]
Darwin Mural
Charles Darwin
High Street, on side of Daniel's

51°24′20″N 0°00′55″E / 51.4055°N 0.0154°E / 51.4055; 0.0154 (Bromley Town Pump and Charles Darwin Mural)
2008 Bruce Williams Mural Paint [10]

Chislehurst[edit]

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Chislehurst War Memorial Bromley Road

51°24′45″N 0°04′25″E / 51.4124°N 00.0735°E / 51.4124; 00.0735 (Chislehurst War Memorial)
1920 Reginald Blomfield Memorial Stone Grade II Unveiled 17 October 1920. An example of Blomfield's much-used Cross of Sacrifice design; Blomfield visited Chislehurst and chose the site himself due to his friendship with Louis Birkett, the honorary secretary of the committee responsible for erecting the memorial.[11]

Crystal Palace[edit]

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Prehistoric animals
Anoplotherium, Dicynodon, Hylaeosaurus✻, Ichthyosaurus, Labyrinthodon, Mantellodon✻, Megaloceros, Megalosaurus✻, Megatherium, Mosasaurus, Palaeotherium, Plesiosaurs, Pterodactyl, Teleosaurus

Dinosaurs

Crystal Palace Park

51°25′03″N 0°04′03″W / 51.4175°N 0.0675°W / 51.4175; -0.0675 (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
1852–1855 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Statues Re-constituted stone Grade I

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Bust of Joseph Paxton Crystal Palace Park

51°25′16″N 0°04′15″W / 51.4210°N 0.0707°W / 51.4210; -0.0707 (Joseph Paxton)
1869 William F. Woodington Bust Carrara marble Grade II [12]

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Gorilla
Guy the Gorilla
Adjacent to Lower Lake, Crystal Palace Park

51°25′08″N 0°03′53″W / 51.4188°N 0.0646°W / 51.4188; -0.0646 (Gorilla)
1961 David Wynne Statue Belgian marble Grade II [13]

Keston[edit]

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Keston War Memorial Heathfield Road

51°21′29″N 0°01′55″E / 51.3580°N 0.0320°E / 51.3580; 0.0320 (Keston War Memorial)
1920 Sydney March Stylised Latin cross Portland stone and bronze Grade II Unveiled 10 March 1920.[14]

Mottingham[edit]

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Mottingham War Memorial Junction of Mottingham Road and West Park

51°26′15″N 0°02′35″E / 51.4374°N 0.0430°E / 51.4374; 0.0430 (Mottingham War Memorial)
1920 George Hubbard Memorial Stone Grade II [15]

Orpington[edit]

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Orpington War Memorial Junction of High Street, Spur Road, Sevenoaks Road and Station Road

51°22′23″N 0°05′51″E / 51.3731°N 0.0975°E / 51.3731; 0.0975 (Orpington War Memorial)
1921 Charles Heaton Comyn Memorial Stone Grade II Unveiled 28 August 1921.[16]

Penge[edit]

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War memorial Holy Trinity churchyard

51°25′07″N 0°02′55″W / 51.4186°N 0.04856°W / 51.4186; -0.04856 (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial)
1921 ? Memorial cross Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 19 February 1921.[17]

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Penge War Memorial High Street

51°24′59″N 0°03′21″W / 51.4165°N 0.0559°W / 51.4165; -0.0559 (Penge War Memorial)
1925 ? Celtic cross Granite Grade II Unveiled 25 September 1925.[18]

Petts Wood[edit]

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William Willett Memorial Sundial Petts Wood

51°24′11.8″N 0°5′0″E / 51.403278°N 0.08333°E / 51.403278; 0.08333 (William Willett Memorial Sundial)
1927 Sundial Stone [19]

St Mary Cray[edit]

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St Mary Cray War Memorial St Mary's churchyard

51°23′42″N 0°06′54″E / 51.3951°N 0.1149°E / 51.3951; 0.1149 (St Mary Cray War Memorial)
1919 ? Celtic cross Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 29 December 1919.[20]

Shortlands[edit]

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Shortlands War Memorial Junction of Kingswood Road and Church Road

51°24′05″N 0°00′01″W / 51.4015°N 0.0002°W / 51.4015; -0.0002 (Shortlands War Memorial)
1921 W. D. Caröe Celtic cross Leckhampton stone Grade II Unveiled 9 October 1921.[21]

West Wickham[edit]

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West Wickham War Memorial Corkscrew Hill

51°22′16″N 0°00′32″W / 51.3712°N 0.0088°W / 51.3712; -0.0088 (West Wickham War Memorial)
1921 ? Memorial cross Granite Grade II Unveiled 12 June 1921 on the High Street; moved to this site in 1939.[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Beckenham war memorial (1406218)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Bickley War Memorial (1465460)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ^ Biggin Hill War Memorial. Cudham War Memorial. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. ^ "New Gate Guardians". Biggin Hill History. June 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. ^ Bromley Town Pump. Art UK. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  6. ^ Historic England. "St Luke's Church War Memorial (1469676)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Holy Trinity War Memorial (1432856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Bromley (St Peter and St Paul's) War Memorial (1448941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Bromley – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. ^ Darwin Mural. Art UK. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Chislehurst War Memorial (1432780)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park (1389535)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Gorilla sculpture (1431362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Keston War Memorial (1426522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Mottingham War Memorial". Ideal Homes. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  16. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1391943)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  17. ^ Historic England. "Penge (Holy Trinity) War Memorial (1444941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  18. ^ Historic England. "Penge War Memorial (1441839)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  19. ^ William Willett Memorial Sundial. Master Clock. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  20. ^ Historic England. "St Mary Cray War Memorial (1445170)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Shortlands War Memorial (1419841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  22. ^ Historic England. "West Wickham War Memorial (1432790)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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