This is a list of public art in the City of Birmingham , in the West Midlands county of England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Queen Victoria | Victoria Square 52°28′46″N1°54′11″W / 52.479536°N 1.903073°W | 1901, recast 1951 | Thomas Brock, William Bloye | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Birmingham City Council | Q47460184 | Cast by Bloye from a marble statue by Brock [1] [2] [3] | ||
More images | River and Youth | Victoria Square 52°28′47″N1°54′12″W / 52.479626°N 1.90322°W | c. 1993 | Dhruva Mistry | Statues | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Part of River, Youth, Guardians and Object (Variations) [4] [5] [3] In July 2015 the fountain was converted into a flower bed and removed it in November 2020. [6] The fountains were repaired and reinstated in May 2022. [7] [8] [9] | |||
Guardian Sphinx 1 | Victoria Square 52°28′46″N1°54′09″W / 52.479472°N 1.902429°W | 1993 | Dhruva Mistry | Statue | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Part of River, Youth, Guardians and Object (Variations) [5] | ||||
Guardian Sphinx 2 | Victoria Square 52°28′47″N1°54′07″W / 52.479693°N 1.901995°W | 1993 | Dhruva Mistry | Statue | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Part of River, Youth, Guardians and Object (Variations) [5] | ||||
Object (Variations) | Victoria Square | 1993 | Dhruva Mistry | Statue | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Part of River, Youth, Guardians and Object (Variations) . [5] | ||||
More images | Iron: Man | Victoria Square 52°28′46″N1°54′11″W / 52.47948°N 1.90306°W | 1993 | Antony Gormley | Statue | Iron | Birmingham City Council | Q12060795 | Moved into storage September 2017; [10] returned to new location on the square, February 2022. [11] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Memorial to Joseph Chamberlain | Chamberlain Square 52°28′48″N1°54′15″W / 52.479877°N 1.904259°W | 1880 | John Henry Chamberlain | Memorial | Stone | Grade II | Birmingham City Council | Q5069586 | [3] [12] | |
More images | Birmingham Man | Chamberlain Square 52°28′45″N1°54′21″W / 52.479089°N 1.905724°W | 1993 | Sioban Coppinger & Fiona Peever | Statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Q47483006 | Depicts Thomas Attwood with a soapbox and pages on the steps with the words "Reform", "The Vote". and "The Prosperity". [13] [14] It was moved into storage in November 2015 and returned in July 2020. [15] [16] [17] [3] | ||
More images | James Watt | Chamberlain Square 52°28′47″N1°54′16″W / 52.479825°N 1.904566°W | 1866 | Alexander Munro | Statue | Marble | Birmingham City Council | Q47467095 | The statue was moved into storage in September 2015 and remains in storage as of 2021. [18] [19] [15] | ||
More images | Joseph Priestley | Chamberlain Square 52°28′48″N1°54′17″W / 52.479923°N 1.904601°W | 1874 | Francis John Williamson | Statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Q47467138 | Recast in bronze 1951. [18] The statue was moved into storage in September 2015 and remains in storage as of 2021. [19] [15] | ||
More images | George Dawson | 1880 | Thomas Woolner | Statue | Stone | Grade II | Birmingham City Council | Q26339369 | Formerly in Chamberlain Square. [18] [20] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Statue of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Bull Ring 52°28′38″N1°53′38″W / 52.477281°N 1.893949°W | 1809 | Richard Westmacott | Sculpture group on cylindrical pedestal | Bronze and marble | Grade II* listed | Birmingham City Council | Q7604486 | [18] [21] | |
City of a Thousand Trades | Bell Street Passage, Birmingham | 1987 | West Midlands Public Art Collective | Relief | Fibreglass with pre-existing ceramic tiles, etched by sandblasting | Commissioned by the then West Midlands County Council and now lost [22] | |||||
More images | The Guardian | Bull Ring 52°28′40″N1°53′43″W / 52.477732°N 1.895273°W | 2003 | Laurence Broderick | Sculpture | Bronze | Q47489116 | ||||
More images | The Tree of Life | Edgbaston Street 52°28′35″N1°53′44″W / 52.476383°N 1.895424°W | 2005 | Lorenzo Quinn | Sculpture on pedestal | Bronze | Commemorates civilian victims of the Blitz in Birmingham | ||||
Tree Sculpture | Spiceal Street, Bullring 52°28′37″N1°53′38″W / 52.476849°N 1.893783°W | 2011 | Wolfgang Buttress | Sculpture | Copper | Bullring | The 44ft tall tree was made with the reclaimed copper roof from the Spiral Cafe which was removed to make way for the new row of restaurants. [23] | ||||
More images | 24 hour Route | Ramps near the Bull Ring (either side of Rotunda Square) 52°28′41″N1°53′44″W / 52.478029°N 1.895602°W | 2004 | Anuradha Patel | Railings | Painted steel | Birmingham City Council | An important pedestrian route between Birmingham New Street railway station and Birmingham Moor Street railway station [24] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Abstract relief | Lower Bull Street 52°28′50″N1°53′42″W / 52.48056°N 1.89501°W | Mural | Lost |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Tony Hancock | Old Square, Birmingham 52°28′54″N1°53′43″W / 52.481777°N 1.895411°W | 1996 | Bruce Williams | Steel | Birmingham City Council | [4] | |||
Old Square | Old Square, Birmingham 52°28′56″N1°53′42″W / 52.482292°N 1.895002°W | 1967 | Kenneth Budd | Mural | Fibreglass | Birmingham City Council | ||||
Bannatyne's mosaic | Bannatyne's – The Priory Queensway 52°28′55″N1°53′34″W / 52.481916°N 1.892894°W | Mosaic | Tiles |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Wattilisk | Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts – Dalton Street / Newton Street 52°28′58″N1°53′34″W / 52.482739°N 1.892831°W | 1987 | Vincent Woropay | Sculpture | Black Indian granite | 12 feet high | Birmingham City Council | Depicts James Watt and others based on Egyptian obelisks and Native American totem poles. [18] [25] | |
More images | Pitman and Murdoch Chambers sculptures | Pitman Chambers and Murdoch Chambers, 153–161 Corporation Street 52°28′58″N1°53′38″W / 52.482779°N 1.894026°W | 1896 | Benjamin Creswick | Sculpture | Stone | Grade II* | [26] | ||
More images | Fountain sculpture outside The Wesleyan | The Wesleyan – Colmore Square 52°28′59″N1°53′48″W / 52.483191°N 1.896708°W | Sculpture / fountain | Steel | The Wesleyan | |||||
More images | Stretching Balloon Dog | Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane 52°29′05″N1°53′36″W / 52.484606116422036°N 1.8934622305301971°W | 2022 | Whatshisname aka Sebastian Burdon | Sculpture | 14ft tall | Birmingham Children's Hospital | In the form of a monumental red balloon dog for brave patients, families and staff to enjoy. [27] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Birmingham Figure | John Bright Street (near Hill Street and Navigation Street) 52°28′40″N1°54′06″W / 52.477779°N 1.901649°W | 1987 | Lee Grandjean | Sculpture | Stone and Lepine Lime | Birmingham City Council | [28] The sculpture is getting a revamp in 2016 [29] | |||
