List of public art in Birmingham
This is a list of public art in Birmingham, in the West Midlands county of England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
Central Birmingham/ Ladywood
City Core
Victoria Square
Chamberlain Square
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Chamberlain Memorial | Chamberlain Square 52°28′48″N 1°54′15″W / 52.479877°N 1.904259°W |
1880 | John Henry Chamberlain | memorial | Stone | Grade II listed[3] | Birmingham City Council | Might be affected by the Paradise Circus redevelopment from 2015. But is part of the plans for the new look Chamberlain Square. | |
Birmingham Man | Chamberlain Square 52°28′45″N 1°54′21″W / 52.479089°N 1.905724°W |
1993 |
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statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Depicts Thomas Attwood. Moved into storage in November 2015 due to the Paradise Birmingham scheme | |||
James Watt | Chamberlain Square 52°28′47″N 1°54′16″W / 52.479825°N 1.904566°W |
1868 | Alexander Munro | statue | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Due to the Paradise Circus redevelopment and impending demolition of Birmingham Central Library statue moved into storage in late September 2015 to the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre [4] | |||
Joseph Priestley | Chamberlain Square 52°28′48″N 1°54′17″W / 52.479923°N 1.904601°W |
1874 | Francis John Williamson | statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Recast in bronze 1951. Due to the Paradise Circus redevelopment and impending demolition of Birmingham Central Library statue moved into storage in late September 2015 to the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre [4] | |||
George Dawson | 1880 | Thomas Woolner | Statue | Stone | Grade II listed[5] | Birmingham City Council | Formerly in Chamberlain Square (near Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery). Presently in storage at the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre. |
Bullring
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Statue of Horatio Nelson | Bull Ring 52°28′38″N 1°53′38″W / 52.477281°N 1.893949°W |
1809 | Richard Westmacott | statue and railings | Bronze | Grade II* listed[6] | Birmingham City Council | ||
The Guardian | Bull Ring 52°28′40″N 1°53′43″W / 52.477732°N 1.895273°W |
2003 | Laurence Broderick | Bronze | ||||||
The Tree of Life | Edgbaston Street 52°28′35″N 1°53′44″W / 52.476383°N 1.895424°W |
2005 | Lorenzo Quinn | Bronze | Commemorates civilian victims of the Blitz in Birmingham | |||||
Tree Sculpture | Spiceal Street, Bullring 52°28′37″N 1°53′38″W / 52.476849°N 1.893783°W |
2011 | Wolfgang Buttress | sculpture | copper | Bullring | The 44ft tall tree was made with the reclaimed copper roof from the Spiral Cafe which was removed to make way for the new row of restaurants [7] | |||
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24 hour Route | Ramps near the Bull Ring (either side of Rotunda Square) 52°28′41″N 1°53′44″W / 52.478029°N 1.895602°W |
2004 | Anuradha Patel | Railings | Painted Steel | Birmingham City Council | An important pedestrian route between Birmingham New Street Station and Birmingham Moor Street Station [8] |
Old Square
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Tony Hancock | Old Square, Birmingham 52°28′54″N 1°53′43″W / 52.481777°N 1.895411°W |
1996 | Bruce Williams | Steel | Birmingham City Council | [2] | |||
Old Square | Old Square, Birmingham 52°28′56″N 1°53′42″W / 52.482292°N 1.895002°W |
1967 | Kenneth Budd | Mural | Fibreglass | Birmingham City Council | ||||
Bannatyne's mosaic | Bannatyne's – The Priory Queensway 52°28′55″N 1°53′34″W / 52.481916°N 1.892894°W |
Mosaic | Tiles |
Steelhouse Conservation Area
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Wattilisk | Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts – Dalton Street / Newton Street 52°28′58″N 1°53′34″W / 52.482739°N 1.892831°W |
1987 | Vincent Woropay | Sculpture | black Indian granite | Birmingham City Council | Depicts James Watt based on Egyptian obelisks and Native American totem poles [9] | ||
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Pitman and Murdoch Chambers sculptures | Pitman Chambers and Murdoch Chambers, 153–161 Corporation Street 52°28′58″N 1°53′38″W / 52.482779°N 1.894026°W |
1896 | Benjamin Creswick | Sculpture | Stone | Grade II* listed[10] | |||
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Fountain sculpture outside The Wesleyan | The Wesleyan – Colmore Square 52°28′59″N 1°53′48″W / 52.483191°N 1.896708°W |
Sculpture / fountain | Steel | The Wesleyan |
Birmingham New Street Station
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Birmingham Figure | John Bright Street (near Hill Street and Navigation Street) 52°28′40″N 1°54′06″W / 52.477779°N 1.901649°W |
1987 | Lea Grandjean | Sculpture | Stone Lepine Lime | Birmingham City Council | [11] The sculpture is getting a revamp in 2016 [12] | |||
Iron Horse | Birmingham New Street Station 52°28′40″N 1°54′03″W / 52.47786°N 1.900827°W |
