List of public art in Herefordshire

This is a list of public art in the Herefordshire 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.

Bromyard and district

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
Weather vane ^[1]	Burley Gate junction of the A417 and A465 52°07′15″N 2°35′44″W / 52.120849°N 2.595628°W / 52.120849; -2.595628	2014 (2014)		Sculpture	Steel			Q47012927
Resting Sheep	Bromyard Heritage Centre 52°11′26″N 2°30′25″W / 52.190430°N 2.506879°W / 52.190430; -2.506879	2000 (2000)	Ann Campbell	Sculpture	Bronze	Lifesize	Bromyard and Winslow Town Council	Q47456415	^[2]
Mappa Grundi	Stoke Lacy Village Hall 52°08′55″N 2°33′06″W / 52.1485°N 2.5517°W / 52.1485; -2.5517	2005 (2005)	Mark de la Torre	Sculpture	ceramic	h= 4m, w= 3m		Q47456445	^[3]
Bear	Tilbury Plantation, Herefordshire, UK 52°13′02″N 2°30′23″W / 52.217324°N 2.5064°W / 52.217324; -2.5064			Sculpture	wood			Q47456606

Golden Valley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	The Obelisk	Adjacent to St John Kemble Chapel and Doctors' Surgery, Ewyas Harold 51°57′08″N 2°53′27″W / 51.9522533°N 2.8907934°W / 51.9522533; -2.8907934	2010 (2010)	Graeme Mitcheson	sculpture	sandstone	height 1.5m, base 1m sq			Q47471919	8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire^[4]
	Dragon	Kings Thorn to A49, Herefordshire, UK 51°59′40″N 2°43′59″W / 51.994422°N 2.733125°W / 51.994422; -2.733125		Steve Elsby	sculpture	wood				Q47455447	Details recorded by photographer^[5]

