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

Bromley-by-Bow

Main article: Bromley-by-Bow
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Statue of Corbet Woodall Twelvetrees Crescent

51°31′24″N 0°00′18″W / 51.5233°N 0.0051°W / 51.5233; -0.0051 		1926 c. 1926 Arthur George Walker Statue Grade II [1]
Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp Twelvetrees Crescent

51°31′24″N 0°00′16″W / 51.52346°N 0.00441°W / 51.52346; -0.00441 		? ? Memorial column with gas lamp Grade II [2]
Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda Twelvetrees Crescent

51°31′25″N 0°00′16″W / 51.52351°N 0.00441°W / 51.52351; -0.00441 		? ? War memorial Grade II [3]

Canning Town

Main article: Canning Town
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Memorial to Bradley Stone Peacock Gym, Caxton Street North

51°30′35″N 0°00′48″E / 51.50966°N 0.01341°E / 51.50966; 0.01341 		1995 Ann Downey Statue — Unveiled 10 January 1995.[4]
DNA DL90 Bow Creek

51°31′13″N 0°00′31″W / 51.52037°N 0.00860°W / 51.52037; -0.00860 		2003 Abigail Fallis Sculpture — This 9.3 m (31 ft) tall sculpture is a double helix made up of 22 shopping trolleys. It marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, and the artist considers the trolleys a symbol of modern consumer culture.[5]
Alphabetti Spaghetti Caxton Works

51°30′40″N 0°00′43″E / 51.51112°N 0.01206°E / 51.51112; 0.01206 		2019 Alex Chinneck Sculpture — Sculpture of a pillar box tied in a knot, one of a number installed around the country.[6][7]

Custom House

Main article: Custom House, Newham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Newham Trackside Wall (second section) Victoria Dock Road 2016–2021 Sonia Boyce Mural — Panels with images, personal testimonies and information relating to the area, on a wall running alongside the Elizabeth line. The two sections combined measure 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length, making this one of the longest artworks ever commissioned in the UK.[8][9]

East Ham

Main article: East Ham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Central Park War Memorial
County Borough of East Ham 		Central Park

51°31′42″N 0°03′20″E / 51.5284°N 0.0556°E / 51.5284; 0.0556 (Central Park War Memorial) 		1921 Robert Banks-Martin Cenotaph Grade II The architect was the mayor of East Ham during the First World War.[10]

Forest Gate

Main article: Forest Gate
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
The Preacher Forest Gate Methodist Church, Woodgrange Road

51°32′53″N 0°01′31″E / 51.5480°N 0.0253°E / 51.5480; 0.0253 (The Preacher) 		1961 Peter Laszlo Peri Architectural sculpture Grade II [11]

Manor Park

Main article: Manor Park, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bust of Andrew Carnegie Rabbits Road wall of former Carnegie Library, Manor Park

51°33′11″N 0°03′13″E / 51.55301°N 0.05372°E / 51.55301; 0.05372 		1904 Un­known Architectural sculpture Grade II [12]

North Woolwich and Silvertown

Main articles: North Woolwich and Silvertown
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Silvertown War Memorial Royal Wharf, North Woolwich Road

51°30′00″N 0°01′40″E / 51.4999°N 0.0278°E / 51.4999; 0.0278 (Silvertown War Memorial) 		1920 c. 1920 ? Pillar Grade II Moved to this location in 2016.[13]
St Mark's Church War Memorial Brick Lane Music Hall

51°30′09″N 0°02′33″E / 51.5026°N 0.0426°E / 51.5026; 0.0426 (St Mark's Church War Memorial) 		1920 c. 1920 ? Celtic cross Grade II Moved to this location in 1991.[14]
Brick Lane Music Hall mural Brick Lane Music Hall