1987 | Kevin Atherton | sculpture | iron | Network Rail | 12 horses were commissioned in 1987 between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton |
Great Charles Street Queensway
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Allegories of Art and Industry | Over the north-west door of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (The Feeney Gallery extension), Great Charles Street 52°28′52″N 1°54′18″W / 52.4811°N 1.9050°W |
c. 1919 | William Bloye | Stone | Grade II* listed[13] | Birmingham City Council | [1] | |||
Aesculapius | Chest Clinic, Great Charles Street 52°28′54″N 1°54′17″W / 52.4817°N 1.9047°W |
1930 | William Bloye | Stone | [1] |
Colmore Row Business Improvement District
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Charles Gore, First Bishop of Birmingham | Birmingham Cathedral 52°28′52″N 1°53′58″W / 52.481132°N 1.899408°W |
1914 | Thomas Stirling Lee | statue | Bronze | Grade II listed[14] | ||||
Burnaby obelisk | Near the Temple Row side of the grounds of Birmingham Cathedral 52°28′51″N 1°53′54″W / 52.480950°N 1.898242°W |
1885 | Robert Bridgeman of Lichfield | War memorial Obelisk | Portland stone | Grade II listed[15] | Burnaby was a military figure who stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative candidate for Birmingham seat in Parliament in 1880. He died in 1885 at the Battle of Abu Klea, Sudan [16] | |||
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Angel Drinking Fountain | Birmingham Cathedral - Temple Row 52°28′52″N 1°53′51″W / 52.481156°N 1.897473°W |
1850 | Drinking fountain | Bronze | Grade II listed[17] | Originally stood outside Christ Church at the junction of Colmore Row and New Street. After the church was demolished in 1899 it was moved to Temple Row (outside Birmingham Cathedral).[18] | |||
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History of Snow Hill | near the bottom of the steps, behind 1 and 9 Colmore Row | 2013 | Oliver Budd | Mural | mosaic | Birmingham City Council | Commemorates Snow Hill railway station. Miniature version of original mural by Kenneth Budd, in St Chad's Circus, which was destroyed in 2007. | ||
Carousel | West Midlands Police Headquarters – Lloyd House – Snow Hill Queensway 52°29′02″N 1°53′51″W / 52.483904°N 1.897598°W |
1962 | Raymond Forbes King | Sculpture | Painted Fibreglass | West Midlands Police | Lloyd House is currently undergoing refurbishment (as of 2015), so this might be in storage.It was formerly the Carousel Restaurant [19] | |||
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The Commuter | Birmingham Snow Hill Station 52°29′02″N 1°53′59″W / 52.483902°N 1.899831°W |
1996 | John McKenna | statue | Bronze | Centro | It was moved from the concourse to platform 1 and 2. Was moved again when the station was refurbished | ||
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'Wisdom, Fortitude, Charity, Faith' | Legal and General Assurance Building, 7 Waterloo Street 52°28′49″N 1°54′00″W / 52.480405°N 1.900024°W |
1932 | William Bloye | Four bas relief panels | Portland Stone ashlar | Exterior high level bas-relief carvings.[1] | |||
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Capitals and pediment sculptures | New Oxford House, 16 Waterloo Street 52°28′48″N 1°54′05″W / 52.479942°N 1.901489°W |
1935 | William Bloye | Stone | Exterior: two capitals, shield above door and upstairs pediment and putto.[1] | ||||
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Sun and lettering | Sun Insurance Building, Bennetts Hill 52°28′48″N 1°54′01″W / 52.47991°N 1.90025°W |
1927 | William Bloye | Sun sculpture and lettering | Stone bas-relief[1] | ||||
Lorenzo Ghiberti | 79 – 83 Colmore Row 52°28′52″N 1°54′01″W / 52.481241°N 1.900409°W |
1871 | J. A. Chatwin | sculpture | Stone | Grade II listed[20] | Royal Bank of Scotland | Built for William Spurrier in 1871-3. A silversmith | ||
Benvenuto Cellini | 79 – 83 Colmore Row 52°28′52″N 1°54′01″W / 52.481241°N 1.900409°W |
1871 | J. A. Chatwin | sculpture | Stone | Grade II listed[20] | Royal Bank of Scotland | Built for William Spurrier in 1871-3. A silversmith | ||
Allegories of Science and Art | Great Western Arcade Temple Row end 52°28′53″N 1°53′48″W / 52.481479°N 1.896736°W |
1875 | W. H. Ward | Sculpture | Stone, Darley Dale and Bath | Great Western Arcade | [21] |
Cannon Street
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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William Shakespeare 1564-1616 | Cannon Street, Birmingham 52°28′46″N 1°53′54″W / 52.479558°N 1.898220°W |
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Sir Walter Scott 1771-1832 | Cannon Street, Birmingham 52°28′47″N 1°53′53″W / 52.479708°N 1.898051°W |
Sculpture | Birmingham City Council |
Westside
Centenary Square
Baskerville House
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Industry and Genius | Centenary Square 52°28′47″N 1°54′26″W / 52.4796°N 1.9072°W |
1990 | David Patten | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Commemorates John Baskerville | ||||
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King Edward VII Memorial | Centenary Square 52°28′47″N 1°54′25″W / 52.479761°N 1.906921°W |
