List of public art in the London Borough of Haringey
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Haringey.
Map of public art in the London Borough of Haringey
Alexandra Park
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Leo the Lion | Alexandra Park Boating Lake 51°35′47″N 0°07′49″W / 51.5964°N 0.1303°W / 51.5964; -0.1303 (Leo the Lion) | 1973 | Charles Wheeler | Sculpture | Bronze | — | [1] |
 | Olympic sculptures | The Grove, Alexandra Park 51°35′32″N 0°08′10″W / 51.5922°N 0.1361°W / 51.5922; -0.1361 (Olympic sculptures) | 2012 | Shane Green | Sculpture | Wood | — | Part of a series of sculptures of different sports to mark the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3] |
Crouch End
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Reclining figure | Outside Hornsey Library, Haringey Park 51°34′41.3″N 0°7′20.6″W / 51.578139°N 0.122389°W / 51.578139; -0.122389 | 1964 | T. B. Huxley-Jones | Bronze | — | |
 More images | The Spriggan | Parkland Walk, near site of former Crouch End railway station 51°34′29″N 0°07′37″W / 51.57461°N 0.12692°W / 51.57461; -0.12692 | 1993 | Marilyn Collins | Sculpture | — | [4] |
Highgate
- Highgate is partly located outside the borough of Haringey; for works not listed here see the relevant sections for the boroughs of Camden and Islington.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Highgate School War Memorial | Highgate School 51°34′17″N 0°08′59″W / 51.5715°N 0.1497°W / 51.5715; -0.1497 (Highgate School War Memorial) | 1921 | Reginald Blomfield | Cross of Sacrifice | Grade II | [5] |
Muswell Hill
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bust of Oliver Tambo | O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground | 2007 | Ian Walters | Bust | — | [6] | |
| Statue of Oliver Tambo | O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground | 2019 | ? | Statue | — | Unveiled 27 October 2019, with Thembi Tambo as guest of honour.[7] Her father lived in exile for almost three decades at Muswell Hill, and frequently visited this park. Formerly called Albert Road Recreation Ground, it was renamed after him in 2021.[8] |
Tottenham
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 More images | Tottenham High Cross | Junction of Tottenham High Road and Monument Way 51°35′20″N 0°4′13″W / 51.58889°N 0.07028°W / 51.58889; -0.07028 | 1600 c. 1600 (modified 1809) | ? | Cross | Grade II | [9] |
 | All Hallows' Church War Memorial | All Hallows' Churchyard 51°36′02″N 0°04′36″W / 51.6006°N 0.07656°W / 51.6006; -0.07656 (All Hallows' Church War Memorial) | 1920 c. 1920 | ? | Celtic cross | Grade II | [10] |
 More images | Tottenham War Memorial | Tottenham Green 51°35′12.43″N 0°4′17.22″W / 51.5867861°N 0.0714500°W / 51.5867861; -0.0714500 | 1923 | Louis Frederick Roslyn | War memorial with statue | Grade II | [11] |
 More images | Ferry boat tile motif | Tottenham Hale station, Victoria line platforms | 1968 | Edward Bawden | Tile murals | — | [12] |
 More images | Seven trees tile motif | Seven Sisters station, Victoria line platforms | 1969 | Hans Unger | Tile murals | — | [13] |
 | Embracing Forms | Tottenham High Road, near the High Cross, across from the Maa Maat Cultural Centre 51°21′08″N 4°07′19″W / 51.35223°N 004.122°W / 51.35223; -004.122 | 1983 | Vanessa Pomeroy | Sculpture | — | [14] |
| Equality-Harmony | Tangmere House, Broadwater Farm Estate | 1986–1987 | Gülsün Erbil | Mosaic mural | Grade II | Commissioned in the wake of the Broadwater Farm riot of 1985. Erbil was herself a resident of the estate.[15][16] | |
 | Peace Mural I | Broadwater Farm Estate | 1987 | Anthony Steele | Mural | — | Depicts Bob Marley, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and, on a mountaintop in the distance, Martin Luther King.[16] |
 | Waterfall Mural | Debden block, Broadwater Farm Estate | 1991 | Bernette Hall and Donald Taylor | Mural | — | Considered a symbol of the estate, the mural alludes to the River Moselle which runs through the site.[16] |
 More images | Skeleton Horse | Chestnuts Park 51°34′53″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5815°N 0.0885°W / 51.5815; -0.0885 (Skeleton Horse) | 2005 | Ann Carrington | Sculpture | — | Made from reclaimed wood and materials.[17] |
 More images | Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React The Holocaust | Bruce Castle | 2007 | Paul Margetts after Claudia Holder | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 2008.[18] |
 | Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture | Bruce Castle | 2013 | ? | Sculpture | — | Unveiled 7 July 2013.[19] |
West Green
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 More images | West Green and Tottenham War Memorial | West Green Road 51°35′11″N 0°05′14″W / 51.5865°N 0.0872°W / 51.5865; -0.0872 (West Green and Tottenham War Memorial) | 1922 | — | Obelisk | Grade II | Unveiled 16 July 1922.[20] |
 | Sustrans Portrait Bench | Downhills Park 51°35′14″N 0°05′17″W / 51.5872°N 0.0880°W / 51.5872; -0.0880 (Sustrans Portrait Bench) | 2013 | ? | Sculpture | — | Depicts Nicola Adams, Walter Tull and Luke Howard.[21][22] |
Wood Green
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 More images | Catharine Smithies Memorial Drinking Fountain | Bounds Green Road 51°36′03″N 0°06′58″W / 51.6009°N 0.1162°W / 51.6009; -0.1162 | 1879 | ? | Obelisk with drinking fountain | Grade II | [23][24] |
 | Drinking fountain and cattle trough | Wood Green High Road, near junction with Trinity Road 51°36′03″N 0°06′43″W / 51.600947°N 0.111807°W / 51.600947; -0.111807 | 1901 | ? | Drinking fountain and cattle trough | Grade II | [25] |
| St Saviour's War Memorial | Alexandra Park Road 51°35′54″N 0°07′45″W / 51.5983°N 0.1292°W / 51.5983; -0.1292 (St Saviour's War Memorial) | 1919 | John Samuel Alder | Memorial cross | Grade II | [26] | |
 More images | Wood Green War Memorial | Wood Green High Road, near junction with Bounds Green Road 51°35′58″N 0°06′39″W / 51.5995°N 0.1109°W / 51.5995; -0.1109 | 1920 | ? | War memorial | Grade II | [27] |
References
- ^ "A Look Back at Alexandra Palace". Alexandra Palace. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Tree sculptures carved in Alexandra Park, July/August 2012". Friends of Alexandra Park. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Otley artist Shane Green carves his way into Olympics legacy". Wharfedale Observer. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "The Mystery of the Parkland Walk Spriggan Solved". Harringay online. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at Highgate School (1346210)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Matthews 2018, p. 221.
- ^ Taylor, Harry (4 November 2019). "Oliver Tambo: Muswell Hill statue unveiled to key anti-apartheid figure". Ham&High. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Allin, Simon (10 February 2021). "Haringey recreation ground renamed after O.R. Tambo". Enfield Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Tottenham High Cross (1188856)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial at All Hallows Church (1431844)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1061398)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Victoria Line Tile Motifs – Tottenham Hale.
- ^ "Who Were The Seven Sisters?". Londonist. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). London: North. ISBN 0300096534. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "Mosaic mural at Tangmere House (1482419)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Listing saves Tottenham estate community mural from demolition. Twentieth Century Society. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Weekend Wonder: The Skeleton Horse (PDF). Haringey Council, Haringey Archive and Museum Service. 6 June 2020.
- ^ Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React. Art UK. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Bruce Castle Holocaust Sculpture". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "West Green and Tottenham War Memorial (1440866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ M@ (12 September 2019). "What Connects Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett And Nicola Adams? London's Portrait Benches". Londonist. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Tottenham heroes commemorated on bench". Tottenham Independent. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Obelisk memorial drinking fountain (1359592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Monument to Victorian Anti-Slavery & Animal Rights Campaigner". Harringay Online. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Cattle Trough, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "St Saviour's War Memorial (1249710)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "War Memorial, Haringey". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
Bibliography
- Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.
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