List of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich

This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

The statue of General Wolfe at Greenwich Park

Avery Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Hermes	Winter Garden	c. 1889	After Giambologna	Architectural sculpture			Grade II	[1][2]

Charlton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Portage	Charlton House Peace Garden	2006	Margaret Higginson	Statue			N/A

Deptford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Memorial to Margaret McMillan	Rachel McMillan Nursery School, McMillan Street 51.4814°N 0.0230°W	1932	Herbert Baker (architect)				Grade II	[3]
More images	Memorial to Peter the Great	Glaisher Street 51.483333°N 0.018889°W	2001	Mihail Chemiakin	Statue			N/A	[4]
	Memorial to the Battle of Deptford Bridge	51.471488°N 0.014639°W	2017	Gary Drostle	Sundial mosaic bench			N/A

Greenwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue of George II	Old Royal Naval College 51.48361°N 0.00595°W	1735	John Michael Rysbrack	Statue			Grade II	[5]
More images	The Immortality of Nelson	Nelson Pediment, Old Royal Naval College	1809–1812	Benjamin West and Joseph Panzetta	Architectural relief sculpture	Coade stone		Grade I	[6][7]
	Bust of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson	Queen's House	1835	Francis Leggatt Chantrey	Bust	Marble			[8]
More images	Statue of William IV	King William Walk 51.47989°N 0.00654°W	1845	Samuel Nixon	Statue	Foggin Tor Devon granite		Grade II	Erected 18–19 December 1844 on King William Street in the City of London; taken down in 1935 and re-erected here, on a smaller pedestal, the following year. The principal work of this sculptor, who received insufficient recompense from the work's commissioners and came close to financial ruin.[9]
More images	Memorial to Joseph René Bellot	Cutty Sark Gardens 51.48364°N 0.00786°W	1855	Philip Hardwick	Obelisk			Grade II	[5]
More images	Memorial to the New Zealand Campaign (1863–1864)	King William Walk 51.4833°N 0.0091°W	1874	Sir Andrew Clarke	Obelisk	granite	50 ft high	Grade II	[10][11][12]
	Busts of naval heroes	Pepys Building, Old Royal Naval College	1874–1883	Charles Raymond Smith	Reliefs			Grade II	Portrait medallions with busts of the following: George Anson, 1st Baron Anson Francis Drake James Cook Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham Robert Blake John Benbow John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood Richard Howe Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent[13]
More images	Statue of General James Wolfe	Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich Park 51.47782°N 0.00085°W	1930	Robert Tait McKenzie	Statue			Grade II	[14]
More images	Statue of Walter Raleigh	Old Royal Naval College 51.48306°N 0.00867°W	1959	William McMillan	Statue			Grade II	Unveiled 28 October 1959 in Whitehall by the US Ambassador John Hay Whitney.[15] Moved to this site in 2001[16] as it was out of scale with other statues which had since been erected nearby.[17] The statue is close to the Discover Greenwich entrance within the grounds of the ORNC.
	Mermaid	University of Greenwich	1959	?	Statue	Silicon bronze		N/A	[18]
More images	Large Standing Figure (Knife Edge)	Greenwich Park	1961–1978	Henry Moore	Sculpture			N/A	[19]
More images	Dolphin Dial	Titanic Memorial Garden, Royal Observatory	1977–1978	Christopher St John Daniel and Edwin Russell	Equinoctial sundial with sculpture	Bronze		N/A	Unveiled 5 June 1978 and moved to this site in 2009. Daniel was Head of Education Services at the National Maritime Museum; the work was commissioned to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[20]
	Greenwich Mural	Woolwich Road	1972	Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings	Mural	Glazed and unglazed ceramic and stone		N/A	Depicts the maritime history of Greenwich. One of the earliest large-scale murals to be produced by the artists.[21]
More images	Statue of Captain James Cook	National Maritime Museum 51.48051°N 0.0048°W	1994	Arthur Weller	Statue			N/A	[22]
More images	Prime Meridian marker	Royal Observatory	1999	Christina Garzia	Sculpture			N/A
More images	The Throne of Earthly Kings	Devonport House	2004	François Hameury	Sculpture			N/A	[23]
More images	Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson	Trafalgar Tavern	2009	Lesley Povey	Statue	Bronze		N/A	[24]
	Monument for a Dead Parrot	University of Greenwich	2009	John Reardon	Sculpture	Bronze (spray-painted)		N/A	[25]
More images	Nelson's Ship in a Bottle	National Maritime Museum	2010	Yinka Shonibare	Sculpture			N/A
More images	Statue of Yuri Gagarin	Royal Observatory	2011	Anatoly Novikov	Statue	Zinc alloy		N/A	[26]
	Encompass	Greenwich Market	2016	Michael Speller	Sculpture	Bronze	2.4m	N/A	Unveiled 4 April 2016 by the Duke of York.[27] Commissioned by Greenwich Hospital, the Crown Charity. Made from bronze, it is a 2.4m sphere made from 210 figures, depicting sailors as they climb a ship's rigging.

North Greenwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
More images	Quantum Cloud	Greenwich Peninsula 51.50185°N 0.00913°E	2000	Antony Gormley	Sculpture			N/A	Created for the millennium celebrations, now part of sculpture trail, The Line
More images	A Slice of Reality	Greenwich Peninsula 51.50418°N 0.00028°W	2000	Richard Wilson	Sculpture			N/A	Created for the millennium celebrations, now part of sculpture trail, The Line [28]
More images	Liberty Grip	Greenwich Peninsula	2008	Gary Hume	Sculpture			N/A	Part of sculpture trail, The Line [29]
	Here	Greenwich Peninsula	2013	Thomson & Craighead	Sculpture			N/A	Part of sculpture trail, The Line [30]
	A Bullet from a Shooting Star	Greenwich Peninsula	2015	Alex Chinneck	Sculpture			N/A	Part of sculpture trail, The Line [31]
More images	Hydra and Kali	Greenwich Peninsula	2016	Damien Hirst	Sculpture	metal		N/A
	Lenticular Dazzle Camouflage	Greenwich Peninsula 51.493905°N 0.007183°E	2016	Conrad Shawcross	Sculpture	metal	49 m high	N/A	[32]
More images	Mermaid	Greenwich Peninsula	2017	Damien Hirst	Sculpture	metal		N/A

Woolwich

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Notes
	Statue of a Barbarian or Deus Lunus	Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry, No 1 Street 51.2932°N 0.0404°E	late-Roman period (1st–3rd century AD)	?	Roman statue	Turkish marble		?	Dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1801 and shipped to Woolwich
	Crucifix	St Mary's Gardens, Greenlaw Street 51.4932°N 0.05881313°E	18th–19th century?	?	crucifix	wood		?	Originally part of the church interior; moved here in 1966
More images	Statue of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	Royal Arsenal, Wellington Park 51.2937°N 0.0435°E	1848	Thomas Milnes	statue on pedestal	marble, Portland stone (plinth)		Grade II	Originally at the Tower of London, moved to the Arsenal in 1863
More images	Lioness resting paw on urn	St Mary's Gardens, Woolwich Church Street 51.493357°N 0.06018106°E	1851	?	statue	stone		?	Tom Cribb's tomb
More images	Crimean War Memorial	Royal Artillery Barracks, south end of parade ground 51.48513°N 0.06050292°E	1861	John Bell	statue with pedestal surrounded by 12 cannon-bollards	bronze and stone	3 m (without pediment)	?	The figure of a woman distributing laurel wreaths, Honour, was cast from a Russian cannon captured at Sebastopol
More images	Major Little Memorial	Woolwich Common, Academy Rd / Ha-ha Road 51.482047°N 0.06133977°E	1861?	?	obelisk	stone		?
More images	Second Boer War Memorial	Grand Depot Road, opposite Royal Artillery Barracks 51.2932°N 0.0404°E	1902?	?	obelisk	granite		?	Memorial to the men of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the Second Boer War (1899–1902)
More images	Statue of Alexander McLeod	Former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society building, 125–161 Powis Street	1903	Alfred Drury	Statue in niche	Coade stone or terracotta?		Grade II	[33]
	World War I memorial	Royal Arsenal, Grand Store, Cadogan Road 51.494216°N 0.07334383°E	1919?	?	relief	stone		?
	Maritime history of Woolwich	Woolwich Dockyard, Thames Path at Mast Pond Wharf 51.294011°N 0.032183°E	1984–86	community project	mosaic floor piece (damaged)	ceramic tesserae			The mosaics are the result of a community project led by the National Elfrida Rathbone Society through an arts workshop based at the Clock House Community Centre
	Workers of Woolwich	Woolwich Arsenal station, platform 1 51.292354°N 0.0492°E	1993	Martin Williams	relief	terracotta			The work was commissioned by the British Rail’s Community Unit with the University of Greenwich and Greenwich Council, and is a tribute to the tens of thousands of workers at the Royal Arsenal
	The Woolwich Ship	Plumstead Road, opposite the Royal Arsenal 51.491106°N 0.07086162°E	1999	Tom Grimsey	sculpture	steel		N/A	The sculpture celebrates the naval history of Woolwich; commissioned by Woolwich Development Agency & Greenwich Council
	History of Woolwich Dockyard	Woolwich Church Street, Kingsman Parade pedestrian tunnel 51.293329°N 0.032076°E	2000	Stephen Lobb, Greenwich Mural Workshop & pupils of Cardwell Primary School	mosaic mural	ceramic tesserae		N/A	The mosaics are the result of a project by the Greenwich Mural Workshop, with Stephen Lobb as the senior artist, working with Cardwell Primary School
More images	Assembly	Royal Arsenal, James Clavell Square 51.49485°N 0.070059°E	2001	Peter Burke	group of 16 statues	cast iron	188cm	N/A
	Memorial to Dial Square, Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Arsenal Football Clubs	Royal Arsenal, outside the Dial Arch pub 51.492502°N 0.06978873°E	c. 2005	?	sculpture	bronze, stone		N/A
	Street Life	Woolwich Arsenal station, Green's End / Beresford Square 51.490755°N 0.06852809°E	2008	Michael Craig-Martin	ceramic art, mural	ceramic	extends over two storeys	N/A	More than 2500 individually screen-printed tiles by Manor Architectural Ceramics in Warwick
More images	Statue of Nike, goddess of victory	Royal Arsenal, No 1 Street, Main Guardhouse 51.2931°N 0.04910°E	9 Sept 2012	Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis	statue	bronze		N/A	A gift of the people of Olympia to commemorate the 30th Olympiad in London in 2012
More images	Woolwich Buddy Bear	General Gordon Square 51.490046°N 0.06737977°E	27 May 2016	Michele Petit-Jean (after a design by pupils of Eltham Hill School)	statue	fibreglass		N/A	Celebrating the 50th anniversary of friendship between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf

References

1. Hermes, Art UK, retrieved 7 July 2020
2. Historic England. "Avery Hill Training College (Conservatory) (1079082)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
3. Historic England. "Memorial to Margaret McMillan at Rachel McMillan Nursery School, Greenwich (1214190)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
4. van der Krogt, René; van der Krogt, Peter, "Czar Peter the Great", Hither & Thither, retrieved 6 March 2017
5. Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008), The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.), pp. 866–876, ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
6. "Nelson Pediment", Discover Nelson in Greenwich, retrieved 10 April 2015
7. Historic England. "Royal Naval College South West Building King William's Quarter (1211426)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
8. Kershman 2013, p. 338.
9. Cust, L. H.; Cavanagh, Terry. "Nixon, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20213. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. "English Items", Timaru Herald, February 21, 1873, retrieved May 24, 2020
11. "untitled item", Thames Advertiser, October 6, 1874, retrieved May 24, 2020
12. Historic England. "Monument to Officers and Men Who Fell in New Zealand Campaign 1863–64 (At North East Part of College Grounds (1078923)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
13. Kershman 2013, pp. 325–327.
14. Historic England. "Statue of General Wolfe, to east of Royal Observatory (1358977)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
15. Blackwood 1989, p. 306
16. Sir Walter's legacy, BBC, retrieved 12 January 2013
17. "Sir Walter Raleigh's Statue". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 12 April 1999. col. 501–503.
18. Mermaid, Art UK, retrieved 7 July 2020
19. "Standing Figure: Knife Edge", National Recording Project, Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 8 April 2015
20. Equinoctial dial, Royal Museums Greenwich, retrieved 11 February 2018
21. Tile Gazetteer – Enfield & Greenwich, Tiles & Architectural Ceramics Society, retrieved 4 February 2019
22. Archived copy, archived from the original on 2011-07-13, retrieved 2010-02-27CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
23. "The Throne of Earthly Kings", The Greenwich Phantom, 7 November 2007, retrieved 8 April 2015
24. Matthews 2018, p. 209
25. Monument for a Dead Parrot, Art UK, retrieved 7 July 2020
26. Yuri Gagarin statue at the Royal Observatory, Royal Museums Greenwich, archived from the original on 18 July 2013, retrieved 23 July 2013
27. "Encompass is Unveiled", Michael Speller, 20 April 2016, retrieved 4 February 2016
28. http://www.richardwilsonsculptor.com/projects/slice%20of%20reality.html
29. "The Line". the-line.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
30. "The Line". the-line.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
31. "The Line". the-line.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
32. Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre Revealed, C.F. Møller Architects, retrieved 5 September 2016
33. "Alexander McLeod", National Recording Project, Public Monuments & Sculpture Association, archived from the original on 7 January 2016, retrieved 28 December 2015

Bibliography

• Blackwood, John (1989), London's Immortals: The Complete Outdoor Commemorative Statues, London and Oxford: Savoy Press, ISBN 978-0951429600

• Kershman, Andrew (2013), London's Monuments, London: Metro Publications

• Matthews, Peter (2018), London's Statues and Monuments, Oxford: Shire Publications

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich at Wikimedia Commons