List of public art in Worcestershire

This is a list of public art in the Worcestershire 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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Bromsgrove

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	A. E. Housman	High Street, Bromsgrove 52°20′09″N 2°03′35″W / 52.335756°N 2.059679°W	1985	Kenneth Potts	Statue	Bronze	Statue: 225cm high approx. Base: 300cm high x 150cm wide approx.		Bromsgrove District Council		[1]
More images	Dryad and Boar (cast of)	Outside Post Office, High Street, Bromsgrove 52°20′11″N 2°03′32″W / 52.336330°N 2.059006°W	1983	Louis Wiegartner & Terry Simons	Statue, sculpture	Bronze			Bromsgrove District Council		A figure of a small curly haried boy wearing only a loin cloth. [2]

Droitwich Spa

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Saltworkers	Victoria Square, Droitwich 52°16′02″N 2°09′00″W / 52.267133°N 2.150007°W	1998	John McKenna	Statue	Bronze	240cm high		Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council		It depicts a family of saltworkers involved in the process of manufacturing salt [3]
	Saint Richard of Droitwich	Vines Park, Droitwich 52°16′10″N 2°08′53″W / 52.269563°N 2.147963°W	1935		Statue	Stone			Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council		[4]

Kidderminster

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Rowland Hill	Junction of Vicar and Exchange Streets 52°23′13″N 2°14′55″W / 52.386835°N 2.248483°W	1881	Thomas Brock	Statue						[5]

Malvern

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Buzzards	Rose Bank Gardens 52°06′36″N 2°19′50″W / 52.1098657°N 2.3305801°W	2013	Walenty Pytel	Statue	metal			Malvern Town Council		[6]
	Enigma Fountain / Sir Edward Elgar	Belle Vue Island 52°06′42″N 2°19′48″W / 52.1115679°N 2.3298681°W	2000	Rose Garrard	Statue and Fountain						[7]
	Malvinha	Belle Vue Island 52°06′40″N 2°19′47″W / 52.1111268°N 2.3298500°W	1998	Rose Garrard	Fountain						[8]
	Hand of Peace	British Legion Barnards Green Garden of Remembrance 52°06′30″N 2°18′44″W / 52.1084679°N 2.3123406°W	1999	Rose Garrard	Statue	Portland stone					[9]

Redditch

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Fountain with Female Figure	Church Green, Redditch 52°18′29″N 1°56′26″W / 52.308032°N 1.940664°W	1883		Fountain	Cast iron, painted green, cream and gold	600cm high approx		Redditch Borough Council		[10]
	Unicorn	Unicorn Hill, Redditch 52°18′25″N 1°56′32″W / 52.306825°N 1.942348°W	1998		Panel	Sandstone, crown and cahin gold	240cm high x 125cm wide x 3cm deep		Redditch Borough Council		Depicts the rearing Unicorn of the Royal Coat of Arms [11]
More images	Holocaust Memorial	Market Place, Redditch 52°18′24″N 1°56′26″W / 52.306786°N 1.940470°W	2005	Andy DeComyn & Chase Lloyd	Sculpture	Concrete	2 Metres high		Redditch Borough Council		Chase Lloyd conceived the sculpture while still at school [12]
	Allegorical Figures	Smallwood House, Redditch 52°18′30″N 1°56′28″W / 52.308262°N 1.941082°W	1895		Panel	Stone	180cm high x 350cm wide approx		Redditch Borough Council		Above the former Smallwood Hospital [13] Formerly the Redditch General Hospital (later known as Smallwood Hospital), it opened in 1895 and closed in 1986. It is now known as Smallwood House and is still used by the NHS. [14]

Upton-upon-Severn

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Admiral Sir William Tennant	Site of the Old Church, Upton-upon-Severn 52°03′51″N 2°13′03″W / 52.064114°N 2.217446°W			Bust	Bronze			Upton upon Severn Town Council

