List of public art in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

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

Chingford

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes

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Chingford War Memorial The Ridgeway/King's Head Hill

51°37′54″N 0°00′04″W / 51.6316°N 0.0012°W / 51.6316; -0.0012 (Chingford War Memorial)
1921 W. A. Lewis Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled September 1921 by Lord Lambourne.[1]

Leytonstone

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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes

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Leytonstone War Memorial Harrow Green, Harrow Road

51°33′30″N 0°00′26″E / 51.5582°N 0.0071°E / 51.5582; 0.0071 (Leytonstone War Memorial)
1925 William Griffiths & Co. Ltd. (masons) Pillar Grade II Unveiled 21 November 1925 by Lieutenant General Sir Francis Lloyd.[2]
Time Terminus Leytonstone bus station

51°34′06″N 0°00′26″E / 51.5682°N 0.0073°E / 51.5682; 0.0073 (Time Terminus)
1999 Lodewyk Pretor Sculpture [3]
Leaf Memory Grove Road/Leytonstone High Road

51°34′11″N 0°00′47″E / 51.5696°N 0.0130°E / 51.5696; 0.0130 (Leaf Memory)
Stephen Duncan Sculpture [3]

Walthamstow

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Ionic capital Outside Vestry House Museum

51°35′02″N 0°00′45″W / 51.58397°N 0.01255°W / 51.58397; -0.01255 (Ionic capital)
1810s Robert Smirke Architectural fragment Originally formed part of the General Post Office building at St Martin Le Grand in the City of London. When that building was demolished in 1912 this fragment was purchased by the stone mason Frank Mortimer, who gave it to the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow. It has stood on its present site since 1954.[4]

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Walthamstow War Memorial Waltham Forest Town Hall

51°35′26″N 0°00′45″W / 51.5906°N 0.0124°W / 51.5906; -0.0124 (Walthamstow War Memorial)
1922 ? ? War memorial with sculpture Grade II Unveiled July 1922.[5]

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Five figures and reliefs Waltham Forest Town Hall 1941 John Francis Kavanagh Philip Hepworth Architectural sculpture Grade II [6]
Comedy and Tragedy heads Walthamstow Assembly Hall 1941 John Francis Kavanagh Philip Hepworth Architectural sculpture Grade II [7]
William Morris tile motif Walthamstow Central tube station, Victoria line platforms c. 1968 Julia Black Ceramic mural
Black horse tile motif Blackhorse Road tube station, Victoria line platforms c. 1968 Hans Unger Ceramic mural [8]
Black horse mural Outside Blackhorse Road tube station c. 1968 David McFall Ceramic mural [8]

Whipps Cross

Image Title / subject Location and
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Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Territorial Army War Memorial Lea Bridge Roundabout

51°34′53″N 0°00′03″E / 51.5813°N 0.0008°E / 51.5813; 0.0008 (Territorial Army War Memorial)
1921 Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled 12 November 1961. Moved to its current location in the 1950s.[9]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "Chingford War Memorial (1418307)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Leytonstone War Memorial and Gardens (1418327)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Leytonstone, Explore East London, archived from the original on August 30, 2009, retrieved 22 February 2010
  4. ^ How part of London's postal heritage ended up in Walthamstow, Londonist, 19 May 2017, retrieved 18 February 2019
  5. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, Waltham Forest Town Hall (1418595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Fellowship (William Morris)", Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project, archived from the original on 2018-06-19
  7. ^ "Tragedy Head", Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project, archived from the original on 2017-02-22
  8. ^ a b "Blackhorse Road", GoLondon, retrieved 4 August 2014
  9. ^ Historic England. "Territorial Army War Memorial (1419819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

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