List of public art in Coventry

This is a list of public art in Coventry, in the West Midlands, England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Central Coventry

Coventry Cathedral

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	St Michael's Victory over the Devil	Coventry Cathedral 52°24′30″N 1°30′25″W / 52.408217°N 1.50695°W	1958	Sir Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	Bronze			Coventry Cathedral	[1]
More images	Reconciliation	Coventry Cathedral ruins 52°24′29″N 1°30′27″W / 52.408047°N 1.507478°W	1995	Josefina de Vasconcellos	Statues	Bronze			Coventry Cathedral	[2]
More images	Ecce Homo	South wall of Coventry Cathedral ruins 52°24′28″N 1°30′27″W / 52.407824°N 1.507607°W approx	1969	Sir Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	Subiaco marble			Coventry Cathedral	[2]
	Christ	Coventry Cathedral ruins	After 1943	Alain John		Concrete			Coventry Cathedral	[2]

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Elisabeth Frink	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - near Jordan Well, Coventry 52°24′25″N 1°30′22″W / 52.407073°N 1.505975°W	1956	F. E. McWilliam	Statue	Bronze			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
More images	Man's Struggle	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - Jordan Well, Coventry 52°24′25″N 1°30′19″W / 52.407013°N 1.505369°W	1959	Walter Ritchie	Relief Mural	Portland stone			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
More images	The Enfolding	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry - Peace Garden, Coventry 52°24′27″N 1°30′23″W / 52.407637°N 1.506523°W	1985	Jean Parker	Sculpture	Bath stone	180 cm high		Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2] Formerly in Smithford Way was relocated to this Peace Garden in November 1990 [3]
More images	Mother and Children	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - Bayley Lane, Coventry 52°24′26″N 1°30′24″W / 52.407119°N 1.506535°W	1986	Gary Galpin	Sculpture	Bath stone			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
	Peace Stone	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	1990		Sculpture	Stone, bronze			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
	Barra Suite 5	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	1992	Dr. Tim Threlfall	Sculpture				Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Millennium Place

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Sir Frank Whittle	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′37″N 1°30′31″W / 52.410263°N 1.508552°W	2007	Faith Winter	Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council
More images	Whittle Arch	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′38″N 1°30′32″W / 52.410445°N 1.508811°W	2002		Sculpture	Stainless steel			Coventry City Council
More images	The Public Bench	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′39″N 1°30′32″W / 52.410753°N 1.508973°W	1998	Jochen Gerz					Coventry City Council
More images	The Future Monument	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′38″N 1°30′30″W / 52.410585°N 1.508281°W		Jochen Gerz	Obelisk	Glass			Coventry City Council

Coventry Council House

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Leofric, Godiva and Justice	Coventry Council House 52°24′25″N 1°30′29″W / 52.407083°N 1.508099°W	1920	Henry Wilson		Portland stone			Coventry City Council
	Flywheel	Opposite Coventry Council House	1987	Michael Farrell					Coventry City Council	[2]
	Naiad	Council courtyard	1981-3 (replaced 1958 original)	George Wagstaffe		Bronze			Coventry City Council	[2]

Greyfriars Green

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The James Starley Memorial	Greyfriars Green, Coventry 52°24′15″N 1°30′55″W / 52.404205°N 1.515212°W	1884	Joseph Whitehead and Sons	Memorial Statue	Granite, Ravaccione marble	Plinth: Overall height 600cm, plinth width 366cm. Figure: 150cm high. Panels/second stage: 200cm high x 96cm wide x 96cm deep. Column: 80cm high approx.		Coventry City Council	The inventor of the bicycle in 1870. [2] [4]
More images	The Thomas White Memorial	Greyfriars Green, Coventry 52°24′17″N 1°30′50″W / 52.404749°N 1.513828°W	1883	W. W. Wills and T. W. Wills	Statue	Cornish granite, Sicilian marble	Pedestal: 305cm high. Statue: 228cm high		Coventry City Council	[2] [5]