Iron Horse | Birmingham New Street station 52°28′40″N1°54′03″W / 52.47786°N 1.900827°W | 1987 | Kevin Atherton | Sculpture | Iron | Network Rail | 12 horses were commissioned in 1987 between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton railway station | |||
More images | Birmingham pub bombings Memorial | Outside of Birmingham New Street station 52°28′39″N1°53′49″W / 52.477381°N 1.896960°W | 2018 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | 3 x 15 ft steel trees | Network Rail | Three huge sculptural steel trees in memory of the Birmingham pub bombings victims of 21 November 1974. [30] [31] Leaves will have 21 names, one for each life lost. [32] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Allegories of Art and Industry | Over the north-west door of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (The Feeney Gallery extension), Great Charles Street 52°28′52″N1°54′18″W / 52.4811°N 1.9050°W | c. 1919 | William Bloye | Sculpture | Stone | Grade II* | Birmingham City Council | [1] [33] | ||
Aesculapius | Chest Clinic, Great Charles Street 52°28′54″N1°54′17″W / 52.4817°N 1.9047°W | 1930 | William Bloye | Stone | [1] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Bishop Charles Gore | St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham 52°28′52″N1°53′58″W / 52.481132°N 1.899408°W | 1914 | Thomas Stirling Lee | Statue | Bronze | Grade II | [18] [34] | |||
Memorial to Frederick Gustavus Burnaby | Grounds of St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham 52°28′51″N1°53′54″W / 52.480950°N 1.898242°W | 1885 | Robert Bridgeman of Lichfield | Obelisk | Portland stone | Grade II | [35] [36] | |||
More images | Angel Drinking Fountain | St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham – Temple Row 52°28′52″N1°53′51″W / 52.481156°N 1.897473°W | 1850 | Drinking fountain | Bronze | Grade II | Originally stood outside Christ Church at the junction of Colmore Row and New Street. After the church was demolished in 1899 it was moved to Temple Row (outside St Philip's Cathedral). [37] [38] | |||
More images | History of Snow Hill | Behind 1 and 9 Colmore Row | 2013 | Oliver Budd | Mural | Mosaic | Birmingham City Council | Commemorates Birmingham Snow Hill station. Miniature version of original mural by Kenneth Budd, in St Chad's Circus, which was destroyed in 2007. | ||
Carousel | West Midlands Police Headquarters – Lloyd House – Snow Hill Queensway 52°29′02″N1°53′51″W / 52.483904°N 1.897598°W | 1962 | Raymond Forbes King | Sculpture | Painted fibreglass | West Midlands Police | Formerly the Carousel Restaurant. [39] Lloyd House reopened as of 2017, but this has not returned. | |||
More images | The Commuter | Birmingham Snow Hill station 52°29′02″N1°53′59″W / 52.483902°N 1.899831°W | 1996 | John McKenna | statue | Bronze | West Midlands Network | Originally unveiled by Neil Kinnock MEP, when he was European commissioner for Transport on the concourse. [40] It was moved from the concourse to platform 1 and 2 and moved again when the station was refurbished after 2014. | ||
More images | 'Wisdom, Fortitude, Charity, Faith' | Legal and General Assurance Building, 7 Waterloo Street 52°28′49″N1°54′00″W / 52.480405°N 1.900024°W | 1932 | William Bloye | Four bas relief panels | Portland Stone | Exterior high level bas-relief carvings. [1] | |||
More images | Capitals and pediment sculptures | New Oxford House, 16 Waterloo Street 52°28′48″N1°54′05″W / 52.479942°N 1.901489°W | 1935 | William Bloye | Stone | Exterior: two capitals, shield above door and upstairs pediment and putto. [1] | ||||
More images | Sun and lettering | Sun Insurance Building, Bennetts Hill 52°28′48″N1°54′01″W / 52.47991°N 1.90025°W | 1927 | William Bloye | Bas-relief | Stone | [1] | |||
Lorenzo Ghiberti | 79 – 83 Colmore Row 52°28′52″N1°54′01″W / 52.481241°N 1.900409°W | 1871 | J. A. Chatwin | Relief bust | Stone | Grade II listed | Royal Bank of Scotland | Built for William Spurrier in 1871-3. A silversmith [41] | ||
Benvenuto Cellini | 79 – 83 Colmore Row 52°28′52″N1°54′01″W / 52.481241°N 1.900409°W | 1871 | J. A. Chatwin | Relief bust | Stone | Grade II | Royal Bank of Scotland | Built for William Spurrier in 1871-3. A silversmith [41] | ||
Allegories of Science and Art | Great Western Arcade Temple Row end 52°28′53″N1°53′48″W / 52.481479°N 1.896736°W | 1875 | W. H. Ward | Sculpture | Stone, Darley Dale and Bath | Great Western Arcade | [42] | |||
More images | Equinox | 103 Colmore Row 52°28′51″N1°54′05″W / 52.480702843990386°N 1.9014734935891457°W | 2021 | John Pickering | Sculpture | Solid steel tubes and laser cut metal sheets | 1.5 tonnes and measures seven metres from tip-to-tip | 103 Colmore Row | A posthumous work of public art at 103 Colmore Row. [43] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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William Shakespeare | Cannon Street, Birmingham 52°28′46″N1°53′54″W / 52.479558°N 1.898220°W | Sculpture | Birmingham City Council | |||||||
Sir Walter Scott | Cannon Street, Birmingham 52°28′47″N1°53′53″W / 52.479708°N 1.898051°W | Sculpture | Birmingham City Council |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Winston Churchill House sculpture | Winston Churchill House, 8 Ethel Street 52°28′45″N1°54′03″W / 52.479042°N 1.900934°W | 1960s | Sculpture | Bronze | Bronze relief above the entrance of Winston Churchill House. |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Spirit of Enterprise | 1991 | Tom Lomax | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Was in Centenary Square; [3] As of 2013 [update] in storage at the Birmingham Museum Collections Centre | |||||
Forward | Centenary Square 52°28′45″N1°54′29″W / 52.479113°N 1.908175°W | 1991 | Raymond Mason | Statue | Fibreglass | [3] Statue was destroyed by arson on 17 April 2003 | |||||
