List of public art in Wiltshire

This is a list of public art in Wiltshire, in 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.

Alton Barnes

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Alton Barnes White Horse	Alton Barnes, Alton, Wiltshire	1812	Robert Pile	Hill figure	Chalk
	Alton Barnes White Horse sarsen stone	Alton Priors, Alton, Wiltshire			Carving on stone	Sarsen stone

Amesbury

Also including public art in nearby areas.

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Airmen's Cross	Stonehenge Visiting Centre, Amesbury	1912		Memorial (wheel cross)	Stone		Grade II listed.[1][2]		Originally located at Airman's Cross. Moved December 2013.
	Amesbury War Memorial	Church Street, Amesbury	1920		War memorial (cross)	Stone				Reammended in 2011.[3]
	Bladehenge	Solstice Park, Amesbury	11 March 2013	Charlotte Moreton	Sculpture	Steel				Inspired by the nearby Stonehenge.[4]
	The Dragonfly	Solstice Park, Amesbury	11 June 2007	Charlotte Moreton	Sculpture					Made with recycled helicopter parts.[5]
	Memorial for Major Alexander William Hewetson	Fargo Wood, Amesbury	1913?		Memorial (wheel cross)	Stone
	The Mallow	Solstice Park, Amesbury	17 June 2008	Charlotte Moreton	Sculpture	"Road sign materials"[4]				The park's second sculpture.[5]
	Millennium Cross	The Centre car park, Amesbury	2000		Cross wheel	Stone				Commemorating the third millennium.
	Monumental pillar	Salisbury Street, Amesbury	1981		Monumental pillar	Stone
	Red Kite	Solstice Park, Amesbury	4 October 2011	Charlotte Moreton	Sculpture	Steel
	River Avon (a.k.a. The Avon)	Solstice Park, Amesbury	10 September 2009	Charlotte Moreton	Sculpture	Steel
	Rotary Club of Amesbury Wishing Wheel	The Co-operative Food, Salisbury Street, Amesbury	January 2007	Wooler Ltd	Monumental water wheel	Brick, metal				Commemorates the centenary of the club, 1905–2005.
	White Horse	Solstice Park, Amesbury	21 September 2010	Charlotte Moreton	Sculpture	Steel				Inspired by the county's white horse hill figures.[4]

Bradford on Avon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Bradford-on-Avon War Memorial	Bradford-on-Avon	1922		War memorial (obelisk)	Stone				Obelisk war memorial.[6]
	Cat	Mr Salvat's Coffee Room, St. Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon			Sculpture	Stone
	Chi Rho symbol	Newtown, Bradford-on-Avon			Inscription					Directly above Lady's Well,[7] sharing the same niche.
	Co-op mosaic	1 and 2 Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon	1930?		Mosaic					Advertising mosaic for the former Co-operative.
	Frog	Bradford-on-Avon			Sculpture	Stone
	Millie	Festival Garden, Bradford-on-Avon	22 January 2000	Dr John Willats	Sculpture	Metal, stone				Millennium sculpture.[8]
	Twinning Garden mosaic	The Twinning Garden, Bradford-on-Avon	2005–06	Anita Andrews and Jane Mortimer[9]	Mosaic	Stone[10]			Bradford on Avon Town Council	The plaque was installed in 2014.
	The Turf Maze	Barton Farm Country Park, Bradford on Avon	2000s		Turf maze	Turf				A turf maze.

Calne

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Sheep and lamb	Sainsbury's, Calne		Richard Cowdy	Sculpture	Bronze				Sculpted to draw attention to Calne's wool trade heritage.
	The Head	The Strand, Calne	2000	Rick Kirby	Sculpture					Millennium sculpture
	Two Pigs	Phelps Parade, Calne	1979	Richard Cowdy	Sculpture					The town's first public sculpture.

Cherhill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Cherhill White Horse	Cherhill Down, Cherhill	1780	Dr Christopher Alsop	Hill figure	Chalk	160 feet tall, 120 feet wide			Hill figure
	Lansdowne Monument	Cherhill Down, Cherhill	1845	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	Obelisk	Stone	120 feet tall	Grade II* listed.		Commemorating the Marquess' ancestor Sir William Petty.
	Millennium sundial	Bus shelter, Cherhill	2001		Sundial	Stone, sarsen stone				Commemorates the third millennium, housed in an elaborate bus shelter.

