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List of public art in the London Borough of Lewisham

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

Blackheath

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Lion Lawn in front of Holly-Hedge House, Wat Tyler Road

51.4703°N 0.0056°W / 51.4703; -0.0056 (Lion)
Early 19th century? Sculpture Grade II The tablet held by the lion is inscribed NELSON/ CXXII BATTLES.[1]
Jubilee Memorial Drinking Fountain
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Tranquil Vale

51.4672°N 0.0066°E / 51.4672; 0.0066 (Jubilee Memorial Drinking Fountain)
1897? Drinking fountain Grade II [2]
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Brockley

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Saint Mary Magdalene St Mary Magdalen's Church, Howson Road c.1898–1899?Young Bolton Statue in niche N/a [3]
War memorial Outside St Mary Magdalen's Church, junction of Howson Road and Comerford Road

51.4593°N 0.0380°W / 51.4593; -0.0380 (St Mary Magdalen's Church War Memorial)
1917?N/a Calvary cross Grade II Unveiled 7 July 1917.[4]

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Deptford War Memorial Junction of Upper Brockley Road and Lewisham Way

51.4710°N 0.0299°W / 51.4710; -0.0299 (Deptford War Memorial)
1919–1921William Wheatley WagstaffWilliam Roberts War memorial with sculpture Grade II Unveiled 1921 by Major-General Sir Charles Townshend.[5]
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Catford

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Catford Centre Cat Rushey Green

51.4458°N 0.0198°W / 51.4458; -0.0198 (Catford Centre Cat)
1974Owen Luder/Embassy Signs Sculpture [6]
Pensive Girl Catford Town Hall 1992Gerda Rubinstein Sculpture [6]
Water Line Rushey Green 2006Oliver Barratt [7]
Chariot / Blue on Green Catford 2006Oleg Prokofiev [6]
Statue of Henry Cooper Bromley Road 2011–2019Carl Payne Statue The boxer is shown holding his title belts in both hands.[8]
Statue of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah Mountsfield Park 2025Hannah Stewart Statue A life-sized statue of the nine-year-old girl who was the first person to have air pollution recorded as a cause of death.[9]
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Crofton Park

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War memorial St Hilda's Church

51.4524°N 0.0394°W / 51.4524; -0.0394 (Crofton Park (St Hilda's) War Memorial)
1920F. H. Greenway and J. E. NewberryW. Richards (stonemason) Celtic cross Grade II Unveiled 29 May 1920.[10]
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Deptford

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War memorial St Paul's churchyard

51.4797°N 0.0258°W / 51.4797; -0.0258 (Deptford (St Paul's) War Memorial)
1920? Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 24 May 1920 in its original location at the Sandford Estate, Hornshay Street, New Cross. Moved here in 1986.[11]
Gates Sayes Court Park 2010? Ornamental gates The motifs of a mulberry stem, leaf and fruit refer to "Evelyn's Mulberry", a tree said to be from the garden of the diarist and horticulturalist John Evelyn.[12]
Pig sculptures Thames Walk Sculptures
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Forest Hill

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Plaque commemorating the gift of Frederick John Horniman Horniman Museum, London Road 1901F. W. PomeroyCharles Harrison Townsend Relief Grade II* [13]
Humanity in the House of Circumstance Horniman Museum, London Road c.1902Robert Anning BellCharles Harrison Townsend Mosaic Grade II* [14]

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Totem pole Horniman Museum gardens 1985Nathan JacksonN/a Totem pole N/a [15]
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Honor Oak

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Bridge Parapets (southern road bridge over railway) Honor Oak

51.4497°N 0.0462°W / 51.4497; -0.0462 (Bridge Parapets)
1960 c.1960William Mitchell [16]
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Lewisham

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Obelisk and drinking fountain Lewisham Hill 1866?N/a Obelisk N/a [17][18]
Prudentia Former Prudential Building, 187–197 High Street 1908F. W. PomeroyPaul Waterhouse Statue in niche Grade II [19]
Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial University Hospital Lewisham, High Street

51.4572°N 0.0151°W / 51.4572; -0.0151 (Lewisham Military Hospital War Memorial)
after 1918?N/a Memorial stones N/a [20]
Lewisham War Memorial Memorial Gardens, High Street

51.4536°N 0.0160°W / 51.4536; -0.0160 (Lewisham War Memorial)
1921E. A. Stone Obelisk Grade II Unveiled 7 May 1921.[21]
St Stephen's Church War Memorial St Stephen's Church

51.4641°N 0.0103°W / 51.4641; -0.0103 (St Stephen's Church War Memorial)
1921?N/a Hooded Calvary cross Grade II Unveiled 3 September 1921.[22]
The Whisper Bromley Road 1983André WallaceN/a Sculptural group N/a [23]
Blue Well University Hospital Lewisham 2007Chris Marshall Sculpture N/a Alludes to the namesake of Ladywell, a well on the medieval pilgrimage route to Canterbury which was renowned for its healing properties.[24]
Riverside Light Installation Riverside Building, University Hospital Lewisham 2007? Light installation N/a [25]
Memorial to Asquith Gibbes Lewisham Police Station 2019Simon Smith Relief N/a Unveiled 27 June 2019. Gibbes was the founder of the Lewisham Equality Council, in 1981.[26] Inscribed "Race Equality/ Asquith Gibbes MBE/ 4 November 1934 – 16 July 2013"
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New Cross

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Statue of Robert Aske Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School

51.4681°N 0.0436°W / 51.4681; -0.0436 (Statue of Robert Aske)
1825William CroggonN/a Statue Grade II [27]
Francis Drake and Robert Blake Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road

51.4754°N 0.0379°W / 51.4754; -0.0379 (Deptford Old Town Hall)
1905Henry PooleH. V. Lanchester, James Stewart and E. A. Rickards Architectural sculpture Grade II* [28]
Admiral Lord Nelson and an admiral of 1905 Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road

51.4754°N 0.0379°W / 51.4754; -0.0379 (Deptford Old Town Hall)
1905Henry PooleH. V. Lanchester, James Stewart and E. A. Rickards Architectural sculpture Grade II* [28]
Water and Wine Goldsmiths, University of London 1990Michael KennyN/a Sculpture N/a [29]
Black Door Goldsmiths, University of London Svein MøxvoldN/a Sculpture N/a [30]
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Sydenham

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Livesey Hall War Memorial
South Suburban Gas Company
Perry Hill, Lower Sydenham

51.4314°N 0.0372°W / 51.4314; -0.0372 (Livesey Hall War Memorial)
1920Sydney March War memorial with sculpture Grade II [31]
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Telegraph Hill

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Memorial to Olaudah Equiano Telegraph Hill Lower Park 2008Pupils of Edmund Waller Primary School, and the Friends of Telegraph Hill Park Memorial N/a [32]
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