This is a list of public art in the Worcestershire county of England. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
Bromsgrove
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A. E. Housman | High Street, Bromsgrove 52°20′09″N 2°03′35″W / 52.335756°N 2.059679°W |
1985 | Kenneth Potts | Statue | Bronze | Statue: 225cm high approx. Base: 300cm high x 150cm wide approx. | Bromsgrove District Council | [1]
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Dryad and Boar (cast of) | Outside Post Office, High Street, Bromsgrove 52°20′11″N 2°03′32″W / 52.336330°N 2.059006°W |
1983 | Louis Wiegartner & Terry Simons | Statue, sculpture | Bronze | Bromsgrove District Council | A figure of a small curly haired boy wearing only a loin cloth.[2]
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Green Man Walking | Sanders Park, Bromsgrove 52°20′02″N 2°04′18″W / 52.333775°N 2.071606°W |
Sculpture | Bronze | Bromsgrove District Council | Three pieces of an artwork, if you stand in the right place, an image of a man will be in the middle
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Droitwich Spa
editDroitwich Canal
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Lighting the Tunnel | Netherwich Canal Tunnel, Droitwich Canal 52°16′15″N 2°09′18″W / 52.270737°N 2.154930°W |
2007 | Richard Ellis | Sculpture | Canal and River Trust | Artworks at Netherwich Canal Tunnel were designed by artist Richard Ellis with young people of Droitwich during 2007. Images of bats, spiders, butterflies etc
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St Andrew's Square
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Clay Mural | St Andrew's Square Square, Droitwich 52°16′03″N 2°09′00″W / 52.267527°N 2.150102°W |
1975 | Philippa Threlfall | Mural | Clay | Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council | Features the promenant buildings of Droitwich Spa such as the Brine baths and Raven Hotel etc [3]
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Droitwich Spa’s Roman history | St Andrew's Square Square, Droitwich 52°16′05″N 2°09′03″W / 52.268045°N 2.150746°W |
1976 | Henry & Joyce Collins | Mural | silicon-coated reinforced concrete, with areas of the face enriched with mosaic and gold leaf | 3m high x 7.3m long | not listed | Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council | On the wall of Wilkinson's depicting the Roman History of Droitwich Spa until the early modern period [3]
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Edward Winslow | St Andrew's Square Square, Droitwich 52°16′04″N 2°09′02″W / 52.267894°N 2.150649°W |
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie | Statue | Bronze | Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council | Founding father of America, set sail on the Mayflower in 1620 [3]
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Victoria Square
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Saltworkers | Victoria Square, Droitwich 52°16′02″N 2°09′00″W / 52.267133°N 2.150007°W |
1998 | John McKenna | Statue | Bronze | 240cm high | Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council | It depicts a family of saltworkers involved in the process of manufacturing salt [4]
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Droitwich Spa Bad Ems | Victoria Square, Droitwich 52°16′01″N 2°09′01″W / 52.266811°N 2.150349°W |
2008 | In the style of Friedensreich Hundertwasser | Sculpture | glazed terracotta | Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council | Unveiled on the 25th anniversary of the twinning of Droitwich Spa and Bad Ems. The towns were twinned in 1983 [5]
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Vines Park
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Saint Richard of Droitwich | Vines Park, Droitwich 52°16′10″N 2°08′53″W / 52.269563°N 2.147963°W |
1935 | Statue | Stone | Droitwich Town Council and Wychavon District Council | [6]
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Evesham
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Penny Whistle | Abbey Park, Evesham 52°05′26″N 1°56′41″W / 52.090489°N 1.944592°W |
2007 | Tom Harvey | Wood carving sculpture | Wood | Wychavon District Council | Made to celebrate the start of the first Music Festival in Evesham in July 2007
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Kidderminster
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Richard Baxter | St Mary's | 1875 | Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal | Marble (statue) and granite (pedestal) | Grade II listed | Originally in the Bull Ring, Kidderminster, relocated in March 1967.[7] | ||
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Rowland Hill | Junction of Vicar and Exchange Streets 52°23′13″N 2°14′55″W / 52.386835°N 2.248483°W |
1881 | Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal | Sicilian marble (statue) and Cornish grey granite (Pedestal) | 2.45m high x 1.1m wide x 1.1m deep (statue) and 3.3m high x 1.9m x1.5m (Pedestal) | Grade II listed | Wyre Forest District Council | [8][9] |
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War memorial | Outside of St Mary's Church, Kidderminster | 1922 | Alfred Drury | Statue on pedestal with relief plaque | Bronze and limestone | Grade II | [10][11]
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Malvern
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Buzzards | Rose Bank Gardens 52°06′36″N 2°19′50″W / 52.1098657°N 2.3305801°W |
2013 | Walenty Pytel | Statue | metal | Malvern Town Council | [12]
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The Lark Ascending | Rose Bank Gardens 52°06′34″N 2°19′50″W / 52.10933°N 2.33069°W |
2017 | Walenty Pytel | Statue | metal | Malvern Town Council | [13]
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Enigma Fountain / Sir Edward Elgar | Belle Vue Island 52°06′42″N 2°19′48″W / 52.1115679°N 2.3298681°W |
2000 | Rose Garrard | Statue and Fountain | [14]
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Malvinha | Belle Vue Island 52°06′40″N 2°19′47″W / 52.1111268°N 2.3298500°W |
1998 | Rose Garrard | Fountain | [15]
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Hand of Peace | British Legion Barnards Green Garden of Remembrance 52°06′30″N 2°18′44″W / 52.1084679°N 2.3123406°W |