Chippenham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Chippenham Calf Sculpture	Borough Parade, Chippenham	14 September 2013	Richard Cowdy	Sculpture	Bronze	2 feet high, 4 feet long		Chippenham Civic Society	Commemorating the town's former historical cattle market.[11]
	Chippenham War Memorial	Near Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre, Chippenham	4 September 1921		War memorial and fountain	Sandstone ashlar, granite, slate		Grade II listed.[12]		Constructed to include the location's unused fountain.[13]
	Fountain	John Coles Park, Park Lane, Chippenham			Fountain	Stone
	Town Arms	Yelde Hall, Chippenham	1776		Emblem			Yelde Hall is Grade I listed.[14]		The "JS 1776" inscription refers to John Scott.[15]
	The Twister	Monkton Park, Chippenham	21 September 1995	Lorraine Frost	Sculpture	Stone	1.8 metres tall			The drawings were by local children.
	William Henry Fox Talbot photographing a girl and her dog	Greenways Business Park, Chippenham	1993	Greta Berlin	sculpture	Stone, sarsen stone	7 feet tall			Commissioned by Timberlaine.[16]

Memorial plaques

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Eddie Cochran Memorial Plaque	Rowden Post, Chippenham			Illustrated monumental plaque

Corsham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Corsham Court Gazebo	Corsham Court, Corsham	Early 18th century		Gazebo folly	Stone
	Corsham War Memorial	Lacock Road, Corsham	Early 1920s		War memorial (cenotaph)	Stone
	Mayo Memorial[17] (a.k.a. Mayo Fountain)[18]	71 High Street, Corsham	1896		Fountain, monument	Stone, ashlar		Grade II listed.[18]		Memorial for Charles Mayo of Ivy House.
	The Sham Ruin	Corsham Court, Corsham	1797	John Nash	Screen wall folly	Stone		Grade II* listed.[19]		A wall giving the fake illusion that it is ruins.

Cricklade

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	6th Airborne Division and 233 Squadron Memorial	RAF Blakehill Farm, Cricklade	1994		War memorial	Stone
	Cricklade War Memorial	High Street, Cricklade	Early 1920s		War memorial (wheel cross)	Stone
	Jubilee Clock	High Street, Cricklade	1897		Decoration monument	Iron		Grade II listed.[20]		Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
	RAF Blakehill Farm memorial	RAF Blakehill Farm, Cricklade	1994		War memorial	Stone				The memorial is on the right of the photo.

Devizes

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	The Devizes Pyramid	Sidmouth Street, Devizes	September 2008	Richard Cowdy	Sculpture	Metal, stone				Presented by Patrick and Joan Norton of Long Street, Devizes.
	Devizes War Memorial	Long Street, Devizes	13 November 1922		Memorial	Stone		Grade II listed.[21]		Unveiled by Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Viscount Long.[22]
	Devizes White Horse	Roundway Hill, Devizes	29 September 1999	James Smith	Hill figure	Chalk, stone	148 feet tall, 150 feet wide			A third millennium-commemorating hill figure.
	The Fountain	Market Place, Devizes	1879		Statue and fountain	Stone		Grade II listed as "The Fountain".[23]		Erected to the memory of Sotheron-Estcourt.
	Wayside Monument	Monument Hill, Stert near Devizes, Wiltshire	1771		Monument and statue	Sandstone ashlar, granite, slate		Grade II listed.[24]		A monument to James Long previously known as The Long Monument.[24]

Iford Manor

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Britannia	Bridge over the River Frome, Iford Manor			Statue

Longleat

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Fountain	The Orangery, Longleat	Early 19th century	Unknown	Fountain	Stone		Grade II listed.[25]		A fountain in the gardens of The Orangery.
	Heaven's Gate	Heaven's Gate, Longleat	2001	Paul Norris	Sculpture	Stone, granite				A third millennium-commemorating set of sculptures.
	Janus Arch	Entrance to Longleat		Angela Conner	Sculpture and fountain	Stainless steel	93 feet tall			A form of arch and fountain.[26]
	Memorial to Joan Russell 1927–2003	Horningsham, Longleat	2003		Memorial and sculpture					Memorial to Joan Russell.
	St George & the Dragon	Adventure Castle, Longleat	2005	Elizabeth Rainsford	Sculpture