1913 | Albert Toft | statue | Stone | Grade II listed[22] | Birmingham City Council | Moved from Highgate Park for restoration in 2009. Reerected in Centenary Square, near Baskerville House in 2011. |
Hall of Memory
Library of Birmingham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
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Spirit of Enterprise | 1991 | Tom Lomax | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Was in Centenary Square; As of 2013 in storage at the Birmingham Museum Collections Centre | ||||
Forward | Centenary Square 52°28′45″N 1°54′29″W / 52.479113°N 1.908175°W |
1991 | Raymond Mason | Statue | Fibreglass | Statue was destroyed by arson on 17 April 2003 | ||||
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A Real Birmingham Family | Centenary Square 52°28′45″N 1°54′29″W / 52.479113°N 1.908175°W |
2014 | Gillian Wearing | Statue | Bronze | Ikon Gallery & Library of Birmingham |
Broad Street
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Boulton, Watt and Murdoch | Near the House of Sport – Broad Street 52°28′43″N 1°54′30″W / 52.478587°N 1.908395°W |
1956 | William Bloye | statues | Gilded Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch. Scaffolding around it removed, but is now a walking route around it. House of Sport behind has been demolished for 1 Arena Central | ||
Inner Spirit | Regency Wharf – Broad Street 52°28′41″N 1°54′35″W / 52.478173°N 1.909734°W |
2001 | Amanda Brisbane | Sculpture | Between the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Regency Wharf | |||||
Reflex Transformer | Reflex / 80s Bar – Broad Street 52°28′41″N 1°54′39″W / 52.47811°N 1.910749°W |
2011 | Sculpture | Reflex Broad Street (Stonegate Pub Company) | Inspired by the 1980's Transformers cartoon and toy line |
The ICC
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Battle of Gods and Giants | The ICC (opposite Brindleyplace) 52°28′42″N 1°54′41″W / 52.478406°N 1.911511°W |
1990 | Roderick Tye | sculpture | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | It was intended to symbolise Birmingham's struggle to rebuild its centre. | |||
Smeaton 1792 | ICC Energy Centre 52°28′45″N 1°54′46″W / 52.479219°N 1.912865°W |
1986 | sculpture | Birmingham City Council | Engineer of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (between 1782 to 1789) | |||||
Telford 1834 | ICC Energy Centre 52°28′45″N 1°54′46″W / 52.479219°N 1.912865°W |
1986 | sculpture | Birmingham City Council | Engineer of the Birmingham Canal Navigations New Main Line (from 1824 to 1827) |
Brindleyplace
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Aqueduct | Central Square, Brindleyplace 52°28′41″N 1°54′50″W / 52.477988°N 1.9139°W |
1995 | Miles Davies | sculpture | Bronze phosphor | Brindleyplace | It was the winning entry in the Brindleyplace PLC competition with the Royal Society of British Sculptors. It is in two pieces, and is in the form of an aqueduct.[24] | |||
Pergola sculpture | Oozells Square, Brindleyplace 52°28′39″N 1°54′46″W / 52.477412°N 1.912823°W |
1998 | Paul de Monchaux | sculpture | Stone | Brindleyplace | Directly opposite the Ikon Gallery | |||
Future | Cumberland Street – Brindleyplace 52°28′37″N 1°54′47″W / 52.477032°N 1.912983°W |
2004 | Robert Bowers | sculpture / statue | Bronze | Brindleyplace | Located between 8 Brindleyplace and 10 Brindleyplace | |||
Gates | Sheepcote Street – Brindleyplace 52°28′35″N 1°54′53″W / 52.476467°N 1.914586°W |
1995 | Miles Davies | sculpture | Bronze phosphor | Brindleyplace | On the roundabout on Sheepcote Street, close to Brunswick Square and the Brasshouse Language Centre |
The Cube
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Diving Sculpture | Waterfront Walk – Worcester & Birmingham Canal, opposite The Cube 52°28′31″N 1°54′28″W / 52.4752°N 1.907826°W |
2006 | Cathy Lewis | statue | Bronze | Charles Church Developments | Near the Register Office – Holliday Wharf | |||
The Lovely People – Urban | The Cube 52°28′31″N 1°54′25″W / 52.475213°N 1.906956°W |
2010 | Temper | statue | Bronze | The Cube | ||||
Pen nib | Washington Wharf opposite Waterfront Walk – Worcester & Birmingham Canal 52°28′29″N 1°54′29″W / 52.474801°N 1.908166°W |
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Anglepoise | Entrance to The Mailbox, Birmingham 52°28′33″N 1°54′16″W / 52.4758624°N 1.9045711°W |
2014 | Holmes Wood, consultancy | Sculpture |
Ladywood / Five Ways
Five Ways
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Joseph Sturge memorial | Five Ways Island in front of the Marriott Hotel (near Harborne Road) 52°28′20″N 1°55′09″W / 52.472195°N 1.919195°W |
1862 | John Thomas | statue | Portland stone | Grade II listed[25] | Birmingham City Council | Commemorates Joseph Sturge. Restored in 2007 | |
Stainless Steel Sculpture | Five Ways Island 52°28′23″N 1°55′07″W / 52.472923°N 1.918478°W |
1973 | Alexander Mann | sculpture | Stainless steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
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Claude Auchinleck | Outside Park Regis Hotel - Broad Street, Birmingham 52°28′24″N 1°55′01″W / 52.473414°N 1.917035°W |
