List of public art in Bristol

This is a list of public art in Bristol, 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.

Bedminster

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Water Maze Victoria Park, Bedminster 1984Peter Milner & Jane Norbury Fountainterracotta, red bricks [1]

Brislington

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Tomb of Raja Rammohun Roy Arnos Vale Cemetery, Brislington 1843-1844William Prinsep ChhatriMasonry, limestone6m high, 4m square at base Grade II*Q17553220 Mason:- John N Brown of Stokes Croft.[2][3]

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Arno's Court Triumphal Arch Junction of Bath Road and Spine Road, Brislington 1994Susan Dring StatuesBath stone Q4794864 Modern versions of 4 statues replacing originals dating from 1760s. Subjects are Edward I, Edward II, Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances and Robert, Earl of Gloucester.[1][2]

Broadmead

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Figure of Justice The former Magistrates Court, Bridewell St. 1879Edward Sheppard StatuePortland stonec.3m high Grade II Architect Josiah Thomas.[2][4]

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John Wesley New Room

51.457651°N 2.587900°W / 51.457651; -2.587900
1932Arthur George Walker Equestrian statueBronze & limestone Grade II listed buildingQ26571319 Cast at the AB Burton foundry, Thames Ditton[1][5]

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Charles Wesley Rear of the New Room 1938Frederick Brook Hitch StatueBronze on a Hornton stone pedestal Grade II[6] [1]
Spirit of Bristol Bond Street 1971Paul Mount SculptureStainless steel540cm high, on a 550cm by 480cm pedestal [1][2]
St Odilla and the Bird Inner courtyard, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Road 1985Stephen Joyce Sculpture groupBronze resin figure, bronze bird160cm high figure, 240cm wingspan of bird [1][2]

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The Creation Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street 1986Walter Ritchie 5 relief panelsCarved Ibstock brick5 panels totalling 18 metres in length Architects;- Kendall Kingscott Partnership.[1][2][7]
Lollipop Be-bop Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street 2001Andrew Smith SculptureStainless steel with optic fibre lighting [8][7]

Castle Park

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Bridge railings Castle Park 1991-93James McCullogh Bridge railingsMetal work [2]

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Beside the Still Waters Castle Park 1993Peter Randall-Page Sculptures & water featureGranite [1][7]
Line from Within Castle Park 1993Ann Christopher Abstract sculpturePatinated bronze4.5 metre high Cast at the Pangolin Foundry, Stroud[1][9][10][7]
Only the Dead Fish Go With the Flow Castle Park 1993Victor Moreton Tiles and reliefsGlazed ceramic tiles & moulded fish reliefs7.5m by 6.5m square area Work is in very poor condition.[2][7]
Throne Castle Park 1993Rachel Fenner SculptureNormandy limestone [1][7]

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Fish Castle Park 1993Kate Malone Fountain & tilesBronze fountain with terracotta tiles Fountain cast at the Pangolin Foundry, Stroud[1][7]
Sikh soldiers Memorial Castle Park 2019Stephen Joyce PlaqueMetal plaque on a granite base Unveiled April 2019

College Green

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Four historical figures North side of Great Gatehouse, facing College Green c.1500Unknown Four statuesStone Grade I Figures represent Edward the Confessor, Robert Fitzharding, Henry II and Abbot John Newland

[2][11]


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Queen Victoria College Green

51.452153°N 2.599472°W / 51.452153; -2.599472
1888Joseph Edgar Boehm Statue on pedestal with relief panelsMarble, granite and bronze Grade II listed buildingQ7270543 [12][7][13]
Bristol Coat of Arms Main entrance, Bristol Central Library 1906William Aumonier Carved sculptureBath stone [2]
Historical figures Bristol Central Library 1906Charles James Pibworth Three relief panels, each of seven figuresStone Subjects are King Alfred and the Medieval Chroniclers, The Venerable Bede and the Early Literary Saints and Chaucer and the Canterbury Pilgrims[1][2]
Four ecclesiastical figures South side of Great Gatehouse 1914Charles James Pibworth Four statuesPortland stone Grade I [2][11]
Two unicorns Roof of City Hall, Bristol 1950/ 1953David McFall Two 3.6m statuesGilded bronzes [14][15]
An Elizabethan Mariner City Hall, Bristol 1952Charles Wheeler StatueStone [14]
Seahorses and Riders Roof of rear extension to City Hall, Bristol 1953David McFall Two 2.4m statuesPortland stone Grade II* [2]

