List of public art in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

This is a list of public art in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

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Kingston
Main article: Kingston upon Thames
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerArchitect / other Type Designation Notes
Statue of Queen Anne Market House

51.4097°N 0.3063°W / 51.4097; -0.3063 (Statue of Queen Anne)		 1706Francis BirdCharles Henman Architectural sculpture Grade II* Commissioned for the earlier town hall on this site, and incorporated into its Victorian successor.[1]

More images		 Memorial to Henry Shrubsole Kingston Market Place

51.4094°N 0.3063°W / 51.4094; -0.3063 (Shrubsole Memorial)		 1882Francis John WilliamsonN/A Drinking fountain Grade II [2]

More images		 Law and Liberty, Peace and Plenty, Justice and Mercy; the arms of Guildford, Godalming, Reigate, Richmond and Kingston; the arms of the Earl of Lovelace, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, the Royal Arms and the Four Seasons Surrey County Hall 1893Farmer & BrindleyCharles Henry Howell Architectural sculpture Grade II [3]
Woman reading North side of Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way 1904?Alfred Cox Architectural sculpture Grade II [4]

More images		 Kingston upon Thames War Memorial Union Street

51.4104°N 0.3049°W / 51.4104; -0.3049 (Kingston War Memorial)		 1920Richard Reginald GouldenRichard Reginald Goulden War memorial Grade II* Unveiled 11 November (Armistice Day) 1923.[5][6]
Memorial Gates
East Surrey Regiment		 North side of Market Square, leading to All Saints' Church

51.4100°N 0.3061°W / 51.4100; -0.3061 (Memorial Gates)		 1924? Gates Grade II Unveiled 9 November (Remembrance Sunday) 1924.[7]
Bentall coat of arms and reliefs Façade of Bentall Centre, Clarence Street

51.4111°N 0.3056°W / 51.4111; -0.3056 (Bentall coat of arms and reliefs)		 1930–1932Eric GillMaurice Webb Architectural sculpture Grade II [8]
Two figures in relief Façade of Halifax Building Society, Eden Street

51.4104°N 0.30203°W / 51.4104; -0.30203		 1935 [9][10]
Guildhall Reliefs Façade of Kingston upon Thames Guildhall 1935Walter Gilbert [11]
Leaping Salmon 100 London Road

51.4104°N 0.2945°W / 51.4104; -0.2945 (Leaping Salmon)		 1980David WynneN/A Sculpture N/A From the coat of arms of Kingston,[12]
Memorial to Sydney Camm Camm Gardens 1984 N/A [13]
Kings Mural
Edward the Elder, Æthelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig, Edward the Martyr, Æthelred the Unready		 Eden Street

51.4092°N 0.3035°W / 51.4092; -0.3035 (Kings Mural)		 1985Maggie Humphry N/A [14]

More images		 Out of Order Old London Road

51.4108°N 0.3005°W / 51.4108; -0.3005 (Out of Order)		 1988David MachN/A Sculpture N/A
River Celebration Old London Road, at the junction with Queen Elizabeth Road

51.4106°N 0.2973°W / 51.4106; -0.2973 (River Celebration)		 1989Carole HodgsonN/A Sculpture N/A [15]
Chessington Mosaic Clarence Street, near the junction with Wood Street

51.41092°N 0.30557°W / 51.41092; -0.30557		 1992Paul OakleyArthur Mann (brick cutter);
J. Browne & Co. (paviours)		 Mosaic N/A Depicts St Mary's Church, the parish church of Chessington.[16]
Surbiton Mosaic Clarence Street, at the junction with Thames Street

51.41085°N 0.30501°W / 51.41085; -0.30501		 1992Paul OakleyArthur Mann (brick cutter);
J. Browne & Co. (paviours)		 Mosaic N/A Depicts the winged lion crest from the coat of arms of the former Borough of Surbiton.[16]
Kingston Mosaic Clarence Street, at the junction with Fife Road

51.41088°N 0.30391°W / 51.41088; -0.30391		 1992Paul OakleyArthur Mann (brick cutter);
J. Browne & Co. (paviours)		 Mosaic N/A Depicts the three fishes from the coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.[16]
Old Malden Mosaic Clarence Street

51.41079°N 0.30344°W / 51.41079; -0.30344		 1992Paul OakleyArthur Mann (brick cutter);
J. Browne & Co. (paviours)		 Mosaic N/A Depicting the cross and chevrons from the coat of arms of the former Borough of Malden and Coombe.[16]
New Malden Mosaic Clarence Street

51.41072°N 0.30293°W / 51.41072; -0.30293		 1992Paul OakleyArthur Mann (brick cutter);
J. Browne & Co. (paviours)		 Mosaic N/A Depicts a beehive, the historic symbol of the district.[16]
Coombe Mosaic Fife Road

51.41144°N 0.30382°W / 51.41144; -0.30382		 1992Paul OakleyArthur Mann (brick cutter);
J. Browne & Co. (paviours)		 Mosaic N/A Depicts the heraldic fountain from the coat of arms of the former Borough of Malden and Coombe.[16]
Flock of Mallard Ducks Charter Quay 2001Lloyd Le Blanc Sculpture
Kingston Railway Station Mosaic Under Kingston Railway Bridge 2003Save the World Club
Study of Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge		 Rose Theatre

51.4108°N 0.3019°W / 51.4108; -0.3019 (Muybridge Mosaic)		 2004Nicola Benge with volunteers and schoolchildren N/A [17]
Mosaics Kingsnympton Estate

51°25′15.53″N 0°16′45.79″W		 2004Save The World Club + ~140 children and adults Mosaics N/A [18][19]
Study of Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Hundertwasser		 Skerne Road and Canbury Passage

