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

Alexandra Park

Main article: Alexandra Park, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Designation Notes
Leo the Lion Alexandra Park Boating Lake

51°35′47″N 0°07′49″W / 51.5964°N 0.1303°W / 51.5964; -0.1303 (Leo the Lion) 		1973 Charles Wheeler Sculpture Bronze — [1]
Olympic sculptures The Grove, Alexandra Park

51°35′32″N 0°08′10″W / 51.5922°N 0.1361°W / 51.5922; -0.1361 (Olympic sculptures) 		2012 Shane Green Sculpture Wood — Part of a series of sculptures of different sports to mark the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Crouch End

Main article: Crouch End
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Reclining figure Outside Hornsey Library, Haringey Park

51°34′41.3″N 0°7′20.6″W / 51.578139°N 0.122389°W / 51.578139; -0.122389 		1964 T. B. Huxley-Jones Bronze —

More images 		The Spriggan Parkland Walk, near site of former Crouch End railway station

51°34′29″N 0°07′37″W / 51.57461°N 0.12692°W / 51.57461; -0.12692 		1993 Marilyn Collins Sculpture — [4]

Highgate

Highgate is partly located outside the borough of Haringey; for works not listed here see the relevant sections for the boroughs of Camden and Islington.
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Highgate School War Memorial Highgate School

51°34′17″N 0°08′59″W / 51.5715°N 0.1497°W / 51.5715; -0.1497 (Highgate School War Memorial) 		1921 Reginald Blomfield Cross of Sacrifice Grade II [5]

Muswell Hill

Main article: Muswell Hill
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bust of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2007 Ian Walters Bust — [6]
Statue of Oliver Tambo O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground 2019 ? Statue — Unveiled 27 October 2019, with Thembi Tambo as guest of honour.[7] Her father lived in exile for almost three decades at Muswell Hill, and frequently visited this park. Formerly called Albert Road Recreation Ground, it was renamed after him in 2021.[8]

Tottenham

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

More images 		Tottenham High Cross Junction of Tottenham High Road and Monument Way

51°35′20″N 0°4′13″W / 51.58889°N 0.07028°W / 51.58889; -0.07028 		1600 c. 1600 (modified 1809) ? Cross Grade II [9]
All Hallows' Church War Memorial All Hallows' Churchyard

51°36′02″N 0°04′36″W / 51.6006°N 0.07656°W / 51.6006; -0.07656 (All Hallows' Church War Memorial) 		1920 c. 1920 ? Celtic cross Grade II [10]

More images 		Tottenham War Memorial Tottenham Green

51°35′12.43″N 0°4′17.22″W / 51.5867861°N 0.0714500°W / 51.5867861; -0.0714500 		1923 Louis Frederick Roslyn War memorial with statue Grade II [11]

More images 		Ferry boat tile motif Tottenham Hale station, Victoria line platforms 1968 Edward Bawden Tile murals — [12]

More images 		Seven trees tile motif Seven Sisters station, Victoria line platforms 1969 Hans Unger Tile murals — [13]
Embracing Forms Tottenham High Road, near the High Cross, across from the Maa Maat Cultural Centre

51°21′08″N 4°07′19″W / 51.35223°N 004.122°W / 51.35223; -004.122 		1983 Vanessa Pomeroy Sculpture — [14]
Equality-Harmony Tangmere House, Broadwater Farm Estate 1986–1987 Gülsün Erbil Mosaic mural Grade II Commissioned in the wake of the Broadwater Farm riot of 1985. Erbil was herself a resident of the estate.[15][16]
Peace Mural I Broadwater Farm Estate 1987 Anthony Steele Mural — Depicts Bob Marley, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and, on a mountaintop in the distance, Martin Luther King.[16]
Waterfall Mural Debden block, Broadwater Farm Estate 1991 Bernette Hall and Donald Taylor Mural — Considered a symbol of the estate, the mural alludes to the River Moselle which runs through the site.[16]