More images | A Real Birmingham Family | Centenary Square 52°28′45″N1°54′29″W / 52.479113°N 1.908175°W | 2014 | Gillian Wearing | Statue group | Bronze | Ikon Gallery & Library of Birmingham | Q18437761 | The statue was removed to storage in late May 2017 [46] and was returned during April 2019. [47] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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More images | Boulton, Watt and Murdoch | Outside Symphony Hall in Centenary Square 52°28′43″N1°54′33″W / 52.478671536441524°N 1.9091025439630784°W | 1956 | William Bloye | statues | Gilded bronze | Statues 285cm high | Birmingham City Council | Q4949742 | Depicts Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch. Made in 1939, but not installed until 1956. Re-gilded in 2006. [18] [48] The statue was storage from August 2017 until April 2022, due to the building of the Westside Metro extension. [49] [50] [51] [3] [52] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Inner Spirit | Regency Wharf – Broad Street 52°28′41″N1°54′35″W / 52.478173°N 1.909734°W | 2001 | Amanda Brisbane | Sculpture | Between the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Regency Wharf | ||||||
Reflex Transformer | Reflex / 80s Bar – Broad Street 52°28′41″N1°54′39″W / 52.47811°N 1.910749°W | 2011 | Sculpture | Reflex Broad Street (Stonegate Pub Company) | Inspired by the 1980s Transformers cartoon and toy line | ||||||
More images | Quayside Tower Reliefs | Podium of Quayside Tower, Broad Street 52°28′38″N1°54′41″W / 52.477277°N 1.911278°W | 1965 | William Mitchell | Abstract relief panels | Concrete | Architect, John Madin commissioned Mitchell in 1965. There are approximately 20 panels on the podium structure. | ||||
More images | HSBC lions | HSBC UK, One Centenary Square 52°28′44″N1°54′26″W / 52.478808°N 1.907201°W | 2018 | Sculpture | Bronze | Pair of bronze lions outside the HSBC UK offices at Arena Central. | |||||
More images | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath Bridge, Broad Street 52°28′40″N1°54′39″W / 52.477811°N 1.910858°W | 2019 | Tarek Abdelkawi | Bench | The Bench includes images of Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward. [53] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Battle of Gods and Giants | The ICC (opposite Brindleyplace) 52°28′42″N1°54′41″W / 52.478406°N 1.911511°W | 1990 | Roderick Tye | sculpture | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | It was intended to symbolise Birmingham's struggle to rebuild its centre. | |||
John Smeaton | ICC Energy Centre 52°28′45″N1°54′46″W / 52.479219°N 1.912865°W | 1986 | Sculpture | Birmingham City Council | Engineer of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (between 1782 and 1789) | |||||
Thomas Telford | ICC Energy Centre 52°28′45″N1°54′46″W / 52.479219°N 1.912865°W | 1986 | Sculpture | Birmingham City Council | Engineer of the Birmingham Canal Navigations New Main Line (from 1824 to 1827) |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Aqueduct | Central Square, Brindleyplace 52°28′41″N1°54′50″W / 52.477988°N 1.9139°W | 1995 | Miles Davies | Sculpture | Bronze phosphor | Brindleyplace | It was the winning entry in a competition with the Royal Society of British Sculptors. It is in two pieces, and is in the form of an aqueduct. [54] | |||
Pergola sculpture | Oozells Square, Brindleyplace 52°28′39″N1°54′46″W / 52.477412°N 1.912823°W | 1998 | Paul de Monchaux | sculpture | Stone | Brindleyplace | Directly opposite the Ikon Gallery | |||
Future | (Formerly) Cumberland Street – Brindleyplace | 2004 | Robert Bowers | Sculpture / statue | Bronze | Brindleyplace | It was located between 8 and 10 Brindleyplace on Cumberland Street, until it was moved to storage for the X Brindleyplace redevelopment. Now moved to an undisclosed location in Dudley. | |||
Gates | Sheepcote Street – Brindleyplace 52°28′35″N1°54′53″W / 52.476467°N 1.914586°W | 1995 | Miles Davies | Sculpture | Bronze phosphor | Brindleyplace |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Diving Sculpture | Waterfront Walk – Worcester & Birmingham Canal 52°28′31″N1°54′28″W / 52.4752°N 1.907826°W | 2006 | Cathy Lewis | statue | Bronze | Charles Church Developments | Near the Register Office – Holliday Wharf | |||
The Lovely People – Urban | The Cube 52°28′31″N1°54′25″W / 52.475213°N 1.906956°W | 2010 | Temper | statue | Bronze | The Cube | [55] | |||
Pen nib | Washington Wharf, Worcester & Birmingham Canal 52°28′29″N1°54′29″W / 52.474801°N 1.908166°W | Sculpture |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Anglepoise | Entrance to The Mailbox, Birmingham 52°28′33″N1°54′16″W / 52.4758624°N 1.9045711°W | 2014 | Holmes Wood, consultancy | Sculpture |
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More images | Memorial to Joseph Sturge | Five Ways Island in front of the Marriott Hotel (near Harborne Road) 52°28′20″N1°55′09″W / 52.472195°N 1.919195°W | 1862 | John Thomas | Statue | Portland stone | Grade II listed | Birmingham City Council | Q15980195 | [18] [56] | |
Stainless Steel Sculpture | Five Ways Island 52°28′23″N1°55′07″W / 52.472923°N 1.918478°W | 1973 | Alexander Mann | sculpture | Stainless steel | Birmingham City Council | |||||
More images | Claude Auchinleck | Outside Park Regis Hotel – Broad Street, Birmingham 52°28′24″N1°55′01″W / 52.473414°N 1.917035°W | 1965 | Fiore de Henriquez | Statue | Bronze | Park Regis Hotel Birmingham | [18] [57] [58] | |||
More images | The Connection | Broadway Plaza 52°28′27″N1°55′17″W / 52.474068943436905°N 1.9213085634572367°W | November 9, 2021 | Luke Burton | Sculpture | Stainless steel | Broadway Plaza | The first piece of the worlds largest public artwork was installed at Broadway Plaza in Birmingham. [59] After Broadway Plaza, it is planned that the artwork will stretch to all four corners of the Earth! [60] Unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Muhammad Afzal on the 9th November 2021 at Broadway Plaza. [61] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Charles Blondin | Ladywood Middleway 52°28′36″N1°55′30″W / 52.4766°N 1.9251°W | 1995 | Paul Richardson | statue | Steel plate, zinc & bronze, sprayed & patinated | Height 300cm. Plinth height 750cm | Birmingham City Council | Once carried direction sign to a shopping centre, but now only has 'Welcome to Ladywood'. Commissioned for the Ladywood Regeneration Project. Caricature of Charles Blondin 19th century French stuntman who crossed Edgbaston Reservoir on a tightrope on 6 September 1873. [62] | ||
The Galloping Courier | Tesco – Spring Hill, Ladywood 52°29′06″N1°55′13″W / 52.485124°N 1.920191°W | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
The Nonsens | Ladywood Middleway, Spring Hill, Ladywood 52°29′04″N1°55′14″W / 52.484478°N 1.920468°W | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
More images | Peace Garden railings | St. Thomas' Peace Garden 52°28′24″N1°54′22″W / 52.4734°N 1.9060°W | 1995 | Anuradha Patel | Railings and gates | Steel | Created with help from students of Lea Mason Church of England Secondary School and others. [63] | |||
More images | Cutting Edge | Northbrook Street 52°29′08″N1°55′56″W / 52.485661°N 1.932223°W | 2006 | Anuradha Patel | Railings | Steel | Located above the Birmingham Canal Main Line. [64] | |||