51.4132°N 0.3048°W / 51.4132; -0.3048 (Study of Hundertwasser)		 2005Nicola Benge, with 1800 peopleN/A Mosaic N/A [20]
Mosaic John Lewis & Partners

51°24′41.09″N 0°18′28.31″W		 2010Yasha Shrimpton, Howard Grange, members of staff, Save the World Club Mosaic N/A [21][22]
Paper Trail College Roundabout

51.40704°N 0.30396°W / 51.40704; -0.30396		 2012Michael Antrobus and Tom Kean [23]
Sopwith Camel propeller Canbury

51°24′48.4″N 0°17′51.2″W		 [24]
Glass disc depicting coat of arms of Tiffin School Outside Tiffin School, Queen Elizabeth Road [25]
Three fishes motif Bandstand, Canbury Gardens [26]

New Malden
Main article: New Malden
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
New Malden War Memorial High Street

51.4024°N 0.2562°W / 51.4024; -0.2562 (New Malden War Memorial)		 1924 Cenotaph Grade II Unveiled 8 November 1924.[27]

More images		 The Family Tudor Williams Department Store Architectural sculpture

Old Malden
Main article: Old Malden
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Old Malden War Memorial St John the Baptist's Church, Church Road

51.3821°N 0.2608°W / 51.3821; -0.2608 (Old Malden War Memorial)		 1923Stuart Allen (2011 restoration) Wooden aedicule Grade II [28]
Old Malden Community Mosaic Malden Manor, Sheephouse Way 2019Save the World Club, Kim Porrelli Mosaic [29]

Surbiton
Main article: Surbiton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Relief panels Surbiton Assembly Rooms, corner of Maple Road, Claremont Gardens and Surbiton Hill 1890s Reliefs

More images		 King Edward VII Coronation Clock Tower Claremont Road

51.3942°N 0.3044°W / 51.3942; -0.3044 (King Edward VII Coronation Clock Tower)		 1905–06John Johnson Clock tower Grade II The same architect designed a more elaborate clock tower in Brighton.[30]

More images		 Surbiton War Memorial Ewell Road

51.3925°N 0.2984°W / 51.3925; -0.2984 (Surbiton War Memorial)		 1921 Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled July 1921.[31]
Mosaic panels depicting the history of Surbiton and its transport Victoria Road, on wall of Sainsbury's 1980s Mosaics [32]
Mini jumping through wall Bridge Garage

51.3905°N 0.3079°W / 51.3905; -0.3079 (Mini jumping through wall)		 Sculpture N/A [33]

Tolworth
Main article: Tolworth
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Kingston Coat of Arms Fishponds Park

51.3868°N 0.2944°W / 51.3868; -0.2944 (Kingston Coat of Arms)		 2004 Sculpture N/A [34]

References
  1. Historic England. "Market House (1358428)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. Historic England. "Shrubsole Memorial (1299987)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. "County Hall, Kingston", Exploring Surrey's Past, retrieved 10 December 2019
  4. McCarthy 2014, p. 39.
  5. Historic England. "Kingston upon Thames War Memorial (1080054)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. War Memorials Trust, War Memorials, retrieved 2 July 2014
  7. Historic England. "Memorial Gates outside Church of All Saints (1432596)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  8. "Bentall Window Reliefs, Crest, Letters and Initials", National Recording Project, Public Monuments & Sculpture Association, archived from the original on 2012-09-01
  9. "Halifax Building Society Reliefs", National Recording Project
  10. Secret Kingston-upon-Thames
  11. "Guildhall Reliefs", National Recording Project, archived from the original on 2018-06-19
  12. London Road Index
  13. Matthews 2018, p. 234.
  14. Postwar murals database
  15. Beaumont 1999, p. 81.
  16. McCarthy 2014, pp. 16–17. NB: a Tolworth mosaic was proposed, but never made.
  17. Nazia Dewji (15 Sep 2014), Plans to return Eadweard Muybridge mosaic to Kingston town centre, Sutton and Croydon Guardian, retrieved 23 Feb 2019 Confirmed as present during visit by editor PhantomSteve on 23 Feb 2019
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. Study of Hundertwasser, Canbury Passage, Kingston
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. Staff help celebrate Kingston John Lewis' 20 years
  23. Official Opening of sculpture at College Roundabout, FADA, Kingston University, 21 September 2012, retrieved 19 June 2014
  24. "The Hornby Train Set". Derrick Knight. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  25. McCarthy 2014, p. 37.
  26. McCarthy 2014, p. 51.
  27. Historic England. "New Malden War Memorial (1444427)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  28. Historic England. "Old Malden War Memorial (1444327)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  29. Normanton, Harry (29 May 2019), "Malden Manor mosaic created by volunteers brings art back to Hogsmill River", SWLondoner
  30. Banerjee, Jacqueline (2010), "Coronation Clock Tower, Surbiton, Surrey", The Victorian Web, retrieved 9 November 2019
  31. Historic England. "Surbiton War Memorial (1432632)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  32. Transport Panels, Public Monuments and Sculptures Association, archived from the original on 4 August 2018, retrieved 4 August 2018
  33. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1077751
  34. Kingston Coat of Arms, Fishponds Park

Bibliography
  • Beaumont, Mary Rose (1999), Carole Hodgson, Momentum Books, ISBN 1-902945-01-8
  • Matthews, Peter (2018), London's Statues and Monuments: Revised Edition, Oxford: Shire Publications
  • McCarthy, Julian (2014), Secret Kingston upon Thames, Amberley
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