List of public art in the London Borough of Southwark
Stuart Williamson 's statue of John Keats (2007), Guy's Hospital
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Southwark .
Map of public art in the London Borough of Southwark
Bankside
Bermondsey
Camberwell
Dulwich
Elephant and Castle
Kennington
Newington
Peckham
Rotherhithe
Southwark
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Architect / other
Type
Designation
Notes
Royal arms of George III
Façade of King's Arms pub, Newcomen Street
1728 c. 1728
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Architectural sculpture (relief)
Grade II
Originally stood on a gateway that spanned the old London Bridge . Placed on the pub's façade soon after it was completed in 1890.[ 60]
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Statue of Thomas Guy
Guy's Hospital 51°30′15″N 0°05′16″W / 51.5043°N 0.0879°W / 51.5043; -0.0879 (Statue of Thomas Guy )
1734
Peter Scheemakers
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Statue
Grade II
The Sower
Red Cross Garden 51°30′12″N 0°05′41″W / 51.5033°N 0.0948°W / 51.5033; -0.0948 (The Sower )
1896
After Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford
James Powell and Sons (glassmakers)
Mosaic
Grade II
[ 61]
Plaque marking the approximate site of the Globe Theatre
Park Street
1909
Édouard Lantéri
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Plaque with relief
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Unveiled by Herbert Beerbohm Tree and commissioned by the Shakespeare Reading Society, of which Tree was President.[ 62]
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Guy's Hospital War Memorial
Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street 51°30′11″N 0°05′20″W / 51.5030°N 0.0890°W / 51.5030; -0.0890 (Guy's Hospital War Memorial )
1921
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William Walford
Memorial arch
Grade II
Unveiled 16 July 1921 by the Duke of York (the future George V ).[ 63]
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial
London Bridge station 51°30′17″N 0°05′10″E / 51.5046°N 0.086°E / 51.5046; 0.086 (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway War Memorial )
1921
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Plaques
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Unveiled 5 October 1921.[ 64]
London Hop Trade War Memorial
Borough High Street 51°30′15″N 0°05′27″W / 51.5043°N 0.0908°W / 51.5043; -0.0908 (London Hop Trade War Memorial )
1922
Omar Ramsden
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Plaque
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Unveiled 19 January 1922.[ 65]
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St Saviour's War Memorial
Borough High Street , opposite Talbot's Yard 51°30′15″N 0°05′27″W / 51.5043°N 0.0909°W / 51.5043; -0.0909 (Southwark War Memorial )
1922
Philip Lindsey Clark
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Statue
Grade II*
Unveiled 16 November 1922.[ 66]
Statue of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
Guy's Hospital 51°29′12″N 0°04′10″W / 51.4866°N 0.0695°W / 51.4866; -0.0695 (Statue of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield )
1949
Maurice Lambert
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Statue
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Minerva
Southwark Cathedral
1966
Alan Collins
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Statue
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[ 68]
The Holy Family
Cathedral Street
1981
Kenneth Hughes
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Sculptural group
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[ 69]
Opus
Nancy Sear Building (Morley College ), King Edward Walk
1982–1983
Wendy Taylor
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Sculpture
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[ 70]
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Southwark Gateway Needle
London Bridge , at south end 51°30′22″N 0°05′17″W / 51.5062°N 0.0881°W / 51.5062; -0.0881 (Southwark Gateway Needle )
1999
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Eric Parry
Sculpture
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[ 71]
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Couple
More London Place
2003
Stephan Balkenhol
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Statues
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[ 72] [ 73]
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Full Stop
More London
2003
Fiona Banner
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Sculptures
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[ 72] [ 73]
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Evergreen
The Queen's Walk (More London )
2003
David Batchelor
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Sculpture
—
[ 72] [ 73]
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Memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon
Churchyard of Southwark Cathedral
2006
Peter Randall-Page
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Sculpture
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Unveiled 22 November 2006 by Elizabeth II .[ 74]
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Blue Men
Maya House, Borough High Street
2007
Ofra Zimbalista
Architectural sculpture
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Statue of John Keats
Guy's Hospital
2007
Stuart Williamson
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Statue
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Statue of Simon Milton
Outside One Tower Bridge
2016
Philip Jackson
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Statue
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Corten Head
Africa Centre , 66 Great Suffolk Street
2017
Sokari Douglas Camp
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Sculpture
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Me. Here. Now.