1965 | Fiore De Henriques | Statue | Bronze | Park Regis Hotel Birmingham | [26] Went into storage between 2013 and 2015 during the revelopment of the Five Ways Shopping Centre into the Park Regis Hotel. It was moved to a different location close to Broad Street in November 2015. The hotel will open by March 2016.[27] |
Ladywood
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Charles Blondin | Ladywood Middleway 52°28′36″N 1°55′30″W / 52.4766°N 1.9251°W |
1993 | Paul Richardson | statue | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
The Galloping Courier | Tesco – Spring Hill, Ladywood 52°29′06″N 1°55′13″W / 52.485124°N 1.920191°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||||
The Nonsens | Ladywood Middleway, Spring Hill, Ladywood 52°29′04″N 1°55′14″W / 52.484478°N 1.920468°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||||
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Peace Garden railings | St. Thomas' Peace Garden 52°28′24″N 1°54′22″W / 52.4734°N 1.9060°W |
1995 | Anuradha Patel | Railings and gates | Steel | Steel gates and railings. With help from the students of Lea Mason Church of England Secondary School and other groups [28] | |||
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Beorma Ingas Ham | Gooch Street Bridge 52°27′59″N 1°53′34″W / 52.466434°N 1.892721°W |
Pair of decorative arches | Steel | On a bridge over the Rea, marking the spot nearby where Birmingham was first settled | |||||
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Cutting Edge | Northbrook Street 52°29′08″N 1°55′56″W / 52.485661°N 1.932223°W |
2006 | Anuradha Patel | Railings | Steel | Steel railings above the Birmingham Canal Main Line. [29] |
Eastside / Aston University
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Hebe | James Watt Queensway 52°29′04″N 1°53′32″W / 52.484385°N 1.892165°W |
1966 | Robert Thomas | statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Used to be in Holloway Circus, before being moved to James Watt Queensway, with a new surround, by Anuradha Patel.[30] | ||
Inside Tempus Fugit | Aston University Library 52°29′09″N 1°53′20″W / 52.485831°N 1.888826°W |
2004 | Ray Lonsdale | bust | Stainless steel | Aston University | Previously near the Aston University Day Hospital, now in front of the Aston University Library.[31] There is a figure of a small boy inside the head [32] | |||
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Peace Sculpture | The lake near Lakeside – Aston University 52°29′02″N 1°53′22″W / 52.484005°N 1.889466°W |
1985 | William Pye | Sculpture / fountain | Stainless steel | Aston University | [33] | ||
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Eastside City Park | Eastside City Park 52°28′55″N 1°53′16″W / 52.4820°N 1.8877°W |
2012 | Patel Taylor | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | [34] |
Digbeth
Southside
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
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Horsefair, 1908 | Holloway Circus 52°28′30″N 1°54′01″W / 52.474918°N 1.900173°W |
1967 | Kenneth Budd | Mosaic mural | Birmingham City Council | ||||
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Chinese Pagoda | Holloway Circus 52°28′29″N 1°54′01″W / 52.474853°N 1.900416°W |
1998 | Chinese pagoda | Stone | Birmingham City Council | The pagoda was carved in Fujian, a province of China. It was donated to the city, and forms a landmark of the nearby Chinese Quarter. | |||
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Chinese Guardian dogs | Holloway Circus 52°28′30″N 1°54′02″W / 52.474906°N 1.900645°W |
Sculpture | Bronze | Birmingham City Council |
Jewellery Quarter
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Clockwork | Jewellery Quarter station, Vyse Street, Hockley (Jewellery Quarter) 52°29′22″N 1°54′46″W / 52.4894°N 1.912775°W |
2004 | Mick Thacker and Mark Renn | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||
Padlock | Newhall Hill – Jewellery Quarter 52°28′57″N 1°54′39″W / 52.482547°N 1.910892°W |
2000 | Mick Thacker and Mark Renn | sculpture | Steel | [37] | ||||
RBSA bronze plaques | Royal Birmingham Society of Artists – 4 Brook Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′06″N 1°54′27″W / 52.484891°N 1.907520°W |
1919 | William Bloye | Bronze plaques | Bronze | Royal Birmingham Society of Artists | Formerly at the Society's old headquarters on New Street[1] | |||
The Jewellery Quarter – Newhall Street Gateway | Newhall Street with Lionel Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°28′59″N 1°54′19″W / 52.483116°N 1.905140°W |
2003 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
The Jewellery Quarter – Vyse Street Gateway | Vyse Street with Great Hampton Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′29″N 1°54′40″W / 52.491351°N 1.911202°W |
2003 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
The Jewellery Quarter – Hall Street Gateway | Hall Street with Great Hampton Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′20″N 1°54′28″W / 52.488958°N 1.907824°W |
2003 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
