List of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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

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Bethnal Green
Main article: Bethnal Green
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerArchitect / other TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes

More images		 Blind Beggar and His Dog Cranbrook Estate

51.5298°N 0.0449133°W / 51.5298; -0.0449133 (Blind Beggar and His Dog)		 1958Elisabeth FrinkN/A Sculptural groupBronze Grade II* [1]
Stairway to Heaven
Bethnal Green tube station disaster		 Bethnal Green tube station 2017N/AHarry Paticas War memorial N/A [2]

Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf
Main articles: Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes

More images		 Testa Addormentata Corner of Bank Street and Upper Bank Street 1983Igor Mitoraj [3]

More images		 Couple on a Seat Cabot Square 1984Lynn Chadwick [4]

More images		 London River Man Ensign House, Marsh Wall 1987John W. Mills Bronzefigure 145 cm (57 in) high [5]

More images		 Centurione I Columbus Courtyard 1987Igor Mitoraj [6]

More images		 Spirit of Enterprise South Dock, Canary Wharf

51°30′9.83″N 0°1′29.04″W		 1987Wendy Taylor [7]

More images		 Leap Jamestown Harbour 1987–1989Franta Belsky [8]
Domino Players Clove Crescent 1992Kim Bennet [9]

More images		 Two Men on a Bench Cabot Square 1990Giles Penny [10]
Gate Westferry Circus 1992Giuseppe Lund [11]

More images		 Centauro Upper Bank Street 1994Igor Mitoraj [12]

More images		 Man With Arms Open West India Avenue 1995Giles Penny [13]

More images		 Figurehead for Docklands Poplar Dock 1997Anna Bisset [14]
Portrait relief of Michael von Clemm Cabot Square 1998Gerald Laing [15]

More images		 Traffic Light Tree roundabout on Trafalgar Way, outside Billingsgate Market (since 2013) 1998Pierre Vivant [16]

More images		 Original Form 25 North Colonnade 1999Keith Rand [17]

More images		 Six Public Clocks Reuters Plaza 1999Konstantin Grcic [18]

More images		 Vanishing Point Westferry Circus 1999Jay Battle [19]
Windwand Canary Riverside

51°30′20.87″N 0°1′41.43″W		 2000Ron Arad carbon fibre50 m high [20]

More images		 Returning to Embrace 10 Cabot Square 2000Jon Buck [21]
Speaking of the River Canary Riverside

51°30′22.48″N 0°1′43.72″W		 2000Constance DeJong audio benches [20]

More images		 Hibbert Gate Adjacent to North Dock West 2000Leo Stevenson [22]

More images		 Columbus Screen Columbus Courtyard 2000Wendy Ramshaw [23]
12 Planters Columbus Courtyard

51°30′22.53″N 0°1′30.69″W		 2001–2002Tatiana Orloff bronze [20]

More images		 It Takes Two One Canada Square 2002Bob Allen [24]

More images		 HSBC lions 8 Canada Square 2002after W. W. Wagstaff
Arbor Montgomery Square 2003Nigel Ross [25]
Cross Way Montgomery Square 2003Nigel Ross [25]
Sacrificial Anode Montgomery Square 2007Eilis O'Connell [26]

More images		 Sasso Cosmico Westferry Circus 2007Do König Vassilakis [27]
Chimney Westferry Circus

51°30′19.74″N 0°1′34.55″W		 2008Andrew Burton recycled fired bricks, steel [20]
Avatar Westferry Circus 2009Robert Worley [28]

More images		 Torsion II Bank Street, Jubilee Park exit 2009–2011Charles Hadcock [29]

More images		 Drawing Cube (Blue) Montgomery Square 2010Suresh Dutt [30]




More images		 Renaissance Nutmeg Lane, East India Dock Maurice Blik [31]

