List of public art in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham facts for kids
This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Barking
Main page: Barking, London
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Barking War Memorial | Barking Park 51°32′40″N 0°05′01″E / 51.5445°N 0.0836°E |
1922 | N/A | Charles James Dawson | War memorial | Grade II | ||
The Catch | Fanshawe Avenue Roundabout 51°32′27″N 0°04′58″E / 51.5409°N 0.0829°E |
2002 | Loraine Leeson | Anne Thorne Architects | Sculpture | N/A | ||
Folly Wall | Town Square | 2007 | ? | muf | Folly | N/A | ||
The Lighted Lady of Barking | Roundabout at junction of Abbey Road and London Road 51°32′16″N 0°04′20″E / 51.53775°N 0.07232°E |
2007 | Joost van Santen | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | ||
Statue of Job Henry Charles Drain VC | Outside the Broadway Theatre, facing Barking Abbey Park 51°32′07″N 0°04′39″E / 51.5353°N 0.0776°E |
2009 | Steven Hunter (Sculpt-It Limited); Mark Barnett (relief plaque) | N/A | Statue | N/A |
London Bridge Stones
In 2007, two small stones from remains of the old medieval London Bridge 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.
Dagenham
Main page: Dagenham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Dagenham Village War Memorial | Junction of Church Lane and Crown Street 51°32′24″N 0°09′41″E / 51.5399°N 0.1614°E |
2000 | ? | ? | War memorial cross | N/A | ||
Dagenham Idol | Valence Park | 2009 | c.? | N/A | Sculpture | N/A | An iron maquette for an unrealised large sculpture, based on the prehistoric artefact of the same name. | |
Capri MkI | Valence Park | 2010–11 | A. J. Baldwin | N/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. |
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