List of public art in Warwickshire

This is a list of public art in the Warwickshire county of England. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.

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Atherstone

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Atherstone Ball Game The Co-op, Station Street, Atherstone

52°34′39″N 1°33′03″W / 52.577563°N 1.550799°W / 52.577563; -1.550799		 Michael Disley Sculpture Stone North Warwickshire Borough Council Based on the Shrovetide Ball Game

Henley-in-Arden

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes

More images		 Market Cross High Street, Henley-in-Arden

52°17′35″N 1°46′47″W / 52.292943°N 1.779799°W / 52.292943; -1.779799		 15th century Market Cross Limestone Grade II listed [1] Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Leamington Spa

The Parade

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Queen Victoria Town Hall, Leamington Spa

52°17′19″N 1°32′07″W / 52.288521°N 1.535215°W / 52.288521; -1.535215		 1901 (1901) Albert Toft Statue Sicilian marble on red Aberdeen granite pedestal 3 metres high statue on a 4 metres high pedestal Grade II listed [2] Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council Is a similar statue to this in Worcester at the Shire Hall
War Memorial Parade, Leamington Spa

52°17′17″N 1°32′05″W / 52.288116°N 1.534672°W / 52.288116; -1.534672		 1922 (1922) Albert Toft War memorial Statue Bronze Grade II listed [3] Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council

More images		 Firemen and a Manual Pump RA Bennett & Partners, Euston Place, Leamington Spa

52°17′16″N 1°32′03″W / 52.287891°N 1.534067°W / 52.287891; -1.534067		 1965 (1965) Sculpture Metal, painted 100cm high x 120cm wide approx. Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council Two figures, wearing helmets and fireman's uniforms, are either side of a cart. Moved to Euston Place in 1965. It was the premises on Locke and England. The emblem was previously at 166 Parade when it was 33 Lower Parade (the firm moved there in 1875). [4]

Bath Street

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Blue waves Outside the Jug & Jester – Bath Street, Leamington Spa

52°17′09″N 1°31′59″W / 52.285871°N 1.532934°W / 52.285871; -1.532934		 Sculpture
The Jug & Jester Jug & Jester – Bath Street, Leamington Spa

52°17′08″N 1°31′58″W / 52.285529°N 1.532897°W / 52.285529; -1.532897		 2010 (2010) Sculpture Bronze JD Wetherspoon The Jug & Jester opened in November 2010 [5]

Jephson Gardens

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes

More images		 Dr Henry Jephson Jephson Memorial, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa

52°17′19″N 1°31′51″W / 52.288558°N 1.530897°W / 52.288558; -1.530897		 1848 (1848) Peter Hollins Statue Marble Grade II listed [6] Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council

More images		 Elephant Circle Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa

52°17′14″N 1°31′53″W / 52.287187°N 1.531487°W / 52.287187; -1.531487		 1988 (1988) Nicholas Dimbleby Sculpture Bronze Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council Originally outside the Royal Priors Shopping Centre, it was moved to Jephson Gardens in 2008 [7]

Nuneaton

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes

More images		 Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) Newdegate Street, Nuneaton

52°31′24″N 1°28′01″W / 52.523251°N 1.467079°W / 52.523251; -1.467079		 1986 (1986) John Letts Statue Bronze Statue: 130cm high x 120cm wide x 120cm deep. Plinth: 120cm high x 120cm wide x 120cm deep Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council [8]

More images		 Boer War Memorial Riversley Park, Nuneaton

52°31′12″N 1°27′57″W / 52.519956°N 1.465913°W / 52.519956; -1.465913		 2008 (2008) Alan Beattie Herriot Statue Bronze Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council The original memorial was unveiled in 1905 and was sculpted by Adolphus E L Rost. That was stolen in 2006. This copy was made in 2008 [9]

Rugby

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes

More images		 Rupert Brooke Jubilee Gardens, Rugby

52°22′30″N 1°15′38″W / 52.374868°N 1.260501°W / 52.374868; -1.260501		 1988 (1988) Roberts-Jones, IvorIvor Roberts-Jones Statue Bronze Rugby Borough Council Poet born in Rugby [10]

More images		 William Webb Ellis Rugby School, Rugby

52°22′12″N 1°15′52″W / 52.370037°N 1.264400°W / 52.370037; -1.264400		 1997 (1997) Ibbeson, GrahamGraham Ibbeson Statue Bronze 229cm high Rugby School The inventor of Rugby football in 1823 [11]