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The Refugee Bristol Cathedral garden 1980Naomi Blake SculptureBronze resin [2]

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Ram Mohan Roy College Green

51.451873°N 2.601397°W / 51.451873; -2.601397
1997Niranjan Pradhan StatueBronze [7]

Clifton

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Hercules Goldney House c.1715John Norst, attributed. StatueLead statue on a limestone pedestal Grade II*Q17553184 [16][1]
Memorial to the 79th Regiment of Foot Clifton Down 1767 Decorated sarcophagusLimestone with slate & copper panels Grade II* Erected by General Sir William Draper in memory of the officers and men who fought in the Seven Years' War.[17]
Monument to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham Clifton Down 1767 Obelisk & plinthLimestone with slate panels Grade II* Erected by General Sir William Draper.[18]

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Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain Clifton Down 1872Henry & George Godwin FountainStone & limestone7.5m high, 3.25m square Grade IIQ4713691 [2][19]

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1899–1902 South African War Memorial Quadrangle of Clifton College 1904Alfred Drury Statue of Saint GeorgeBronze statue on a Portland stone pedestal Grade II*Q26678257 Architects;- WS Paul & RC James.[20][21]

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Memorial gateway Entrance to Clifton College 1922Lettering by Eric Gill, carved by Lawrence Cribb Triple arch gatewayRed sandstone, Bath stone7m high, 11.6m wide by 5m deep Grade IIQ26497791 Architect, Charles Holden.[2][22][23]

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Clifton Hill war memorial St Andrew's Graveyard, Birdcage Walk, off Clifton Hill Cross on octagonial basePortland stone4m tall Q83188422 [24]
Earl Haig School House Garden, Clifton College Cast 1931; unveiled 1932William McMillan StatueBronze Grade IIQ26586264 Cast at AB Burton foundry, Thames Ditton[1] [25]

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Memorial to the victims of the Katyn massacre Grounds of Clifton Cathedral 1985Alexander Paul Klecki SculptureFibre glass relief panel mounted on a block of Cornish granite with a plinth of Portland stone [1][2]

Bristol Zoo

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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Entrance Lodge Frieze Bristol Zoo c.1929Edgar Thomas Earp Relief panelsCast concrete50cm deep, 420cm wide Grade II Design shows 23 animals.[2][26]
Alfred Wall of gorilla house 1949Roy Smith Sculpture of the head of a lowland gorillaBronze45cm by 30cm [2]
Mute Swan Bristol Zoo 1971David Wynne SculptureBronze on steel piller with a concrete base3.5m wide [2]
Girl and Kid Bristol Zoo c.1975Roy Clapp StatueAlabaster1m high [2]
Ying and Yang Bristol Zoo 2001Julian P Warren Sculpture of 2 stag beetlesBlack painted metal3.3m long [2]
Wendy the elephant Bristol Zoo

51.463182°N 2.622619°W / 51.463182; -2.622619
2003Diane Gorvin and Philip Bews Cedar of Lebanon tree4.5 metres (15 ft) high [27][2]
Fountain Bristol Zoo c.2009Jason Lane FountainRepurposed metal machine parts
Stag Beetle Bristol Zoo 2013Jason Lane StatueRepurposed metal machine parts

Victoria Rooms

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DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom Victoria Rooms

51.458036°N 2.609337°W / 51.458036; -2.609337
1839Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson ReliefBath stone Grade II* listed building Carved by Jabez Tyley[14][28]
Joshua Reynolds Facade of Royal West of England Academy building c.1857John Thomas StatueStone2.6m tall [1][2]
John Flaxman Facade of Royal West of England Academy building c.1857John Thomas StatueStone2.6m tall [1][2]

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The Gloucestershire Regiment Memorial Queen's Road, opposite the Victoria Rooms 1904Onslow Whiting SculptureBronze statue on a granite pedestal Grade IIQ26498078 Cast 1904, unveiled 1905 as a Boer War memorial[1][29]

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Edward VII Victoria Rooms

51.458036°N 2.609337°W / 51.458036; -2.609337
1912Edwin Alfred Rickards and Henry Poole StatueBronze [2]

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King Edward VII fountain Victoria Rooms

51.458036°N 2.609337°W / 51.458036; -2.609337
`1912Edwin Alfred Rickards & Henry Poole Fountain Grade II* listed building [30]
Lion Victoria Rooms Cast 1915, erected 1917Henry Poole SculptureBronze Cast at J.W Singer & Sons at Frome[2]
Lion Victoria Rooms Cast 1915, erected 1917Henry Poole SculptureBronze Cast at J.W Singer & Sons at Frome[2]

