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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Bromley

Beckenham

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

More images 		Beckenham War Memorial Junction of High Street, Rectory Road, Beckenham Road and Croydon Road

51°24′25″N 0°01′56″W / 51.4070°N 0.03210°W / 51.4070; -0.03210 (Beckenham War Memorial) 		1921 Newbury Abbot Trent Memorial Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 24 July 1921.


Bickley

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

More images 		Bickley War Memorial St George's churchyard

51°24′06″N 0°02′58″E / 51.4018°N 0.04937°E / 51.4018; 0.04937 (Bickley War Memorial) 		1920 William Godfrey Newton Memorial cross Limestone and bronze Grade II


Biggin Hill

Main article: Biggin Hill
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Biggin Hill War Memorial Main Road

51°18′59″N 0°01′59″E / 51.3163°N 0.0330°E / 51.3163; 0.0330 (Biggin Hill War Memorial) 		1923 Memorial Stone Grade II
Hurricane and Spitfire Main Road, at entrance to RAF chapel

51°19′37″N 0°01′23″E / 51.3270°N 0.0230°E / 51.3270; 0.0230 (Hurricane and Spitfire) 		2010 (replacements) Sculpture


Bromley

Main article: Bromley
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Town pump High Street 1860s ? Water pump Cast iron —
War memorial St Luke's churchyard, Bromley Common

51°23′34″N 0°01′52″E / 51.3927°N 0.0311°E / 51.3927; 0.0311 (St Luke's Church War Memorial) 		1920 c. 1920 ? Wheel-head cross with figure of Christ Portland stone and bronze Grade II
War memorial Holy Trinity churchyard, Bromley Common

51°22′48″N 0°02′33″E / 51.3801°N 0.0426°E / 51.3801; 0.0426 (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial) 		1920 Evelyn Hellicar Memorial cross Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 29 July 1920.

More images 		War memorial St Peter and St Paul's churchyard

51°24′18″N 0°00′46″E / 51.4050°N 0.0127°E / 51.4050; 0.0127 (Bromley Parish Church War Memorial) 		1921 Sydney March Column with sculpture Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 20 March 1921.

More images 		Bromley War Memorial Martin's Hill

51°24′17.7″N 00°00′39.9″E / 51.404917°N 0.011083°E / 51.404917; 0.011083 (Bromley War Memorial) 		1922 Sydney March Memorial Portland stone and bronze Grade II* Unveiled 29 October 1922.
Darwin Mural
Charles Darwin 		High Street, on side of Daniel's

51°24′20″N 0°00′55″E / 51.4055°N 0.0154°E / 51.4055; 0.0154 (Bromley Town Pump and Charles Darwin Mural) 		2008 Bruce Williams Mural Paint —


Chislehurst

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

More images 		Chislehurst War Memorial Bromley Road

51°24′45″N 0°04′25″E / 51.4124°N 00.0735°E / 51.4124; 00.0735 (Chislehurst War Memorial) 		1920 Reginald Blomfield Memorial Stone Grade II Unveiled 17 October 1920. An example of Blomfield's much-used Cross of Sacrifice design; Blomfield visited Chislehurst and chose the site himself due to his friendship with Louis Birkett, the honorary secretary of the committee responsible for erecting the memorial.


Crystal Palace

Main article: Crystal Palace, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Prehistoric animals
Anoplotherium, Dicynodon, Hylaeosaurus✻, Ichthyosaurus, Labyrinthodon, Mantellodon✻, Megaloceros, Megalosaurus✻, Megatherium, Mosasaurus, Palaeotherium, Plesiosaurs, Pterodactyl, Teleosaurus

✻ Dinosaurs

Crystal Palace Park

51°25′03″N 0°04′03″W / 51.4175°N 0.0675°W / 51.4175; -0.0675 (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs) 		1852–1855 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Statues Re-constituted stone Grade I

More images 		Bust of Joseph Paxton Crystal Palace Park

51°25′16″N 0°04′15″W / 51.4210°N 0.0707°W / 51.4210; -0.0707 (Joseph Paxton) 		1869 William F. Woodington Bust Carrara marble Grade II

More images 		Gorilla
Guy the Gorilla 		Adjacent to Lower Lake, Crystal Palace Park

51°25′08″N 0°03′53″W / 51.4188°N 0.0646°W / 51.4188; -0.0646 (Gorilla) 		1961 David Wynne Statue Belgian marble Grade II


Keston

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

More images 		Keston War Memorial Heathfield Road

51°21′29″N 0°01′55″E / 51.3580°N 0.0320°E / 51.3580; 0.0320 (Keston War Memorial) 		1920 Sydney March Stylised Latin cross Portland stone and bronze Grade II Unveiled 10 March 1920.


