List of public art in Herefordshire

This is a list of public art in the county of Herefordshire, 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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Weather vane [1] Burley Gate junction of the A417 and A465

52.120849°N 2.595628°W / 52.120849; -2.595628
2014 (2014) SculptureSteel Q47012927
The Time Tower Bromyard Bypass

52.1873809°N 2.5073337°W / 52.1873809; -2.5073337
2000 (2000)[2]Phillip Bess & Diane Gorvin[3] SculptureWood Q47012927 [4]
Resting Sheep Bromyard Heritage Centre

52.190430°N 2.506879°W / 52.190430; -2.506879
2000 (2000)Ann Campbell SculptureBronzeLifesize Bromyard and Winslow Town CouncilQ47456415 [4]
Mappa Grundi Stoke Lacy Village Hall

52.1485°N 2.5517°W / 52.1485; -2.5517
2005 (2005)Mark de la Torre Sculptureceramich= 4m, w= 3m Q47456445 [5]
Bear Tilbury Plantation, Herefordshire, UK

52.217324°N 2.5064°W / 52.217324; -2.5064
Sculpturewood Q47456606

Golden Valley

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
The Obelisk Adjacent to St John Kemble Chapel and Doctors' Surgery, Ewyas Harold

51.9522533°N 2.8907934°W / 51.9522533; -2.8907934
2010 (2010)Graeme Mitcheson sculpturesandstoneh=1.5m, w=1m, d=1m Q47471919 8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire[6]
Dragon Kings Thorn to A49, Herefordshire, UK

51.994422°N 2.733125°W / 51.994422; -2.733125
Steve Elsby sculpturewood Q47472070 Details recorded by photographer[7]

Hereford

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
h.Apple The County Hospital, Hereford

52.05824°N 2.70553°W / 52.05824; -2.70553
2004 (2004)Ian Berrill sculptureSteel 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

52.055432°N 2.70553°W / 52.055432; -2.70553
relief map Q47472317

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The Woodpecker Whitecross Road

52.05711°N 2.72477°W / 52.05711; -2.72477
1969[8]Walenty Pytel sculpture Q47472347 Relocated in 2011[8]


Sir George Cornewall Lewis Shire Hall, Hereford

52.05612°N 2.71314°W / 52.05612; -2.71314
1864 (1864)[9]Carlo Marochetti[9] statue Q47472418


Edward Elgar Hereford Cathedral

52.05658°N 2.71502°W / 52.05658; -2.71502
2005 (2005)[10]Jemma Pearson[10] statueBronze[10] Q47472878
Eign Gate All Saints Church, Hereford

52.05645°N 2.71760°W / 52.05645; -2.71760
2006 (2006)[11]Adam Greenwell[11] statueSteel [12]h= 6m[11] Q47473218 [13]
Tom Spring Fownhope, Herefordshire

52.05245°N 2.71232°W / 52.05245; -2.71232
monumentstone Q47473918
Dan the bulldog Bishops Meadows, Hereford

52.01266°N 2.6012°W / 52.01266; -2.6012
2002 (2002)[14]John Tasker[14] sculpturewood Q47474338
Not known Royal National College for the Blind

52.056807°N 2.70614°W / 52.056807; -2.70614
sculpturewood Royal National College for the BlindQ47476767
Violette Szabo, Josie Pearson and Edward Elgar Hereford Greenway

52.0627°N 2.70306°W / 52.0627; -2.70306
2013 (2013) sculpturemetal Q47476804 [15]
A Fish’s Eye View King George’s Playing Field

52.05090°N 2.71292°W / 52.05090; -2.71292
2006 (2006)Chris Brammall sculpturemetal Q47477683 [16]
Rotherwas Women Holme Lacey Road, Hereford

52.05378°N 2.6846°W / 52.05378; -2.6846
2006 (2006)Bruce Williams sculpturesandblasted 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

52.04917°N 2.71157°W / 52.04917; -2.71157
2009 (2009)Mariele Neudecker sculptureWood, paint & steel Q47478281 Commissioned by Meadow Arts[19]


Special Air Service memorial Stadlestone Circle (site of a previous SAS camp) Fibreglass Q47478437 [20]
Hereford Bull High Town Hereford

52.05649°N 2.7149°W / 52.05649; -2.7149
2012 (2012)Brian Alabaster SculptureBronze Q47478641 [21]
Sunflower Franklin House, Hereford

52.057979°N 2.712284°W / 52.057979; -2.712284
1964 (1964)[22]Trevor Worton[23] sculptureiron Q58838746
Aspects of Hereford Cathedral Cathedral Close, Hereford

52.054547°N 2.715292°W / 52.054547; -2.715292
2011 (2011)[24] roundelsbronze Q58838931
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Cathedral Close, Hereford

52.054347°N 2.717042°W / 52.054347; -2.717042
2011 (2011)[24]Canon Sandy Elliot mosaicstone Q58838743
Hereford County Hospital[25]

52.05765°N 2.708669°W / 52.05765; -2.708669
2018 (2018)Paul Caton[25] sculpturewood Wye Valley NHS Trust[26]Q58839335
Allan Leonard Lewis The Old Market, Hereford

52.058525°N 2.716303°W / 52.058525; -2.716303
2018 (2018)Jemma Pearson[27] sculpturebronze[28] Q61743798
King Offa Bewell Street, Hereford