51°30′10″N 0°02′33″E / 51.5027°N 0.0425°E / 51.5027; 0.0425 (Brick Lane Music Hall Memorial) 		2004 Mural — [15]
Newham Trackside Wall (first section) Connaught Road and Albert Road 2016–2021 Sonia Boyce Mural — Panels with images, personal testimonies and information relating to the area, on a wall running alongside the Elizabeth line. The two sections combined measure 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length, making this one of the longest artworks ever commissioned in the UK.[8][9]

Plaistow

Main article: Plaistow, Newham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
West Ham Corporation Tramways War Memorial Greengate Street

51°31′39″N 0°01′38″E / 51.52749°N 0.02733°E / 51.52749; 0.02733 		c. 1920 J. F. Richards War memorial Grade II [16]

Royal Docks

Main article: Royal Docks
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Landed Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock

51°30′29″N 0°01′30″E / 51.50797°N 0.02500°E / 51.50797; 0.02500 		2009 Les Johnson Sculptural group —
Bird Boy (without a tail) Royal Victoria Dock

51°30′27″N 0°01′03″E / 51.50761°N 0.01745°E / 51.50761; 0.01745 		2011 Laura Ford Statue — A sculpture of a child wearing a bird costume, standing on a pontoon.[17]
Athena Outside London City Airport

51°30′16″N 0°02′23″E / 51.50458°N 0.03963°E / 51.50458; 0.03963 		2012 Nasser Azam Statue — Unveiled 5 July 2012. This is the tallest bronze sculpture in the UK, at 12 metres high. The sculptor grew up in the borough.[18]

Stratford

Main article: Stratford, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Statue of William Shakespeare University of East London Stratford Campus

51°32′36″N 0°00′33″E / 51.54344°N 0.00906°E / 51.54344; 0.00906 		1840 ? Statue Grade II A statue in Coade stone, originally made for the Opera House (now Her Majesty's Theatre) in Haymarket. Presented to Stratford by a local councillor, J. C. Carroll, in 1925.[19]

More images 		Samuel Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain Broadway

51°32′27″N 0°00′06″E / 51.5409°N 0.0017°E / 51.5409; 0.0017 		1861 John Bell Obelisk Grade II [20]

More images 		Memorial to the Stratford Martyrs St John the Evangelist Church, Broadway

51°32′29″N 0°00′09″E / 51.5415°N 0.0026°E / 51.5415; 0.0026 		1878 J. T. Newman Memorial Grade II [21]
Memorial to Edith Kerrison The Grove

51°32′34″N 0°00′14″E / 51.54285°N 0.00402°E / 51.54285; 0.00402 		1936 Christine Gregory Memorial — Kerrison was the first female councillor in West Ham.[22]
Memorial to Gerard Manley Hopkins Outside Stratford Library, The Grove

51°32′34″N 0°00′14″E / 51.54265°N 0.00391°E / 51.54265; 0.00391 		1994 ? Commemorative stone — Unveiled 28 July 1994, the 150th anniversary of the poet's birth, by Seamus Heaney. Hopkins's birthplace was at 87 The Grove; the house was bombed in World War II.[23]
Railway Tree Stratford High Street

51°32′21.93″N 0°0′1.33″W / 51.5394250°N 0.0003694°W / 51.5394250; -0.0003694 		1996 Malcolm Robertson Sculpture — [24]

More images 		ArcelorMittal Orbit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

51°32′18″N 0°00′47″W / 51.53827°N 0.01298°W / 51.53827; -0.01298 		2012 Anish Kapoor (with Cecil Balmond) Sculpture —
Carpenters Curve Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

51°32′17″N 0°00′33″W / 51.53799°N 0.00930°W / 51.53799; -0.00930 		2012 Clare Woods Mural — [25]

More images 		Stratford Shoal Stratford Centre

51°32′30″N 0°00′06″W / 51.54163°N 0.00167°W / 51.54163; -0.00167 		2012 Studio Egret West Sculpture — [26]
Untitled Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 2012 D. J. Simpson Mural — [25]

More images 		Statue of Joan Littlewood Gerry Raffles Square, outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East

