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

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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

Leamington Spa

The Parade

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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 [1] 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 [2] Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council
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). [3]

Bath Street

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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
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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 [4]

Jephson Gardens

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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 [5]

Nuneaton

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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 [6]

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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 [7]

Rugby

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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) Ivor Robert Jones Statue Bronze Rugby Borough Council Poet born in Rugby [8]

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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) Graham Ibbeson Statue Bronze 229cm high Rugby School The inventor of Rugby football in 1823 [9]

Stratford-upon-Avon

Market Place

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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 [10] 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) [11]

Bancroft Gardens

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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 [12] Stratford on Avon District Council Statue of William Shakespeare surrounded by characters from his plays. Unveiled in 1888. [13] It was outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until it burned down in 1926. It was moved to its present site in 1933.

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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 [14]
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. [15]

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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. [16]

Henley Street

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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 [17]
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. [18]
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

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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.[19]
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


References

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  5. "Jephson elephants settle in to public acclaim". Leamington Courier. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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  16. "Country Artists Fountain". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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