52.056897°N 2.719717°W / 52.056897; -2.719717
sculpture Q61743838
Apples Fownhope Medical Centre

52.0067649°N 2.6117739°W / 52.0067649; -2.6117739
Walenty Pytel muralGalvanised Steel Q61743820
Cat Campbell Road, Hereford

52.068631°N 2.703656°W / 52.068631; -2.703656
sculpture Q63167775

Kington and district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
British birds Wapley Hill

52.254469°N 2.95958°W / 52.254469; -2.95958
Carved benchwood Q59348933 Bench a gift from friends of Miles Baddeley[29]

Ledbury and district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Swallows [30] Ledbury

52.028899°N 2.416805°W / 52.028899; -2.416805
2016 [30]Walenty Pytel SculptureSteel Q59348946
The people associated with the Master's House, St Katherine's Hospital Ledbury

52.036439°N 2.423425°W / 52.036439; -2.423425
SculptureStone Q59349159

Leominster and district

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Bullocks Adjacent to Doctors' Surgery, Brockington Rd, Bodenham

52.1545331°N 2.6703266°W / 52.1545331; -2.6703266
2010Graeme Mitcheson sculpturesandstoneh 800mm, w 1500mm, d 1000mm Q59357553 8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire[6]
Orchards Corn St, Leominster

52.226906°N 2.738839°W / 52.226906; -2.738839
2014 (2014)Jericho Aceron & Ryan Midgeley muralpainting Q59357989 Special thanks given to Leominster Town Cadets, Earl Mortimer College, Leominster in Bloom, Roger Midgeley
Various Corn Square, Leominster

52.227036°N 2.737989°W / 52.227036; -2.737989
2006 (approx[31] clockvarious Q59358151 The 'ducking stool' is a reference to Jenny Pipes
Laundry Butcher Row, Leominster

52.227092°N 2.738647°W / 52.227092; -2.738647
2017 sculpture Q59358344 Part of Leominster in Bloom[32]
Gardening The Grange, Leominster

52.05824°N 2.70553°W / 52.05824; -2.70553
2006 sculpture Q59358459 Part of Leominster in Bloom[33]
Building High Street, Leominster

52.228353°N 2.735531°W / 52.228353; -2.735531
2010 (2010) sculpturemetal Q59358511 Depicts Grange Court at its original location in Leominster.[34][35]
Leominster Morris Mews, Leominster

52.227894°N 2.738681°W / 52.227894; -2.738681
photograph Q59358879
Drapery Drapers Lane, Leominster

52.227172°N 2.738264°W / 52.227172; -2.738264
gatemetal Q59386426
Kingfisher Pinsley Road, Leominster

52.228714°N 2.733136°W / 52.228714; -2.733136
gatemetal Q59386469
The Gruffalo Trail Queen's Wood Country Park, Herefordshire

52.159847°N 2.7284477°W / 52.159847; -2.7284477
2014 (2014)Steve Elsby sculpturewood Q59349307 [36]

Ross-on-Wye

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes
Leaping Salmon outside the Man of Ross pub, Wye Street

51.914741°N 2.586163°W / 51.914741; -2.586163
Walenty Pytel Sculpturemetal Q59558602
Swans in Flight Riverside Walk

51.916120°N 2.587329°W / 51.916120; -2.587329
Walenty Pytel Sculpturemetal Q59558607
Cormorants near South Herefordshre Golf Club

51.928156°N 2.512881°W / 51.928156; -2.512881
Walenty Pytel Sculpturemetal Q59562241
Wildlife Symonds Yat East, Herefordshire

51.84011°N 2.6375°W / 51.84011; -2.6375
Sculpturewood Q59562580

Weobley

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationOwner / administratorWikidata Notes

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Magpie Broad Street, Weobley

52.1592°N 2.8749°W / 52.1592; -2.8749
2000 (2000)[37]Walenty Pytel Sculpturemetal Q59562936 Commissioned after the village won the Calor Gas/Daily Telegraph Great Britain Village of the Year in 1999.[38]
Sheep St Mary the Virgin, Pembridge, Herefordshire

52.219102°N 2.896202°W / 52.219102; -2.896202
Sculpturemetal

References

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  2. "Planning Applications". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. "Time Tower". Company Website. Phillip Bess and Diane Gorvin. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "Resting Sheep". National Recording Project. Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. Stoke Lacy heritage map was made as part of a pilot for a project called Village Artmakers Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire". Herefordshire and Wye Valley Life. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Log_dragon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_905110.jpg
  8. Broome, Paul (25 October 2011). "One of Hereford's most iconic sculptures moves to new location". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  9. Weaver, Philip (2015). A Dictionary of Herefordshire Biography. Logaston Press. p. 108.
  10. "Elgar statue unveiled". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  11. 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.
  14. 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 Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  17. News release from Herefordshire Council .
  18. "Entry on artist's own website". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  19. "A Thousand Ghosts". Meadow Arts. Meadow Arts. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  20. SAS statue attack at former base in Hereford"SAS statue attack at former base in Hereford". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  21. "Hereford High Town life-sized bull statue installed". Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  22. 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.
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  24. Hereford Cathedral (guidebook). Hereford Cathedral.
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  26. "Local sculptor donates piece of his work to Hereford County Hospital". Wye Valley NHS Trust. NHS. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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  28. Boyce, Sally (9 November 2018). "Statue means Herefordshire war hero Allan Lewis will never be forgotten". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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