List of public art in Cornwall
This is a list of public art in the county of Cornwall, England. UK. 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.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Humphry Davy | in front of the Market House, Penzance | Unpainted marble | lifesized | ||||||||
Ann Glanville | Fore Street, Saltash | stone or lead | lifesized | ||||||||
Mary (mother of Jesus) at The Bidwell | Botusfleming 50°25′48″N 4°14′46″W / 50.43°N 4.246°W |
19th century in 14th century restored housing | unknown | stone or lead | below life-size | [1] | |||||
A mother, father and small child gymnastically held aloft | Abbey Gardens (Tresco), The Isles of Scilly 49°33′36″N 6°11′46″W / 49.56°N 6.196°W |
late 20th century | Bronze or lead | below life-size | [2] | ||||||
Sir James Tillie | 5 metres west of Pentillie Castle, Pillaton 50°27′00″N 4°14′31″W / 50.45°N 4.242°W |
late 17th century | unknown | Lead | [3] | ||||||
Mercury (god) | Mount Edgcumbe Country Park 50°21′00″N 4°10′34″W / 50.35°N 4.176°W |
unknown | stone or lead | life-size for human | [4] | ||||||
Artemis/Diana (mythology) | Mount Edgcumbe Country Park 50°21′00″N 4°10′34″W / 50.35°N 4.176°W |
unknown | stone or lead | life-size for human | |||||||
Alice Winand Van Wulfften Palthe | Stratton north of church 50°49′48″N 4°30′43″W / 50.83°N 4.512°W |
1920s or 1930s | Toma Rosandić | Bronze and granite of youth playing harp | Lifesized | [5] | |||||
Saint Michael | Trelissick Road, Hayle 50°10′48″N 5°25′23″W / 50.18°N 5.423°W |
1934 | Unknown | Freestone statue over a tall tapered dressed granite base | Lifesized | [6] | |||||
Richard Lemon Lander (to both him and John Lander (explorer) both in West Africa) | Lemon Street/Falmouth Road, Truro 50°15′36″N 5°03′18″W / 50.26°N 5.055°W |
1852 | Neville Northey Burnard | Column surmounted by granite statue | Lifesized | [7] | |||||
Richard Trevithick, engineer holding model of a steam locomotive and calipers | S. Terrace/Cross St./Trevenson St., Camborne 50°12′36″N 5°17′53″W / 50.21°N 5.298°W |
1928 | L S Merrifield | Block plinth with four plaques (depicting a sail ship, a Cornish boiler, a Merthyr Tydfil Locomotive and an iron steam and sail ship). Statue of gilded bronze. | Below lifesized | [8] | |||||
Bronze blindfolded figure playing a large lyre | Madron 50°07′48″N 5°33′50″W / 50.13°N 5.564°W |
1929 | Plain granite chest with shaped lid surmounted by a large ball on pedestal and person atop. | Half life-sized | [9] | ||||||
Wayside cross | Madron | Ancient (at least early medieval) | Granite | Approximately 1 metre | |||||||
Symons Monument (Crown on column) | Victoria Gardens, Saltash | Ancient (at least early medieval) | Granite with small gilded stone/metal crown | Approximately 8 metres tall, 1 metre wide, tapering. | |||||||
Isambard Kingdom Brunel | below Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash | Early 20th century | Brass | Life sized | |||||||
Isambard Kingdom Brunel | below Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash | Early 20th century | Brass | Bust in cloak on mottled plain white plinth | |||||||
Fisherman using rope to fish | Harbour promenade, Newlyn 50°03′36″N 5°19′30″W / 50.06°N 5.325°W |
Late 20th century | Brass/Copper | Life-sized | |||||||
Saint Winwaloe | Gunwalloe 50°01′12″N 5°09′40″W / 50.02°N 5.161°W |
Early 20th century | White stone at foot of a rocky knoll | Lifesized | |||||||
A local grey seal (having lost one eye, named Nelson) | Pennyland Rocks, Harbour Entrance, Looe 50°12′36″N 4°16′16″W / 50.21°N 4.271°W |
20th century | Bronze | Lifesized | |||||||
The Drummer | Lemon Quay, Truro 50°15′36″N 5°03′04″W / 50.26°N 5.051°W |
2011 | Tim Shaw | tin and copper | 15ft tall |
See also
- Mount Edgcumbe Country Park — Over a dozen examples of what can be considered art rather than landscaping feature in the country park, including a triumphal arch and numerous decorative public garden ornaments.
- Stone crosses in Cornwall
References
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