Mile End and Bow
Main articles: Mile End and Bow, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images		 Statue of William Ewart Gladstone In front of Bow Church, Bow Road 1882Albert Bruce-Joy Statue Grade II
Bust of Edward VII 39 Mile End Road 1911? Bust Grade II Unveiled 12 October 1911.[32]
Memorial to George Lansbury Bow Road 1955 Memorial N/A [33]
Statue of Clement Attlee Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 1988Frank Forster Statue N/A Unveiled 30 November 1988 in its original location, outside Limehouse Library, by Harold Wilson, the last living member of Attlee's cabinet.[34] The figure holds a copy of the National Assistance Act 1948. In 2005 the work was badly vandalised and was boxed up to prevent further damage; it was removed to its current location in 2010.[35] Peter Mandelson gave the statue its second unveiling on 4 April 2011.[36]
Knowledge Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 2003Wendy Taylor Sculpture N/A An abstract representation of knowledge in stainless steel. The sphere with its smooth surface stands for the world and the ease with which knowledge can spread and be shared. The arms attached to the globe represent the giving and acceptance of knowledge.[37]
Elephant in the Room Library Square, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus 2017Hannah Stewart and Chierol Lai Sculpture N/A A sculpture in bronze resin of a sleeping baby elephant, intended to raise awareness of mental health issues and commissioned following a competition run by Queen Mary Students' Union.[38][39]

Poplar
Main article: Poplar, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images		 Statue of Richard Green East India Dock Road 1865/6Edward William Wyon Statue Grade II [40]

More images		 Children's Memorial Poplar Recreation Ground 1919A. R. Adams Grade II Unveiled 23 June 1919.[41] Commemorates the 18 children who were killed in a bombing raid (the first daylight raid of World War I) on Upper North Street School on 13 June 1917.[42]
Shadow Play In front of Compass House, Mulberry Place 1992Dave King [40]
Mariner's Astrolabe, Virginia Settlers Monument Jamestown Way 1999Wendy Taylor Grade II [40]
Acorn Wall Relief Brunswick Wharf 2003Wendy Taylor [40]
Statue of Teddy Baldock Langdon Park 2014Carl Payne Statue N/A Unveiled 15 May 2014.[43]
Meridians and Metaphors Near the junction of Clove Crescent and Saffron Avenue David Jacobson

St Katharine Docks
Main article: St Katharine Docks
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Cannon Entrance to St Katharine Docks 18th century [44]
Anchor of Amsterdam St Katharine Docks, at entrance to East Dock 1748 (placed here 1980s) [44]

More images		 Girl with Dolphin Beside River Thames between Tower Bridge and entrance to docks 1973David Wynne [44]

More images		 Timepiece Entrance to St Katharine Docks 1973Wendy Taylor Grade II [44]
Elephants Entrance to Ivory House, on gateposts 1973Peter Drew [44]
Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown Tower Hotel 1977Arthur Fleischmann Relief
Geese Thomas More Street 1990David Norris [44]
To Meet Again Thomas More Street 1990Michael Beck [44]
Angelic Musician Thomas More Street 1991Carl Milles [44]
Exotic Birds and other sculptures Various locations around St Katharine Docks 1995–97Paula Haughney [44]
Rope Circle Hermitage Basin 1997Wendy Taylor [44]
Voyager Cinnabar Wharf East 2000Wendy Taylor [44]

Shadwell
Main article: Shadwell
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Memorial to Edward VII King Edward Memorial Park 1922Bertram Mackennal Drinking fountain (formerly) The bronze portrait medallion of Edward VII was stolen in 2007.[45]
Navigators' Memorial King Edward Memorial Park 1922? Commemorative stone [45]

Spitalfields
Main article: Spitalfields
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images		 I Goat Brushfield Street 2011Kenny Hunter Sculpture N/A [46]
Vortex Lamb Street 1999Barbara Sandler Sculpture N/A [47]

Tower Hill
Main article: Tower Hill
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerArchitect / other Type Designation Notes

More images		 Merchant Navy First World War Memorial Trinity Square Gardens

51.5096°N 0.0777°W / 51.5096; -0.0777 (Merchant Navy First World War Memorial)		 1928William Reid DickEdwin Lutyens War memorial Grade I [48]
Memorial to Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield 41 Trinity Square 1937Cecil ThomasN/A Portrait plaque Grade II [49]

More images		 Merchant Navy Second World War Memorial Trinity Square Gardens

51.5097°N 0.0780°W / 51.5097; -0.0780 (Merchant Navy Second World War Memorial)		 1952Charles WheelerEdward Maufe War memorial Grade II* [50]

More images		 Statue of Trajan Trinity Place

51.5099°N 0.0762°W / 51.5099; -0.0762 (Statue of Trajan)		 20th century, after an original of the 2nd century AD?N/A Statue N/A [51]

More images		 Sundial Wakefield Gardens, outside Tower Hill tube station 1992Edwin RussellJohn Chitty and Mike Duffie (landscape architects) Sundial N/A [52]