More images 		Skeleton Horse Chestnuts Park

51°34′53″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5815°N 0.0885°W / 51.5815; -0.0885 (Skeleton Horse) 		2005 Ann Carrington Sculpture — Made from reclaimed wood and materials.[17]
Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React
The Holocaust 		Bruce Castle 2007 Paul Margetts after Claudia Holder Sculpture — Unveiled 2008.[18]
Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture Bruce Castle 2013 ? Sculpture — Unveiled 7 July 2013.[19]

West Green

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

More images 		West Green and Tottenham War Memorial West Green Road

51°35′11″N 0°05′14″W / 51.5865°N 0.0872°W / 51.5865; -0.0872 (West Green and Tottenham War Memorial) 		1922 — Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 16 July 1922.[20]
Sustrans Portrait Bench Downhills Park

51°35′14″N 0°05′17″W / 51.5872°N 0.0880°W / 51.5872; -0.0880 (Sustrans Portrait Bench) 		2013 ? Sculpture — Depicts Nicola Adams, Walter Tull and Luke Howard.[21][22]

Wood Green

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

More images 		Catharine Smithies Memorial Drinking Fountain Bounds Green Road

51°36′03″N 0°06′58″W / 51.6009°N 0.1162°W / 51.6009; -0.1162 		1879 ? Obelisk with drinking fountain Grade II [23][24]
Drinking fountain and cattle trough Wood Green High Road, near junction with Trinity Road

51°36′03″N 0°06′43″W / 51.600947°N 0.111807°W / 51.600947; -0.111807 		1901 ? Drinking fountain and cattle trough Grade II [25]
St Saviour's War Memorial Alexandra Park Road

51°35′54″N 0°07′45″W / 51.5983°N 0.1292°W / 51.5983; -0.1292 (St Saviour's War Memorial) 		1919 John Samuel Alder Memorial cross Grade II [26]

More images 		Wood Green War Memorial Wood Green High Road, near junction with Bounds Green Road

51°35′58″N 0°06′39″W / 51.5995°N 0.1109°W / 51.5995; -0.1109 		1920 ? War memorial Grade II [27]

References

  1. ^ "A Look Back at Alexandra Palace". Alexandra Palace. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Tree sculptures carved in Alexandra Park, July/August 2012". Friends of Alexandra Park. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Otley artist Shane Green carves his way into Olympics legacy". Wharfedale Observer. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. ^ "The Mystery of the Parkland Walk Spriggan Solved". Harringay online. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at Highgate School (1346210)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 221.
  7. ^ Taylor, Harry (4 November 2019). "Oliver Tambo: Muswell Hill statue unveiled to key anti-apartheid figure". Ham&High. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ Allin, Simon (10 February 2021). "Haringey recreation ground renamed after O.R. Tambo". Enfield Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Tottenham High Cross (1188856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at All Hallows Church (1431844)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  11. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1061398)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  12. ^ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Tottenham Hale.
  13. ^ "Who Were The Seven Sisters?". Londonist. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  14. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). London: North. ISBN 0300096534. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Mosaic mural at Tangmere House (1482419)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  16. ^ a b c Listing saves Tottenham estate community mural from demolition. Twentieth Century Society. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  17. ^ Weekend Wonder: The Skeleton Horse (PDF). Haringey Council, Haringey Archive and Museum Service. 6 June 2020.
  18. ^ Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React. Art UK. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  20. ^ Historic England. "West Green and Tottenham War Memorial (1440866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  21. ^ M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Tottenham heroes commemorated on bench". Tottenham Independent. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Obelisk memorial drinking fountain (1359592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Monument to Victorian Anti-Slavery & Animal Rights Campaigner". Harringay Online. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  25. ^ "Cattle Trough, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  26. ^ Historic England. "St Saviour's War Memorial (1249710)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  27. ^ "War Memorial, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

Bibliography

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