Manangel | The Jam House – 3 – 5 St Paul's Square, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′06″N 1°54′18″W / 52.484955°N 1.904872°W |
2001 | David Begbie | Sculpture | wire-mesh | The Jam House | Looks like a netted angel. Missing since 16/08/2016 [38] |
Acocks Green
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Fox and Holly | Corner of Olton Boulevard East and Shaftmoor Lane in Acocks Green 52°26′38″N 1°50′05″W / 52.443973°N 1.834728°W |
2003 | Rosemary Terry | Public transport interchange | Wood & Steel | Centro | Named after the Fox Hollies area that it is in. The name dates back to 1465. | |||
Fox and Hollybush | Lidl – Olton Boulevard East, Acocks Green 52°26′39″N 1°50′03″W / 52.444116°N 1.834154°W |
1927 | William Bloye | relief sculpture | sandstone | It used to be on the wall of now demolished Fox and Hollybush pub. Now on the left of Lidl, in the Fox Hollies area of Acocks Green. | ||||
Fox Hollies Lidl sculpture | Lidl – Summer Road & Olton Boulevard East, Acocks Green 52°26′39″N 1°50′03″W / 52.444198°N 1.834239°W |
Sculpture / railings | Painted steel | |||||||
Sculpture of a bird on the Great Western pub | Great Western – 10 Yardley Road, Acocks Green 52°27′01″N 1°49′09″W / 52.450171°N 1.819085°W |
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John Bridgeman play sculpture | Curtis Gardens, Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green 52°26′26″N 1°50′06″W / 52.440554°N 1.835103°W |
c1960 | John Bridgeman | Sculpture | Concrete | Grade II listed since 2015[39][40] | Birmingham City Council | |||
Westley Vale Millennium Green mural | Westley Vale Millennium Green - The Avenue, Acocks Green 52°26′57″N 1°48′57″W / 52.449140°N 1.815860°W |
2015 | Hoakser | Mural | Spray paint | Westley Vale Millennium Green, Community First & Arts in the Yard | See photo on Flickr Westley Vale Millennium Green mural |
Aston
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Lucas' Lion, Wheel, and Flambear emblem | 36, Wheeler Street, Newtown 52°29′46″N 1°54′14″W / 52.49603°N 1.90376°W |
November 1998 | John McKenna | Stainless steel | Midland Area Housing Association | On the side of house, built on the site of the former Lucas factory.[41][42] | ||||
William McGregor | Villa Park – Trinity Road, Aston 52°30′31″N 1°53′11″W / 52.508744°N 1.886341°W |
2009 | Sam Holland | statue | Bronze | Aston Villa | ||||
Mondobongo | Corner of High Street and Burlington Street in Newtown 52°29′55″N 1°53′42″W / 52.498694°N 1.895002°W |
Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | |||||
An even bigger splash! | Newtown Swimming Pool & Fitness Centre, High Street, Newtown 52°29′57″N 1°53′46″W / 52.499162°N 1.895976°W |
Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Bartley Green
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Talking about the Weather | Field Lane, Bartley Green opposite Romsley Road 52°26′04″N 2°00′17″W / 52.434333°N 2.004596°W |
2004 | Pamina Stewart, Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | |||
Bus bench sculpture | Corner of Romsley Road and Field Lane, Bartley Green 52°26′05″N 2°00′18″W / 52.434678°N 2.005113°W |
Bench | Painted Steel | Centro | Is near the Bartley Green bus terminus area | |||||
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The Globe | Newman University, Genners Lane, Bartley Green 52°25′59″N 1°59′40″W / 52.433050°N 1.994405°W |
May 2012 | Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson of Planet Art | Globe sculpture | Stainless steel | Newman University | The Globe represents how Newman University is recognised globally with international links and worldwide connections [43] |
Billesley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Swan of Swan Corner | Roundabout at Brook Lane (between Coldbath Road and Wheelers Lane), Billesley 52°25′52″N 1°52′36″W / 52.431192°N 1.876752°W |
2014 | swan sculpture | Wood | Swan Corner | Unveiled by members of Swan Corner on the 18th November 2014 [44] |
Bordesley Green
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Juggernaut | Victoria Street, Bordesley Green 52°28′36″N 1°51′23″W / 52.47654°N 1.856401°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||||
Garrison Lane, Bordesley Green 52°28′34″N 1°51′39″W / 52.476064°N 1.860902°W |
Stone |
Bournville
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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George Cadbury | Friends Meeting House – Linden Road, Bournville 52°25′49″N 1°56′09″W / 52.430372°N 1.935903°W |
1924 | Francis Wood | bust | Bronze | Bournville Village Trust | Seen from the Bournville Village Green | |||
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Terpischore | Cadbury Factory grounds – Bournville Lane, Bournville 52°25′40″N 1°55′58″W / 52.427796°N 1.932671°W |
1932 | William Bloye | Statue on a fountain | Bronze | Cadbury | [45] |
Castle Vale
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Sentinel | Spitfire Island 52°30′48″N 1°47′55″W / 52.513297°N 1.798673°W |
2000 | Tim Tolkien | Steel |
Cotteridge
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Feathers Of Freedom | Near Sophies – Pershore Road South, Cotteridge 52°24′57″N 1°55′51″W / 52.415796°N 1.930945°W |