Hereford

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	h.Apple	The County Hospital, Hereford 52°03′30″N 2°42′20″W / 52.05824°N 2.70553°W / 52.05824; -2.70553	2004 (2004)	Ian Berrill	sculpture	Steel			Q47472238	Commissioned as part of h.Art Herefordshire Art Week 2004 according to the plaque adjacent to the sculpture
	3d Map of Hereford	Hereford Cathedral 52°03′20″N 2°42′20″W / 52.055432°N 2.70553°W / 52.055432; -2.70553			relief map				Q47472317
More images	The Woodpecker	Whitecross Road 52°03′26″N 2°43′29″W / 52.05711°N 2.72477°W / 52.05711; -2.72477		Walenty Pytel	sculpture				Q47472347	Relocated in 2011^[6]
	Sir George Cornewall Lewis	Shire Hall, Hereford 52°03′22″N 2°42′47″W / 52.05612°N 2.71314°W / 52.05612; -2.71314	1864 (1864)^[7]	Carlo_Marochetti^[7]	statue				Q47472418
	4Runner	Royal National College for the Blind 52°03′25″N 2°42′22″W / 52.056807°N 2.70614°W / 52.056807; -2.70614	2009	Walenty Pytel based on a painting by Sarah Withers	statue	Galvanised Steel		Royal National College for the Blind	Q47472806	^[8] ^[9]
	Edward Elgar	Hereford Cathedral 52°03′24″N 2°42′54″W / 52.05658°N 2.71502°W / 52.05658; -2.71502	2005 (2005)^[10]	Jemma Pearson^[10]	statue	Bronze^[10]			Q47472878
	Eign Gate	All Saints Church, Hereford 52°03′23″N 2°43′03″W / 52.05645°N 2.71760°W / 52.05645; -2.71760	2006 (2006)^[11]	Adam Greenwell^[11]	statue	Steel ^[12]	h= 6m^[11]		Q47473218	^[13]
	Tom Spring	Fownhope, Herefordshire 52°03′09″N 2°42′44″W / 52.05245°N 2.71232°W / 52.05245; -2.71232			monument	stone			Q47473918
	Dan the bulldog	Bishops Meadows, Hereford 52°00′46″N 2°36′04″W / 52.01266°N 2.6012°W / 52.01266; -2.6012	2002 (2002)^[14]	John Tasker^[14]	sculpture	wood			Q47474338
	War memorial	St Peter's Square, Hereford 52°03′22″N 2°42′48″W / 52.05608°N 2.71345°W / 52.05608; -2.71345	1922 (1922)	L W Barnard	memorial	stone
	Not known	Royal National College for the Blind 52°03′25″N 2°42′22″W / 52.056807°N 2.70614°W / 52.056807; -2.70614			sculpture	wood		Royal National College for the Blind	Q47476767
	Violette Szabo, Josie Pearson and Edward Elgar	Hereford Greenway 52°03′46″N 2°42′11″W / 52.0627°N 2.70306°W / 52.0627; -2.70306	2013 (2013)		sculpture	metal			Q47476804	^[15]
	A Fish’s Eye View	King George’s Playing Field 52°03′03″N 2°42′47″W / 52.05090°N 2.71292°W / 52.05090; -2.71292	2006 (2006)	Chris Brammall	sculpture	metal			Q47477683	^[16]
	Rotherwas Women	Holme Lacey Road, Hereford 52°03′14″N 2°41′05″W / 52.05378°N 2.6846°W / 52.05378; -2.6846	2006 (2006)	Bruce Williams	sculpture	sandblasted granite and steel			Q47478052	Three works featuring Nora Foster, Debbie Gittoes and Sophie Dillon respectively ^[17]^[18]
	A Thousand Ghosts	King George V Playing Fields, Hereford 52°02′57″N 2°42′42″W / 52.04917°N 2.71157°W / 52.04917; -2.71157	2009 (2009)	Mariele Neudecker	sculpture	Wood, paint & steel			Q47478281	Commissioned by Meadow Arts^[19]
	Synthetic Worlds (Skytops)	Courtyard Centre for the Arts, Hereford 52°03′40″N 2°43′08″W / 52.06113°N 2.71902°W / 52.06113; -2.71902	2011 (2011)	Ruth Claxton	sculpture	Painted aluminium, mirrored acrylic, blown glass, resin, found porcelain figurines			Q47478379	Commissioned by Meadow Arts^[20]
	Special Air Service memorial	Stadlestone Circle (site of a previous SAS camp)				Fibreglass			Q47478437	^[21]
	Hereford Bull	High Town Hereford 52°03′23″N 2°42′54″W / 52.05649°N 2.7149°W / 52.05649; -2.7149	2012 (2012)	Brian Alabaster	Sculpture	Bronze			Q47478641	^[22]
	Various^[23]	Bartestree	2017 (2017)	Various	sculpture	wood
	Sunflower	Franklin House, Hereford 52°03′29″N 2°42′44″W / 52.057979°N 2.712284°W / 52.057979; -2.712284	1964 (1964)^[24]	Trevor Worton^[25]	sculpture	iron
	Aspects of Hereford Cathedral	Cathedral Close, Hereford 52°03′16″N 2°42′55″W / 52.054547°N 2.715292°W / 52.054547; -2.715292	2011 (2011)^[26]		roundels	bronze
	Jesus Christ the Apple Tree	Cathedral Close, Hereford 52°03′16″N 2°43′01″W / 52.054347°N 2.717042°W / 52.054347; -2.717042	2011 (2011)^[27]	Canon Sandy Elliot	mosaic	stone

Kington and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	British birds	Wapley Hill 52°15′16″N 2°57′34″W / 52.254469°N 2.95958°W / 52.254469; -2.95958			Carved bench	wood					Bench a gift from friends of Miles Baddeley^[28]

Ledbury and district

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
	Swallows ^[29]	Ledbury 52°01′44″N 2°25′00″W / 52.028899°N 2.416805°W / 52.028899; -2.416805		Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	Steel
	The people associated with the Master's House, St Katherine's Hospital	Ledbury 52°02′11″N 2°25′24″W / 52.036439°N 2.423425°W / 52.036439; -2.423425			Sculpture	Stone