More images | Local Heroes | Osler Street Park 52°28′40″N1°55′57″W / 52.477663°N 1.932540°W | February 1, 2023 | Katy and Nick Hallett | Statues | Steel | Sustrans | Subjects Lenny Henry, Jane Sixsmith & Ellie Simmonds, chosen by a public vote. Installed by cycling charity Sustrans to encourage people to enjoy green spaces. [65] Funded by Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. [66] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Beorma Ingas Ham | Gooch Street Bridge, Highgate 52°27′59″N1°53′34″W / 52.466434°N 1.892721°W | 2006 | Steve Field RBSA | Pair of decorative arches | Steel | Birmingham City Council | On a bridge over the Rea, marking the spot nearby where Birmingham was first settled | ||
More images | Highgate entrance sculptures | Belgrave Middleway near Horton Square, Highgate 52°27′54″N1°53′31″W / 52.464937°N 1.892020°W | 2001 | Steve Field RBSA | Pair of sculptures | Steel | Birmingham City Council | The left side has "aet thaere" on it. The right side has "ea" on it. |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | Hebe | James Watt Queensway 52°29′04″N1°53′32″W / 52.484385°N 1.892165°W | 1966 | Robert Thomas | Statue | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Formerly in Holloway Circus, before being moved to James Watt Queensway, with a new surround, by Anuradha Patel. [18] [67] | ||
More images | Inside Tempus Fugit | Aston University Library 52°29′09″N1°53′20″W / 52.485831°N 1.888826°W | 2004 | Ray Lonsdale | bust | Stainless steel | Aston University | Previously near the Aston University Day Hospital. [68] There is a figure of a small boy inside the head [69] | ||
More images | Peace Sculpture | The lake near Lakeside – Aston University 52°29′02″N1°53′22″W / 52.484005°N 1.889466°W | 1985 | William Pye | Sculpture / fountain | Stainless steel | Aston University | Commissioned by West Midlands County Council; originally for Ackers Park, [70] [71] | ||
More images | Tipping Triangles | Behind the main building of Aston University 52°29′13″N1°53′18″W / 52.487022°N 1.888377°W | 1994 | Angela Conner | Sculpture / fountain | Stainless steel | 5.4m high | Aston University | [72] [73] | |
More images | Aston Stones | Various locations around Aston University 52°29′09″N1°53′16″W / 52.485714°N 1.887723°W | 1975–1977 | John Maine | 5 sculptures | Portland stone | heights range from 1.05m to 1.35m | Aston University | [74] | |
More images | All the books I should have read | Near the new Aston Students Union, Lakeside, Aston University 52°29′07″N1°53′22″W / 52.485233°N 1.889364°W | 2019 | Marko Mäetamm | Sculpture | Aston University | ||||
More images | Eastside City Park | Eastside City Park 52°28′55″N1°53′16″W / 52.4820°N 1.8877°W | 2012 | Patel Taylor | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | [75] | ||
More images | Lip-sync | STEAMhouse, Birmingham City University 52°29′06″N1°53′04″W / 52.48507°N 1.88431°W | 2023 | Holly Hendry | Sculpture | rolled, formed and laser cut steel | Birmingham City University | It draws from the history of building as the headquarters of The Eccles Rubber and Cycle Company. [76] [77] [78] |
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More images | Memorial to John F. Kennedy | Floodgate Street, Digbeth 52°28′30″N1°53′11″W / 52.474950°N 1.886312°W | 1968 | Kenneth Budd | Mosaic mural | 4.5 by 14 metres (15 by 46 ft) | Birmingham City Council | Q6105672 | [18] | ||
Green Man | Custard Factory – Gibb Street, Digbeth 52°28′31″N1°53′02″W / 52.475212°N 1.883821°W | 2002 | Tawny Gray | Statue | Stone and vegetation | Custard Factory | |||||
Dragon | Custard Factory – Digbeth 52°28′31″N1°53′04″W / 52.475327°N 1.884337°W | 1993 | Tawny Gray | Sculpture | Mild steel | Custard Factory | [79] | ||||
Lion | Custard Factory – Digbeth 52°28′31″N1°53′03″W / 52.475246°N 1.884187°W | Sculpture | Wood | Custard Factory | |||||||
The Deluge | Custard Factory – Digbeth 52°28′30″N1°53′04″W / 52.475115°N 1.884311°W | 2010 | Toin Adams | Sculpture | Bronze | Custard Factory | [80] |
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More images | Horsefair, 1908 | Holloway Circus 52°28′30″N1°54′01″W / 52.474918°N 1.900173°W | 1967 | Kenneth Budd | Mosaic mural | Birmingham City Council | ||||
More images | Chinese Pagoda | Holloway Circus 52°28′29″N1°54′01″W / 52.474853°N 1.900416°W | 1998 | Chinese pagoda | Stone | Birmingham City Council | The pagoda was carved in Fujian, a province of China. It was donated to the city, and forms a landmark of the nearby Chinese Quarter. | |||
More images | Chinese Guardian dogs | Holloway Circus 52°28′30″N1°54′02″W / 52.474906°N 1.900645°W | Sculpture | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | |||||
Marilyn Monroe | Missing – Hurst Street in the Gay Quarter 52°28′25″N1°53′46″W / 52.473735°N 1.896077°W | Statue | Missing Bar | It has been on the wall of Missing since at least 2009 or earlier. | ||||||
More images | Rhinestone Rhino | Hurst Street and Bromsgrove Street in the Gay Quarter 52°28′24″N1°53′46″W / 52.473365°N 1.896056°W | 2012 | Emma Butler, Vikki Litton and Robbie Coleman | Sculpture | polystyrene mould, carved into a rhino shape and then coated in fibreglass. | Southside BID | Unveiled in time for Birmingham Pride in June 2012 [81] | ||
More images | The Ribbons Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial | Hurst Street / Hippodrome Square 52°28′30″N1°53′52″W / 52.47497152467204°N 1.8976449703012646°W | December 1, 2022 | Garry Jones and Luke Perry | Sculpture | Steel | Six metres tall | Southside BID | It was unveiled on the 1 December 2022. [82] It depicts two interlocking heart ribbons. [83] It was unveiled on World Aids Day. [84] [85] |
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Clockwork | Jewellery Quarter station, Vyse Street, Hockley (Jewellery Quarter) 52°29′22″N1°54′46″W / 52.4894°N 1.912775°W | 2004 | Mick Thacker and Mark Renn | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||
Padlock | Newhall Hill – Jewellery Quarter 52°28′57″N1°54′39″W / 52.482547°N 1.910892°W | 2000 | Mick Thacker and Mark Renn | sculpture | Steel | [86] | ||||
RBSA bronze plaques | Royal Birmingham Society of Artists – 4 Brook Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′06″N1°54′27″W / 52.484891°N 1.907520°W | 1919 | William Bloye | Bronze plaques | Bronze | Royal Birmingham Society of Artists | Formerly at the Society's old headquarters on New Street [1] | |||
The Jewellery Quarter – Newhall Street Gateway | Newhall Street with Lionel Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°28′59″N1°54′19″W / 52.483116°N 1.905140°W | 2003 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