Paula Woof | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | There is also similar feathers sculpture as the entrance of the overflow car park at Kings Norton Station | ||||
Cotteridge Park mural | Railway bridge leading into Cotteridge Park near Breedon Road, Cotteridge 52°25′11″N 1°55′35″W / 52.419742°N 1.926491°W |
2012 | Daniel "Newso" Lickiss | Mural | Spray paint | Friends of Cotteridge Park, Birmingham City Council & Network Rail | Created to prevent vandalism and graffiti on the bridge [46] Please see the photos here on Flickr Cotteridge Park – railway bridge – artwork – dogs – dalmatian |
Duddeston
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Face #1 | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N 1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W |
sculpture | Steel | London Midland | ||||||
Face #2 | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N 1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W |
sculpture | Steel | London Midland | ||||||
Face #3 | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N 1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W |
sculpture | Steel | London Midland | ||||||
Hand | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N 1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W |
sculpture | Steel | London Midland | ||||||
Red Amber Green | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N 1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W |
sculpture | Steel | London Midland | ||||||
Diving Bodies | Duddeston Station 52°29′19″N 1°52′16″W / 52.488673°N 1.871071°W |
sculpture | Steel | London Midland | ||||||
Youth | Melvina Road, Duddeston 52°29′31″N 1°52′13″W / 52.491864°N 1.870223°W |
1958 | Harry Seager | statue | Concrete | Birmingham City Council | [47] |
Edgbaston
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Edgbaston Interchange | Priory Road, Edgbaston, near Bristol Road (and Century Tower) 52°27′21″N 1°54′35″W / 52.455746°N 1.909746°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||||
Map of Edgbaston | Morrisons – near Harborne Road, Edgbaston 52°28′17″N 1°55′17″W / 52.471475°N 1.921268°W |
2013 | sculpture | Steel | Morrisons | Fountain with leaf design on the reverse | ||||
Robert Peel | Outside Tally Ho – Pershore Road, Edgbaston 52°27′16″N 1°54′26″W / 52.454546°N 1.907328°W |
1855 | Peter Hollins | statue | Bronze | Grade II listed[48] | Birmingham City Council | Originally on Congreve Street, then moved to Council House Square in 1873 (now Victoria Square). Moved to Calthorpe Park in 1926. Then to Pershore Road in 1963. Original plinth still in Calthorpe Park. | ||
Boer War Memorial | Cannon Hill Park 52°27′12″N 1°54′04″W / 52.453264°N 1.90099°W |
1905 | Albert Toft | war memorial statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Refurbished in 2012 | |||
Golfer | Golden Putter Mini-Golf, Cannon Hill Park 52°27′11″N 1°54′06″W / 52.452937°N 1.901794°W |
2014 | statue | Birmingham City Council | A new 36 hole course opened at Cannon Hill Park in 2014 [49] |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Maternity statue | Birmingham Women's Hospital 52°27′13″N 1°56′31″W / 52.453697°N 1.942062°W |
statue | Bronze | Birmingham Women's Hospital | ||||||
The Future | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 52°27′05″N 1°56′28″W / 52.451473°N 1.94124°W |
2013 | Richard Thornton | sculpture | Stainless steel | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham | A competition was held in 2012 to name it.[50] In the shape of a Double Helix. Celebrates the coming together of the previous hospitals on one site [32] | |||
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The Good Samaritan | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 52°27′05″N 1°56′26″W / 52.451350°N 1.940686°W |
1963 | Uli Nimptsch | statue | Bronze | Moved in 2014 to a path between the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Birmingham in Edgbaston [51] |
University of Birmingham
Erdington
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Sir Josiah Mason | Island at Chester Road and Orphanage Road in Erdington 52°31′54″N 1°49′30″W / 52.531575°N 1.825115°W |
1951 | William Bloye | bust | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Recast by William Bloye in 1951, from an 1885 statue by Francis John Williamson (now lost).[1] | |||
Insect and Celtic Cross | Erdington Station 52°31′40″N 1°50′23″W / 52.527844°N 1.839714°W |
1998 | Ronald Rae | sculpture | Stone | London Midland / Centro | [55] | |||
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The Feast | McDonald's – corner of Chester Road and Sutton Road, Erdington 52°31′59″N 1°49′44″W / 52.533068°N 1.828880°W |
Anuradha Patel | Screen | Represents a community coming together to celebrate [56] |
Great Barr
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Moonstones | Periphery of Asda supermarket, Queslett Road 52°33′10″N 1°54′31″W / 52.55273°N 1.90862°W |
Steve Field | Carvings | Sandstone | Set of eight memorials to members of the Lunar Society | ||||
