List of public art in Kent

This is a list of public art in Kent, a county in South East England. This list including statues, busts and other memorials and applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, artworks in museums.

## Canterbury

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More images | Memorial to Christopher Marlowe | Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury | 1891 | Edward Onslow Ford | Statue on pedestal with 4 statuettes | Bronze and stone |  | Grade II | Q19354026 | [1]

More images | Boer War Memorial  | Dane John Gardens, Canterbury | 1904 | William Douglas Caroe | Obelisk with statue | Stone and bronze |  |  | Q94071452 | Architect, Nathaniel Hitch[2][3][4]

More images | War memorial  | Buttermarket, Canterbury | 1921 | Benjamin Clemens | Pillar with cross & 4 figures in niches | Stone | 9m tall  | Grade II | Q66477861 | Architect, Arthur Beresford Pite[5][6][7]

More images | Æthelberht of Kent | Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury | 2004-5 | Stephen Melton  |  |  |  |  |  |

More images | Bertha of Kent | Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury | 2004-5 | Stephen Melton  |  |  |  |  |  |

More images | Geoffrey Chaucer | High Sreet, Canterbury | 2016 | Sam Holland & Lynn O'Dowd  | Statue on podium | Bronze |  |  |  |

## Chatham

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| General Charles George Gordon | Brompton Barracks, Chatham | 1890 | Edward Onslow Ford | Camel-mounted statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone |  | Grade II* |  | [8][9]
| Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | Kitchener Barracks, Chatham | Relocated 1960 |  | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone |  | Grade II | Q26558560 | Originally in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960.[10][11]

More images | Chatham Naval Memorial | Chatham | 1924 | Robert Lorimer | Obelisk with plaques | Portland stone and bronze |  | Grade I | Q5087681 | [2][12]

More images | Extension to Chatham Naval Memorial | Chatham | 1952 | William McMillan & Charles Wheeler | Sculpture elements | Portland stone |  | Grade I | Q5087681 | Extension designed by Sir Edward Maufe.[12]

## Dover

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More images | Matthew Webb | Marine Parade, Dover | 1910 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Bust on pedestal with plaque | Bronze & granite |  |  | Q117405781 | [13]

More images | Charles Rolls | Marine Parade, Dover | 1911 | Kathleen Scott | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone |  |  | Q117378416 | [8]

More images | South Eastern and Chatham Railway war memorial | Cruse Terminal 1, former Dover Marine Station | 1922 | William Charles Holland King  | Sculpture group on pedestal with surround | Bronze & granite |  | Grade II | Q5302507 | [14][15]

More images | War memorial  | Garden of Remembrance, Biggin Street, Dover | 1924 | Richard Reginald Goulden | Statue on pedestal with surround | Bronze & granite |  | Grade II* | Q26675819 | [16][17]
| The Waiting Miner | Marine Parade, Dover | Resited 1997 | H. Phillips  | Statue | Bronze |  |  |  |

More images | Admiral Bertram Ramsay | Dover Castle | 2000 | Stephen Melton  | Statue on pedestal with plaques | Bronze & stone |  |  |  |
| Merchant Navy memorial  | Marine Parade, Dover |  | Vivien Mallock | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & granite |  |  |  | [18]
| The Samphire Tower  | Samphire Hoe | 2001 | Jony Easterby  | Tower | Oak framed, larch clad. Rolled sheet lead roof. |  |  |  | [19]

## Gillingham

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More images | War memorial  | Gillingham | 1924 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Inscribed column | Stone |  | Grade II | Q26677893 | [20][21]

## Gravesend

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More images | General Charles George Gordon | Gordon Gardens, Gravesend |  | John Broad & Messrs Doulton  | Statue on pedestal | Stone and terracotta |  | Grade II | Q2667047 | [8][22][23]
| Queen Victoria  | Darnley Road, Gravesend | 1897–98 | John Broad & Messrs Doultons, Lambeth  | Statue on pedestal | Stone and terracotta |  | Grade II |  | [8][24]

More images | Queen Victoria  | Borough Market House, Gravesend | 1898 | John Broad  | Statue on pedestal | Stone |  | Grade II |  | [25]

More images | War memorial  | Windmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend | 1922 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Statue on column | Bronze & stone | 9.2m tall  | Grade II | Q66477666 | [26][27]