Old City

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Virgin and Child Enthroned St Bartholomews Gateway, Narrow Lewins Mead c. 1240Unknown StatueLimestone120cm high Grade II Statue is headless and in very poor condition.[2]

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William III Queen Square

51.450532°N 2.594716°W / 51.450532; -2.594716
1736John Michael Rysbrack Equestrian statueBrass Grade I listed buildingQ5384424 [14][31][7]
Four figures representing Europe, Asia, Africa & the Americas Former Bristol Docks Authority Offices, Queens Square House, 19–21 Queen Square 1885-6Unknown Four statuesPortland stoneEach 3m high Architect William Venn Gough.[2][32][7]
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Tower of the former Assize Court, Small Street 1867-1870Unknown Two statuesStoneApprox. life-size Grade II* Architects TS Pope & J Bindon.[2][33]
John Milton, William Shakespeare & Walter Raleigh 13 Saint Stephens Street 1878Unknown Busts set in roundelsTerracotta [2]
Samuel Morley Lewin's Mead 1887James Havard Thomas StatueMarble statue, granite base Grade IIQ26581035 [1][34][28]
Two figures representing trade and industry First floor facade of 55 St Stephens Street 1935Unknown Two deep relief figuresPortland stoneEach 2.3m high, 0.8m wide Architect CFW Dening.[2]

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Historical reliefs Chantry Court, Denmark Street 1950-52Attributed to Esmond Burton Ten carved relief panelsBath stoneEach 1.8m by 1.5m wide Panels depict historic figures and events associated with the site. Architects;- Alec F French & Partners.

[2][7]

Three Kings of Cologne Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne, Colston Street 1967Ernest Pascoe Three sculpturesPortland stone Located in exterior niches of the Chapel.[7]
Cloaked Horseman Narrow Lewins Mead 1984David Backhouse Equestrian statueBronze resin Cast at Burleighfield Studios, High Wycombe[14][1][2][7]

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Merchant Navy Association Memorial Welsh Back 2000, unveiled 2001David Backhouse Monument with benches & panelsTarn stone with bronze collar & panels [35][2][7]

Broad Street

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Brennus and Bellinus City gateway beneath the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist c.1700Unknown Two painted statuesStoneEach 2m high [2][36]

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Quarter Jacks Entrance facade to Christ Church with St Ewen, Broad Street 1728James Paty Two painted statuesOak wood1.6m high Architect Thomas Paty.[2]
Guildhall figures First floor facade of Bristol Guildhall, Broad Street c.1843–1886John Thomas Six statuesBath stone Grade II* Figures include Queen Victoria, Edward III and Edward Colston.Architect Richard Shackleton Pope.[2][37][28]

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Johannes Gutenberg & William Morris Former Everard's Printing Works, Broad Street 1900-1901William James Neatby Glazed tilesCeramic tiles Grade II*Q5470087 Tiles by Doulton & Co.Architect Henry Williams

.[2][38][7]

Broad Quay

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Farmer and Coal Miner Broad Quay, reverse of King George V memorial Statues c.1903, arch & base 1980 SculpturePortland stone statues; brick arch Figures were originally among six on the Co-Operative Wholesale Society building which was on the site.[1][2]

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King George V memorial Broad Quay 1980Plaque by Derek Carr Brick arch with an aluminium plaque of a lion's head Inscribed In Memory of King George V 1910–1936[1]

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Fountain of Sabrina Courtyard of Broad Quay House 1980Gerald Laing SculptureBronze sculpture on a granite base [39][7]
Aspects of Bristol's History Broad Quay House 1981Philippa Threlfall & Kennedy Collings 15 Low relief panelsTerracotta and buff clays with manganese & copper oxides & copper lustre glazesEach plaque 100cm by 150cm Architects:- Alec French Partnership [1][2][7]

Corn Street

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Bristol Nails Pavement in front of the Exchange, Corn Street 1595-1631Various including Thomas Hobson Pillars with circular topsBronzeApprox. 100cm high Grade IQ17528442 [2][40]
Caryatids & keystones 36 Corn Street 1864–67William Bruce, carved by Thomas Colley 8 sculpture figures, 5 keystonesLimestone Grade II Built for Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance[2]

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Wisdom 37–39 Corn Street c.1932A Compton Roberts & R Pyrce Roberts Art Nouveau style grilleBirmabright cast metal grille260cm by 70cm high Grade II [2][41]

