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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Croydon.
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Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Bench (with a relief carving of a centaur) | Coombe Wood Garden | 1925–1930 | c.Eric Gill | — | Concrete bench | — | [1] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of John Whitgift | Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street | 1903 | c.John Wenlock Rollins | Charles Henman Jr. | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [2] |
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Statue of Queen Victoria | Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street | 1903 | Francis John Williamson | — | Statue | Grade II | [3] |
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Croydon Cenotaph | Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street 51.3723°N 0.0994°W |
1921 | Paul Raphael Montford | James Burford | War memorial | Grade II* | [4] |
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War memorial | Outside Croydon Minster, Church Street 51.3725°N 0.1062°W |
1930 (after an original of 1922) | c.— | Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott | Memorial cross | Grade II | The original memorial of Chilmark stone was unveiled 27 February 1922; it was destroyed in a storm c. 1930 and replaced by the current memorial of Portland stone.[5] |
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Minerva | Croydon College | c. 1953–1959 | ? | Robert Atkinson and Partners | Relief | — | [6] |
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Vulcan | Croydon College | c. 1953–1959 | ? | Robert Atkinson and Partners | Relief | — | [6] |
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Jorrocks | 96 George Street | 1982 | John W. Mills | — | Equestrian statue | — | [7] |
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Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft | Charles Street | 2013 | ? | — | Sculpture | — | Figures selected by a public vote. Part of the Sustrans Portrait Benches series.[8][9] |
Winston Churchill mural | Corner of Park Street and High Street | 2016 | David Hollier | — | Mural | — | [10] | |
Electric City | Corner of Park Street and High Street 51.3732°N 0.0999°W |
2018 | Dan Kitchener | — | mural | — | 30 by 30 ft (9 by 9 m), freehand spray paint. Painted in 2.5 days in May 2018.[11][12] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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De Havilland Heron | Entrance to Croydon Airport | 1997 | [13] | ||||
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Battle of Britain War Memorial | Purley Way, outside Croydon Airport | 1991 |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Old Coulsdon War Memorial | Junction of Coulsdon Road and Canon's Hill 51.3074°N 0.1200°W |
1919 | ? | ? | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 14 September 2019.[14] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Selhurst War Memorial | Trinity Court, Selhurst Road 51.3899°N 0.0885°W |
1922 | Arthur Hook | — | Celtic cross | Grade II | Unveiled 25 November 1922. Originally stood outside Holy Trinity Church on this site, which was demolished in the 1980s.[15] |
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Lion and unicorn | Sydenham Road, at entrance to King George's Field | 1936 | [16] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Promenade de Verdun War Memorial | Promenade de Verdun 51.3367°N 0.1360°W |
1922 | ? | ? | War memorial | Grade II | [17] |
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