1999 | Rose Garrard | Statue | Portland stone | [16]
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Redditch
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Fountain with Female Figure | Church Green, Redditch 52°18′29″N 1°56′26″W / 52.308032°N 1.940664°W |
1883 | Fountain | Cast iron, painted green, cream and gold | 600cm high approx | Redditch Borough Council | [17]
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Unicorn | Unicorn Hill, Redditch 52°18′25″N 1°56′32″W / 52.306825°N 1.942348°W |
1998 | Panel | Sandstone, crown and chain gold | 240cm high x 125cm wide x 3cm deep | Redditch Borough Council | Depicts the rearing Unicorn of the Royal Coat of Arms[18]
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Holocaust Memorial | Market Place, Redditch 52°18′24″N 1°56′26″W / 52.306786°N 1.940470°W |
2005 | Andy DeComyn & Chase Lloyd | Sculpture | Concrete | 2 Metres high | Redditch Borough Council | Chase Lloyd conceived the sculpture while still at school [19]
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Allegorical Figures | Smallwood House, Redditch 52°18′30″N 1°56′28″W / 52.308262°N 1.941082°W |
1895 | Panel | Stone | 180cm high x 350cm wide approx | Redditch Borough Council | Above the former Smallwood Hospital [20] Formerly the Redditch General Hospital (later known as Smallwood Hospital), it opened in 1895 and closed in 1986. It is now known as Smallwood House and is still used by the NHS.[21]
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John Bonham | Mercian Square, Redditch 52°18′25″N 1°56′24″W / 52.306873°N 1.940090°W |
2018 | Mark Richards | Statue | Bronze | Redditch Borough Council | He was the drummer in Led Zeppelin[22][23]
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Upton-upon-Severn
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Admiral Sir William Tennant | Site of the Old Church, Upton-upon-Severn 52°03′51″N 2°13′03″W / 52.064114°N 2.217446°W |
Bust | Bronze | Upton upon Severn Town Council |
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Worcester
editForegate Street and High Street
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Queen Victoria | Shire Hall, Foregate Street, Worcester 52°11′48″N 2°13′21″W / 52.196687°N 2.222545°W |
1887 | Thomas Brock | Statue | Grey granite plinth and white marble statue | Grade II listed[24] | Worcester City Council | Commemorated 50 years of the Queen's reign
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Steam locomotive | Worcester Foregate Street Station, Worcester 52°11′43″N 2°13′18″W / 52.195277°N 2.221566°W |
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Sir Edward Elgar | High Street near Lychgate, Worcester 52°11′23″N 2°13′13″W / 52.189766°N 2.220341°W |
1981 | Kenneth Potts | Statue | Bronze | Statue: 2.44m high. Pedestal: 1.18m high, 93cm x 92cm | Worcester City Council | [25]
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Worcester Guildhall | High Street, Worcester 52°11′28″N 2°13′14″W / 52.191175°N 2.220670°W |
1724 | Thomas White | Building with statues | Stone, some gilding and red paint | Grade I listed[26] | Worcester City Council | Features statues of Charles I, Charles II and Anne[27]
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King John | Copenhagen Street, Worcester 52°11′27″N 2°13′16″W / 52.190815°N 2.221158°W |
1966 | Anita Lafford | Statue | plaster painted black | 2 x 1.47m | Worcester City Council | Local historian Michael Grundy suggested it maybe of Leofric King of Mercia. King Richard I has also been suggested. King John is buried in Worcester Cathedral[28]
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Worcester Cathedral
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South Africa War Memorial | Worcester Cathedral - College Yard, Worcester 52°11′21″N 2°13′14″W / 52.189264°N 2.220468°W |
1908 | Robert Colton | War memorial | Bronze | Grade II* listed[29] | Worcester City Council | A memorial of the Worcestershire lives lost from the war of 1899-1902 in South Africa
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Statues on North Side of Worcester Cathedral | North side of Worcester Cathedral 52°11′18″N 2°13′16″W / 52.188266°N 2.220977°W |
Redfern | Statues | Stone | Grade I listed[30] | Worcester Cathedral |
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Other areas
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Needle Point | Worcester Shrub Hill Station - Worcester 52°11′38″N 2°12′37″W / 52.193952°N 2.210204°W |
2001 | Paul Juillerat | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 5m high | Worcester City Council | It is a symbol of Worcester past and present. Installed in August 2002. Made in Bristol.[31][32]
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Swan of Kleve | Kleve Walk near the River Severn, Worcester 52°11′23″N 2°13′24″W / 52.189733°N 2.223368°W |
2001 | Dieter von Levetzow | sculpture | Column: stone. Swan: Bronze alloy, natural patina, dark bronze colour | Column: 2.04m high, 45cm diameter. Swan: 50cm high, wingtip to wingtip measurement 1.2m approx. | Worcester City Council | Statue of a swan presented to Worcester by the citizens of Kleve[33]
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Commemorative Poppy Sculpture | Cripplegate Park, Worcester 52°11′25″N 2°13′42″W / 52.190278°N 2.228332°W |
2016 | Victoria Harrison | sculpture | Worcester City Council | Represent's the Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars) [34]
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Sustrans Portrait Bench | Near Diglis Bridge River Severn, Worcester 52°10′35″N 2°13′33″W / 52.17644°N 2.22573°W |
2013 | sculpture | Metal | Sustrans | Statue of Ernest Payne, Sir Charles Hastings, Royalist Soldier, Roundheads[35][36]
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Action at Fort Royal - Battle of Worcester | Fort Royal Park, Worcester 52°11′15″N 2°12′53″W / 52.187542°N 2.214668°W |
2013 | Sculpture | Bronze | Worcester City Council | Commemorates the Battle of Worcester at Fort Royal on 3 September 1651[37]
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References
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