List of public art in the London Borough of Merton
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2022) |
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Merton.
Map of public art in the London Borough of Merton
Merton Park
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merton War Memorial | St Mary's churchyard 51°24′37″N 0°12′08″W / 51.4104°N 0.2021°W / 51.4104; -0.2021 (Merton War Memorial) | 1920 (designed); erected 1921 | H. P. Burke Downing | Memorial cross | Grade II | [1] |
Mitcham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Mitcham War Memorial | Lower Green West 51°24′09″N 0°10′12″W / 51.4024°N 0.1699°W / 51.4024; -0.1699 (Mitcham War Memorial) | 1920 | ? | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 21 November 1920.[2] |
Morden
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lion and unicorn | Entrance to King George's Field, Tudor Drive, Lower Morden | 1940s | ? | ? | Relief | ||
Kingfisher | Over exit from Garth Road Recycling Depot | as at March 2012 | — |
Raynes Park
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raynes Park War Memorial | St Saviour's churchyard 51°24′20″N 0°13′46″W / 51.4055°N 0.2295°W / 51.4055; -0.2295 (Raynes Park War Memorial) | 1920–1921 (erected) | T. Mewburn Crook | Arthur Blomfield | Memorial cross | Grade II | [3] |
Wimbledon
- Part of Wimbledon lies outside the borough of Merton; for other works located there, see List of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth § Wimbledon
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diana with a Fawn | Cannizaro Park 51°25′32″N 0°13′55″W / 51.4256°N 0.2319°W / 51.4256; -0.2319 (Diana with a Fawn) | 1843 | ? | — | Statue | Grade II | [4] |
![]() More images | Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain | Wimbledon Hill Road, at the junction with Belvedere Grove 51°25′27″N 0°12′56″W / 51.4243°N 0.2156°W / 51.4243; -0.2156 (Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain) | 1868 | — | ? | Drinking fountain | Grade II | [5] |
![]() | Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton | Outside Wimbledon Library 51°25′20″N 0°12′30″W / 51.4222°N 0.2084°W / 51.4222; -0.2084 (Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton) | 1886 | ? | ? | Architectural sculpture | [6] | |
![]() | Laetitia and globe | On roof of New Wimbledon Theatre 51°25′09″N 0°12′06″W / 51.4193°N 0.2016°W / 51.4193; -0.2016 (Laetitia and globe) | 1910 (removed for safety in war 1939; reinstated 1991) | ? | Cecil Massey and Roy Young | Architectural sculpture | Grade II | [7] |
![]() | War memorial | St Winefride's Church, Latimer Road 51°25′11″N 0°11′38″W / 51.4196°N 0.1938°W / 51.4196; -0.1938 (St Winefride's War Memorial) | After 1918 | ? | — | Calvary | Grade II | [8] |
![]() More images | Wimbledon War Memorial | Parkside 51°25′34″N 0°13′20″W / 51.4262°N 0.2223°W / 51.4262; -0.2223 (Wimbledon War Memorial) | 1921 | Charles Leonard Hartwell | Thomas Graham Jackson | War memorial | Grade II | Unveiled 5 November 1921.[9] |
![]() More images | King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial | Wimbledon Common 51°26′18″N 0°13′49″W / 51.4383°N 0.2302°W / 51.4383; -0.2302 (King's Royal Rifle Corps Memorial) | 1929 | ? | — | War memorial | Grade II | [10] |
![]() More images | Statue of Fred Perry | All-England Club 51°26′03″N 0°12′49″W / 51.4343°N 0.2135°W / 51.4343; -0.2135 (Statue of Fred Perry) | 1984 | David Wynne | — | Statue | — | Unveiled by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.[11] |
![]() | Concourse | Wimbledon station 51°25′16″N 0°12′22″W / 51.42111°N 0.20611°W / 51.42111; -0.20611 (Concourse) | 1998 | Bruce Williams | — | Sculpture | — | Laser cut images of crowds watching tennis at Wimbledon[12] |
![]() | arthur (stag) | Outside Wimbledon station 51°25′16″N 0°12′26″W / 51.4212°N 0.2071°W / 51.4212; -0.2071 (arthur (stag)) | 2012 | Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood | — | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 21 June 2012.[13][14] |
![]() | Statue of Sister Nivedita | Outside Ricards Lodge High School, Lake Road 51°25′43″N 0°12′15″W / 51.4286°N 0.2042°W / 51.4286; -0.2042 (Statue of Sister Nivedita) | 2023 | Nirjan De and Sarada Sarkar | — | Statue | — | [15][16] |
References
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1390833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Mitcham War Memorial (1448269)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, St Saviours Church (1390947)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "Statue of Diana with Fawn at extreme north west corner of park (1286374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Drinking fountain at junction with Belvedere Grove (1080896)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Wimbledon Library
- ^ History of New Wimbledon Theatre
- ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon (St Winefride's) War Memorial (1445651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Wimbledon (Includes the 1921 mass produced roll of honour)". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial (1445581)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Matthews 2018, p. 232.
- ^ "Concourse | Bruce Williams". Axisweb. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "arthur (stag)". Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Stag Sculpture, Wimbledon Station. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Bulmer, Joseph (17 July 2023). "Statue unveiled commemorating life and works of Torrington's Sister Nivedita". North Devon Today. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Goswami, Tarun (15 May 2023). "Sister Nivedita's statue to come up at Wimbledon". The Statesman (India). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
Bibliography
- Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
External links
Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Merton at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
Partly in other boroughs |
---|
![Coat of arms of Merton](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Coat_of_arms_of_the_London_Borough_of_Merton.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_London_Borough_of_Merton.svg.png)
![Location of the London Borough of Merton in Greater London](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/LondonMerton.svg/100px-LondonMerton.svg.png)
open spaces
- Bennett's Hole
- Cannizaro Park
- Cannon Hill Common
- Cherry Wood
- Cranmer Green
- Derwent Floodwash
- Figges Marsh
- Fishpond Wood and Beverley Meads
- Merton Park Green Walks
- Mitcham Common
- Mitcham Cricket Green
- Morden Hall Park
- Morden Park
- Myrna Close
- Ravensbury Park
- Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Wood
- Wandle Meadow Nature Park
- Wandle Park
- Wimbledon Common
- Wimbledon Park
- Mitcham and Morden
- Wimbledon
stations, and
tram stops
Category
Commons