List of public art in the London Borough of Hounslow

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

Map of public art in the London Borough of Hounslow

Bedfont

Main article: Bedfont

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Topiary	Church of St Mary the Virgin 51°27′5.46″N 0°26′24.73″W	1704		Topiary	—
	Bedfont War Memorial	Grovestile Way, East Bedfont 51°27′5.54″N 0°26′7.24″W			Pillar	—	[1]
	Wooden owl sculpture on bench	Bedfont Lakes Country Park			Sculpture	—

Brentford

Main article: Brentford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Lion Gate	Syon House, London Road 51.47981°N 0.31901°W / 51.47981; -0.31901 (Lion Gate)	18th century	Robert Adam	Statue	Grade I on 15 June 1951	[2][3]
	Coat of arms of Middlesex	On Kew Bridge (see also under Richmond upon Thames) 51.48708°N 0.28735°W / 51.48708; -0.28735 (Coat of arms of Middlesex)	1903	John Wolfe Barry and Cuthbert A. Brereton	Relief	Grade II on 11 February 1988	[4]
	Coat of arms of Middlesex	Floor of entrance hall of Brentford Library	1904	Nowell Parr	Mosaic	Grade II on 2 October 1990
	Boer War Memorial	In Brentford Library, on staircase	1904	Nowell Parr	Plaque	Grade II on 2 October 1990	[5]
More images	Brentford Monument Battles of Brentford in 54 BC, 1016 and 1642	Brentford High Street, at junction of Alexandra Road and outside Brentford County Court 51.48412°N 0.30401°W / 51.48412; -0.30401 (Brentford Monument)	1909 (originally stood in Ferry Lane; moved to current site 1992)		Pillar	—	[6]
More images	Brentford War Memorials	Near junction of Boston Manor Road and Windmill Road, outside Brentford Library 51.48662°N 0.30781°W / 51.48662; -0.30781 (Brentford War Memorial)	1923 (main memorial); the smaller memorials were installed in 1949 and 2009	?	Square column (main memorial)	—	[7]
	Inspiration to Flight	Wallis House, formerly Smithkline Beecham House, Great West Road, originally built as a factory for Simmonds Aerocessaries	1940	Donald Gilbert	Architectural sculpture	Grade II on 25 January 1991	[8]
More images	The Bargemaster	In front of EMC^2 51°29′33.67″N 0°17′23.1″W	1990	Diana Thomson	Statue	—	[9][10][11]
	Acrobat	GlaxoSmithKline building 51°29′14.43″N 0°19′6.92″W	2001	Allen Jones	Sculpture	—	[12]
More images	Liquidity	Ferry Wharf, at the entrance to the Grand Union Canal from the River Thames 51°28′59.94″N 0°17′58.86″W	2002	Simon Packard	Sculpture	—	[13]
	Totem	Ferry Quays marina		Simon Packard	Sculpture	—	[13]

Chiswick

Main article: Chiswick

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Statue of Andrea Palladio	Chiswick House 51°29′00.8″N 0°15′30.9″W	1730 c. 1730	John Michael Rysbrack	Statue	Grade I on 21 May 1973	[14]
	Statue of Inigo Jones	Chiswick House	1730 c. 1730	John Michael Rysbrack	Statue	Grade I on 21 May 1973	[14]
	Venus (replacement for a previous copy)	Chiswick House grounds 51°29′06.9″N 0°15′33.7″W			Statue	Not listed, but the column on which it stands is
	Group of statues and ornaments	Chiswick House grounds 51°29′04.2″N 0°15′35.6″W			Sculpture	Grade I on 21 May 1973
	Royal coat of arms	210 Chiswick High Road, formerly Chiswick Police Station (until 1972); now converted to a restaurant	1872	?	Architectural sculpture	—	[15]
	Ellen Reardon Drinking Fountain Daniel, Elizabeth and Margaret Reardon	Strand-on-the-Green 51.48364°N 0.27718°W / 51.48364; -0.27718 (Ellen Reardon Drinking Fountain)	1880	?	Drinking fountain	—
More images	Bedford Park War Memorial	Bedford Park, near St Michael and All Angels church 51°29′46.22″N 0°15′18.69″W	1919–1920	Inigo Triggs	Seat	Grade II on 7 January 2015	[16]
More images	Chiswick War Memorial	Turnham Green 51.49229°N 0.26332°W / 51.49229; -0.26332 (Chiswick War Memorial)	1921	Edward Willis	Obelisk	Grade II on 31 March 2015	[17]
	Couplet	Corner of Church Street and Chiswick Mall 51°29′09″N 0°15′0″W	1999	Charles Hadcock	Sculpture	—	[18]
More images	Statue of William Hogarth and his dog Trump	Chiswick High Road 51.49259°N 0.25518°W / 51.49259; -0.25518 (Statue of William Hogarth)	2001	Jim Mathieson	Statue	—	Unveiled by Ian Hislop and David Hockney.[19]
	Mosaics	Belmont Primary School 51°29′35.41″N 0°15′48.25″W	2004	Sue Edkins and schoolchildren	Mosaics	—	[20]
	V2 Attack Victims Memorial	Staveley Road 51°28′55.95″N 0°15′51.31″W	2004	?	Stone of remembrance	—	Unveiled 8 September 2004.[21]
	Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps	Under railway bridge near Turnham Green tube station	2017–2018	Abundance London (Sarah Cruz, Karen Liebreich and Karen Wyatt) with Peter Blake and Jan Pieńkowski	Mural on vitreous enamel panels	—	Unveiled 28 January 2018.[22]
	Drinking fountain	At entrance to Chiswick Back Common, Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick	?	?	Drinking fountain	—

