List of public art in the London Borough of Merton

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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]

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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 1886 ? ? Architectural sculpture [6]
Laetitia and globe On roof of New Wimbledon Theatre 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]

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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]

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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]

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Statue of Fred Perry All-England Club 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 2012 Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood Sculpture Unveiled 21 June 2012.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1390833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Mitcham War Memorial (1448269)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, St Saviours Church (1390947)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Diana with Fawn at extreme north west corner of park (1286374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Drinking fountain at junction with Belvedere Grove (1080896)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ Wimbledon Library
  7. ^ History of New Wimbledon Theatre
  8. ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon (St Winefride's) War Memorial (1445651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Wimbledon (Includes the 1921 mass produced roll of honour)". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial (1445581)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  11. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 232.
  12. ^ "Concourse | Bruce Williams". Axisweb. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  13. ^ "arthur (stag)". Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  14. ^ Stag Sculpture, Wimbledon Station. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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
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