More images		 Merchant Navy Falklands War Memorial Trinity Square Gardens

51.5097°N 0.0771°W / 51.5097; -0.0771 (Merchant Navy Falklands War Memorial)		 2005Gordon NewtonN/A War memorial N/A [53]

More images		 The Building Worker Tower Hill

51.5094°N 0.0756°W / 51.5094; -0.0756 (The Building Worker)		 2006Alan WilsonN/A Statue N/A [54]

Hackney
Main article: Hackney, London
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerArchitect / other Type Designation Notes

More images		 Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts		 Victoria Park

51.53707°N 0.03965°W / 51.53707; -0.03965 (Baroness Burdett Coutts Drinking Fountain)		 1862N/AHenry Astley Darbishire Drinking fountain Grade II* [55]

Wapping
Main article: Wapping
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Bluecoat Girl Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bluecoat Boy Raine's House ? Statue in niche
Bust of John Rennie the Elder Spirit Quay 1992John Ravera Bust N/A [45]
Memorial to the Civilians of East London, 2nd World War 1939–1945 Hermitage Riverside Memorial Garden 2008Wendy Taylor Sculpture N/A Unveiled in July 2008 by Hazel Blears, then the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Alf Roffey, a survivor of the Blitz. On the site of Hermitage Wharf, which was destroyed in a bombing raid on 29 December 1940.[56]

Whitechapel and Stepney
Main articles: Whitechapel and Stepney
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Statue of Alexandra of Denmark Whitechapel Road, behind the Royal London Hospital 1908George Edward Wade Grade II [57]

More images		 Edward VII Memorial Drinking Fountain Mile End Road 1911William Silver Frith Grade II [58]
Bust of William Booth Mile End Road 1927George Edward Wade [59]
Statue of William Booth Mile End Road 1979 (casting)George Edward Wade [60]
Les Naïdes 45 Whitechapel Road 1985Ivor Abrahams [60]
Spitalfields Column Middlesex Street 1995Richard Perry
Ram and Magpie Allen Gardens Playground, Buxton Street 1996Paula Haughny
Shaheed Minars Martyr monument
Altab Ali		 Altab Ali Park, on the corner of Whitechapel Road and White Church Lane 1999Shaheed Minar [60]
Statue of Catherine Booth Mile End Road 2015After an original by George Edward Wade Statue N/A Unveiled 2 July 2015.[61]
Goodman's Fields Horses Goodman's Fields Piazza 2015Hamish Mackie N/A Winner of the PMSA's Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains.[62]

See also

References
  1. Historic England. "Blind Beggar and his Dog Cranbrook Estate (1031598)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. "Bethnal Green Underground Station Civilians (Stairway to Heaven)", War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums, retrieved 13 April 2018
  3. Igor Mitoraj: Testa Addormentata, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  4. Lynn Chadwick: Couple on a Seat, retrieved 5 April 2015
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  8. 'Leap', Jamestown Harbour, Isle of Dogs, London, Henry Moore Institute, archived from the original on 13 April 2015, retrieved 5 April 2015
  9. The Sporting Statues Project: Domino Players: East India Dock, London Accessed 24 October 2014
  10. Giles Penny: Two Men on a Bench, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  11. Giusseppe [sic] Lund: Gate—sculptural railings, Canary Wharf, retrieved 18 April 2015
  12. Igor Mitoraj: Centauro I, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  13. Giles Penny: Man with Arms Open, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
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  16. "The Traffic Light Tree, Pierre Vivant 1998", CityNoise, archived from the original on 18 April 2010, retrieved 31 March 2010
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  18. Konstantin Grcic: Six Public Clocks, Canary Wharf, retrieved 18 April 2015
  19. Jay Battle: Vanishing Point, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
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  22. Leo Stevenson:The Hibbert Gate, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  23. Wendy Ramshaw: Columbus Screen, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
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  26. Eilis O'Connell: Sacrificial Anode, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  27. Do König Vassilakis: Sasso Cosmico, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  28. Robert Worley: Avatar, Canary Wharf, retrieved 17 June 2015
  29. Charles Hadcock: Torsion II, Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
  30. Drawing Cube (Blue), Canary Wharf, retrieved 5 April 2015
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  38. Elephant in the Room, Art UK, retrieved 7 May 2020
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