The Jewellery Quarter – Vyse Street Gateway | Vyse Street with Great Hampton Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′29″N1°54′40″W / 52.491351°N 1.911202°W | 2003 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
The Jewellery Quarter – Hall Street Gateway | Hall Street with Great Hampton Street, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′20″N1°54′28″W / 52.488958°N 1.907824°W | 2003 | Anuradha Patel | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | ||||
Manangel | The Jam House – 3 – 5 St Paul's Square, Jewellery Quarter 52°29′06″N1°54′18″W / 52.484955°N 1.904872°W | 2001 | David Begbie | Sculpture | wire-mesh | The Jam House | Looks like a netted angel. It was missing since August 2016 [87] but as of January 2017 it is back | |||
More images | Peaky Blinders | Assay Lofts – Charlotte Street at St Paul's Square 52°29′04″N1°54′21″W / 52.484320°N 1.905803°W | 2019 | Paul Margetts | Statue | Bronze | Eleven Property Group | Sitting on a ledge of an open window. [88] Assay Lofts complete and ready to open in December 2019 [89] | ||
Saudade | HSBC, Vyse Street 52°29′14″N1°54′46″W / 52.4872°N 1.9128°W | 2022 | Aashti Miller | Mural | Paint | Part of Paint Spectrum Birmingham. [90] |
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Swing | It was at St Chad's Circus | 1988 | Kevin Atherton | Sculpture | Mild steel (electro-plated) | Birmingham City Council | Was in St Chad's Circus from 1990, but the site has since been redeveloped and has been removed [91] |
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More images | Acocks Green Village in Bloom – Gold | Acocks Green Village Green 52°26′47″N1°49′25″W / 52.446270°N 1.823506°W | May 2017 | Veronica Treadwell | Sculpture | Acocks Green Village BID | Based on the design of a tree. Represents a canal, then a railway [92] | |||
Fox and Holly | Corner of Olton Boulevard East and Shaftmoor Lane in Acocks Green 52°26′38″N1°50′05″W / 52.443973°N 1.834728°W | 2003 | Rosemary Terry | Public transport interchange | Wood & Steel | West Midlands Network | Named after the Fox Hollies area that it is in. The name dates back to 1465. | |||
Fox and Hollybush | Lidl – Olton Boulevard East, Acocks Green 52°26′39″N1°50′03″W / 52.444116°N 1.834154°W | 1927 | William Bloye | relief sculpture | sandstone | It used to be on the wall of now demolished Fox and Hollybush pub. Now on the left of Lidl, in the Fox Hollies area of Acocks Green. | ||||
Fox Hollies Lidl sculpture | Lidl – Summer Road & Olton Boulevard East, Acocks Green 52°26′39″N1°50′03″W / 52.444198°N 1.834239°W | Sculpture / railings | Painted steel | |||||||
Sculpture of a bird on the Great Western pub | Great Western – 10 Yardley Road, Acocks Green 52°27′01″N1°49′09″W / 52.450171°N 1.819085°W | Stone | ||||||||
More images | John Bridgeman play sculpture | Curtis Gardens, Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green 52°26′26″N1°50′06″W / 52.440554°N 1.835103°W | c1960 | John Bridgeman | Sculpture | Concrete | Grade II listed since 2015 [93] [94] | Birmingham City Council | ||
Westley Vale Millennium Green mural | Westley Vale Millennium Green – The Avenue, Acocks Green 52°26′57″N1°48′57″W / 52.449140°N 1.815860°W | 2015 | Hoakser | Mural | Spray paint | Westley Vale Millennium Green, Community First & Arts in the Yard | See photo on Flickr Westley Vale Millennium Green mural |
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William McGregor | Villa Park – Trinity Road, Aston 52°30′31″N1°53′11″W / 52.508744°N 1.886341°W | 2009 | Sam Holland | statue | Bronze | Aston Villa | ||||
More images | Face to Face | Waterlinks Boulevard with Park Circus, Aston 52°30′07″N1°52′59″W / 52.501829°N 1.882975°W | 1993 | Ray Smith | Sculpture | Painted steel | 600 x 400cm | Birmingham City Council | One of the Gateway to Heartlands sculptures [95] | |
More images | Forward Together | Lady Holte's Garden, Aston Hall 52°30′21″N1°53′04″W / 52.505868°N 1.884356°W | 2021 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Steel | 13 metres long | Birmingham Museums Trust | It was made in 14 days in Cradley Heath by a team of five artists led by Luke Perry, and is 13 metres long. It features 25 life size representations of real people from the Midlands. [96] [97] It was originally in Victoria Square from July to October 2021. Then was located in Colmore Square until at least the end of 2022. By 2023–24, it was relocated to Aston Hall. |
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Lucas' Lion, Wheel, and Flambear emblem | 36, Wheeler Street, Newtown 52°29′46″N1°54′14″W / 52.49603°N 1.90376°W | November 1998 | John McKenna | Stainless steel | Midland Area Housing Association | On the side of house, built on the site of the former Lucas factory. [98] [99] | ||||
More images | Joseph Lucas Monument | Great King Street North, Newtown 52°29′40″N1°54′32″W / 52.494549°N 1.908981°W | 1994 | Sculpture | Slate | 3m x 60cm x 1m | It is on the site of what was the Tom Bowling Lamp Factory that was in Little King Street from 1872. [98] [100] | |||
Newtown Jewels | Burbury Park, Newtown 52°29′50″N1°54′16″W / 52.497115°N 1.904381°W | Tom Grimsey | Stainless steel | [101] | ||||||
Mondobongo | Corner of High Street and Burlington Street in Newtown 52°29′55″N1°53′42″W / 52.498694°N 1.895002°W | Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | |||||
An even bigger splash! | Newtown Swimming Pool & Fitness Centre, High Street, Newtown 52°29′57″N1°53′46″W / 52.499162°N 1.895976°W | Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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More images | Talking about the Weather | Field Lane, Bartley Green opposite Romsley Road 52°26′04″N2°00′17″W / 52.434333°N 2.004596°W | 2004 | Pamina Stewart, Mark Renn & Mick Thacker | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | |||
Bus bench sculpture | Corner of Romsley Road and Field Lane, Bartley Green 52°26′05″N2°00′18″W / 52.434678°N 2.005113°W | Bench | Painted Steel | West Midlands Network | Is near the Bartley Green bus terminus area | |||||
More images | Remains of a Pyramid | Senneleys Park, Bartley Green 52°26′13″N1°59′10″W / 52.436911°N 1.986123°W | 1989 | – 1991Avtarjeet Dhanjal | Sculpture | Portland stone | 10 x 10 x 2.5m high | Birmingham City Council | The bronze figure is missing [102] |
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More images | The Globe | Newman University, Genners Lane, Bartley Green 52°25′59″N1°59′40″W / 52.433050°N 1.994405°W | May 2012 | Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson of Planet Art | Globe sculpture | Stainless steel | Newman University | The Globe represents how Newman University is recognised globally with international links and worldwide connections [103] | ||
