List of public art in Redbridge

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

Barkingside

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Memorial to Thomas John Barnardo Tanners Lane

51°35′10″N 0°05′03″E / 51.5860°N 0.0843°E / 51.5860; 0.0843
1908 Frampton, GeorgeGeorge Frampton Exedra with sculpture Grade II* Unveiled by the Duchess of Albany, the memorial on the site where Dr Barnardo's ashes had been interred in 1905.[1]

Ilford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Ilford War Memorial Memorial Park, Eastern Avenue

51°34′29″N 0°05′16″E / 51.574687°N 0.087656°E / 51.574687; 0.087656
1922 Trent, Newbury AbbotNewbury Abbot Trent War memorial with statue Grade II Unveiled 22 November 1922 by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Another casting of the statue of a soldier is at Tredegar, south Wales.[2]

Wanstead

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Wanstead War Memorial Memorial Green, Wanstead

51°34′47″N 0°01′25″E / 51.579687°N 0.023656°E / 51.579687; 0.023656
1920s Trent, Newbury AbbotNewbury Abbot Trent War memorial with statue Grade II [3]
Bust of Winston Churchill Manor House, High Street

51°34′35″N 0°01′39″E / 51.57649°N 0.02758°E / 51.57649; 0.02758
1968 Fironi, LuigiLuigi Fironi Bust N/A Unveiled 12 August 1968. The Manor House was formerly the home of the West Essex Conservative Club, which was frequented by Churchill. The plinth is a corner stone from the 19th-century Waterloo Bridge.[4]

Woodford

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Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

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Anti-Air War Memorial Woodford Green 1935 Benfield, EricEric Benfield Memorial Grade II Commissioned and erected by the suffragist and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst, this was Britain's first anti-war memorial. Restored in 2014.

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Statue of Winston Churchill Woodford Green

51°36′15″N 0°01′09″E / 51.60403°N 0.01913°E / 51.60403; 0.01913
1959 McFall, DavidDavid McFall Statue Grade II Unveiled 7 November 1959 by Field Marshal Montgomery, with Winston and Clementine Churchill in attendance. A photograph of the statue's head at an early stage drew criticism for its supposedly "gorilla-like" appearance.[5]

References

  1. Historic England. "Dr Barnardo's Memorial at Barnardo's (1081001)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. Historic England. "Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial (1250745)". National Heritage List for England.
  3. "Wanstead – War Memorial". War Memorials Online. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. "Winston Churchill's links to site of new bar and restaurant Manor House, in High Street, Wanstead, revealed", Guardian, retrieved 13 December 2015
  5. "The Churchill Bronzes", David McFall R.A. (1919–1988): Sculptor, retrieved 13 December 2015
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