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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Memorial to Christopher Marlowe Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury 1891Edward Onslow Ford Statue on pedestal with 4 statuettesBronze and stone Grade IIQ19354026 [1]

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

More images		 War memorial Buttermarket, Canterbury 1921Benjamin Clemens Pillar with cross & 4 figures in nichesStone9m tall Grade IIQ66477861 Architect, Arthur Beresford Pite[5][6][7]

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

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

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

Chatham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
General Charles George Gordon Brompton Barracks, Chatham 1890Edward Onslow Ford Camel-mounted statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade II* [8][9]
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Kitchener Barracks, Chatham Relocated 1960 Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade IIQ26558560 Originally in Khartoum, relocated to Chatham in 1960.[10][11]

More images		 Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1924Robert Lorimer Obelisk with plaquesPortland stone and bronze Grade IQ5087681 [2][12]

More images		 Extension to Chatham Naval Memorial Chatham 1952William McMillan & Charles Wheeler Sculpture elementsPortland stone Grade IQ5087681 Extension designed by Sir Edward Maufe.[12]

Dover

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

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

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

More images		 South Eastern and Chatham Railway war memorial Cruse Terminal 1, former Dover Marine Station 1922William Charles Holland King Sculpture group on pedestal with surroundBronze & granite Grade IIQ5302507 [14][15]

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

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

Gillingham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Gillingham 1924Francis William Doyle Jones Inscribed columnStone Grade IIQ26677893 [20][21]

Gravesend

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 General Charles George Gordon Gordon Gardens, Gravesend John Broad & Messrs Doulton Statue on pedestalStone and terracotta Grade IIQ2667047 [8][22][23]
Queen Victoria Darnley Road, Gravesend 1897–98John Broad & Messrs Doultons, Lambeth Statue on pedestalStone and terracotta Grade II [8][24]

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

More images		 War memorial Windmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend 1922Francis William Doyle Jones Statue on columnBronze & stone9.2m tall Grade IIQ66477666 [26][27]

More images		 Pocahontas St George's Church, Gravesend 1958William Ordway Partridge Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade IIQ26309866 Cast of the original 1922 statue in Jamestown, Virginia.[8][28]
Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend 2014Douglas Jennings Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [29]
Elizabeth II Elizabeth Gardens, Gravesend 2018Douglas Jennings Seated statue on pedestalBronze and stone

Knowlton

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

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

Maidstone

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Queen Victoria Monument High Street, Maidstone 1862John Thomas Statue on pedestal with canopyStone and granite Grade IIQ26376681 [31]

More images		 War memorial Tonbridge Road, Maidstone 1922George Frampton Statue on pedestalBronze and limestone Grade IIQ26675478 [32][33]

Northfleet

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Bevans Cement Works, Northfleet c. 1920Francis William Doyle Jones Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaqueConcrete & bronze Grade IIQ26671015 [34][35][36]

Westerham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

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

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

Wittersham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Wittersham 1921George Frampton Orb on octagonal columnPortland and Wealden stone5m tall Grade IIQ26676940 [38][39]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Memorial to Christopher Marlowe (1085044)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. 1 2 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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