List of public art in Kent

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This is a list of public art in Kent, a county in South East England. This list including statues, busts and other memorials and applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, artworks in museums.

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Memorial to Christopher Marlowe Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury 1891Edward Onslow Ford Statue on pedestal with 4 statuettesBronze and stone Grade IIQ19354026 [1]

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Boer War Memorial Dane John Gardens, Canterbury 1904William Douglas Caroe Obelisk with statueStone and bronze Q94071452 Architect, Nathaniel Hitch[2][3][4]

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War memorial Buttermarket, Canterbury 1921Benjamin Clemens Pillar with cross & 4 figures in nichesStone9m tall Grade IIQ66477861 Architect, Arthur Beresford Pite[5][6][7]

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Æthelberht of Kent Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury 2004-5Stephen Melton

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Bertha of Kent Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury 2004-5Stephen Melton

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Geoffrey Chaucer High Street, Canterbury 2016Sam Holland & Lynn O'Dowd Statue on podiumBronze

Chatham

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General Charles George Gordon Brompton Barracks, Chatham 1890Edward Onslow Ford Camel-mounted statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade II* [8][9]
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Kitchener Barracks, Chatham Relocated 1960 Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade IIQ26558560 Originally in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960.[10][11]

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Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1924Robert Lorimer Obelisk with plaquesPortland stone and bronze Grade IQ5087681 [2][12]

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Extension to Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1952William McMillan & Charles Wheeler Sculpture elementsPortland stone Grade IQ5087681 Extension designed by Sir Edward Maufe.[12]

Dover

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Matthew Webb Marine Parade, Dover 1910Francis William Doyle Jones Bust on pedestal with plaqueBronze & granite Q117405781 [13]

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Charles Rolls Marine Parade, Dover 1911Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestalBronze & stone Q117378416 [8]

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway war memorial Cruse Terminal 1, former Dover Marine Station 1922William Charles Holland King Sculpture group on pedestal with surroundBronze & granite Grade IIQ5302507 [14][15]

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War memorial Garden of Remembrance, Biggin Street, Dover 1924Richard Reginald Goulden Statue on pedestal with surroundBronze & granite Grade II*Q26675819 [16][17]
The Waiting Miner Marine Parade, Dover Resited 1997H. Phillips StatueBronze

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Admiral Bertram Ramsay Dover Castle 2000Stephen Melton Statue on pedestal with plaquesBronze & stone
Merchant Navy memorial Marine Parade, Dover Vivien Mallock Statue on pedestalBronze & granite [18]
The Samphire Tower Samphire Hoe 2001Jony Easterby TowerOak framed, larch clad. Rolled sheet lead roof. [19]

Gillingham

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Gillingham War Memorial Medway Park, Mill Road, Gillingham, Kent 1924Francis William Doyle Jones Inscribed columnStone Grade IIQ26677893 [20][21]

Gravesend

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General Charles George Gordon Gordon Gardens, Gravesend John Broad & Messrs Doulton Statue on pedestalStone and terracotta Grade IIQ2667047 [8][22][23]
Queen Victoria Darnley Road, Gravesend 1897–98John Broad & Messrs Doultons, Lambeth Statue on pedestalStone and terracotta Grade II [8][24]

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Queen Victoria Borough Market House, Gravesend 1898John Broad Statue on pedestalStone Grade II [25]

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War memorial Windmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend 1922Francis William Doyle Jones Statue on columnBronze & stone9.2m tall Grade IIQ66477666 [26][27]

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Pocahontas St George's Church, Gravesend 1958William Ordway Partridge Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade IIQ26309866 Cast of the original 1922 statue in Jamestown, Virginia.[8][28]
Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend 2014Douglas Jennings Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [29]
Elizabeth II Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend 2018Douglas Jennings Seated statue on pedestalBronze and stone

Knowlton

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War memorial Knowlton 1919George Frampton Lantern cross with figuresStone Q94131948 [2][30]

Maidstone

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Queen Victoria Monument High Street, Maidstone 1862John Thomas Statue on pedestal with canopyStone and granite Grade IIQ26376681 [31]

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War memorial Tonbridge Road, Maidstone 1922George Frampton Statue on pedestalBronze and limestone Grade IIQ26675478 [32][33]

Northfleet

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War memorial Northfleet Cement Works, Kent c. 1920Francis William Doyle Jones Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaqueConcrete & bronze Grade IIQ26671015 [34][35][36]

Westerham

Wittersham

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