Stainer Street, London Bridge station 51°30′19″N 0°05′06″W / 51.5052°N 0.0849°W / 51.5052; -0.0849 (Me. Here. Now. )
2018
Mark Titchner
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Sculpture
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[ 75]
Blue Moon
Vinegar Yard, corner of St Thomas Street and Fenning Street 51°30′10″N 0°05′03″W / 51.5029°N 0.0841°W / 51.5029; -0.0841 (Blue Moon )
2019
Joe Rush and the Mutoid Waste Company
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Sculpture
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A train carriage with ants formed from repurposed scrap metal crawling over it.[ 76] [ 77]
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WE
Shard Quarter / London Bridge station 51°30′18″N 0°05′13″W / 51.5050°N 0.0869°W / 51.5050; -0.0869 (WE )
2021
Jaume Plensa
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Sculpture
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A sculpture in two facing parts, one in the piazza of The Shard and another outside London Bridge station .[ 78] [ 79]
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In a River a Thousand Streams
London Bridge station 51°30′18″N 0°05′11″W / 51.5051°N 0.0863°W / 51.5051; -0.0863 (In a River a Thousand Streams )
2024
Adam Nathaniel Furman
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Mosaic
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57 metres (187 ft) long mosaic beside the bus station at London Bridge.[ 80]
Mural
Nuffield Suite, Guy's Hospital 51°30′10″N 0°05′21″W / 51.5028°N 0.0892°W / 51.5028; -0.0892 (Mural )
2024
Michele Curtis
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Mural
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Mural celebrating six African women who have contributed to UK healthcare: Metian Parsanka, Kofoworola Abeni Pratt , Matilda J. Clerk , Dzagbele Matilda Asante, Blanche La Guma, and Irene Ighodaro .[ 81]
See also
References
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^ "Animatronic statue comes to Bankside" . London SE1 . 20 November 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2019 .
^ "Sculpture by Idris Khan unveiled at One Blackfriars" . London SE1 . 5 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2024 .
^ Historic England. "Statue on island site in front of South London College and railings (1385976)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 May 2018 .
^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1061395)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 November 2021 .
^ "Bermondsey and Rotherhithe – WW1 and WW2" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2021 .
^ "22nd Battalion London Regiment (The Queens)" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 29 December 2021 .
^ Historic England. "The Circle (1450154)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 October 2023 .
^ "The Navigators" . Atlas Obscura .
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^ "Joseph Kosuth artwork unveiled in Bermondsey" . London SE1 . 13 February 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ Statue Of Dr Salter Stolen From Bermondsey . Londonist. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2014 .
^ "Dr. Salter's Daydream" . Philip Bews • Diane Gorvin Sculpture for public sites . Retrieved 30 May 2018 .
^ "Albert McKenzie VC memorial unveiled in Tower Bridge Road" . London SE1 . 23 October 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ Cornerstone . Retrieved 24 October 2021 .
^ "Sir Robert Bentley Todd, Statue, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill" . National Recording Project . Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017 .
^ Mermaid Corbels . Art UK. Retrieved 21 November 2023 .
^ "The large ceramic tile mural of a Camberwell Beauty butterfly on the southern gable end of the former Passmore Edwards Library, Baths and Wash House on Wells Way, Camberwell" . Historic England. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2023 .
^ "Samuel Jones and Company" . London Remembers . Retrieved 21 November 2023 .
^ Historic England. "Burgess Park War Memorial (1444721)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
^ "1st Surrey Rifles" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 31 December 2021 .
^ Memorial to Damilola Taylor . Art UK. Retrieved 2 January 2022 .
^ Historic England. "Dulwich (St Peter's) War Memorial (1449914)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 January 2022 .
^ Historic England. "Dulwich (St Stephen's) War Memorial (1449908)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 January 2022 .
^ "Dulwich College WW! and WW2 – Cross" . National Recording Project . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 4 March 2019 .
^ "Southwark Military Hospital WW1" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 28 December 2021 .
^ Historic England. "Southwark Military Hospital War Memorial Cross (1449922)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 December 2021 .
^ Historic England. "War memorial at Dulwich Old College (1393811)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 March 2019 .
^ "The Unveiling of the Statue of Edward Alleyn" . www.dulwichsociety.com . The Dulwich Society.