51°32′34″N 0°00′03″E / 51.54273°N 0.00089°E / 51.54273; 0.00089 		2015 Philip Jackson Statue — Unveiled 4 October 2015.[27]

Three Mills

Main article: Three Mills
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Untitled (Juniper) House Mill, Three Mills

51°31′39″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52737°N 0.00750°W / 51.52737; -0.00750 		2014 Virginia Overton Sculpture — A weather vane in steel and gold leaf featuring a juniper tree, referencing both the artist's origins and a former gin distillery at Three Mills.[28]
A Moment Without You Three Mills

51°31′36″N 0°00′27″W / 51.52659°N 0.00751°W / 51.52659; -0.00751 		2017 Tracey Emin Sculpture — Five bronze sculptures of birds mounted on tall poles.[29]
Reaching Out Three Mills Green

51°31′46″N 0°00′24″W / 51.52942°N 0.00665°W / 51.52942; -0.00665 		2020 Thomas J. Price Statue — The third sculpture of a black woman in the UK, and the first by a black artist, this is not based on a single person but is a fictional composite of various references. The statue is 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and weighs 420 kilograms.[30][31]

Upton Park

Main article: Upton Park, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		World Cup Sculpture ("The Champions")

Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson

Barking Road and Central Park Road

51°31′48″N 0°02′17″E / 51.53012°N 0.03796°E / 51.53012; 0.03796 		2003 Philip Jackson Sculptural group —

West Ham

Main article: West Ham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial Junction of Abbey Road and Mitre Road

51°31′59″N 0°00′21″E / 51.5331°N 0.0058°E / 51.5331; 0.0058 (Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial) 		After 1918 ? Pylon with sculpture Grade II [32]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Corbet Woodhall [sic] (1392548)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Lamp (1392547)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Gas Light and Coke Company War Memorial Rotunda (1477362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Monument to Bradley Stone". National Recording Project. Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Abigail Fallis". The Line. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Marvel At This Tangled Postbox Which Has Appeared In East London". Londonist. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Alex Chinneck ties post boxes in knots across the UK for his latest public artwork". StreetArtNews. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b Newham Trackside Wall. UP Projects. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ^ a b "About the Artwork", Newham Trackside Wall, retrieved 19 June 2022
  10. ^ Historic England. "Central Park War Memorial, East Ham (1406072)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. ^ Historic England. "'The Preacher', Forest Gate Methodist Church (1430832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Andrew Carnegie". VADS. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Silvertown War Memorial (1387182)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  14. ^ Historic England. "War memorial at former St Mark's Church (Brick Lane Music Hall) (1406974)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Brick Lane Music Hall Mural mural, Silvertown | London Mural Preservation Society". www.londonmuralpreservationsociety.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Tramway Workers War Memorial (1388315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Laura Ford". The Line. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  18. ^ Humphries, Will (5 July 2012). "Tallest bronze sculpture in UK unveiled". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  19. ^ Matthews 2018, pp. 251–252.
  20. ^ Historic England. "Gurney Memorial Drinking Fountain (1358001)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Martyrs' Memorial (1190750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  22. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 250.
  23. ^ "Monument: Gerard Manley Hopkins – E15". London Remembers. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  24. ^ "Railway Tree". PMSA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  25. ^ a b Olympic Park – Clare Woods & DJ Simpson Commissions. Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  26. ^ Frearson, Amy (12 June 2012). "The Stratford Shoal by Studio Egret West". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  27. ^ Hemley, Matthew (6 October 2015). "Joan Littlewood sculpture unveiled outside Theatre Royal Stratford East". The Stage. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  28. ^ "Virginia Overton". The Line. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  29. ^ "Tracey Emin". The Line. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  30. ^ "Thomas J Price". The Line. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  31. ^ Brown, Mark (5 August 2020). "Sculptor's black 'everywoman' erected on public art walk in London". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  32. ^ Historic England. "Crockett's Leathercloth Works War Memorial (1430693)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

Bibliography

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

External links

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