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

Merton Park

Main article: Merton Park
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Merton War Memorial St Mary's churchyard

51°24′37″N 0°12′08″W / 51.4104°N 0.2021°W / 51.4104; -0.2021 (Merton War Memorial) 		1920 (designed); erected 1921 H. P. Burke Downing Memorial cross Grade II [1]

Mitcham

Main article: Mitcham
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
War Memorial, Mitcham (geograph 3607923).jpg
Mitcham War Memorial Lower Green West

51°24′09″N 0°10′12″W / 51.4024°N 0.1699°W / 51.4024; -0.1699 (Mitcham War Memorial) 		1920 ? Memorial cross Grade II Unveiled 21 November 1920.[2]

Morden

Main article: Morden
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
King George
Lion and unicorn Entrance to King George's Field, Tudor Drive, Lower Morden 1940s ? ? Relief
Kingfisher Over exit from Garth Road Recycling Depot as at March 2012 —

Raynes Park

Main article: Raynes Park
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Raynes Park War Memorial St Saviour's churchyard

51°24′20″N 0°13′46″W / 51.4055°N 0.2295°W / 51.4055; -0.2295 (Raynes Park War Memorial) 		1920–1921 (erected) T. Mewburn Crook Arthur Blomfield Memorial cross Grade II [3]

Wimbledon

Main article: Wimbledon, London
Part of Wimbledon lies outside the borough of Merton; for other works located there, see List of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth § Wimbledon
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Cannizaro Park, The statue of Diana and the Fawn (cropped).jpg
Diana with a Fawn Cannizaro Park

51°25′32″N 0°13′55″W / 51.4256°N 0.2319°W / 51.4256; -0.2319 (Diana with a Fawn) 		1843 ? — Statue Grade II [4]
The Joseph Toynbee FRS Memorial Fountain - geograph.org.uk - 897797.jpg

More images 		Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain Wimbledon Hill Road, at the junction with Belvedere Grove

51°25′27″N 0°12′56″W / 51.4243°N 0.2156°W / 51.4243; -0.2156 (Joseph Toynbee Memorial Fountain) 		1868 — ? Drinking fountain Grade II [5]
Wimbledon library (37062801103).jpg
Busts of William Shakespeare and John Milton Outside Wimbledon Library 1886 ? ? Architectural sculpture [6]
New Wimbledon Theatre (6856272185).jpg
Laetitia and globe On roof of New Wimbledon Theatre 1910 (removed for safety in war 1939; reinstated 1991) ? Cecil Massey and Roy Young Architectural sculpture Grade II [7]
St Winefride, Latimer Road – War Memorial WWI.jpg
War memorial St Winefride's Church, Latimer Road

51°25′11″N 0°11′38″W / 51.4196°N 0.1938°W / 51.4196; -0.1938 (St Winefride's War Memorial) 		After 1918 ? — Calvary Grade II [8]
Wimbledon High Street, War Memorial (2).jpg

More images 		Wimbledon War Memorial Parkside

51°25′34″N 0°13′20″W / 51.4262°N 0.2223°W / 51.4262; -0.2223 (Wimbledon War Memorial) 		1921 Charles Leonard Hartwell Thomas Graham Jackson War memorial Grade II Unveiled 5 November 1921.[9]
Memorial to the King

More images 		King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial Wimbledon Common

51°26′18″N 0°13′49″W / 51.4383°N 0.2302°W / 51.4383; -0.2302 (King's Royal Rifle Corps Memorial) 		1929 ? — War memorial Grade II [10]
Fred perry statue wimbledon.jpg

More images 		Statue of Fred Perry All-England Club 1984 David Wynne — Statue — Unveiled by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.[11]
Stag at Wimbledon Station - geograph.org.uk - 3298011.jpg
arthur (stag) Outside Wimbledon station 2012 Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood — Sculpture — Unveiled 21 June 2012.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1390833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Mitcham War Memorial (1448269)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, St Saviours Church (1390947)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Diana with Fawn at extreme north west corner of park (1286374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Drinking fountain at junction with Belvedere Grove (1080896)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ^ Wimbledon Library
  7. ^ History of New Wimbledon Theatre
  8. ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon (St Winefride's) War Memorial (1445651)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Wimbledon (Includes the 1921 mass produced roll of honour)". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Wimbledon Common (King's Royal Rifle Corps) War Memorial (1445581)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  11. ^ Matthews 2018, p. 232.
  12. ^ "arthur (stag)". Isabelle Zhizhi Southwood. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  13. ^ Stag Sculpture, Wimbledon Station. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

Bibliography

  • Matthews, Peter (2018). London's Statues and Monuments. Oxford: Shire Publications.

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