Leominster and district

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Notes
Bullocks	Adjacent to Doctors' Surgery, Brockington Rd, Bodenham 52°09′16″N 2°40′13″W / 52.1545331°N 2.6703266°W / 52.1545331; -2.6703266		Graeme Mitcheson	sculpture	sandstone	h 800mm, w 1500mm, d 1000mm	8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire^[4]
Orchards	Corn St, Leominster 52°13′37″N 2°44′20″W / 52.226906°N 2.738839°W / 52.226906; -2.738839	2014 (2014)	Jericho Aceron & Ryan Midgeley	mural	painting		Special thanks given to Leominster Town Cadets, Earl Mortimer College, Leominster in Bloom, Roger Midgeley
Various	Corn Square, Leominster 52°13′37″N 2°44′17″W / 52.227036°N 2.737989°W / 52.227036; -2.737989	2006 (approx^[30]		clock	various		The 'ducking stool' is a reference to Jenny Pipes
Laundry	Butcher Row, Leominster 52°13′38″N 2°44′19″W / 52.227092°N 2.738647°W / 52.227092; -2.738647	2017		sculpture			Part of Leominster in Bloom^[31]
Gardening	The Grange, Leominster 52°03′30″N 2°42′20″W / 52.05824°N 2.70553°W / 52.05824; -2.70553	2006		sculpture			Part of Leominster in Bloom^[32]
Building	High Street, Leominster 52°13′42″N 2°44′08″W / 52.228353°N 2.735531°W / 52.228353; -2.735531	2010 (2010)		sculpture	metal		Depicts Grange Court at its original location in Leominster.^[33]^[34]
Leominster	Morris Mews, Leominster 52°13′40″N 2°44′19″W / 52.227894°N 2.738681°W / 52.227894; -2.738681			photograph
Drapery	Drapers Lane, Leominster 52°13′38″N 2°44′18″W / 52.227172°N 2.738264°W / 52.227172; -2.738264			gate	metal
Kingfisher	Pinsley Road, Leominster 52°13′43″N 2°43′59″W / 52.228714°N 2.733136°W / 52.228714; -2.733136			gate	metal
The Gruffalo Trail	Queen's_Wood_Country_Park, Herefordshire 52°09′35″N 2°43′42″W / 52.159847°N 2.7284477°W / 52.159847; -2.7284477	2014 (2014)	Steve Elsby	sculpture	wood		^[35]

Ross-on-Wye

Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Artist / designer	Type	Material
Leaping Salmon	outside the Man of Ross pub, Wye Street 51°54′53″N 2°35′10″W / 51.914741°N 2.586163°W / 51.914741; -2.586163	Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	metal
Swans in Flight	Riverside Walk 51°54′58″N 2°35′14″W / 51.916120°N 2.587329°W / 51.916120; -2.587329	Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	metal
Cormorants	near South Herefordshre Golf Club 51°55′41″N 2°30′46″W / 51.928156°N 2.512881°W / 51.928156; -2.512881	Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	metal
Wildlife	Symonds Yat East, Herefordshire 51°50′24″N 2°38′15″W / 51.84011°N 2.6375°W / 51.84011; -2.6375		Sculpture	wood

Weobley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Magpie		2000 (2000)^[36]	Walenty Pytel	Sculpture	metal					Commissioned after the village won the Calor Gas/Daily Telegraph Great Britain Village of the Year in 1999.^[37]

References

↑ Broome, Paul (25 December 2014). The Hereford Times http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11688920.Village_Jubilee_weathervane_in_place___two_years_after_Queen_celebrates_milestone/. Retrieved 14 January 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Resting Sheep". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
↑ Stoke Lacy heritage map was made as part of a pilot for a project called Village Artmakers.
1 2 "8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire". Herefordshire and Wye Valley Life. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Log_dragon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_905110.jpg
↑ Broome, Paul (25 October 2011). "One of Hereford's most iconic sculptures moves to new location". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
1 2 Weaver, Philip (2015). A Dictionary of Herefordshire Biography. Logaston Press. p. 108. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ May, Philippa (15 September 2009). "Hereford's RNC to house BlindArt Collection". Hereford Times. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
↑ Plague accompanies artwork File:4Runner_01.jpg
1 2 3 "Elgar statue unveiled". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
1 2 3 Harries, Julie (23 November 2006). "Statue makes a mark". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
↑ "Sculpture approved". The Hereford Times. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
↑ Hereford Rotary Club commissioned the sculpture as a gift to the people of Herefordshire to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Rotary International in 2005.
1 2 Watkins, Liz (5 June 2003). "Who took Dan the dog from his riverside plinth?". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
↑ Interpretation board adjacent to sculpture confirms the identity of the subjects.
Portrait bench plaque description on Violette Szabo GC
,
Portrait bench plaque description on Josie Pearson MBE
,
Portrait bench plaque description on Sir Edward Elgar
↑ Commissioned by Herefordshire Council
↑ News release from Herefordshire Council .
↑ Entry on artist's own website
↑ "A Thousand Ghosts". Meadow Arts. Meadow Arts. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
↑ "Synthetic Worlds (Skytops)". Meadow Arts. Meadow Arts. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
↑ SAS statue attack at former base in Hereford"SAS statue attack at former base in Hereford". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
↑ "Hereford High Town life-sized bull statue installed". Retrieved 30 December 2017.
↑ Phillips, Jess (29 March 2017). "Intricate carvings created in tree outside former county pub". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
↑ Williams, Peter (1 August 2011). "Peter Williams of Ross Road, Hereford, says find a new use for historic building". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
↑ Wilkinson, Phillip (27 August 2011). "Hereford". English Buildings. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
↑ Hereford Cathedral (guidebook). Hereford Cathedral. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Hereford Cathedral (guidebook). Hereford Cathedral. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACarved_bench_side_view.jpg
↑ Hale, Robert (24 September 2016). "Swallow sculpture created by artist Walenty Pytel swoops on to Ledbury roundabout". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
↑ http://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s7463/21%20DCNC%202005%202133%20F%20-%20Clock%20at%20Corn%20Square%20Leominster.pdf
↑ http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/backing_herefordshire/15400563.New_Italian_inspired_bunting_installed_in_Leominster/
↑ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-peoples-friend/20160716/281990376856058
↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Grange_Court_Leominster_information_plaque_1.jpg
↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Grange_Court_Leominster_information_plaque_2.jpg
↑ Phillips, Jess (4 October 2016). "Gruffalo trail launched at Queenswood Country Park". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
↑ "What happened to the High Town Angels". The Hereford Times. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
↑ Palmer, Mike (10 February 2001). "Taking pride of place". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