Broadgate and Hertford Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Self Sacrifice (Lady Godiva)	Broadgate, Coventry 52°24′29″N 1°30′37″W / 52.408032°N 1.510402°W	1949	William Reid-Dick	Equestrian statue	Bronze and stone			Coventry City Council	[2]
	Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock	Broadgate House - Broadgate, Coventry 52°24′27″N 1°30′38″W / 52.407588°N 1.510682°W	1953	Trevor Tennant	Clock sculpture	Painted wood			Coventry City Council	[2]
	The People of Coventry	Broadgate House - Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′27″N 1°30′38″W / 52.407454°N 1.510634°W	1953	Trevor Tennant	Panel, sculpture	Doulting stone	Each group: 300cm x 91cm x 46cm		Coventry City Council	[2] Four panels, placed between the windows of the former Bridge Restaurant, each representing two standing figures depicting Coventry past, present and future. [6]
	Broadgate Standard	Broadgate, entrance to Upper Precinct, Coventry	1948	British Pressed Panels Ltd		Aluminium			Coventry City Council	[2]
	Peeping Tom	Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′24″N 1°30′42″W / 52.406577°N 1.511642°W approx	1972			Painted wood			Coventry City Council	[2]

Bull Yard

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Phoenix	Bull Yard & Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′22″N 1°30′44″W / 52.406110°N 1.512326°W	1987	George Wagstaffe	Statue	Bronze	237cm x 150cm x 60cm		Coventry City Council	The sculpture represents the city's post-war story. It symbolises the young of the new city rising from the flames of the old city. The phoenix is in the form of a winged woman, her wings raised above her head, they cumulate in sharp points. [7]
	Thread Through Time	Bull Yard, Coventry 52°24′22″N 1°30′47″W / 52.406127°N 1.512927°W	1999	Robert Conybear and Uta Molling	Cone sculpture	Cast recycled concrete, stone and brick	3.9m high approx (plus 6m of laser).		Coventry City Council	[2] Carved and painted cone which emits a laser beam up some 6 metres up into the night sky. [8]
	Sir Guy and the Dun Cow	Above the pavement between Shelton Square and Bull Yard in the precinct, Coventry 52°24′22″N 1°30′48″W / 52.406208°N 1.513291°W	1952	Alma Ramsey	Sculpture	Stone mix covered in paint	200cm high x 250cm wide		Coventry City Council	[2] [9]

Coventry University

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Coventry Boy	Outside the Students Union - Coventry University - Priory Street, Coventry 52°24′30″N 1°30′23″W / 52.408378°N 1.506289°W	1966	Philip Bentham	Statue	Bronze and sandstone			Coventry City Council	[10]
More images	Graham Sutherland Building sculpture	Coventry School of Art and Design - Graham Sutherland Building - Coventry University 52°24′26″N 1°30′11″W / 52.40726°N 1.503178°W			Sculpture	Steel			Coventry University
More images	Basilica	Coventry Crown Court - Much Park Street, Coventry 52°24′23″N 1°30′22″W / 52.406268°N 1.506007°W	1991	Paul De Monchaux	Sculpture	Purbeck and Portland limestone, and Frankland Grey Granite	280cm high x 300cm wide x 230cm deep approx.		Coventry Crown Court	[11]

Belgrade Theatre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Belgrade	Belgrade Theatre - Corporation Street, Coventry 52°24′35″N 1°30′50″W / 52.409671°N 1.513903°W	1958	James C Brown	Relief panel	Cast cement fondu with Penmaenware granite chippings for aggregate	305cm x 230cm		Belgrade Theatre	[12]
More images	A memorial to Bryan Bailey	Belgrade Theatre - Upper Well Street, Coventry 52°24′36″N 1°30′50″W / 52.409972°N 1.513752°W	1962 (recast in bronze 2008)	Norelle Keddie	Memorial sculpture	Bronze			Belgrade Theatre	Bryan Bailey was the first director of the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. After the development of a new public space, it was returned here in 2009 [13]

Other city centre areas

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Coventry Cross	Cuckoo Lane, Coventry 52°24′30″N 1°30′31″W / 52.408197°N 1.508581°W	1976	George Wagstaffe	Market cross	Ferro-concrete, Hollington stone, anodised aluminium, fibreglass			Coventry City Council	[2]
	Rebuilding Coventry and the Co-op's Activities	Co-operative Society Building - Corporation Street, Coventry 52°24′33″N 1°30′51″W / 52.409167°N 1.514065°W	1956	John Skelton	incised line drawings on several of the columns	Hornton stone	366cm x 61cm		Coventry City Council	[2] [14]
	Coventry's Industries	Lower Precinct, Coventry 52°24′30″N 1°30′53″W / 52.408212°N 1.514687°W	1958 and 1961	Arthur Ling	Panels	Neon tubes	200cm x 300cm approx.		Coventry City Council	[2] [15]
	Growth of the City	Sainsbury's - Trinity Street, Coventry 52°24′35″N 1°30′32″W / 52.409777°N 1.509011°W	1964	John Skelton	diagrammatic map	Swedish pearl granite, part painted	335cm x 275cm		Coventry City Council	[2] [16] Not visible on the outside of the building