Stratford-upon-Avon

Market Place

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More images		 The American Fountain Junction of Wood Street and Rother Street, Market Place, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′34″N 1°42′35″W / 52.192880°N 1.709818°W / 52.192880; -1.709818		 1887 (1887) Jethro Cossins & Robert Bridgeman & Sons of Lichfield Drinking Fountain Stone Grade II* listed [12] Stratford on Avon District Council Donated to the people of Stratford by George W. Childs (when there was no suitable memorial to Shakespeare in England at the time) [13]

Bancroft Gardens

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coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes

More images		 The Gower Memorial Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′32″N 1°42′09″W / 52.192148°N 1.702385°W / 52.192148; -1.702385		 1876 (1876) Ronald Gower Statue Bronze Grade II* listed [14] Stratford on Avon District Council Statue of William Shakespeare surrounded by characters from his plays. Unveiled in 1888. [15] It was outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until it burned down in 1926. It was moved to its present site in 1933.

More images		 William Shakespeare Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′29″N 1°42′12″W / 52.191354°N 1.703242°W / 52.191354; -1.703242		 2016 (2016) Lawrence Holofcener Statue Bronze Stratford on Avon District Council The American artist gave the statue to the town to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death [16]
Hermaphroditus or Youth at the Stream Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′31″N 1°42′13″W / 52.191872°N 1.703578°W / 52.191872; -1.703578		 1844 (1844) John Henry Foley Statue Bronze Stratford on Avon District Council Cast in bronze by J.A. Hatfield in 1851 for the Great Exhibition. Alfred Bullard donated it to Bancroft Gardens in 1932. [17]

More images		 Country Artists Fountain Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′30″N 1°42′13″W / 52.191529°N 1.703748°W / 52.191529; -1.703748		 1996 (1996) Christine Lee Fountain Marble and Stainless Steel 450cm high x 250cm wide x 250cm deep Stratford on Avon District Council Commemorates the 800th anniversary of the granting of market rights to the town of Stratford-upon-Avon by Richard I. [18]

Henley Street

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
The Stratford Jester Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′40″N 1°42′33″W / 52.194412°N 1.709096°W / 52.194412; -1.709096		 1994 (1994) James Walter Butler Statue Bronze Stratford on Avon District Council The character of the jester or fool appears in many of Shakespeare's plays [19]
Untitled Abstract Relief The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′39″N 1°42′30″W / 52.194060°N 1.708309°W / 52.194060; -1.708309		 1964 (1964) Douglas Wain Hobson Relief Bronze 150cm high x 200cm wide x 35cm deep approx. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust The sculptor intended to represent Shakespeare's greatness. [20]
Eagle The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

52°11′39″N 1°42′30″W / 52.194048°N 1.708344°W / 52.194048; -1.708344		 1964 (1964) Sculpture Bronze Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Warwick

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
Guy and the Boar Traffic island, Coventry Road, Warwick

52°17′23″N 1°34′44″W / 52.289798°N 1.578960°W / 52.289798; -1.578960		 1964 (1964) Keith Godwin Statue Cast concrete, set on a stone plinth and concrete base Warwick District Council Depicts Guy of Warwick. Commissioned by the Annol Development Company and presented to Warwick Council.[21]
Randolph Turpin Market Place, Warwick

52°16′55″N 1°35′28″W / 52.281969°N 1.590978°W / 52.281969; -1.590978		 2001 (2001) Carl Payne Statue Bronze Warwick District Council

More images		 The Herons and Fishes Warwickshire County Council, Market Place, Warwick

52°16′57″N 1°35′25″W / 52.282571°N 1.590355°W / 52.282571; -1.590355		 2000 (2000) Rachel Higgins Sculpture Steel Warwick District Council Millennium pond sculpture. It reflects the rich wildlife of Warwickshire


References

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  1. ↑ Historic England. "Market Cross  (Grade II) (1382383)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria  (Grade II) (1381440)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "War Memorial  (Grade II) (1381443)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Firemen and a Manual Pump". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jug & Jester". JD Wetherspoon. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Jephson Memorial  (Grade II) (1381324)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jephson elephants settle in to public acclaim". Leamington Courier. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Statue to George Eliot". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Nuneaton, Riversley Park, Boer War Memorial". Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Statue to Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "William Webb Ellis". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "American Fountain  (Grade II*) (1280258)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "The American Fountain (The Memorial Fountain)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Historic England. "Gower Monument  (Grade II*) (1204176)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Gower Memorial". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "New Shakespeare sculpture for Stratford-upon-Avon". BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Hermaphroditus or Youth at the stream". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Country Artists Fountain". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Stratford Jester". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Untitled Abstract Relief". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Guy and the Boar". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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