List of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham

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

Blackheath

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Lion	Lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House, Wat Tyler Road 51.4703°N 0.0056°W	Early 19th century	?	N/A	Sculpture	Grade II	The tablet held by the lion is inscribed NELSON/ CXXII BATTLES.[1]

Brockley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Deptford War Memorial	Junction of Upper Brockley Road and Lewisham Way 51.4710°N 0.0299°W	1919–1921	William Wheatley Wagstaff	William Roberts	War memorial with sculpture	Grade II	Unveiled 1921 by Major-General Sir Charles Townshend.[2]

Catford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Catford Centre Cat	Rushey Green 51.4458°N 0.0198°W	1974	Owen Luder/Embassy Signs				[3]
	Pensive Girl	Catford Town Hall	1992	Gerda Rubinstein				[3]
	Water Line	Rushey Green	2006	Oliver Barratt				[4]
	Chariot / Blue on Green	Catford	2006	Oleg Prokofiev				[3]

Deptford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Pig statues	Thames Walk

Forest Hill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway)	Honor Oak 51.4497°N 0.0462°W	c. 1960	William Mitchell				[5]

Lewisham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Lewisham War Memorial	Memorial Gardens, Lewisham High Street 51.4536°N 0.0160°W	1921		E. A. Stone	War memorial	Grade II	[6]
	The Whisper	Bromley Road	1983	André Wallace	N/A	Sculptural group	N/A	[7]
	Riverside Light Installation	Riverside Building, University Hospital Lewisham	2007	?		Light installation	N/A	[8]

New Cross

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of Robert Aske	Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School 51.4681°N 0.0436°W	1825	William Croggon	N/A	Statue	Grade II	[9]
	Admiral Robert Blake, Horatio Nelson, Francis Drake and Oliver Cromwell	Deptford old town hall, New Cross Road 51.4754°N 0.0379°W	1905
	Water and Wine	Goldsmiths, University of London	1990	Michael Kenny	N/A	Sculpture	N/A	[10]
	Black Door	Goldsmiths, University of London		Svein Møxvold	N/A	Sculpture	N/A	[11]

Sydenham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Livesey Hall War Memorial South Suburban Gas Company	Perry Hill, Lower Sydenham 51.4314°N 0.0372°W	1920	Sydney March		War memorial with sculpture	Grade II	[12]

References

1. Historic England. "Carving on lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House (1194163)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. Historic England. "Deptford War Memorial (1406592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
3. https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/arts/Your-local-arts/public-art/Pages/Catford-public-art.aspx
4. "water line | oliver barratt sculpture". www.oliverbarratt.co.uk.
5. "Historic filming in Forest Hill – SE23 Forum | Forest Hill & Honor Oak". www.se23.com.
6. Historic England. "Lewisham War Memorial, Memorial Gardens (1435882)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
7. The Whisper, Art UK, retrieved 5 January 2021
8. Riverside Light Installation, Art UK, retrieved 8 July 2020
9. Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
10. Water and Wine, Art UK, retrieved 13 May 2020
11. Black Door, Art UK, retrieved 13 May 2020
12. "South Suburban Gas Company", War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums, retrieved 9 June 2018

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Lewisham at Wikimedia Commons