Ludgershall

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Ludgershall Cross	High Street, Ludgershall	Medieval	Unknown	Preaching cross with carved figures	Stone				The surrounding ornamental iron fence was placed in 1897.
	Ludgershall War Memorial	High Street, Ludgershall	Early 1920s	Unknown	War memorial	Stone

Marlborough

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Millennium Milepost	Midland and South Western Junction Railway trackbed, Marlborough		Andrew Rowe	Milepost sculpture	Cast iron				One of 1,000 Millennium Mileposts in the National Cycle Network.
	Shell grotto	Marlborough College, Marlborough			Grotto	Shells
	Marlborough White Horse	Granham Hill, Marlborough	1804	Students of Mr Greasley's Academy	Hill figure	Chalk	62 feet long, 47 feet tall			Hill figure.
	Untitled	Besides the River Kennet, Marlborough			Sculpture	Wood				Fashioned into a seat.
	Untitled	Besides the River Kennet, Marlborough			Sculpture	Wood				Fashioned into a seat.

Pewsey

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	King Alfred Monument	Market Place, Pewsey	June 1913		Statue	Stone		Grade II listed.[27]		Commemorating the Coronation of George V.
	Pewsey White Horse	Pewsey Hill, Pewsey	April 1937	George Marples	Hill figure	Chalk	66 feet long, 45 feet tall		Pewsey 6X Club	Commemorating the Coronation of George VI.

Royal Wootton Bassett

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Forever	Royal Wootton Bassett	21 September 2015	Mark Humphrey	Sculpture, war memorial	Stone
	Wootoon Bassett War Memorial	Royal Wootton Bassett	October 2004	Alan Wilson	War memorial	Metal, stone				A flagpole was placed beside it on 29 January 2010.[28]

Salisbury

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Angels : Harmony	Grounds of Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury		Helaine Blumenfeld OBE	Sculpture	Marble
	Cloaked Figure IX	Grounds of Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury	1978	Lynn Chadwick	Sculpture	Bronze
	Sir Henry Fawcett	Market Place, Salisbury			Statue	Bronze, stone			Salisbury City Council
	Goggle-eyed Plover	Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury	October 2014	ATM[29]	Mural				Salisbury City Council	Commissioned to mark the comeback of the Goggle-eyed plover to Wiltshire [29]
	Walking Madonna	Grounds of Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury	October 1981	Elisabeth Frink	Sculpture	Bronze

Stourhead

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Bristol High Cross	Stourhead Garden, Stourhead	1373 (original), 1663 (rebuilt)		Cross	Stone		Grade I listed.[30]	National Trust	Originally placed in Bristol. Moved to Stourhead in 1780.
	The Obelisk	Great Oar Meadow, Stourhead Garden, Stourhead	1839	Henry Hoare II	Obelisk	Stone		Grade I listed.[31]	National Trust	Originally erected in 1746. Rebuilt in 1839.[32]
	The Pantheon	Stourhead Garden, Stourhead	1753–54		Folly temple	Stone		Grade I listed.[33]	National Trust	A folly temple.
	St Peter's Pump	Six Wells Bottom Valley, Stourhead	1474		Pump, grotto, statues, columned-temple	Stone		Grade I listed.[34]	National Trust	Placed here in 1786 by Henry Hoare.[35]
	The Temple of Apollo	Stourhead Garden, Stourhead	1765	Henry Flitcroft	Folly temple	Stone		Grade I listed.[36]	National Trust	A circular folly temple.
	The Temple of Floria	Stourhead Garden, Stourhead	1744–1746	Henry Hoare II	Folly temple	Stone		Grade I listed.[37]	National Trust	The first Stourhead garden building.