Feltham

Main article: Feltham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Old Minimax factory gateway	Minimax Corner (junction of Staines Road and Fagg's Road) 51°27′27.6″N 0°24′36.8″W	1911		Architectural fragment	—
More images	Feltham War Memorial	High Street, near pond 51°26′41.18″N 0°24′38.4″W	1920 c. 1920	?	Cenotaph	Grade II on 19 July 2018	[23]
	Propeller sculpture	London Air Park / Browell's Lane roundabout. Located on the former site of the General Aircraft Ltd factory 51°26′34″N 0°24′15.96″W	1997	William Peers	Sculpture	—
	Madam Alaska and her lion	Alf King Children's Centre 51°26′53.35″N 0°24′24.99″W	2011	Feltham Arts Association, Susie John and Gemma Hutton	Mural	—	[24]
	Four Seasons	The Centre 51°26′46.27″N 0°24′37.4″W	2014	400 people from Feltham, Bedfont and Hanworth	Mosaics	—	[25]
	Rugby mural	Feltham RFC, Hanworth Park	?	?	Mural	—	[26]
	Graffiti gallery	Feltham Circles, Pevensey Road Nature Reserve 51°26′51.88″N 0°23′24.01″W	?	?	Street art	—	[27]

Hanworth

Main article: Hanworth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Hanworth War Memorial	Junction of Main Street and Green Lane 51°25′47.13″N 0°23′24.73″W	1920	A. P. Green (architect); Keates & Co. (builders)	Celtic cross	Grade II on 7 March 2018	[28]
	Cow sculptures	Roof of Job's Dairy 51°25′47.27″N 0°24′12″W	1977	Volunteers	Architectural sculpture	—	[29]
	Several murals	The Hanworth Centre, 66 Hounslow Road 51°26′11.31″N 0°23′28.46″W	?	?	Murals	—	[30][31]
	60 ft mural to fallen soldiers	Hanworth Royal British Legion Club garden 51°26′2.62″N 0°23′15.67″W	?	?	Mural	—	[32][33]

Heston

Main article: Heston

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Brentford drinking fountain	New Western International Market, Hayes Road, Southall 51°29′51.65″N 0°24′24.65″W	1877 at Kew Bridge, moved in 1974	?	Drinking fountain	Grade II on 29 April 2003	[34]
More images	Heston War Memorial	Near St Leonard's Church, Heston Road 51.485395°N 0.373429°W / 51.485395; -0.373429 (Heston War Memorial)	1918	Arthur George Walker	Statue	Grade II on 19 April 2001	[35]
	The Ramblers	Heston Farm Estate, near the M4 motorway 51°29′21.4″N 0°21′55.19″W	2001	Ray Smith	Sculpture	—	[36][37]

Hounslow

Main article: Hounslow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Angels	Holy Trinity Church, High Street 51°28′6.42″N 0°21′51.72″W	1961–1965	Wilfred Dudeney	Architectural sculpture	—	[38]
	Heart of Space	Lampton Park, relocated from Hounslow Civic Centre 51°28′28.77″N 0°22′5.82″W	1980	Charles Hewlings	Sculpture	—	[39]
	Gate, archway and fence panels	Beaversfield Park / Ravensdale Road / Rosemary Avenue 51°28′12.22″N 0°23′12.21″W	2005/2006	Chris Plowman		—	[40]
	Smile	Side of Platform 3 pub (formerly North Star), Whitton Road 51°27′45.71″N 0°21′46.06″W	2007	Propapropaganda / Banksy	Street art	—	[27][41]
	Community mosaics	North of High Street, on edge of car park 51°28′9.96″N 0°21′42.72″W	Unveiled 30 March 2012	School and community groups under Susie John and Sue Edkins.	Mosaics	—
	Hounslow War Memorial	Holy Trinity Church, High Street	Unveiled 2 August 2014			—	[42]
	Dragonfly	Hounslow Heath, near the Staines Road/Frampton Road car park 51°27′44.0″N 0°23′16.8″W				—
	Memorial to the first flight from Britain to Australia	Staines Road, near Hounslow Heath 51°27′46.9″N 0°23′14.8″W				—	[43]
	Mural	Tivoli Road 51°27′50.4″N 0°23′8.75″W		Paint My Panda		—	[44]