Cardinal Newman | Ryland Quad, Birmingham Newman University 52°26′02″N1°59′39″W / 52.43385°N 1.99419°W | 2010 | Tim Tolkien | Statue | Bronze | Birmingham Newman University | Was at Cofton Park on 19th September 2010 for Pope Benedict XVI to beautify Cardinal Newman. [104] Now located at Birmingham Newman University in the Ryland Quad of the campus. |
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More images | The Swan of Swan Corner | Roundabout at Brook Lane (between Coldbath Road and Wheelers Lane), Billesley 52°25′52″N1°52′36″W / 52.431192°N 1.876752°W | 2014 | swan sculpture | Wood | Swan Corner | Unveiled by members of Swan Corner on 18 November 2014 [105] As of January 2017, the head and half of the neck is missing |
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Juggernaut | Victoria Street, Bordesley Green 52°28′36″N1°51′23″W / 52.47654°N 1.856401°W | 2004 | Mick Thacker and Mark Renn | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||
More images | Sleeping Iron Giant | Garrison Lane, Bordesley Green 52°28′34″N1°51′39″W / 52.476064°N 1.860902°W | 1992 | Ondre Nowakowski | Sculpture | Iron, sintered, Polyester resin, on steel reinforced frame | 1.4 x 2.44m | Birmingham City Council | A metaphor for a site with an historic background of manufacturing industry. [106] |
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George Cadbury | Friends Meeting House – Linden Road, Bournville 52°25′49″N1°56′09″W / 52.430372°N 1.935903°W | 1924 | Francis Wood | bust | Bronze | Bournville Village Trust | Seen from the Bournville Village Green | |||
More images | Terpischore | Cadbury Factory grounds – Bournville Lane, Bournville 52°25′40″N1°55′58″W / 52.427796°N 1.932671°W | 1932 | William Bloye | Statue on a fountain | Bronze | Cadbury | [107] |
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More images | Sentinel | Spitfire Island 52°30′48″N1°47′55″W / 52.513297°N 1.798673°W | 2000 | Tim Tolkien | Steel | |||||
More images | The Knight of the Vale | Junction of Farnborough Road and Tangmere Drive, Castle Vale 52°30′54″N1°47′32″W / 52.51505°N 1.79214°W | 2002 | John McKenna | Stainless steel | Over 8m or 25 ft tall. | Birmingham City Council | Commissioned by the Castle Vale Housing Action Trust and Sainsbury's, near a roundabout, and to the rear of Chivenor Primary School. [108] | ||
Hot Water | Farnborough Road, Castle Vale 52°31′10″N1°46′45″W / 52.51950°N 1.77906°W | 2002 | Jo Naden | Steel, aluminium patina | Birmingham City Council | Commissioned by Groundwork and with the artist and local school students. Explored the bounding aspects of hawthorn and the watery qualities of willow. [109] [110] | ||||
Newborn | Castle Vale Retail Park, Castle Vale 52°31′03″N1°47′41″W / 52.51750°N 1.79474°W | 2000 | Michael Pegler | Granite | H 250 x W 160 x D 76 cm; Plinth: H 260 x W 140 x D 190 cm | Birmingham City Council | A pair of hands holding a new born baby with its umbilical cord still attached [111] [110] | |||
The Last Leaf | St Cuthberts Place, Castle Vale 52°31′16″N1°47′05″W / 52.52098°N 1.78471°W | 2016 | Saranhit Birdi | Stainless steel and paint | Birmingham City Council | It commemorates those who have made an impact on Castle Vale. Names on leaves remember those who have been inspirational on the estate. [110] | ||||
Memories of Castle Vale | Park Lane, Castle Vale 52°31′27″N1°46′42″W / 52.52429°N 1.77824°W | 2002 | Angelo Bordonari | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Group of stones created with help of residents stories of their memories of the estate. [110] | ||||
Moonstone I | Castle Vale Infant & Nursery School, Castle Vale 52°30′23″N1°45′43″W / 52.50626°N 1.76183°W | 1998 | Jo Naden | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | One of a collection of artworks made for 26 nursery schools in Birmingham. It is highly protected in the garden of the nursery. [110] |
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Feathers Of Freedom | Near Sophies – Pershore Road South, Cotteridge 52°24′57″N1°55′51″W / 52.415796°N 1.930945°W | 2001 | Paula Woof | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | There is also similar feathers sculpture as the entrance of the overflow car park at Kings Norton Station | |||
Cotteridge Park mural | Railway bridge leading into Cotteridge Park near Breedon Road, Cotteridge 52°25′11″N1°55′35″W / 52.419742°N 1.926491°W | 2012 | Daniel "Newso" Lickiss | Mural | Spray paint | Friends of Cotteridge Park, Birmingham City Council & Network Rail | Created to prevent vandalism and graffiti on the bridge [112] Please see the photos here on Flickr Cotteridge Park – railway bridge – artwork – dogs – dalmatian |
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Face #1 | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W | sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
Face #2 | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W | sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
Face #3 | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W | sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
Hand | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W | sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
Red Amber Green | Duddeston Station 52°29′16″N1°52′17″W / 52.487873°N 1.871457°W | sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
Diving Bodies | Duddeston Station 52°29′19″N1°52′16″W / 52.488673°N 1.871071°W | sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
More images | Youth | Melvina Road, Duddeston 52°29′31″N1°52′13″W / 52.491864°N 1.870223°W | 1958 | Harry Seager | statue | Concrete | Birmingham City Council | [113] |
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Edgbaston Interchange | Priory Road, Edgbaston, near Bristol Road (and Century Tower) 52°27′21″N1°54′35″W / 52.455746°N 1.909746°W | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | Removed due to the construction of the A38 Cycleway for Birmingham Cycle Revolution (which opened in Summer 2019). It has not returned as of 2021. | |||||
Map of Edgbaston | Morrisons – near Harborne Road, Edgbaston 52°28′17″N1°55′17″W / 52.471475°N 1.921268°W | 2013 | Sculpture | Steel | Morrisons | Fountain with leaf design on the reverse | ||||
Robert Peel | Outside Tally Ho – Pershore Road, Edgbaston 52°27′16″N1°54′26″W / 52.454546°N 1.907328°W | 1855 | Peter Hollins | statue | Bronze | Grade II listed [114] | Birmingham City Council | Originally on Congreve Street, then moved to Council House Square in 1873 (now Victoria Square). Moved to Calthorpe Park in 1926. Then to Pershore Road in 1963. Original plinth still in Calthorpe Park. | ||
