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.

Atherstone

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Atherstone Ball Game	The Co-op, Station Street, Atherstone 52°34′39″N 1°33′03″W / 52.577563°N 1.550799°W		Michael Disley	Sculpture	Stone			North Warwickshire Borough Council	Based on the Shrovetide Ball Game

Henley-in-Arden

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Market Cross	High Street, Henley-in-Arden 52°17′35″N 1°46′47″W / 52.292943°N 1.779799°W	15th century		Market Cross	Limestone		Grade II listed [1]	Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Leamington Spa

The Parade

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Queen Victoria	Town Hall, Leamington Spa 52°17′19″N 1°32′07″W / 52.288521°N 1.535215°W	1901	Albert Toft	Statue	Sicilian marble on red Aberdeen granite pedestal	3 metres high statue on a 4 metres high pedestal	Grade II listed [2]	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	1922	Albert Toft	War memorial Statue	Bronze		Grade II listed [3]	Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council
More images	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	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). [4]

Bath Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Blue waves	Outside the Jug & Jester – Bath Street, Leamington Spa 52°17′09″N 1°31′59″W / 52.285871°N 1.532934°W			Sculpture
	The Jug & Jester	Jug & Jester – Bath Street, Leamington Spa 52°17′08″N 1°31′58″W / 52.285529°N 1.532897°W	2010		Sculpture	Bronze			JD Wetherspoon	The Jug & Jester opened in November 2010 [5]

Jephson Gardens

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Dr Henry Jephson	Jephson Memorial, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa 52°17′19″N 1°31′51″W / 52.288558°N 1.530897°W	1848	Peter Hollins	Statue	Marble		Grade II listed [6]	Warwick District Council and Royal Leamington Spa Town Council
More images	Elephant Circle	Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa 52°17′14″N 1°31′53″W / 52.287187°N 1.531487°W	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 [7]

Nuneaton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)	Newdegate Street, Nuneaton 52°31′24″N 1°28′01″W / 52.523251°N 1.467079°W	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	[8]
More images	Boer War Memorial	Riversley Park, Nuneaton 52°31′12″N 1°27′57″W / 52.519956°N 1.465913°W	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 [9]

Rugby

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Rupert Brooke	Jubilee Gardens, Rugby 52°22′30″N 1°15′38″W / 52.374868°N 1.260501°W	1988	Roberts-Jones, IvorIvor Roberts-Jones	Statue	Bronze			Rugby Borough Council	Poet born in Rugby [10]
More images	William Webb Ellis	Rugby School, Rugby 52°22′12″N 1°15′52″W / 52.370037°N 1.264400°W	1997	Ibbeson, GrahamGraham Ibbeson	Statue	Bronze	229cm high		Rugby School	The inventor of Rugby football in 1823 [11]

Stratford-upon-Avon

Market Place

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	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	1887	Jethro Cossins & Robert Bridgeman & Sons of Lichfield	Drinking Fountain	Stone		Grade II* listed [12]	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) [13]

Bancroft Gardens

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Gower Memorial	Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon 52°11′32″N 1°42′09″W / 52.192148°N 1.702385°W	1876	Ronald Gower	Statue	Bronze		Grade II* listed [14]	Stratford on Avon District Council	Statue of William Shakespeare surrounded by characters from his plays. Unveiled in 1888. [15] It was outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until it burned down in 1926. It was moved to its present site in 1933.
More images	William Shakespeare	Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon 52°11′29″N 1°42′12″W / 52.191354°N 1.703242°W	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 [16]
	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	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. [17]
More images	Country Artists Fountain	Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon 52°11′30″N 1°42′13″W / 52.191529°N 1.703748°W	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. [18]

Henley Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	The Stratford Jester	Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon 52°11′40″N 1°42′33″W / 52.194412°N 1.709096°W	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 [19]
	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	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. [20]
	Eagle	The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon 52°11′39″N 1°42′30″W / 52.194048°N 1.708344°W	1964		Sculpture	Bronze			Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Warwick

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Guy and the Boar	Traffic island, Coventry Road, Warwick 52°17′23″N 1°34′44″W / 52.289798°N 1.578960°W	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.[21]
	Randolph Turpin	Market Place, Warwick 52°16′55″N 1°35′28″W / 52.281969°N 1.590978°W	2001	Carl Payne	Statue	Bronze			Warwick District Council
More images	The Herons and Fishes	Warwickshire County Council, Market Place, Warwick 52°16′57″N 1°35′25″W / 52.282571°N 1.590355°W	2000	Rachel Higgins	Sculpture	Steel			Warwick District Council	Millennium pond sculpture. It reflects the rich wildlife of Warwickshire

References

1. Historic England. "Market Cross  (Grade II) (1382383)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
2. Historic England. "Statue of Queen Victoria  (Grade II) (1381440)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
3. Historic England. "War Memorial  (Grade II) (1381443)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
4. "Firemen and a Manual Pump". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. "Jug & Jester". JD Wetherspoon. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
6. Historic England. "Jephson Memorial  (Grade II) (1381324)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
7. "Jephson elephants settle in to public acclaim". Leamington Courier. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
8. "Statue to George Eliot". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
9. "Nuneaton, Riversley Park, Boer War Memorial". Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
10. "Statue to Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
11. "William Webb Ellis". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
12. Historic England. "American Fountain  (Grade II*) (1280258)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
13. "The American Fountain (The Memorial Fountain)". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
14. Historic England. "Gower Monument  (Grade II*) (1204176)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
15. "Gower Memorial". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
16. "New Shakespeare sculpture for Stratford-upon-Avon". BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
17. "Hermaphroditus or Youth at the stream". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
18. "Country Artists Fountain". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
19. "The Stratford Jester". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
20. "Untitled Abstract Relief". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
21. "Guy and the Boar". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 6 August 2015.