Isleworth

Main article: Isleworth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Four cast iron lamp standards	Main entrance to former Gillette Factory, Syon Lane (Gillette Corner) 51°29′2.31″N 0°19′37.96″W	19th century	?	Lamp standards with sculpture	Grade II on 21 May 1973
	Glossop Memorial Henry Glossop	Upper Square 51°28′7.26″N 0°19′29.43″W	1870	?	Drinking fountain with lamp standard	—	Commemorates the Reverend Henry Glossop (1780–1869), the vicar of All Saints' Church.[45][46]
More images	Isleworth War Memorial	Twickenham Road, in front of St Bridget's Roman Catholic Church 51°28′09.32″N 0°19′43.04″W	1922	A. P. Green (architect); Keates and Co. (builders)	Clock tower	Grade II on 3 July 2000	Unveiled 22 June 1922.[47]
	Borough Road College War Memorial	Borough Road	After 1918	?	Celtic cross	—	[48]
	Butterflies and birds	Entrance to Redlees Park, Twickenham Road 51°27′53.02″N 0°19′52.04″W	1990s	?	Motifs on railings	—	[49]
	The Ivybridge Mural	Mogden Lane, Ivybridge estate 51°27′37.31″N 0°19′57.04″W	1999	Stephen Stockbridge	Mural	—	[50]
	The Heron	The Cathja Dutch barge, moored at Old Isleworth	?	Martin Cotts	Sculpture	—	[51]
	Rooster and Fox	West Middlesex University Hospital	?	Patrick Moya	Sculpture	—	[52]

Osterley

Main article: Osterley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Eagles with crowns round necks	Entrance to Osterley Park House 51°29′23.02″N 0°21′6.52″W	1761 c. 1761	Robert Adam	Architectural sculpture	Grade I on 21 May 1973	[53]
	Reliefs of mythological creatures	Portico over entrance to Osterley Park House 51°29′22.4″N 0°21′5.82″W	1760s	Robert Adam	Architectural sculpture	Grade I on 21 May 1973	[53]

References

1. "Bedfont". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
2. Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (eds.). The London Encyclopaedia (1992 ed.). Macmillan. p. 877.
3. Brentford History – Syon House
4. "Kew Bridge – A History". Brentford History. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
5. Photo of Boer War Memorial in Brentford Library
6. Brentford War Memorial 1912
7. Brentford War Memorial
8. Local Sculptures – The search for the ‘Airman’ sculptor, Duncan Walker
9. "Home". dianathomsonsculptor.co.uk.
10. PMSA
11. "Brentforddockresidents.co.uk".
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13. Local Sculptures – 'Liquidity' and 'Totem'
14. Historic England. "Two statues flanking Chiswick House (1079612)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
15. History of Chiswick Police station
16. Bedford Park WW1 Memorial Bench
17. New Look for Chiswick War Memorial
18. "Hadcock, Charles, Couplet – PMSA". VADS. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
19. Matthews 2018, p. 226.
20. "Mostly Mosaics School Projects". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
21. "V@ Attack Victims". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums.
22. Williams, Sally. Chiswick Timeline: A history in Art and Maps. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
23. Historic England. "Feltham War Memorial (1457400)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
24. Feltham mural inspired by tale of lion roaming streets
25. "Giant puppet welcomes Mayor to Feltham festival". 6 June 2014.
26. UK – London – Hanworth – Feltham Rugby Football Club in Hanworth Park – Murals
27. Robert Cumber (4 June 2015). "Is this the best graffiti in west London?". getwestlondon. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
28. "Roll of Honour – Middlesex – Hanworth".
29. "Job's Dairy - Questions & Messages". Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
30. "Family Service Directory | Hounslow Council - the Jam - Hanworth Seniors Youth club". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
31. "Family Service Directory | Hounslow Council - May Half Term Activities @ Hanworth Youth Centre". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
32. Mural wall unveiled at Hanworth Remembrance
33. Photos
34. Historic England. "Brentford Fountain, Western International Market (1096071)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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36. Kenyon, Ghislaine (10 October 2018). "Ray Smith obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
37. "Biography: Ray Smith". Public Art Online. Ixia. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
38. "Two Angels at Holy Trinity". VADS. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
39. "PMSA". pmsa.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
40. new art collectors – Chris Plowman
41. 'Smile' restored to Hounslow 'Banksy' after burka graffiti cover-up
42. Hundreds attend war memorial unveiling Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
43. "Hounslow Heath – First London Airport Memorial". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
44. Tivoli Road
45. The Glossop Memorial. Heritage of London Trust. 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
46. Williams, Paul (12 July 2016). "Isleworth memorial restored". The Chiswick Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
47. Historic England. "Isleworth War Memorial (1380571)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
48. "Borough Road College – Cross". War Memorials Register. Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
49. Redlees Park
50. Photo including plaque
51. Nominations not proposed for the local list (PDF). London Borough of Hounslow. p. 35. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
52. Rooster and Fox. Art UK. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
53. Osterley Park Regency History.

Bibliography

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

External links

• Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Hounslow at Wikimedia Commons