Worcester

Foregate Street and High Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Queen Victoria	Shire Hall, Foregate Street, Worcester 52°11′48″N 2°13′21″W / 52.196687°N 2.222545°W	1887	Thomas Brock	Statue	Grey granite plinth and white marble statue		Grade II listed[15]	Worcester City Council		Commemorated 50 years of the Queen's reign
	Steam locomotive	Worcester Foregate Street Station, Worcester 52°11′43″N 2°13′18″W / 52.195277°N 2.221566°W			sculpture	Bronze			Worcester City Council
More images	Sir Edward Elgar	High Street near Lychgate, Worcester 52°11′23″N 2°13′13″W / 52.189766°N 2.220341°W	1981	Kenneth Potts	Statue	Bronze	Statue: 2.44m high. Pedestal: 1.18m high, 93cm x 92cm		Worcester City Council		[16]
More images	Worcester Guildhall	High Street, Worcester 52°11′28″N 2°13′14″W / 52.191175°N 2.220670°W	1724	Thomas White	Building with statues	Stone, some gilding and red paint		Grade I listed[17]	Worcester City Council		Features statues of Charles I, Charles II and Anne [18]
	King John	Copenhagen Street, Worcester 52°11′27″N 2°13′16″W / 52.190815°N 2.221158°W	1966	Anita Lafford	Statue	plaster painted black	2 x 1.47m		Worcester City Council		Local historian Michael Grundy suggested it maybe of Leofric King of Mercia. King Richard I has also been suggested. King John is buried in Worcester Cathedral [19]

Worcester Cathedral

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	South Africa War Memorial	Worcester Cathedral - College Yard, Worcester 52°11′21″N 2°13′14″W / 52.189264°N 2.220468°W	1908	Robert Colton	War memorial	Bronze		Grade II* listed[20]	Worcester City Council		A memorial of the Worcestershire lives lost from the war of 1899-1902 in South Africa
More images	Statues on North Side of Worcester Cathedral	North side of Worcester Cathedral 52°11′18″N 2°13′16″W / 52.188266°N 2.220977°W		Redfern	Statues	Stone		Grade I listed[21]	Worcester Cathedral

Other areas

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Needle Point	Worcester Shrub Hill Station - Worcester 52°11′38″N 2°12′37″W / 52.193952°N 2.210204°W	2001	Paul Juillerat	Sculpture	Stainless steel	5m high		Worcester City Council		It is a symbol of Worcester past and present. Installed in August 2002. Made in Bristol. [22] [23]
More images	Swan of Kleve	Kleve Walk near the River Severn, Worcester 52°11′23″N 2°13′24″W / 52.189733°N 2.223368°W	2001	Dieter von Levetzow	sculpture	Column: stone. Swan: Bronze alloy, natural patina, dark bronze colour	Column: 2.04m high, 45cm diameter. Swan: 50cm high, wingtip to wingtip measurement 1.2m approx.		Worcester City Council		Statue of a swan presented to Worcester by the citizens of Kleve [24]

References

1. "A. E. Housman". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "Dryad and Boar (cast of)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
3. "Saltworkers". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
4. "Saint Richard of Droitwich". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
5. "Sir Rowland Hill (1795–1879)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. 1 May 1990. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
6. "Duke of Gloucester unveils Malvern Buzzards sculpture". BBC. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
7. "THE ENIGMA FOUNTAIN 1999 - 2000". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
8. "MALVHINA” 1997-1998". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
9. "Peace & Other Monuments Using the Symbols of Hands & Handshakes". Retrieved 28 August 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 24 (help)
10. "Fountain with Female Figure". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
11. "Unicorn". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
12. "Holocaust Memorial". www.publicart.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
13. "Allegorical Figures". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
14. "Smallwood Hospital, Redditch". The National Archives. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
15. Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria approximately 15 metres to west of Shire Hall  (Grade II) (1389833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
16. "Edward Elgar". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
17. Historic England. "Guildhall  (Grade I) (1389921)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
18. "Worcester Guildhall (including Statues of Justice, Charles I, Charles II and Queen Anne)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
19. "Statue to King John". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
20. Historic England. "South Africa War Memorial  (Grade II*) (1389731)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
21. Historic England. "Cathedral Church of Christ and St Mary Cathedral Church of St Mary  (Grade I) (1389728)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
22. "Journey begins for Worcester Retail Scheme sculpture". St. Modwen. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
23. "New Bridge and Sculptures enhance Worcester ’Gateway’ retail scheme". St. Modwen. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
24. "Swan of Kleve". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 October 2015.