^ Walking the Dog . Art Fund. Retrieved 24 March 2019 .
^ "Walking the Dog" . Peter Randall-Page . 6 April 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2019 .
^ Dulwich Park – Conrad Shawcross Commission . Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 10 March 2019 .
^ Our trunk road talisman . Elephant and Castle Partnership. Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^ "Southwark – WW2" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 3 January 2022 .
^ Historic England. "Michael Faraday Memorial (1385511)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 January 2022 .
^ Walworth Square – Kenny Hunter Commission . Contemporary Arts Society. Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^ Big King . Art UK. Retrieved 9 May 2021 .
^ Henry Moore in London Accessed 6 January 2010
^ Berlin Wall section . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 22 March 2019 .
^ Soviet War Memorial . Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies. Retrieved 16 March 2017 .
^ Alberge, Dalya (8 August 2021). "King Alfred statue is recycled Roman sculpture of goddess" . PressReader . The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 12 August 2021 .
^ "The Black Friar, Relief, Pocock St" . Public Monuments and Sculptures Association . Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2021 .
^ Historic England. "Mural depicting the History of Old Kent Road (1442278)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 March 2019 .
^ Braidwood, Ella (2 November 2016). "Carl Turner's plans to demolish Peckham Arch set for approval" . Architects' Journal . Retrieved 14 September 2023 .
^ "Peter Logan kinetic sculpture 'Arrows and Obelisks' " . Peckham Weeklies . 29 July 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022 .
^ Historic England. "70, St Marychurch Street (1385864)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 July 2023 .
^ "Caryatid – left" . London Remembers . Retrieved 20 November 2023 .
^ Historic England. "Rotherhithe (Holy Trinity) War Memorial (1449951)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 22 August 2022 .
^ Historic England. "Rotherhithe (St Mary the Virgin) War Memorial (1450153)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 January 2022 .
^ "Norwegian Seamen – WW1" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 10 November 2021 .
^ Regeneration and the Arts in London Docklands . London Docklands Development Corporation . March 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ "The 'Deal porters' sculpture at Rotherhithe" . PortCities . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
^ M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches" . Londonist . Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ Historic England. "Kings Arms Public House with Refixed Coat of Arms (1385719)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 22 February 2019 .
^ "Red Cross Garden 2" . London Remembers . Retrieved 16 April 2019 .
^ "Globe Theatre plaque" . London Remembers . Retrieved 13 July 2019 .
^ "Guy's Hospital" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 1 January 2022 .
^ "London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and Southern Railway" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 7 March 2019 .
^ "London Hop Trade – WW1" . War Memorials Register . Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2 January 2022 .
^ Historic England. "St Saviour's War Memorial, Southwark (1378368)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 May 2018 .
^ Masters, Christopher (9 November 2016). "Alan Collins obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 10 March 2019 .
^ The Holy Family . Art UK. Retrieved 3 January 2022 .
^ Opus . Art UK. Retrieved 9 May 2021 .
^ "Southwark Gateway Needle" . London Remembers . Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
^ a b c "Individual commissions – Evergreen, David Batchelor, London Borough of Southwark" . Art in the Open Resource . Retrieved 17 March 2019 .
^ a b c "Estate Art" . London Bridge City . Retrieved 17 March 2019 .
^ "Memorial to Sachem Mahomet Weyonomon" . Peter Randall-Page . 27 April 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2019 .
^ "Me. Here. Now" . Futurecity . Retrieved 16 August 2024 .
^ "Art" . Vinegar Yard . Retrieved 19 June 2022 .
^ Reynolds, Laura (27 March 2019). "Vinegar Yard: London's New Street Food Market... With A Train Carriage On The Roof" . Londonist . Retrieved 19 June 2022 .
^ "New Installation By Multi-Award-Winning Sculptor Jaume Plensa" . The Shard . 29 September 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2024 .
^ "Human Or Claw? The Shard Gets A Double Sculpture By Jaume Plensa" . Londonist . 17 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024 .
^ Reynolds, Laura (24 July 2024). "New 57m-Long Mosaic Mural Unveiled At London Bridge Station" . Londonist . Retrieved 27 July 2024 .
^ "Guy's Hospital: Mural honouring African health workers unveiled" . BBC News . 3 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024 .
Bibliography
Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments . Oxford: Shire Publications.
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