List of public art in Powys

This is a list of public art in Powys, Wales. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Map of Wales with Powys highlighted

Brecon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Duke of Wellington Monument	The Bulwark, Brecon	1852	John Evan Thomas	Statue	Bronze statue on stone pedestal	Statue 2.5m high	Grade II	Q28087861	[1][2]
	War memorial	Grounds of St Mary's Church, Brecon	1920		Celtic cross	Stone	2m high			[3][4]
	War memorial	Grounds of Christ College, Brecon	1922		Cross on stepped plinth	Stone				[5][6]
	The Infantry Statue	Outside the Infantry Battle School, Dering Lanes, Brecon	2006	Anita Lafford	Statue	Bronze				[7]

Builth Wells

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	War memorial	Builth Wells	1924	A. Ruscombe Emery, Robert Meredith	Cross on pedestal with 4 statues & bronze plaques	Stone				[8]
	Gorsedd stones	Builth Wells	1993		Stone circle	Stone				Erected to mark the 1993 National Eisteddfod of Wales
	Shepherd, ram and sheepdog	Royal Welsh Showground at Llanelwedd	2004	Chris Kelly	Statue group	Bronze				Cast at Castle Arts Foundry, near Welshpool.[9]
More images	Caerynwch Tywysog 6	The Groe, Builth Wells	2005	Gavin Fifield	Sculpture	Bronze				[10]

Bwlch

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Llangorse Road, Bwlch			Celtic cross on stepped plinth	Stone				[11]

Cilmeri

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Memorial	Cilmeri	1956		Monolith	Stone		Grade II	Q29501487	Marks the spot where Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed.[12]

Crickhowell

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	The Lucas Memorial	Crickhowel	1874		Tapered piller with fountains	Granite				Memorial to a local doctor, Henry Lucas of Glanyrafon.[2][13]
	War memorial	Llangynidr Parish Church, Crickhowell	1920		Celtic cross	Stone				[14]
	War memorial	Beaufort St., Crickhowell			Monolith	Granite	3m high			Marks the site of a demolished memorial hospital.[15]

Criggion

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Admiral Rodney's Pillar	Breidden Hill near Criggion	1781–82		Doric column	Stone		Grade II*		[16][2][17]

Elan Valley

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Navvy	Elan Valley Reservoirs visitor centre	2004	Debbi Leeton	Statue					[18]

Glasbury

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Village Green, Glasbury			Cross on pedestal and stepped plinth	Stone				[19]

Hay-on-Wye

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Hay-on-Wye	1922, repositioned 1950		Tapered cross on pedestal and stepped plinth	Stone				[20][21]

Knighton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Knighton	1921, moved & rededicated 1980		Cenotaph	Granite	6m tall			[22]

Llandinam

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	David Davies, 1818–1890	Near to Llandinam Bridge, Llandinam	1893	Alfred Gilbert	Statue	Bronze statue on a limestone plinth		Grade II*	Q17739077	Cast by George Broad & Sons, London.[23][2]
	War memorial	Llandinam	1921		Celtic cross on pedestal and plinth	Granite				[24][25]

Llandrindod Wells

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Thomas Jones, 1742–1803	Temple Gardens, Llandrindod Wells			Statue
	War memorial	Llandrindod Wells	1922	Benjamin Lloyd and Son, sculptors of Rhayader	Statue	Bronze statue on a granite pedestal & plinth		Grade II		[26][27]

Llanfair Caereinion

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	St Mary's Church, Llanfair Caereinion			Obelisk	Stone obelisk and bronze panels	5.8m tall			[28]

Machynlleth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Owen family monument	Machynlleth Cemetery	Early 20th century		Octagonal memorial cross	Stone		Grade II		[29]
More images	War memorial	Machynlleth	1924	T. Leonard Williams	Monument	Granite memorial with bronze plaques & Aberdeen marble columns		Grade II	Q29487366	Erected by AS Gilliam of Bryson Quarries, Somerset.[30][31]
	Owain Glyndŵr Memorial	Machynlleth	2000	Ieuan Rees	Monolith	Slate	5m high			[32]

Montgomery

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Montgomeryshire County War Memorial	Town Hill, Montgomery	1923	Unknown	Circular column on a square pedestal	Portland stone	50 feet high	Grade II	Q13528924	Monument was repaired and re-dedicated in 2002.[33][34]

New Radnor

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Sir George Cornewall Lewis Monument	New Radnor	1864	Designed by John Gibbs of Oxford; sculptures by W. Forsyth	Eleanor cross	Stone and tiles	21m high	Grade II*	Q17742002	[35][17]
	War memorial	High Street, New Radnor	1918 c. 1918	William G. Storr Barber	Statue on pedestal	Marble and stone		Grade II	Q29488044	[36][37][2]

Newtown

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Tomb of Robert Owen	Newtown	Tomb 1858; Railings 1902	Railings by Alfred Toft	Chest tomb with railings	Slate tomb with iron railings on a stone plinth		Grade II*		[38][2]
	Robert Owen	Robert Owen Memorial Garden, Newtown	Erected 1956	Designed by Gilbert Bayes, completed by W. C. H. King.	Statue					[39][2]

Rhayader

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	War memorial	Rhayader	1924, rededicated 1948	Benjamin Lloyd, architect, & Mary Ann Lewis	Clock tower	Portland stone	13m tall	Grade II	Q29493880	[40][41][42]

Rhos-y-Meirch

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Monument to Sir Richard Green-Price 1803–1887	Rhos-y-Meirch between Presteigne and Knighton	1908		Obelisk	Granite				[43][17]

Talgarth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Talgarth	1957		Plaque and two monoliths	Bronze plaque, granite monoliths				[44][45]

Welshpool

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Hercules	Powis Castle, Welshpool	c. 1692	Andries Carpentière	Statue	Lead				[2]
	Fame	Powis Castle, Welshpool	c. 1705	Andries Carpentière	Statue of a winged female on horseback	Lead statue on a stone base		Grade II*		[2][46]
	Shepherds and shepherdesses	Powis Castle, Welshpool	1705 c. 1705	Studio of John Nost	Four statues	Lead				[2]
	War memorial	St Mary's Welshpool	1923		Pillar cross & wall with plaques	Stone				[47]

Ystradgynlais

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	War memorial	Gorsedd Park, Ystradgynlais	1970s c. 1970s		Memorial	Stone				Re-landscaped and additional plaques added in 2016.[48]
	Gorsedd stones	Gorsedd Park, Ystradgynlais	1954		Stone circle	Stone				Erected to mark the 1954 National Eisteddfod of Wales
	Remembering the Miners	Diamond Park, Ystradgynlais	2014		Sculpture	Stone and slate				Situated on the site of a former colliery.[49]

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