Beech Beacon | Shipway – Walsall Road, Great Barr 52°32′40″N 1°55′52″W / 52.54455°N 1.931045°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||||
The Towers | Tower Hill, Great Barr 52°32′08″N 1°55′14″W / 52.53567°N 1.92044°W |
1936 | William Bloye | Stone | Front of pub. Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building[1] | |||||
The Towers | Tower Hill, Great Barr 52°32′08″N 1°55′15″W / 52.53553°N 1.92072°W |
1936 | William Bloye | Stone | Rear of pub. Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building[1] |
Harborne
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Huntsman and Dog | The Green Man, High Street, Harborne 52°27′41″N 1°56′35″W / 52.46138°N 1.94301°W |
c. 1940 | William Bloye | pub sign | Wood | Painted wooden pub sign.[1] | ||||
The Olympic Diamond | High Street, Harborne 52°27′37″N 1°56′41″W / 52.460174°N 1.944817°W |
2012 | The children of St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Harborne Primary School. | mosaic | Commemorates the London 2012 Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen [57] |
Hall Green
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Dragon bench sculpture | Hall Green Library – Stratford Road, Hall Green 52°26′02″N 1°50′47″W / 52.433768°N 1.846332°W |
Students of Hall Green School (?) | bench sculpture | Wood | Hall Green Library | Might be based on Smaug from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (who lived nearby in Sarehole in the early 1900s (as a small boy). | ||||
Middle Earth | Hall Green Library – Stratford Road, Hall Green 52°26′01″N 1°50′47″W / 52.433649°N 1.846326°W |
Mural | Hall Green Library | Mural inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien who lived nearby in the early 1900s in the Sarehole area | ||||||
Dragonfly heart Mosaic | Greet Mill Meadow - Shire Country Park - Stratford Road, Hall Green 52°26′35″N 1°51′20″W / 52.443154°N 1.855466°W |
mosaic | Glass tiles | Birmingham City Council | Not far from the Stratford Road bridge and the River Cole | |||||
Fish Mosaic | Greet Mill Meadow - Shire Country Park - Green Road, Hall Green 52°26′12″N 1°51′21″W / 52.436741°N 1.855766°W |
mosaic | Glass tiles | Birmingham City Council | Close to the flooded part of the River Cole on Green Road |
Handsworth
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Climbing wall | Hockley Flyover 52°29′43″N 1°54′55″W / 52.4954°N 1.9153°W |
1968 | William Mitchell | Cast concrete | Birmingham City Council | |||||
Tulip Tree | Barn Lane and Soho Road, Handsworth 52°30′14″N 1°56′14″W / 52.503758°N 1.937298°W |
Public transport interchange | Wood | Centro | ||||||
Under the Sun | Soho Hill, corner of St. Michaels Road 52°30′03″N 1°55′24″W / 52.500784°N 1.923367°W |
2010 | Saranjit Birdi | Sculpture | Steel |
Hockley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Coin Stack | Soho Hill – Hockley Circus – Hockley 52°29′46″N 1°54′57″W / 52.496024°N 1.915815°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Kings Heath
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Kings Heath Interchange | Alcester Road South, Kings Heath (opposite The Crown pub) 52°25′16″N 1°53′31″W / 52.421178°N 1.891827°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Kings Norton
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Feathers | Kings Norton Station overflow car park 52°24′49″N 1°56′08″W / 52.413557°N 1.935618°W |
Paula Woof | Sculpture | Steel | Centro | Pair of steel feathers above height barriers. Also a feather above a mosaic on the ground | ||||
Kings Norton Past to Present | Far footbridge – Kings Norton Station 52°24′50″N 1°56′07″W / 52.413977°N 1.935331°W |
2012 | Daniel "Newso" Lickiss (with Adeela Ahmad of Kings Norton Girls School and Oliver Blackburn, of Kings Norton Boys School) | Mural | Spray paint | Centro, Birmingham City Council & Network Rail | Footbridge given a makeover by local graffiti artist [58] See photo on Flickr Kings Norton Past to Present |
Kingstanding
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Mysterious Green Man | Roundabout between Kingstanding Road and Kings Road, Kingstanding 52°33′10″N 1°53′02″W / 52.552728°N 1.88399°W |
2004 | Jason Cleverly | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||
The Multi Faceted Green Man | Roundabout between Kingstanding Road and Rough Road, Kingstanding 52°33′12″N 1°53′02″W / 52.553363°N 1.883805°W |
2004 | Jason Cleverly | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Longbridge
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Genie of Industry | Longbridge Lane, Longbridge 52°23′44″N 1°58′56″W / 52.395518°N 1.982321°W |
John McKenna | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | Now moved to the site close to near the new Longbridge Town Centre |
Lozells
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Royal Oak | Former pub – Lozells 52°30′10″N 1°54′02″W / 52.502687°N 1.900501°W |
c. 1936 | William Bloye | Stone | Decoration around the doorway of a former pub (now a shop). Formerly brightly painted.[1] |
Moseley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Spirit | Alcester Road, Moseley outside Boots 52°26′48″N 1°53′18″W / 52.44662°N 1.888312°W |