More images | Edgbaston nutshell sculpture | 12 Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston 52°28′14″N1°55′09″W / 52.47066°N 1.91927°W | Sculpture | Concrete | On land near the former HSBC building, and near the bus stops for the 1, 23 and 24. |
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More images | Boer War Memorial | Cannon Hill Park 52°27′12″N1°54′04″W / 52.453264°N 1.90099°W | 1905 | Albert Toft | war memorial statue | Bronze | Grade II* listed [115] | Birmingham City Council | Refurbished in 2012 | |
Golfer | Golden Putter Mini-Golf, Cannon Hill Park 52°27′11″N1°54′06″W / 52.452937°N 1.901794°W | 2014 | statue | Birmingham City Council | A new 36 hole course opened at Cannon Hill Park in 2014 [116] | |||||
Nature Centre Sign | Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park, Pershore Road, Edgbaston 52°27′01″N1°54′39″W / 52.450345°N 1.910847°W | 1990 | Sheila Carter and Family | Sculpture | Wrought iron, egg-shell black finish and gold leaf highlights | Birmingham City Council | A large circle representing the months of the year. [117] | |||
More images | Infinite Wave | Cannon Hill Park 52°26′58″N1°54′14″W / 52.449438°N 1.903875°W | 2019 | George King Architects | Memorial sculpture | Stainless steel | Memorial to the British victim of the 2015 Bardo National Museum attack and 30 British victims of the 2015 Sousse attacks in Tunisia, unveiled on 4 March 2019 by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. [118] [119] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Mother and Child | Birmingham Women's Hospital 52°27′13″N1°56′31″W / 52.453697°N 1.942062°W | 1999 | Terry McDonald | statue | Fiberglass and resin | Birmingham Women's Hospital | ||||
To The Future | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 52°27′05″N1°56′28″W / 52.451473°N 1.94124°W | 2013 | Richard Thornton | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 8.5 m tall | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham | A competition was held in 2012 to name it. [120] In the shape of a Double Helix. Celebrates the coming together of the previous hospitals on one site. [69] Commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with the financial support of the Mindleshon Foundation, as an iconic piece for the main entrance to the hospital to celebrate the coming together of several specialist hospitals on to the one site. [121] | ||
More images | The Good Samaritan | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham 52°27′05″N1°56′26″W / 52.451350°N 1.940686°W | 1963 | Uli Nimptsch | Statue | Bronze | Moved in 2014 to a path between the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Birmingham in Edgbaston. [122] |
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More images | Equestrian Statue Of George I | Barber Institute of Fine Arts – Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston 52°27′00″N1°55′38″W / 52.450072°N 1.92715°W | 1722 | John van Nost the Elder | statue | Bronze | Grade II listed [123] | Barber Institute of Fine Arts | Commissioned for Dublin in 1717. Brought by Thomas Bodkin, first director of the Barber Institute in 1937, and brought to its present location [124] | |
Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Watt, Faraday and Darwin | Over the main entrance of the Aston Webb building, Chancellor’s Court, University of Birmingham 52°26′57″N1°55′50″W / 52.449261°N 1.930518°W | 1907 | Henry Pegram | frieze of nine life-size statues | Darley Dale stone | University of Birmingham | [124] | |||
More images | Faraday | Westgate, University of Birmingham 52°27′02″N1°56′10″W / 52.450534°N 1.936202°W | 2000 | Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | statue | Bronze | University of Birmingham | [124] | ||
More images | Semi abstract sculpture | University Road West, University of Birmingham 52°27′01″N1°56′06″W / 52.450398°N 1.935131°W | Peter Leadbeater | sculpture | wood | University of Birmingham | A celebration of the various branches of the university's endeavours as well as various logo that have reliant connection to the university [125] | |||
More images | Ancestor I | University Square, University of Birmingham 52°27′04″N1°55′51″W / 52.451030°N 1.930908°W | 1970 | Dame Barbara Hepworth | sculpture | Bronze | University of Birmingham | [124] On loan to the University of Birmingham from 1972 to 2022. It is moving to a new location in Europe. [126] | ||
More images | Father Sky / Uranus | University Square, University of Birmingham 52°27′04″N1°55′51″W / 52.451030°N 1.930908°W | 2017 | Zachary Eastwood-Bloom | sculpture | Bronze | 2 metres tall | University of Birmingham | It depicts a Greek god. Installed on Wednesday 6th July 2022 outside the University's Main Library on the plinth vacated by Dame Barbara Hepworth's Ancestor I, that stood on the campus for more than 50 years. [127] | |
More images | Girl in a Hat | Chancellor's Court, University of Birmingham 52°26′59″N1°55′53″W / 52.449787°N 1.931377°W | 1972 | Bernard Sindall | statue | Bronze | University of Birmingham | It was presented by Sir Robert & Lady Aitken on 22 October 1974 [124] | ||
Engineering Frieze | School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham 52°26′56″N1°56′01″W / 52.448993°N 1.933668°W | 1954 | William Bloye | Frieze | Stone | University of Birmingham | [124] | |||
The Wrestlers | School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham 52°26′58″N1°56′01″W / 52.449411°N 1.933539°W | 1950 | Edward Bainbridge-Copnall | Sculpture | Granite | University of Birmingham | [124] | |||
More images | Mermaid Fountain | Mermaid Square, the Guild of Students, University of Birmingham 52°26′57″N1°55′38″W / 52.449274°N 1.927206°W | 1961 | William Bloye | Sculpture | Bronze and stone | University of Birmingham | [124] | ||
More images | Woman for Heidelberg | Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham 52°26′58″N1°55′29″W / 52.449456°N 1.924796°W | 1987 | Michael Sandle | Statue | Bronze | University of Birmingham | [124] It is in the Business School Garden |
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Sir Josiah Mason | Island at Chester Road and Orphanage Road in Erdington 52°31′54″N1°49′30″W / 52.531575°N 1.825115°W | 1951 | William Bloye | bust | Bronze | Birmingham City Council | Recast by William Bloye in 1951, from an 1885 statue by Francis John Williamson (now lost). [1] | |||
Insect and Celtic Cross | Erdington Station 52°31′40″N1°50′23″W / 52.527844°N 1.839714°W | 1998 | Ronald Rae | sculpture | Stone | West Midlands Network | [128] | |||