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[1] Broome, Paul (25 December 2014). The Hereford Times http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11688920.Village_Jubilee_weathervane_in_place___two_years_after_Queen_celebrates_milestone/. Retrieved 14 January 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Resting Sheep". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[3] Stoke Lacy heritage map was made as part of a pilot for a project called Village Artmakers.

[8_Village_Artmakers_Project_Pieces_Unveiled,_Herefordshire-4] 1 2 "8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire". Herefordshire and Wye Valley Life. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[5] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Log_dragon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_905110.jpg

[6] Broome, Paul (25 October 2011). "One of Hereford's most iconic sculptures moves to new location". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[Weaver_Cornwall-7] 1 2 Weaver, Philip (2015). A Dictionary of Herefordshire Biography. Logaston Press. p. 108. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[8] May, Philippa (15 September 2009). "Hereford's RNC to house BlindArt Collection". Hereford Times. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

[9] Plague accompanies artwork File:4Runner_01.jpg

[Elgar_unveiled-10] 1 2 3 "Elgar statue unveiled". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[Eign-11] 1 2 3 Harries, Julie (23 November 2006). "Statue makes a mark". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[12] "Sculpture approved". The Hereford Times. 27 April 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[13] Hereford Rotary Club commissioned the sculpture as a gift to the people of Herefordshire to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Rotary International in 2005.

[Dan-14] 1 2 Watkins, Liz (5 June 2003). "Who took Dan the dog from his riverside plinth?". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[15] Interpretation board adjacent to sculpture confirms the identity of the subjects.
Portrait bench plaque description on Violette Szabo GC
,
Portrait bench plaque description on Josie Pearson MBE
,
Portrait bench plaque description on Sir Edward Elgar

[16] Commissioned by Herefordshire Council

[17] News release from Herefordshire Council .

[18] Entry on artist's own website

[19] "A Thousand Ghosts". Meadow Arts. Meadow Arts. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[20] "Synthetic Worlds (Skytops)". Meadow Arts. Meadow Arts. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[21] SAS statue attack at former base in Hereford"SAS statue attack at former base in Hereford". Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[22] "Hereford High Town life-sized bull statue installed". Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[23] Phillips, Jess (29 March 2017). "Intricate carvings created in tree outside former county pub". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[24] Williams, Peter (1 August 2011). "Peter Williams of Ross Road, Hereford, says find a new use for historic building". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[25] Wilkinson, Phillip (27 August 2011). "Hereford". English Buildings. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[26] Hereford Cathedral (guidebook). Hereford Cathedral. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[27] Hereford Cathedral (guidebook). Hereford Cathedral. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[28] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACarved_bench_side_view.jpg

[29] Hale, Robert (24 September 2016). "Swallow sculpture created by artist Walenty Pytel swoops on to Ledbury roundabout". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[30] ttp://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s7463/21%20DCNC%202005%202133%20F%20-%20Clock%20at%20Corn%20Square%20Leominster.pdf

[31] ttp://www.herefordtimes.com/news/backing_herefordshire/15400563.New_Italian_inspired_bunting_installed_in_Leominster/

[32] ttps://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-peoples-friend/20160716/281990376856058

[33] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Grange_Court_Leominster_information_plaque_1.jpg

[34] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Grange_Court_Leominster_information_plaque_2.jpg

[35] Phillips, Jess (4 October 2016). "Gruffalo trail launched at Queenswood Country Park". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[36] "What happened to the High Town Angels". The Hereford Times. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[37] Palmer, Mike (10 February 2001). "Taking pride of place". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2010.