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Peace and Plenty, Benevolence and Prudence 37–39 Corn Street 1935Joseph Hermon Cawthra Two pairs of statues / relief carvingsPortland stone Grade II [1][41]
Pediment figures & decorative carvings 42 Corn Street 1904Attributed to Gilbert Seale CarvingsLimestone Grade II Built for London & Lancashire Insurance Company by architect Edward Gabriel[2]
Facade of Commercial Rooms 43 Corn Street 1811James George Bubb 3 Statues & marble relief Grade II* Figures represent Commerce, the City of Bristol, Britannia, Neptune & Minerva[1][42][7]
Facade of Harbour Hotel building 53–55 Corn Street 1854-58John Thomas Statues and figures in reliefBath stone with Portland stone figures & inserts Grade II* Figures depicted include garlands, horses, ships' prows & children with symbols of trade and industry. Building was originally the West of England & South Wales District Bank, later a Lloyds Bank.[1][43][28][7]

Saint Nicholas Street

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Water fountain Saint Nicholas Street 1859Will Bros of Suffolk Drinking fountainCast iron Grade II Casting shows a young Queen Victoria supported by cherubs.[44][7]
Elephant head 20 Saint Nicholas Street 1867Unknown Relief carvingStone2.8m by 1.1m wide Grade II Site of former Elephant public house.[2][45][7]
Four heads 18 Saint Nicholas Street 1868Unknown Painted carvingsEach approx. 35cm diameter Grade II Architects;- Archibald Ponton & William Venn Gough.

[2][46]

Justice and Enterprise 42 Saint Nicholas Street 1903Unknown Two puttiStone1.2m high Grade II* Entrance to former Stock Exchange building; Architect;- Henry Williams.[2][47][7]

The Centre

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Neptune The Centre

51.453359°N 2.597401°W / 51.453359; -2.597401
1723John Randall StatueCast lead statue on a granite plinth Grade II* listedQ17552681 [48]

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Statue of Edmund Burke The Centre

51.453359°N 2.597401°W / 51.453359; -2.597401
1894James Havard Thomas StatueBronze statue on a pink granite plinth Grade II listed buildingQ26571134 [14][49][50][28]
Drinking fountain The Centre 1901 FountainRed & gray granite Grade II Erected to commemorate the Industrial and Fine Arts Exhibition of 1893 & 1894 which was held on the site.[51][7]

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Bristol Cenotaph The Centre Unveiled 1932Eveline Blacker and Harry Heathman Limestone, stone base & metal panels Grade IIQ42888084 [52][53][7]
Figurehead of the Demerara The Centre Wooden original carved by Robert Williams, Thomas Williams & John Robert Anderson Replica of a ship's figureheadFibreglass2.2m high Original figurehead destroyed in 1937.[2]

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The Fourteenth Army, 1942–1945 The Centre 2008Mike Baker Commemorative plaqueBronze set in Bath stone72.5cm diameter Q83188423 [2]

Harbourside

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Samuel Plimsoll Capricorn Quay 1962, bust c.1880 BustWhite marble bust on a Cornish granite base Grade II Formerly located on Hotwell Road until 2009.[1][54][2]

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John Cabot Arnolfini

51.449006°N 2.597690°W / 51.449006; -2.597690
1984Stephen Joyce Statue [14]
Untitled Pooles Wharf Court 2001Unknown SculpturePolished stainless steel2.8m high, 1.2m wide Commissioned by the house builders who developed the site, designed by a student at the University of the West of England Art School with engineering by David Abel's Boatyard.[2]

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Small Worlds Anchor Road 2001Simon Thomas SculptureCement with glass fibre strands550cm high, 160cm diameter at base Erected in honour of Paul Dirac[1][55][2]

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Pero's Bridge St Augustine's Reach

51.4501°N 2.5979°W / 51.4501; -2.5979
1999Eilis O'Connell with Ove Arup & Partners Bascule bridge11 m (36 ft) span Q7169415 [56]

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Rhinoceros Beetle Anchor Square

51.450393°N 2.599301°W / 51.450393; -2.599301
2000Nicola Hicks SculptureBronze on a limestone pedestal Cast at The Bronze Age Foundry, London[1][55]

Millennium Square

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Bill and Bob Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
1999Cathie Pilkington SculpturePainted bronzes on rubber background [1]
Telespine Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
2000Chee Horng Chang with Alan Baxter & Associates Sculptural structureSteel20m high Structure also serves as a phone mast.[2]

