List of public art in Herefordshire

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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[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation 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
The Time Tower Bromyard Bypass

52°11′15″N 2°30′26″W / 52.1873809°N 2.5073337°W / 52.1873809; -2.5073337 		2000 (2000)[2] Phillip Bess & Diane Gorvin[3] Sculpture Wood Q47012927 [4]
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 [4]
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 [5]
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[edit]

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 h=1.5m, w=1m, d=1m Q47471919 8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire[6]
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 Q47472070 Details recorded by photographer[7]

Hereford[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation 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 		1969[8] Walenty Pytel sculpture Q47472347 Relocated in 2011[8]
Kingfisher with Minnow Whitecross Road HR4 0AG 2019 Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel Kingfisher and minnow to commemorate 50 years since Sir Peter Scott unveiled Walenty’s woodpecker  commissioned by Bulmer’s Cider. Venue The Cider Museum.

More images 		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) Carlo Marochetti statue on pedestal Q47472418 [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

More images 		4 Runner Royal National College for the Blind Walenty Pytel Steel Futuristic Runner
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]
Special Air Service memorial Stadlestone Circle (site of a previous SAS camp) Fibreglass Q47478437 [20]
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 [21]
Sunflower Franklin House, Hereford

52°03′29″N 2°42′44″W / 52.057979°N 2.712284°W / 52.057979; -2.712284 		1964 (1964)[22] Trevor Worton[23] sculpture iron Q58838746
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)[24] roundels bronze Q58838931
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)[24] Canon Sandy Elliot mosaic stone Q58838743
Hereford County Hospital[25]

52°03′28″N 2°42′31″W / 52.05765°N 2.708669°W / 52.05765; -2.708669 		2018 (2018) Paul Caton[25] sculpture wood Wye Valley NHS Trust[26] Q58839335
Allan Leonard Lewis The Old Market, Hereford

52°03′31″N 2°42′59″W / 52.058525°N 2.716303°W / 52.058525; -2.716303 		2018 (2018) Jemma Pearson[27] sculpture bronze[28] Q61743798
Swans Riverside Courtyard of the Old General Hospital, Wye St, HR1 2NP Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel
King Offa Bewell Street, Hereford

52°03′25″N 2°43′11″W / 52.056897°N 2.719717°W / 52.056897; -2.719717 		sculpture Q61743838

More images 		Game Birds and Fish Balcony Gwynne St HR4 9DG Walenty Pytel Galvanized Steel
Ascari Ascari Hereford Walenty Pytel
Core of the Community Apples Fownhope Medical Centre HR1 4PZ

52°00′24″N 2°36′42″W / 52.0067649°N 2.6117739°W / 52.0067649; -2.6117739 		Walenty Pytel mural Galvanised Steel Q61743820
Cat Campbell Road, Hereford

52°04′07″N 2°42′13″W / 52.068631°N 2.703656°W / 52.068631; -2.703656 		sculpture Q63167775

Kington and district[edit]

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 Q59348933 Bench a gift from friends of Miles Baddeley[29]


Ledbury and district[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
Swallows Return[30] Ledbury

52°01′44″N 2°25′00″W / 52.028899°N 2.416805°W / 52.028899; -2.416805 		2016 [30] Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel Q59348946
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 Q59349159
Garden fountain of water birds Canwood Gallery,Checkley, HR1 4NF 1970s Walenty Pytel Welded Steel A welded steel garden fountain of water birds.

Leominster and district[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata 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 		2010 Graeme Mitcheson sculpture sandstone h 800mm, w 1500mm, d 1000mm Q59357553 8 Village Artmakers Project Pieces Unveild, Herefordshire[6]
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 Q59357989 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[31] clock various Q59358151 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 Q59358344 Part of Leominster in Bloom[32]
Gardening The Grange, Leominster

52°03′30″N 2°42′20″W / 52.05824°N 2.70553°W / 52.05824; -2.70553 		2006 sculpture Q59358459 Part of Leominster in Bloom[33]
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 Q59358511 Depicts Grange Court at its original location in Leominster.[34][35]
Leominster Morris Mews, Leominster

52°13′40″N 2°44′19″W / 52.227894°N 2.738681°W / 52.227894; -2.738681 		photograph Q59358879
Drapery Drapers Lane, Leominster

52°13′38″N 2°44′18″W / 52.227172°N 2.738264°W / 52.227172; -2.738264 		gate metal Q59386426
Kingfisher Pinsley Road, Leominster

52°13′43″N 2°43′59″W / 52.228714°N 2.733136°W / 52.228714; -2.733136 		Walenty Pytel Sculpture metal Q59386469 Kingfisher arch (not gate) entrance to wildflower meadow in the Grange grounds

unveiled by Monty Don.

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 Q59349307 [36]

Ross-on-Wye[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes
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 Galvanized Steel Q59558602
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 Galvanized Steel Q59558607
Ducks in Flight Riverside Walk Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel
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 Q59562241
Bird Mounted on Turbine near South Herefordshre Golf Club Walenty Pytel Bird on abstract base on turbine overlooking the lake.
Abstract Vulture on Column near South Herefordshre Golf Club Walenty Pytel A welded steel sculpture of a vulture on a steel column. A Garden sculpture
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 Q59562580

More images 		Stag's Head Symonds Yat East Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel Welded steel Stag's heads. The pair were commissioned for a county house's gate posts in England another is in England and the fourth is now in the South of Spain.
Gate Post Armorial Bust Lion Walenty Pytel Symonds Yat East 1980 Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel

More images 		Gate Post Sculpture Stag's Head by Walenty Pytel Symonds Yat East 1980 Walenty Pytel Sculpture Galvanized Steel

Weobley[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes

More images 		Magpie Broad Street, Weobley

52°09′33″N 2°52′30″W / 52.1592°N 2.8749°W / 52.1592; -2.8749 		2000 (2000)[37] Walenty Pytel Sculpture metal 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°13′09″N 2°53′46″W / 52.219102°N 2.896202°W / 52.219102; -2.896202 		Sculpture metal


References[edit]

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  1. ^ Broome, Paul (25 December 2014). "Village Jubilee weathervane in place - two years after Queen celebrates milestone". The Hereford Times. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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    Portrait bench plaque description on Josie Pearson MBE
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