List of public art in the London Borough of Islington

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

Clerkenwell

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Justice, Mercy, Portrait of George III and other motifs Middlesex Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green 1779–1782 (building)Joseph Nollekens Relief sculptures Grade II* [1]

Finsbury

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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Science and Agriculture City, University of London, College Building c.1894–1896Paul Raphael Montford Frieze Grade II [2]

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Finsbury War Memorial Rosebery Avenue 15 August 1921Thomas Rudge War memorial with statue Grade II [3]

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Faceted Column Corner of Chiswell Street and Finsbury Pavement

51.5204°N 0.0875°W / 51.5204; -0.0875
1999Stephen Cox Sculpture N/A [4]
Memorial to the Moorgate tube crash Finsbury Square 2013? Memorial N/A Unveiled 28 July 2013.[5]
Mercury the God Top of Triton Court, Finsbury Square [6]
2 figures of Triton the God Triton Court, Finsbury Square
4 females Triton Court clock tower, Finsbury Square

Finsbury Park

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Crossed pistols tile motif Finsbury Park station, Victoria line platforms 1968Tom Eckersley N/A [7]
Balloon mosaics Finsbury Park station, Piccadilly line platforms 1983Annabel Grey N/A [8]

Highbury

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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

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Boer War Memorial Highbury Fields 1905Bertram Mackennal War memorial with statue Grade II [9]
Statue of Francis Bacon Islington Central Library, Holloway Road 1906Frederick Schenck Statue in niche Grade II [9]
Statue of Edmund Spenser Islington Central Library, Holloway Road 1906Frederick Schenck Statue in niche Grade II [9]
The Neighbours Highbury Quadrant Estate

51.5585°N 0.0936°W / 51.5585; -0.0936
1957Siegfried Charoux Sculptural group Grade II [10]
Highbury Manor tile motif Highbury & Islington station, Victoria line platforms 1968Edward Bawden N/A [11]

Highgate

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Dick Whittington's cat Whittington Stone, Highgate Hill

51.5665°N 0.1369°W / 51.5665; -0.1369
1964Jonathan Kenworthy Sculpture Grade II [12]

Holloway

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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

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Statue of Tony Adams Emirates Stadium 2011MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 9 December 2011.[13]

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Statue of Herbert Chapman Emirates Stadium 2011MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 9 December 2011.[14]

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Statue of Thierry Henry Emirates Stadium 2011Margot Roulleau-Gallais Statue N/A Unveiled 9 December 2011.[15]

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Statue of Dennis Bergkamp Emirates Stadium 2014MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 22 February 2014.[16]

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Statue of Ken Friar Emirates Stadium 2014MDM Statue N/A Unveiled 28 February 2014.[17]

Islington

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Commerce Welcoming All Nations Battishill Street Gardens 1842 (carved)
1975 (unveiled on present site)
Musgrave Watson [18]

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Statue of Hugh Myddelton Islington Green

51.5357°N 0.1036°W / 51.5357; -0.1036
1862John Thomas Statue Grade II [19]
Memorial to Thomas Paine Angel Court, Owen Street 1991Kevin Jordan Obelisk N/A [20]

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Angel Wings N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington 2003Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Sculpture N/A [21]
Halo N1 Retail Plaza, The Angel, Islington 2003Wolfgang Buttress and Fiona Heron Sculpture N/A [21]
Islington Green War Memorial Islington Green 2004 (replacing an earlier "temporary" war memorial)John Maine War memorial N/A [22]
Angel Angel tube station Kevin Boys Statue N/A
Hare and Hounds architectural sculpture Upper Street, on No. 181 (formerly the Hare and Hounds pub) [23]

Newington Green

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Newington Green

51.5515°N 0.0851°W / 51.5515; -0.0851 (A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft)
2020Maggi Hambling Sculpture N/A Unveiled 10 November 2020.[24]

St Luke's

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Christ Healing the Blind Man Moorfields Eye Hospital, King George V Extension 1933–1935 (building)Eric Gill Relief sculpture [25]
Opening the Lockgate Outside 250 City Road, opposite City Road Basin 2020Ian Rank-Broadley Sculptural group N/A Commemorates the bicentenary of the Regent's Canal. The first of three works by the sculptor commissioned for the development; the others will be installed in 2021 and 2023.[26]

Shoreditch

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DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

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Statue of John Wesley Wesley's Chapel, City Road

51.5237°N 0.0872°W / 51.5237; -0.0872
1891John Adams-Acton Statue Grade II [19]

References

  1. Historic England. "Clerkenwell Conference Centre (1298072)". National Heritage List for England.
  2. Temple, Philip, ed. (2008), "Northampton Square area: Northampton Square and adjacent streets", South and East Clerkenwell, Survey of London, London: London County Council, 46, pp. 304–321, retrieved 18 August 2015
  3. Finsbury War Monument London Remembers. Accessed 4 August 2014
  4. Planning approval
  5. "Moorgate tube disaster – Finsbury Square", London Remembers, retrieved 27 December 2019
  6. http://knowledgeoflondon.com/rooftops.html
  7. Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Finsbury Park Accessed 3 August 2014.
  8. The Mosaics at Finsbury Park Accessed 20 August 2014.
  9. Statues in Islington Accessed 18 July 2011
  10. Historic England. "'The Neighbours' sculpture at Highbury Quadrant Estate (1031596)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Highbury and Islington Accessed 3 August 2014
  12. Historic England. "Whittington Stone, circa 15 metres south of the junction with Mandala Avenue (1298038)". National Heritage List for England.
  13. Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Tony Adams", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  14. Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Herbert Chapman", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  15. Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Thierry Henry", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  16. Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Dennis Bergkamp", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  17. Stride, Chris; Thomas, Ffion; Wilson, John (2012), "Ken Friar", From Pitch to Plinth: The Sporting Statues Project, retrieved 13 December 2015
  18. Musgrave Watson frieze in Battishill Gardens Accessed 20 December 2010
  19. Ben Weinreb, ed. (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (Third ed.). pp. 866–876. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
  20. Rights of Man in Islington – UK Attraction Accessed 18 July 2011
  21. CV: Wolfgang and Heron CV, Public Art Online, archived from the original on 24 September 2015, retrieved 28 August 2015
  22. Art in the Open Resource – Islington Green Accessed 4 August 2014
  23. "Hare and Hounds, Islington". Pubs History. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  24. Topping, Alexandra (10 November 2020), "'Insulting to her': Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture sparks backlash", The Guardian, retrieved 12 November 2020
  25. Cherry & Pevsner 2002, p. 611.
  26. "New Sculpture Celebrates Heritage Of The Regent's Canal", Londonist, 27 March 2020, retrieved 28 June 2020

Bibliography

  • Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002), London: North, The Buildings of England, 4, London and New Haven: Yale University Press
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