Swindon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Applause	Arts Centre, Devizes Road Swindon	2003	Mark Amis	Sculpture	Bronze	9 feet tall
	Cow	Great Western Hospital, Swindon	1987 (original location)[38] / September 2003 (current location)[39]	Tom Gleeson	Sculpture	Wielded steel				Originally located outside the Princess Margaret Hospital.[39]
	Film Star	Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon 51°33′38″N 1°49′54″W / 51.56061°N 1.831753°W	1991	Robert Marshall	Statue					The statue depicts Diana Dors.
	Golden Lion	The Parade, Swindon	25 February 1978		Sculpture
	Gorilla	The Parade, Swindon	1985 (original location) / 12 May 1994 (current location)	Tom Gleeson	Sculpture	Wielded steel
	Great Blondinis	Gorse Hill, Swindon	1987	John Clinch	Sculpture	Aluminium	17 feet tall
	Hey Diddle Diddle	The Prinnels, Swindon	1992		Sculpture
	Home Guard Memorial	River Ray, Purton Stoke, Swindon			Statue	Stone
	Isambard Kingdom Brunel	Brunel Shopping Centre, Swindon	1973		Statue					Copy of Baron Marochetti's 1864 statue of Brunel in London.
	Liddington Parish Council 2000	Liddington Castle, Liddington, Borough of Swindon	2000	Liddington Parish Council with help from Ridgeway School	Sculpture	Stone, metal			Liddington Parish Council	"Viewing table" marking the third millennium.
	Looking to the Future	The Prinnels, Swindon	1985		Sculpture
	Old Wiltshire Horn	Dewell Mews, Swindon	1989	Jon Buck	Sculpture					Marks the site of a former livestock market.[40]
	Swindon: An Interesting Mural	Near the Golden Lion Bridge, Swindon	1976	Ken White	Mural	Painted brick				Also known as the "Golden Lion Mural".[41]
	White Horse Pacified	Shaw, Swindon	1987	Julie Livsey	Sculpture	Steel and concrete				Inspired by the white horse hill figures in Wiltshire.[40]
	Wish Hounds	Croft County Park, Swindon	30 April 1993	Lou Hamilton	Sculpture	Powder coated scrap metal, concrete, earthworks

Trowbridge

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Coat of Arms	Sensory Garden, Trowbridge			Tablet, emblem	Metal, stone
	Metal Work Sculpture	Sensory Garden, Trowbridge	August 2003	Local youths	Sculpture	Metal				Designed for the Trowbridge Area Festival of Fun.
	Pumpkin Tower	Bythesea Road, Trowbridge	2000	Thomas Rothschild	Folly				Thomas Rothschild	A folly tower.
	Shears Map	Trowbridge Park, Trowbridge	May 2000	Patrick Hallissey, Mervyn Grist, Michael Tollitt and Ian Marlowe	Sculpture	Metal, plastic, terracotta				Millennium sculpture originally located on Fore Street, but moved outside the Civic Centre in 2012.
	Gothic structure around Studley Pump	Frome Road, Upper Studley, Trowbridge	1862		Monument	Stone		Grade II listed alongside Studley Pump.[42]		An elaborate structure sheltering Studley Pump.
	Trompe L'eoil	Roundstone Street, Trowbridge	October 2003	Roger Smith, Wiltshire Steeplejacks	Trompe-l'œil	Painted brick				Commemorates the 25th anniversary of Trowbridge Civic Society.
	Trowbridge War Memorial	Trowbridge Park, Trowbridge	August 1921	J W Singer	War memorial with statue	Bronze, Portland stone		Grade II listed.[43]
	A Victorian Sensory Garden	Sensory Garden, Wiltshire	2004	David Bath	Sculpture	Wood, metal				Described as a "braille sculpture"
	World War I War Memorial	Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge	1919–1920		War memorial (cross)	Stone		Grade II listed.[44]

Warminster

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Beyond Harvest	The Cornmarket Shopping Centre, Warminster	1990	Colin Lambert	Sculpture	Bronze			Civic Trust & Town Council	Commemorating the former corn market in this location.
	The Obelisk	Junction of Silver Street, Church Street and Vicarage Street, Warminster	1783		Obelisk			Grade II* listed.[45]		Believed to stand on a medieval market cross.
	Warminster War Memorial	Junction of Portway and The Close, Warminster	29 May 1921		War memorial (cross)	Bath stone[46]				Located in a small garden.[47]