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Thomas Chatterton Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
2000Lawrence Holofcener StatueBronze125cm high [55][2]

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William Tyndale Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
2000Lawrence Holofcener StatueBronze125cm high [55][2]

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William Penn Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
2000Lawrence Holofcener StatueBronze180cm high [55][2]

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Aquarena Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
2000William Pye Water featureStainless steel & black marble [57]

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Cary Grant Millennium Square

51.450316°N 2.601693°W / 51.450316; -2.601693
2001Graham Ibbeson StatueBronze [55]

Redcliffe

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War memorial St Mary Redcliffe 1921George Oatley Pillar and cross on stepsStone Grade IIQ66477918 [58][59]
Phonex and the Four Elements Redcliffe Way 1985John Doubleday Sculpture & panelsBronze sculpture & panels on a pyramidal structure clad in marble330cm high, 250cm wide at base [2]
Grain Chute Ferry Street off Redcliffe St c.1885, erected 1989Unknown SculpturePainted sheet metal A spiral sack chute used in the former granary and flour mill on the site.[2]

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Exploration: A Celebration of Bristol's seafaring heritage Redcliff Quay 1991Obelisk by Philippa Threlfall & Kennedy Collings; Sphere by James Blunt Obelisk & armillary sphereStone & ceramic obelisk, stainless steel sphere [1]

Redland

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Princess Charlotte Rear of former Queen Victoria House, Redland Hill 1817 ObeliskLimestone Grade II [1][60]

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Reverend Urijah Rees Thomes Memorial Blackboy Hill 1904S Whitehead & Sons Fountain & clock towerRed & white granite, with sandstone and tiled roof18ft diameter at base Grade IIQ26514687 [2][61]

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War memorial Whiteladies Road 1920 Cross on pedestal & stepsStone Grade IIQ26677247 [62][63]

St Pauls

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Edward Colston Colston Villas, Armoury Square, St Pauls c.1978–81 BustFibreglass resin575cm high Replica of a terracotta bust by Michael Rysbrack.[2]
Alfred Fagon Corner of Ashley Rd. & Grosvenor Rd.; St Pauls, Bristol 1987David Mutasa SculptureBronze bust on a black marble pedestal70cm bust on a 131cm pedestal [1][2]
The Greater Crested Plunger, the Crested Columbus and the Hooked Beaked Bauton Junction of Ashley Road & Grosvenor Rd., St Pauls 2008Jason Lane Bird sculptures on columnsSteel [2]

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Ruined Brunswick Cemetery Garden 2010Hew Locke Set of 10 gravemarkersCast iron Each grave marker bears a symbol or motif of a failed company, eg Enron[64]

Spike Island

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Hand of the River God Baltic Wharf 1986Vincent Woropay Sculpture on pedestalBronze sculpture on a limestone pedestal Originally topped by small figure of Hercules holding an obelisk which is now lost.[1][2]
Topsail Baltic Wharf 1987Keir Smith SculpturePortland stone142cm high by 244cm long by 100cm wide Carved on site over six weeks.[1][2]
Atyeo Baltic Wharf

51°26'52.580"N, 2°36'50.130"W
1989Stephen Cox SculptureRed Verona marble178cm high by 85cm wide by 108cm deep Q18343111 Named in honour of John Atyeo.[1][2]

Stoke Bishop

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War memorial Stoke Bishop 1920W.H. Watkins Cross on shaft and pedestalStone5m tall Grade IIQ26677329 [65][66]

Temple

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Emma Saunders Entrance of Bristol Temple Meads railway station 1928'Principal of masons H.Tyley of Victoria St.' PlaqueWhite marble [1]
T&GWU Emblem of Unity Victoria Street 1959Unknown Sunken reliefStone4m high Architects;- White and Travis London.[2]

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Forecourt of Bristol Temple Meads railway station 1982John Doubleday StatueBronze on a glazed brick pedestal225cm high on 40cm pedestal Cast at the Art Bronze Foundry, London. Relocated from Temple Back East in 2021.[67][2]
Firefighters' Memorial Corner of Temple Back and Water Lane 2003Stephen Joyce StatueBronze resin190cm high Cast at the Fine Fettle art foundry, Frome.[2]
Templar Stone Temple Back East 2004Jane L Rickards SculpturePortuguese granite300cm high Architects;- Atkins Walters Webster.[2]
Six Portwell markers Portwell, Temple Quay 2004John Aiken Six rectangular platformsPolished black Portuguese granite, stainless steel & glassVarious Marks the line of the 1250 Portwell, then the southern boundary of Bristol.[2]
Rotating Columns Temple Way 2006-2007Walter Jack SculptureVitreous enamel on steelEach column is 9m high Created by Walter Jack with Springboard Design Partnership and Trico vitreous enamellers, the 3 columns were designed to slowly rotate.[2]

