List of public art in the London Borough of Bromley

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

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.^[1]

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	^[2]

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	^[3]
	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				^[4]

Bromley


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Town pump	High Street	1860s	?	Water pump	Cast iron	—	^[5]
	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	^[6]
	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.^[7]
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	1921	Sydney March	Column with sculpture	Portland stone	Grade II	Unveiled 20 March 1921.^[8]
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.^[9]
	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	2008	Bruce Williams	Mural	Paint	—	^[10]

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.^[11]

Crystal Palace


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	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	^[12]
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	^[13]

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.^[14]

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	^[15]

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.^[16]

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.^[17]
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.^[18]

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			^[19]

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.^[20]

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.^[21]

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.^[22]

References

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

External links

Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Bromley at Wikimedia Commons

[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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London Borough of Bromley
Districts	Anerley Aperfield Beckenham Berry's Green Bickley Biggin Hill Bromley Bromley Common Chelsfield Chislehurst Coney Hall Crystal Palace Cudham Downe Eden Park Elmers End (including Upper Elmers End) Elmstead Farnborough Foxbury Goddington Green Street Green Hayes Hazelwood Hockenden Horns Green Keston Kevington Leaves Green Locksbottom Longlands Luxted Mottingham New Beckenham Orpington (including: Broom Hill, Crofton, Derry Downs and Ramsden) Park Langley Penge Petts Wood Plaistow Poverest Pratt's Bottom Ruxley St Mary Cray St Paul's Cray Shortlands Single Street Southborough South Street Sundridge Sydenham Upper Norwood West Wickham Widmore
Attractions	Bethlem Gallery Bethlem Museum of the Mind Bromley Little Theatre Chislehurst Caves Churchill Theatre Crofton Roman Villa Crystal Palace Crystal Palace Bowl Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Down House St Blaise's Well
Parks and open spaces	Betts Park Chislehurst Common Crofton Wood Croydon Road Recreation Ground Crystal Palace Park Cuckoo Wood Downe Bank Elmstead Wood Hayes Common High Elms Country Park Jubilee Country Park Kelsey Park Keston Common Norman Park Ruxley Gravel Pits Saltbox Hill Scadbury Park Sundridge Park The Warren West Kent Golf Course nature reserve
Places of worship	Bromley Reform Synagogue St Botolph's Church, Ruxley St Edmund's Church, Beckenham St George's Church, Beckenham St John the Evangelist's Church, Penge St Mark's Church, Bromley St Mary's Church, Chislehurst St Mary's Church, Downe St Mary the Virgin, Hayes St Peter and St Paul's Church, Bromley
Constituencies	Beckenham and Penge Bromley and Biggin Hill Eltham and Chislehurst Orpington
Rail stations and tram stops	Anerley Avenue Road Beckenham Road Beckenham Junction Bickley Birkbeck Bromley North Bromley South Chelsfield Chislehurst Clock House Crystal Palace Eden Park Elmers End Elmstead Woods Hayes Kent House Knockholt Lower Sydenham New Beckenham Orpington Penge East Penge West Petts Wood Ravensbourne St Mary Cray Shortlands Sundridge Park West Wickham
Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings Parks and open spaces People Schools
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