2003 | Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||
Cascading Mountain | Corner of Yardley Wood Road and Wake Green Road in Moseley 52°26′34″N 1°52′18″W / 52.442842°N 1.871585°W |
2004 | Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||
Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood gates and height barrier | Moseley Bog – Yardley Wood Road, Moseley 52°26′10″N 1°52′08″W / 52.436234°N 1.868888°W |
2012 | Adrian Moakes | Gates and height barrier | Steel | Birmingham City Council | Unveiled in December 2012 [59] |
Nechells
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Lanchester Car Monument | Bloomsbury Village Green – Heartlands (Nechells) 52°29′35″N 1°52′22″W / 52.4930°N 1.8729°W |
1995 | Tim Tolkien | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | Commemorates the work of Frederick William Lanchester |
Northfield
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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All Seasons Tree | Northfield Station 52°24′29″N 1°57′58″W / 52.408045°N 1.966128°W |
Rosemary Terry | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | |||||
Black Horse | Black Horse pub garden 52°24′43″N 1°58′26″W / 52.412036°N 1.973911°W |
Sculpture | Steel | Made from car parts from the nearby Longbridge plant |
Perry Barr
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Boar's Head | The Boar's Head, Perry Barr 52°31′45″N 1°53′44″W / 52.529153°N 1.895465°W |
c. 1938 | William Bloye | Wood | Painted pub sign comprising a model boar's head, on a pole.[1] Taken from the arms of the Gough-Calthorpe family of nearby Perry Hall | |||||
Running stag | Perry Barr Stadium 52°31′09″N 1°53′52″W / 52.519192°N 1.897717°W |
1929 | William Bloye; attributed[1] | Bas-relief | Stone | Logo of Birchfield Harriers.[1] Attributed.[1] |
Saltley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Circular Dance | Washwood Heath Road, Saltley 52°29′31″N 1°51′34″W / 52.4919°N 1.859306°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Selly Oak
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Pyramid sculpture | Selly Oak Station 52°26′31″N 1°56′10″W / 52.441976°N 1.936239°W |
Eric Klein Velderman & Paula Woof | pyramid sculpture | Steel | London Midland | A monument to the industries of Birmingham |
Sheldon
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Dakota Bust | Corner of Coventry Road and Sheaf Lane in Sheldon 52°27′07″N 1°46′56″W / 52.452011°N 1.782194°W |
Pete Whitehouse | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | ||||
Wheatsheaf | Travelodge, Hobs Moat Road, Sheldon 52°27′05″N 1°46′57″W / 52.451373°N 1.78237°W |
Claire Davies | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Small Heath
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Pomegranate Dress | Coventry Road, Small Heath 52°28′08″N 1°51′25″W / 52.469001°N 1.856862°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
South Yardley
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Library Emblem | South Yardley Library, Yardley Road, South Yardley 52°27′40″N 1°48′58″W / 52.461°N 1.816°W |
1938 | William Bloye | library emblem | Stone | Birmingham City Council | [60] |
Sparkbrook
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Mirror Image | Near Aldi – Stratford Road, Sparkbrook 52°27′33″N 1°52′18″W / 52.459232°N 1.871639°W |
John Vaughan | Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro |
Sparkhill
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Bulrushes | Springfield Primary School – corner of College Road and Stratford Road in Sparkhill 52°26′36″N 1°51′24″W / 52.443399°N 1.856741°W |
Public transport interchange | Steel | Centro | It is in the Springfield part of Sparkhill near the no 1 and 6 bus routes | |||||
The Bear | The Bear – Stratford Road, Sparkhill 52°26′54″N 1°51′40″W / 52.448235°N 1.861201°W |
c. 1937 | William Bloye | Bas-relief | Pub sign, depicting feature of the arms of Warwickshire, in which the area was located at the time of installation.[1] | |||||
The Antelope | Hajees Spices – Stratford Road, Sparkhill 52°27′12″N 1°51′57″W / 52.453362°N 1.865753°W |
c. 1929 | William Bloye | Bas-relief pub sign | Designed by Bloye, sculpted by his assistant, Tom Wright[1] | |||||
The Mermaid | (Formerly) The President Restaurant – Stratford Road, Sparkhill 52°27′25″N 1°52′08″W / 52.456861°N 1.868761°W |
c. 1960 | William Bloye | Bas-relief pub sign | The President Restaurant burnt down twice.[61] The sculpture is no longer on the building |
Sutton Coldfield
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Sutton Coldfield Library | Mural | Birmingham City Council |
Winson Green
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Traveller | Summerfield Community Centre – Dudley Road, Winson Green 52°29′12″N 1°56′20″W / 52.486599°N 1.938775°W |
2001 | Juginder Lamba | Public transport interchange | Wood | Centro | [62] | |||
James Watt's Mad Machine | Winson Green Tram Stop 52°29′56″N 1°56′17″W / 52.498959°N 1.937968°W |
1998 | Tim Tolkien et al | sculpture | Centro |
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