List of public art in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

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Barking
Main article: Barking, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerArchitect / other Type Designation Notes
Barking War Memorial Barking Park

51.5445°N 0.0836°E / 51.5445; 0.0836 (Barking War Memorial)		 1922N/ACharles James Dawson War memorial Grade II [1]
The Catch Fanshawe Avenue Roundabout

51.5409°N 0.0829°E / 51.5409; 0.0829 (The Catch)		 2002Loraine LeesonAnne Thorne Architects Sculpture N/A [2]
Folly Wall Town Square 2007?muf Folly N/A [3][4]
The Lighted Lady of Barking Roundabout at junction of Abbey Road and London Road

51.53775°N 0.07232°E / 51.53775; 0.07232		 2007Joost van SantenN/A Sculpture N/A [5]
Statue of Job Henry Charles Drain VC Outside the Broadway Theatre, facing Barking Abbey Park

51.5353°N 0.0776°E / 51.5353; 0.0776 (Statue of Job Drain)		 2009Steven Hunter (Sculpt-It Limited); Mark Barnett (relief plaque)N/A Statue N/A [6][7]

London Bridge Stones

In 2007, two small stones from remains of the old medieval London Bridge[8] were joined together in a sculpture in front of St Margaret's church facing the Barking Abbey ruins as part of several public artworks placed in Barking Town Centre by artist Joost van Santen.[9]

Dagenham
Main article: Dagenham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerArchitect / other Type Designation Notes
Dagenham Village War Memorial Junction of Church Lane and Crown Street

51.5399°N 0.1614°E / 51.5399; 0.1614 (Dagenham Village War Memorial)		 2000?? War memorial cross N/A [10]
Dagenham Idol Valence Park 2009 c. 2009?N/A Sculpture N/A An iron maquette for an unrealised large sculpture, based on the prehistoric artefact of the same name.[11]
Capri MkI Valence Park 2010–11A. J. BaldwinN/A Sculpture N/A An iron sculpture commissioned as part of the redevelopment of Valence House, the borough's local history museum; it alludes to the Ford Dagenham factory.[12]

References
  1. Historic England. "Barking Park War Memorial (1424142)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. The Catch 2002, cSPACE, retrieved 4 January 2019
  3. http://www.publicspace.org/en/works/e061-barking-town-square/prize:2008
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/apr/18/10-best-public-artworks-moore
  5. Landmark Sculpture the 'Lighted Lady', Borough of Barking, London, England, Joost van Santen Light Art, retrieved 4 January 2019
  6. Matthews 2012, p. 235.
  7. Job Henry Charles Drain, Victoria Cross, retrieved 6 August 2014
  8. "Searching for the granite blocks from old London Bridge | London My London | One-stop base to start exploring the most exciting city in the world". londonmylondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  9. generator, metatags. "http://home.wxs.nl/~jvansant/blocks1.html". home.wxs.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-14. External link in |title= (help)
  10. "Dagenham Village", War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums, retrieved 4 January 2019
  11. Dagenham Idol Maquette, Art UK, retrieved 13 May 2020
  12. Capri MkI, Art UK, retrieved 13 May 2020

Bibliography
  • Matthews, Peter (2012), London's Statues and Monuments, Botley: Shire PublicationsCS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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