List of public art in the London Borough of Redbridge

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The statue of Winston Churchill on Woodford Green (David McFall, 1959)

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

Barkingside

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images		 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		 1908George Frampton Exedra with sculpture Grade II* Unveiled by the Duchess of Albany, the memorial is on the site where Dr Barnardo's ashes had been interred in 1905.[1]

Ilford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images		 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		 1922Newbury 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		 DateArtist / 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		 1920sNewbury 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		 1968Luigi 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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images		 Anti-Air War Memorial Woodford Green 1935Eric 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.

More images		 Statue of Winston Churchill Woodford Green

51°36′15″N 0°01′09″E / 51.60403°N 0.01913°E / 51.60403; 0.01913		 1959David 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. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Ilford 1914 to 1918 War Memorial (1250745)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  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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