Coventry Ring Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Steel horse	Junction 6 Coventry Ring Road - Ringway St Patrick's, Coventry 52°24′10″N 1°30′52″W / 52.402838°N 1.514405°W	1986	Simon Evans	Prancing horse sculpture	scrap metal, coated black			Coventry City Council	On going roadworks at Junction 6 of the Coventry Ring Road, so this might have gone into storage (sometime in 2014)
	Untitled Sculpture	Lamb Street, Coventry (near Ringway St Nicholas) 52°24′42″N 1°30′48″W / 52.411803°N 1.513362°W	1973	John Bridgeman	Sculpture	Resin, bronze powder	Sculpture: 219cm high x 65cm wide x 30cm deep. Pedestal: 26cm high x 112cm wide x 94cm deep		Coventry City Council	[2] An organically shaped abstract sculpture coloured in muted tones. [17]
	Coventry Martyrs Memorial	Ringway, St Patrick's, Coventry 52°24′13″N 1°30′30″W / 52.403567°N 1.50821°W	1910	G. Maile and Sons		Granite and metal			Coventry City Council	[2] The memorial is in the form of a Celtic wheelhead cross, mounted on a stepped plinth. [18]

Coventry Canal

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	James Brindley	Coventry Canal Basin 52°24′48″N 1°30′42″W / 52.413342°N 1.511626°W	1998	James Butler	Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council	[19]
	Canal Basin Mosaic	Coventry Canal Basin 52°24′48″N 1°30′44″W / 52.41347°N 1.512162°W	1997	Rosalind Wates		Unglazed ceramic tiles			Coventry City Council	[19]
	Lock Gates	Foleshill roundabout, Junction 1 of the Ring Road	1997	Ondré Nowakowski		Oak			Coventry City Council	[19]
	Entry and Parapet Markers	Six freestanding and four parapet markers at various locations from Canal Basin to Hawkesbury Junction	1999	Jon Mills		Painted galvanised steel			Coventry City Council	[19]
	The Journeyman	Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1	1999	Stephen Hitchin		Steel, cast bronze			Coventry City Council	[19]
	Wave Seat	Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1	1998	Michael Grevatte		Hornton stone			Coventry City Council	[19]
	Daimler Heritage Marker	Canalside, opposite Sandy Lane Business Park	1997	Robert Crutchley		Bronze, granite			Coventry City Council	[2]
	The Coil	Adjacent to Prince William Henry Bridge	1997	Frank Triggs		Sweet chestnut			Coventry City Council	[19]
	'Pleasure Craft'.	Tom Mann Close, off Lady Lane 52.452190 , - 1.487338	1997	Tim Shutter	Public Art	Stanton Moor Sandstone	111 x 178 x 195 cm		Coventry City Council	[19] The work depicts a stone sofa with integral oar rack on a stone raft, ready to be launched into the canal.

References

1. "St Michael and the Devil". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
2. Noszlopy, George (2003). Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-847-2.
3. "The Enfolding". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
4. "The James Starley (1830-1881) Memorial". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
5. "The Thomas White (d.1566) Memorial". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
6. "The People of Coventry". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
7. "Phoenix". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
8. "Thread Through Time". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
9. "Sir Guy and the Dun Cow". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
10. "Coventry Boy". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
11. "Basilica". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
12. "Belgrade". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
13. "Bryan Bailey sculpture restored outside Belgrade Theatre". Coventry Telegraph.
14. "Rebuilding Coventry and the Co-op's Activities". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
15. "Coventry's Industries". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
16. "Growth of the City". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
17. "Untitled Sculpture". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
18. "The Coventry Martyrs Memorial". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association.
19. "Coventry Canal Art Trail". Retrieved August 11, 2012.