Trinity Quay

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Basset Hounds and Basenjis Rear of Bristol Dog's Home, Albert Road, St. Philips 1991Rodney Harris Relief panelsIbstock brick200cm high [2]

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Time and Tide Trinity Quay 1994Georgina Redfern SculptureSteel & painted cast iron340cm high by 360cm wide by 130cm deep [1][2]
D of the Drings & Memoirs of the Drings Chimney Steps, St. Philips 2006Walter Jack SculptureBronze resin [2]
Freetank: The retrospective view of the pathway Glass Wharf near Trinity Quay 2016Roger Hiorns with Witherford Watson Mann architects Two-piece abstract sculptureBlack Zimbabwean granite, concrete & Cornish basalt www.freetank.bristol

Tyndalls Park

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Flat Out University of Bristol, Indoor Sport Centre, Tyndall Avenue 2004Jon Buck SculptureBronze Cast at Pangolin Editions foundry[2]

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Follow Me Royal Fort Gardens 2009Jeppe Hein Mirror maze installation76 polished steel plates [68]

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Hollow Royal Fort Gardens 2016Katie Paterson with Zeller & Moye (architects) SculptureWood [69][70]

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Henrietta Lacks Royal Fort House 2021Helen Wilson-Roe StatueBronze [71][72]

Westbury-on-Trym

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War memorial High Street, Westbury-on-Trym 1920 Obelisk on stepsPortland stone7.5m tall Grade II listingQ2658111 [73][74]
Christ the King Canford Cemetery, Westbury-on-Trym 1932-33, lettering 1933-62Eric Gill, lettering by Lawrence Cribb 3 GravestonesPortland stoneCentral headstone 215cm high, 70cm wide by 25cm Headstones commenorate Abigail Chute, her sister Annie Oates & son Desmond.[1][2]

West End

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Bristol with Minerva and Apollo Portico of 17 Park Street 1824Edward Hodges Baily Curved relief friezeCarrara marble820cm long by 80cm high Grade II*Q17553095 Architect;- Charles Robert Cockerell.[2][75][1]
Three figures Apex of facade of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery 1905 Sculptural groupLimestone Grade II* [1][76]
Nine Muses Over doorway to Wills Memorial Building 1925Reginald Jeffcoat Sculptural groupClipshaw stone [1]
Remainders of the replica of the Bristol High Cross Berkeley Square John Thomas, 1849–51; Harry Hems 1889; Ernest Pascoe 1956. Eleanor crossOolitic limestone [2]
Horse and Man Brunel House, St Georges Road 1984Stephen Joyce Sculptural groupBronze resin Located in the courtyard of the former Royal Western Hotel, now student accommodation, and the site of a former horse market.[14][1]

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Collected Consciousness Brandon Hill Park 2013Pete Moorhouse Geometric abstractCor-ten steel
Nipper, HMV symbol Corner of Park Row & Woodland Row Unknown Sculpture

Public art formerly in Bristol

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George III Portland Square 1810, destroyed 1813Attributed to Joseph Panzetta of Coade & Sealy StatueStone Destroyed by protestors.[2]

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Edward Colston The Centre 1895, toppled 2020John Cassidy StatueBronze statue on Portland stone plinth Grade IIQ26497793 Toppled by anti-racism protesters on 7 June 2020, and subsequently thrown into Bristol Harbour.[77][78][7]
Scenes from the life of St Francis of Assisi Entrance to office complex, Lewin's Mead. 1974, destroyed September 2008Judith Bluck Nine relief panelsCement suspended in polyester resin Destroyed when the site was redeveloped.[2][1][14]
Oracle Temple Way House, Narrow Plain 1975,Franta Belsky Abstract sculptureAluminium filled polyester resin on a concrete base Removed and sold at auction in 2008.[2][1]
Tree of Life Bristol Zoo 2001Philip Bews Cedar wood Sculpture included animal figures and a relief portrait of Charles Darwin.[2]
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 The Centre Erected 15 July 2020, removed 16 July 2020Marc Quinn StatueBronze resin [79]

References

  1. Douglas Merritt (2002). Sculpture in Bristol. Redcliffe Press Ltd. ISBN 1900178834.
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