More images | Pocahontas | St George's Church, Gravesend | 1958 | William Ordway Partridge | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone |  | Grade II | Q26309866 | Cast of the original 1922 statue in Jamestown, Virginia.[8][28]
| Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji | Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend | 2014 | Douglas Jennings | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone |  |  |  | [29]
| Elizabeth II | Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend | 2018 | Douglas Jennings | Seated statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone |  |  |  |

## Knowlton

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More images | War memorial  | Knowlton | 1919 | George Frampton | Lantern cross with figures | Stone |  |  | Q94131948 | [2][30]

## Maidstone

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More images | Queen Victoria Monument  | High Street, Maidstone | 1862 | John Thomas  | Statue on pedestal with canopy | Stone and granite |  | Grade II | Q26376681 | [31]

More images | War memorial  | Tonbridge Road, Maidstone | 1922 | George Frampton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and limestone |  | Grade II | Q26675478 | [32][33]

## Northfleet

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More images | War memorial  | Bevans Cement Works, Northfleet | c. 1920 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaque | Concrete & bronze |  | Grade II | Q26671015 | [34][35][36]

## Westerham

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More images | Winston Churchill | The Green, Westerham | 1921 | Oscar Nemon | Seated statue on plinth | Bronze and limestone |  |  |  | [8]

More images | General James Wolfe | The Green, Westerham | 1911 | Francis Derwent Wood | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and Portland stone |  | Grade II* | Q17545629 | [8][37]

## Wittersham

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More images | War memorial  | Wittersham | 1921 | George Frampton | Orb on octagonal column | Portland and Wealden stone | 5m tall  | Grade II | Q26676940 | [38][39]

## References

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1. ^ Historic England. "Memorial to Christopher Marlowe (1085044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
2. ^ a b c Roger Bowdler (2019). Britains Heritage War memorials. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445691015.
3. ^ Historic England. "Dane John Gardens (1001360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
4. ^ "War Memorials Register: Buffs and Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
5. ^ Historic England. "Canterbury War Memorial, Buttermarket, Canterbury (1437667)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
6. ^ "War Memorials Register: The Men of Canterbury - WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
7. ^ Alan Borg (1991). War memorials: From Antiquity to the Present. Leo Cooper. ISBN 085052363X.
8. ^ a b c d e f g Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
9. ^ Historic England. "Memorial to General Gordon, Brompton Barracks (1375610)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
10. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Lord Kitchener approximately 50 metres west of entrance to Kitchener Barracks (1268230)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
11. ^ "War Memorials Register: Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
12. ^ a b Historic England. "Chatham Naval War Memorial (1267787)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
13. ^ "Captain Matthew Webb – the first Person to swim the Channel". The Dover Historian. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
14. ^ Historic England. "Cruse Terminal 1, including attached pedestrian walkway, war memorial, four K6 telephone kiosks and ship's figurehead believed to be of the barque 'Roseau' (1273179)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
15. ^ "War Memorials Register: South Eastern and Chatham Railway". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
16. ^ Historic England. "People of Dover war Memorial (1406098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
17. ^ "War Memorials Register: People of Dover - WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
18. ^ "War Memorials Register: Dover and District Merchant Navy - WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
19. ^ "Jony Easterby, Artist Producer". Retrieved 12 January 2024.
20. ^ Historic England. "Gillingham War Memorial (1433120)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
21. ^ "War Memorials Register: Gillingham Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
22. ^ Historic England. "Statue of General Gordon (1367047)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
23. ^ "War Memorials Register: Gen Gordon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
24. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria (1240349)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
25. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria, Borough Market House (1089035)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
26. ^ Historic England. "Gravesend War Memorial (1432908)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
27. ^ "War Memorials Register: Gravesend – WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
28. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Princess Pocahontas in the Churchyard of the Church of Saint George (1057700)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
29. ^ "War Memorials Register: Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
30. ^ "War Memorials Register: Knowlton - WW1 (Weekly Dispatch Newspaper Bravest Village 1st Place". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
31. ^ Historic England. "Queen Victoria Statue and Drinking Fountain opposite No 98 (1086318)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
32. ^ Historic England. "Maidstone Borough War Memorial (1401312)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
33. ^ "War Memorials Register: Maidstone Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
34. ^ Historic England. "Bevans Memorial in Northfleet Cement Works (1391662)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
35. ^ "War Memorials Register: Bevans Cement Works". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
36. ^ Nicky Hughes (19 February 2018). "8 Unusual war memorials". Historic England. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
37. ^ Historic England. "Statue of General Wolfe (1244025)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
38. ^ Historic England. "Wittersham War Memorial (1422309)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
39. ^ "War Memorials Register: Wittersham WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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