List of public art in the London Borough of Bromley

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

Beckenham

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

51.4070°N 0.03210°W / 51.4070; -0.03210 (Beckenham War Memorial)
1921Newbury Abbot Trent MemorialPortland stone Grade II Unveiled 24 July 1921.[1]

Biggin Hill

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Biggin Hill War Memorial Main Road

51.3163°N 0.0330°E / 51.3163; 0.0330 (Biggin Hill War Memorial)
1923 MemorialStone Grade II [2]
Hurricane and Spitfire Main Road, at entrance to RAF chapel

51.3270°N 0.0230°E / 51.3270; 0.0230 (Hurricane and Spitfire)
2010 (replacements) Sculpture [3]

Bromley

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Bromley War Memorial Martin's Hill

51°24′17.7″N 00°00′39.9″E
1922Sydney March MemorialBronze and Portland stone Grade II* Unveiled 29 October 1922.[4]
Bromley Town Pump and Charles Darwin Mural High Street, on side of Daniel's

51.4055°N 0.0154°E / 51.4055; 0.0154 (Bromley Town Pump and Charles Darwin Mural)
1980s Mural [5]

Chislehurst

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Chislehurst War Memorial Bromley Road

51.4124°N 00.0735°E / 51.4124; 00.0735 (Chislehurst War Memorial)
1920Reginald Blomfield MemorialStone 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.[6]

Crystal Palace

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Prehistoric animals

*Dinosaurs

Crystal Palace Park

51.4175°N 0.0675°W / 51.4175; -0.0675 (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
1852–1855Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins StatuesRe-constituted stone Grade I

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Bust of Joseph Paxton Crystal Palace Park

51.4210°N 0.0707°W / 51.4210; -0.0707 (Joseph Paxton)
1869William F. Woodington BustCarrara marble Grade II [7]

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

51.4188°N 0.0646°W / 51.4188; -0.0646 (Gorilla)
1961David Wynne StatueBelgian marble Grade II [8]

Mottingham

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Mottingham War Memorial Junction of Mottingham Road and West Park

51.4374°N 0.0430°E / 51.4374; 0.0430 (Mottingham War Memorial)
1920George Hubbard MemorialStone [9]

Orpington

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

51.3731°N 0.0975°E / 51.3731; 0.0975 (Orpington War Memorial)
1921Charles Heaton Comyn MemorialStone Grade II Unveiled 28 August 1921.[10]

Petts Wood

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William Willett Memorial Sundial Petts Wood

51°24′11.8″N 0°5′0″E
1927 SundialStone [11]

References

  1. Historic England. "Beckenham war memorial (1406218)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. Biggin Hill War Memorial, Cudham War Memorial, retrieved 7 July 2014
  3. "New Gate Guardians", Biggin Hill History, June 2010, retrieved 11 July 2014
  4. "Bromley – WW1 and WW2", War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums, retrieved 27 March 2020
  5. Town Pump and Mural, London Borough of Bromley, retrieved 11 July 2014
  6. Historic England. "Chislehurst War Memorial (1432780)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. Historic England. "Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park (1389535)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. Historic England. "Gorilla sculpture (1431362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. "Mottingham War Memorial", Ideal Homes, retrieved 9 July 2014
  10. Historic England. "War Memorial (1391943)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. William Willett Memorial Sundial, Master Clock, archived from the original on 3 August 2014, retrieved 31 July 2014
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