Westbury and Bratton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Mosaic	Coopers Store, Edward Street, Westbury		Pupils of Matravers School	Mosaic	Glass				Commemorating the links between the youth of Westbury and the Chernobyl area.
	Illustrated toposcope	Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs, Westbury	1968	Pupils of Adcroft School of Building	Illustrated topscope	Metal, stone				An illustrated toposcope.
	Battle of Enthandun Memorial	Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs, Westbury	5 November 2000		Monument	Sarsen stone, metal				Denoting the location of the Battle of Ethandun.
	Bratton Memorial Cross	Village green, Bratton, Wiltshire	Early 1920s		War memorial (wheel cross)	Stone
	Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II Jubilee Beacon	Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs, Westbury	3 June 2002		Beacon	Metal				Commemorating the aforementioned jubilee.
	R & J Reeves & & Son memorial	B3098, Bratton, Wiltshire	1993		Monument	Brick, iron				Commemorating the village's former iron works, unveiled by Kathleen Reeves.[48]
	Westbury War Memorial	Edward Street, Westbury			War memorial					Renovated in 2014. Flagpoles placed in 2011.
	Westbury White Horse	Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs, Westbury	1778		Hill figure	Concrete	180 feet tall, 170 feet wide		English Heritage	A well known hill figure.
	Yew Stump	Edward Street, Westbury	11 August 1990		Monument	Wood				A tree stump which was subsequently converted into a monument for the former 430-year-old tree.

References

1. Airman's Cross memorial at Stonehenge to be moved - BBC News
2. Airmen's Cross at Junction of A344 and A360 - Winterbourne Stoke - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
3. Wiltshire war memorial restored after 'mystery height loss' - BBC News
4. http://www.solsticepark.com/files/2713/9284/1982/solstice-park-sculptures-leaflet-Nov-2013.pdf
5. Photo of The Mallow Sculpture on Solstice Park, Amesbury Wilts
6. Bradford on Avon War Memorial | WAR MEMORIALS ONLINE
7. Bradford on Avon: New Town
8. Widbrook Grange - Hotel Near Longleat, Bath, Wiltshire, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge
9. Bradford on Avon Town Council Projects
10. Octagonal Twinning Garden Officially Opened
11. Chippenham Calf Sculpture | Chippenham Civic Society
12. War Memorial - Chippenham - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
13. Chippenham Town War Memorial
14. The Yelde Hall and the Council Chamber - Chippenham - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
15. http://www.chippenham.gov.uk/history-of-the-yelde-hall.9519.aspx
16. Greta Berlin Sculptor
17. Corhsam Historic Buildings in Wiltshire
18. Mayo Fountain - Corsham - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
19. The Sham Ruin - Corsham - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
20. Jubilee Clock - Cricklade - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
21. Pride as Devizes war memorial is listed (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
22. War Memorials Trust
23. The Fountain - Devizes - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
24. Wayside Monument - Stert - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
25. Fountain in Front of the Orangery at Longleat House - Horningsham - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
26. Angela Conner Sculptor » Janus Arch
27. King Alfred Monument - Pewsey - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
28. War Memorial | Wootton Bassett in the Great War
29. Mural to mark return of birds (From Salisbury Journal)
30. The Bristol High Cross - Stourton with Gasper - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
31. The Obelisk - Stourton with Gasper - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
32. Stourhead Park Hill Camp walk | National Trust
33. The Pantheon - Stourton with Gasper - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
34. St Peters Pump - Stourton with Gasper - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
35. http://www.stourvalleyway.co.uk/stourhead.php
36. The Temple of Apollo - Stourton with Gasper - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
37. The Temple of Flora - Stourton with Gasper - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
38. Public art of the bovine variety: the GWH cow – Born Again Swindonian
39. GWH page 1.pdf
40. Staying in the public eye (From Swindon Advertiser)
41. Swindon Does Arts / News / Swindon Does Arts / News / Wed 6th Mar 2013 / Are we allowing great works of arts to disintegrate?
42. Studley Pump (To South of No 191, the Black Horse) - Trowbridge - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
43. War Memorial - Trowbridge - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
44. War Memorial to South of Holy Trinity Church - Trowbridge - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
45. The Obelisk - Warminster - Wiltshire - England | British Listed Buildings
46. Warminster Town Website, Wiltshire, UK
47. Warminster | WAR MEMORIALS ONLINE
48. R & J Reeves & Son - Bratton Iron Works