List of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

Coombe


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Bench (with a relief carving of a centaur)	Coombe Wood Garden	1925–1930 c. 1925–1930	Eric Gill	—	Concrete bench	—	^[1]

Croydon


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Statue of John Whitgift	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street	1903 c. 1903	John Wenlock Rollins	Charles Henman Jr.	Architectural sculpture	Grade II	^[2]
More images	Statue of Queen Victoria	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street	1903	Francis John Williamson	—	Statue	Grade II	^[3]
More images	Croydon Cenotaph	Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street 51°22′20″N 0°05′58″W / 51.3723°N 0.0994°W / 51.3723; -0.0994 (Croydon Cenotaph)	1921	Paul Raphael Montford	James Burford	War memorial	Grade II*	^[4]
	War memorial	Outside Croydon Minster, Church Street 51°22′21″N 0°06′22″W / 51.3725°N 0.1062°W / 51.3725; -0.1062 (War memorial at Croydon Minster)	1930 c. 1930 (after an original of 1922)	—	Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott	Memorial cross	Grade II	The original memorial of Chilmark stone was unveiled 27 February 1922; it was destroyed in a storm c. 1930 and replaced by the current memorial of Portland stone.^[5]
	Minerva	Croydon College	c. 1953–1959	?	Robert Atkinson and Partners	Relief	—	^[6]
	Vulcan	Croydon College	c. 1953–1959	?	Robert Atkinson and Partners	Relief	—	^[6]
More images	Jorrocks	96 George Street	1982	John W. Mills	—	Equestrian statue	—	^[7]
More images	Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Peggy Ashcroft	Charles Street	2013	?	—	Sculpture	—	Figures selected by a public vote. Part of the Sustrans Portrait Benches series.^[8]^[9]
	Winston Churchill mural	Corner of Park Street and High Street	2016	David Hollier	—	Mural	—	^[10]
	Electric City	Corner of Park Street and High Street 51°22′24″N 0°06′00″W / 51.3732°N 0.0999°W / 51.3732; -0.0999 (Electric City)	2018	Dan Kitchener	—	mural	—	30 by 30 ft (9 by 9 m), freehand spray paint. Painted in 2.5 days in May 2018.^[11]^[12]

Croydon Airport


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	De Havilland Heron	Entrance to Croydon Airport	1997					^[13]
More images	Battle of Britain War Memorial	Purley Way, outside Croydon Airport	1991

Old Coulsdon


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Old Coulsdon War Memorial	Junction of Coulsdon Road and Canon's Hill 51°18′27″N 0°07′12″W / 51.3074°N 0.1200°W / 51.3074; -0.1200 (Old Coulsdon War Memorial)	1919	?	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 14 September 2019.^[14]

Selhurst


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Selhurst War Memorial	Trinity Court, Selhurst Road 51°23′24″N 0°05′19″W / 51.3899°N 0.0885°W / 51.3899; -0.0885 (Selhurst War Memorial)	1922	Arthur Hook	—	Celtic cross	Grade II	Unveiled 25 November 1922. Originally stood outside Holy Trinity Church on this site, which was demolished in the 1980s.^[15]
	Lion and unicorn	Sydenham Road, at entrance to King George's Field	1936					^[16]

Woodcote


Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Promenade de Verdun War Memorial	Promenade de Verdun 51°20′12″N 0°08′10″W / 51.3367°N 0.1360°W / 51.3367; -0.1360 (Promenade de Verdun War Memorial)	1922	?	?	War memorial	Grade II	^[17]

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List of public art in the London Borough of Croydon

Contents

Coombe

Croydon

Croydon Airport

Old Coulsdon

Selhurst

Woodcote

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