Mottingham

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

More images 		Mottingham War Memorial Junction of Mottingham Road and West Park

51°26′15″N 0°02′35″E / 51.4374°N 0.0430°E / 51.4374; 0.0430 (Mottingham War Memorial) 		1920 George Hubbard Memorial Stone Grade II


Orpington

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

More images 		Orpington War Memorial Junction of High Street, Spur Road, Sevenoaks Road and Station Road

51°22′23″N 0°05′51″E / 51.3731°N 0.0975°E / 51.3731; 0.0975 (Orpington War Memorial) 		1921 Charles Heaton Comyn Memorial Stone Grade II Unveiled 28 August 1921.


Penge

Main article: Penge
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
War memorial Holy Trinity churchyard

51°25′07″N 0°02′55″W / 51.4186°N 0.04856°W / 51.4186; -0.04856 (Holy Trinity Church War Memorial) 		1921 ? Memorial cross Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 19 February 1921.

More images 		Penge War Memorial High Street

51°24′59″N 0°03′21″W / 51.4165°N 0.0559°W / 51.4165; -0.0559 (Penge War Memorial) 		1925 ? Celtic cross Granite Grade II Unveiled 25 September 1925.


Petts Wood

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

More images 		William Willett Memorial Sundial Petts Wood

51°24′11.8″N 0°5′0″E / 51.403278°N 0.08333°E / 51.403278; 0.08333 (William Willett Memorial Sundial) 		1927 Sundial Stone


St Mary Cray

Main article: St Mary Cray
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		St Mary Cray War Memorial St Mary's churchyard

51°23′42″N 0°06′54″E / 51.3951°N 0.1149°E / 51.3951; 0.1149 (St Mary Cray War Memorial) 		1919 ? Celtic cross Portland stone Grade II Unveiled 29 December 1919.


Shortlands

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

More images 		Shortlands War Memorial Junction of Kingswood Road and Church Road

51°24′05″N 0°00′01″W / 51.4015°N 0.0002°W / 51.4015; -0.0002 (Shortlands War Memorial) 		1921 W. D. Caröe Celtic cross Leckhampton stone Grade II Unveiled 9 October 1921.


West Wickham

Main article: West Wickham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		West Wickham War Memorial Corkscrew Hill

51°22′16″N 0°00′32″W / 51.3712°N 0.0088°W / 51.3712; -0.0088 (West Wickham War Memorial) 		1921 ? Memorial cross Granite Grade II Unveiled 12 June 1921 on the High Street; moved to this site in 1939.


References

  1. Historic England. "Beckenham war memorial (1406218)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Bickley War Memorial (1465460)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. Biggin Hill War Memorial. Cudham War Memorial. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. "New Gate Guardians". Biggin Hill History. June 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. Bromley Town Pump. Art UK. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  6. Historic England. "St Luke's Church War Memorial (1469676)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  7. Historic England. "Holy Trinity War Memorial (1432856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  8. Historic England. "Bromley (St Peter and St Paul's) War Memorial (1448941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. "Bromley – WW1 and WW2". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. Darwin Mural. Art UK. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  11. Historic England. "Chislehurst War Memorial (1432780)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  12. Historic England. "Bust of Sir Joseph Paxton at Crystal Palace Park (1389535)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  13. Historic England. "Gorilla sculpture (1431362)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  14. Historic England. "Keston War Memorial (1426522)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  15. "Mottingham War Memorial". Ideal Homes. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  16. Historic England. "War Memorial (1391943)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  17. Historic England. "Penge (Holy Trinity) War Memorial (1444941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  18. Historic England. "Penge War Memorial (1441839)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  19. William Willett Memorial Sundial. Master Clock. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  20. Historic England. "St Mary Cray War Memorial (1445170)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  21. Historic England. "Shortlands War Memorial (1419841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  22. Historic England. "West Wickham War Memorial (1432790)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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