List of public art in Somerset

This is a list of public art in the Somerset 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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Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Statue of Robert Blake	Bridgwater 51°07′42″N 3°00′14″W / 51.1282°N 3.0039°W	1898	F. W. Pomeroy	Statue	Bronze, limestone and granite		Grade II*[1]	Bridgwater Town Council
More images	Silica	Big Lamp Junction, Weston-super-Mare 51°20′50″N 2°58′34″W / 51.3471°N 2.9761°W	2006	Wolfgang Buttress			4 metres (13 ft) wide at the base. 30 metres (98 ft) high.[2][3]		North Somerset Council		Lit by LEDs at night[4]
More images	Willow Man'	51°09′02″N 2°58′52″W / 51.15046°N 2.9812°W	2000[5]	Serena de la Hey		Black maul willow withies over steel frame.[6]	40 feet (12 m) high.			Q2899308	Burnt down in 2001 and rebuilt.[7]
More images	Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument	Lansdown, Bath 51°25′53″N 2°23′58″W / 51.431389°N 2.399444°W	1720			Ashlar stone masonry,	25 feet (8 m) high.	Grade II* listed building, scheduled monument[8][9][10][11]		Q7526126
More images	The Ancient Mariner	Watchet 51°10′56″N 3°19′45″W / 51.182084°N 3.329038°W	2003	Alan Herriot[12]			7 feet (2.1 m) high		Watchet Market House Museum Society
More images	Somerset Space Walk	Bridgwater and Taunton Canal 51°03′45″N 2°59′20″W / 51.0626°N 2.9888°W	1997	Pip Youngman			22-kilometre (14-mile) long			Q7559907
More images	The Glassblower	Nailsea 51°26′03″N 2°45′14″W / 51.4342°N 2.7540°W	2008[13]	Vanessa Marston		Bronze			Nailsea Town Council
	Industria Virtute Et Labore	Yeovil
	Adam and Eve	Bishop's Palace, Wells 51°12′33″N 2°38′32″W / 51.209111°N 2.642105°W		E. J. Clack[14]		Wood
	The Weight of Our Sins	Bishop's Palace, Wells 51°12′33″N 2°38′32″W / 51.209111°N 2.642105°W	2010[15]	Josefina de Vasconcellos
More images	Frederick, Prince of Wales[16]	Queen Square (Bath)	1738					Grade II listed building			Shortened after a gale in 1815.[17]
More images	Edward VII	Parade Gardens, Bath	1901-1910	Newbury Abbot Trent[18]		Bronze
More images	Jubliee Obelisk	Royal Victoria Park, Bath 51°23′10″N 2°22′23″W / 51.3862°N 2.3731°W	1837
More images	Wellington Monument	Blackdown Hills 50°56′53″N 3°13′45″W / 50.9480°N 3.2293°W	1854	Thomas Lee	Triangular tower	Calcareous Grit	80 feet (24 m) wide at the base and 53.34 metres (175.0 ft) high.	Grade II* listed building		Q7981443
	Admiral Hood Monument	Compton Dundon 51°06′05″N 2°43′17″W / 51.101356°N 2.721306°W	1831	Henry Goodridge	Tuscan column	Ashlar	110 feet (33.5 m) high	Grade II* listed building		Q4683688
More images	Burton Pynsent Monument	Curry Rivel 51°01′18″N 2°53′21″W / 51.021667°N 2.889167°W	1767	Capability Brown		Portland Stone	140 feet (43 m) high	Grade I listed building[19]		Q5000900
		Dillington House
	Alfred the Great	Athelney 51°03′33″N 2°56′05″W / 51.0593°N 2.9346°W	1801	Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet		Stone[20]		Ancient monument, Grade II listed building[21]			Site of Athelney Abbey
	Queen Anne	Minehead	1791[22]	Francis Bird		Carrara marble					Moved to current site in 1893.[23]
More images	The Hand That Holds The Map	Minehead 51°12′36″N 3°28′24″W / 51.2099°N 3.4733°W	2001	Owen Cunningham		Steel and welded galvanised iron	3 metres (9.8 ft) high and 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide[24]				Start of the South West Coast Path
	Jupiter	Royal Victoria Park, Bath 51°23′10″N 2°22′23″W / 51.3862°N 2.3731°W	1839	John Osborne		Bath Stone	Head 183 centimetres (72 in) high. Base and pedestal 600 centimetres (240 in) high.[25]
	Romulus and Remus	51°14′20″N 2°37′00″W / 51.2390°N 2.6166°W	1945			Bonded cast concrete					Created by Gaetano Celestra an Italian prisoner of war at a nearby camp.[26][27]
	West Country Carnival	Bridgwater 51°07′42″N 3°00′14″W / 51.1284°N 3.0039°W	2005
	John Short[28]	Watchet 51°10′56″N 3°19′45″W / 51.182084°N 3.329038°W	2008	Alan Herriot		Bronze			Watchet Market House Museum Society[29]

References

1. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1205747)". National Heritage List for England.
2. "Silica". Public Art Online. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
3. "Silica, 2006, Weston-Super-Mare". Wolfgang Buttress. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
4. "Silica artwork". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
5. "40ft sculpture unveiled in Somerset". BBC News. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
6. "Willow Man – 2001". Serena de la Hey. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
7. "Willow man rises from ashes". BBC News. 19 October 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
8. "Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
9. "Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
10. Historic England. "Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville at NGR ST 7219 7034 (1214434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
11. "Sir Bevil Grenvilles Monument". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
12. "Watchet and Samuel Taylor Coleridge". Market House Museum. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
13. "Damage to glassblower statue reported to police". Western Daily Press. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
14. "Bishop's Palace, Wells: Adam and Eve". Victoria County History. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
15. "Don McCullin unveils war sculpture in Wells". BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
16. "Queen Square obelisk". Images of England. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
17. Ison, Walter (2004). The Georgian Buildings of Bath. Spire Books. p. 129. OCLC 604318205.
18. "Edward VII Memorial". Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
19. "Burton Pynsent Monument". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
20. Adkins, Lesley and Roy (1992). A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. ISBN 0-946159-94-7.
21. "King Alfred's Monument with railings". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
22. Byford, Enid (1987). Somerset Curiosities. Dovecote Press. p. 45. ISBN 0946159483.
23. "Statue of Queen Anne". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
24. "South Coast Path". Public Monuments& Sculpture Association. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
25. "Head of Jupiter". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
26. "A39, statue of Romulus and Remus on land at Beechbarrow House, St Cuthbert Out". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
27. "Romulus and Remus". Public Monuments & Sculpture Association. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
28. "Yankee Jack". Victoria County History. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
29. "Yankee Jack unveiled". Quantock Online. Retrieved 27 August 2015.