More images | The Feast | McDonald's – corner of Chester Road and Sutton Road, Erdington 52°31′59″N1°49′44″W / 52.533068°N 1.828880°W | Anuradha Patel | Screen | Represents a community coming together to celebrate [129] |
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Fire Fighters | Sheldon Community Fire Station – Garretts Green Lane, Garretts Green 52°28′38″N1°46′51″W / 52.477325°N 1.780816°W | 1954 | Robert Pancheri | Mural | Stone | West Midlands Fire Service | The fire station opened in December 1956. It was the first fire station to open in Birmingham after World War II. [130] |
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More images | Moonstones | Periphery of Asda supermarket, Queslett Road 52°33′10″N1°54′31″W / 52.55273°N 1.90862°W | Steve Field | Carvings | Sandstone | Set of eight memorials to members of the Lunar Society | ||||
More images | Beech Beacon | Shipway – Walsall Road, Great Barr 52°32′40″N1°55′52″W / 52.54455°N 1.931045°W | 2002 | Rosemary Terry | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | Inspired by the beech trees planted by landowner and politician Sir Joseph Scott (who gave his name to the local pub and shopping centre – Scott Arms). | ||
The Towers | Tower Hill, Great Barr 52°32′08″N1°55′14″W / 52.53567°N 1.92044°W | 1936 | William Bloye | Stone | Front of pub. Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building [1] | |||||
The Towers | Tower Hill, Great Barr 52°32′08″N1°55′15″W / 52.53553°N 1.92072°W | 1936 | William Bloye | Stone | Rear of pub. Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building [1] |
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Huntsman and Dog | The Green Man, High Street, Harborne 52°27′41″N1°56′35″W / 52.46138°N 1.94301°W | c. 1940 | William Bloye | pub sign | Wood | Painted wooden pub sign. [1] | ||||
The Olympic Diamond | High Street, Harborne 52°27′37″N1°56′41″W / 52.460174°N 1.944817°W | 2012 | The children of St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Harborne Primary School. | mosaic | Commemorates the London 2012 Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen [131] |
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Dragon bench sculpture | Hall Green Library – Stratford Road, Hall Green 52°26′02″N1°50′47″W / 52.433768°N 1.846332°W | 2002 | , 22/02/2003 (unveiling date event)Graham Jones | bench sculpture | Wood | Hall Green Library | Might be based on Smaug from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (who lived nearby in Sarehole in the early 1900s (as a small boy)). Created by local woodcarver Graham Jones in 2002 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opening of the library and was unveiled by Carl Chinn. [132] | |||
Middle Earth | Hall Green Library – Stratford Road, Hall Green 52°26′01″N1°50′47″W / 52.433649°N 1.846326°W | Mural | Hall Green Library | Mural inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien who lived nearby in the early 1900s in the Sarehole area | ||||||
Dragonfly heart Mosaic | Greet Mill Meadow – Shire Country Park – Stratford Road, Hall Green 52°26′35″N1°51′20″W / 52.443154°N 1.855466°W | Mosaic | Glass tiles | Birmingham City Council | Not far from the Stratford Road bridge and the River Cole | |||||
Fish Mosaic | Greet Mill Meadow – Shire Country Park – Green Road, Hall Green 52°26′12″N1°51′21″W / 52.436741°N 1.855766°W | Mosaic | Glass tiles | Birmingham City Council | Close to the flooded part of the River Cole on Green Road |
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Tulip Tree | Barn Lane and Soho Road, Handsworth 52°30′14″N1°56′14″W / 52.503758°N 1.937298°W | Public transport interchange | Wood | West Midlands Network | ||||||
More images | Under the Sun | Soho Hill, corner of St. Michaels Road 52°30′03″N1°55′24″W / 52.500784°N 1.923367°W | 2010 | Saranjit Birdi | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council |
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More images | SS Journey | Handsworth Park 52°30′39″N1°55′21″W / 52.510906°N 1.922555°W | 6 October 2017 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Bronze and steel | Friends of Handsworth Park | Part of the Handsworth Park Arts Trail | ||
Sons of Rest Mosaic | Handsworth Park 52°30′24″N1°55′38″W / 52.50658°N 1.92711°W | November 2018 | Claire Cotterill | Mosaic mural | Ceramic | Friends of Handsworth Park | Located next to the Handsworth Park Community Gardens. It was inspired by "Sons of Rest" building, and it commemorates that movements foundation in the park. [134] [135] | |||
More images | Hands and Minds Speak | Handsworth Park 52°30′36″N1°55′39″W / 52.51009°N 1.92754°W | 2010 | Lawson Oyekan | Cornish granite | Friends of Handsworth Park | Located on an island within a lake. [110] | |||
More images | Pyramid Tower | Handsworth Park 52°30′29″N1°55′41″W / 52.50812°N 1.92795°W | 2017 | Pauline Bailey & Ola Brown (from Veranda Stories) | Galvanised steel | Friends of Handsworth Park | Located close to the Sons of Rest building. It had many mandala patterns, which was then laser cut. [136] It was designed with the Women's Sewing Group and Saathi House. [110] | |||
Roots and Branches | Handsworth Park 52°30′43″N1°55′31″W / 52.51187°N 1.92524°W | 2020 | Graham Jones & Tim Tolkien | Oak and steel | Friends of Handsworth Park | Four trees with extended roots on the ground in steel which can be used as seats. [137] Roots extend out above the ground forming seating with the inner space proving a meeting place. [110] | ||||
More images | The Anchor | Handsworth Park 52°30′23″N1°55′36″W / 52.50646°N 1.92670°W | 2015 | Katie Sturridge | Stainless steel | Friends of Handsworth Park | Located within the Handsworth Park Community Gardens. Part of the first Handsworth Arts Trail. A symbole of the Birmingham Assay Office. [110] | |||
More images | Here and Now Bench | Handsworth Park 52°30′37″N1°55′40″W / 52.51021°N 1.92784°W | 2023 | Tim Tolkien | Galvanised steel plate | Friends of Handsworth Park | Was inspired by a fairground waltzer car. Was commissioned to mark Birmingham hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [138] The bench was installed in August 2023. [110] | |||
More images | Here and Now Figures | Handsworth Park 52°30′39″N1°55′37″W / 52.51086°N 1.92701°W | 2023 | Tim Tolkien | Galvanised steel plate | Friends of Handsworth Park | Part of the same work as the Here and Now bench nearby. Was commissioned to mark Birmingham hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [139] The figures were installed in August 2023. [110] |
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More images | Climbing wall | Hockley Flyover 52°29′43″N1°54′55″W / 52.4954°N 1.9153°W | 1968 | William Mitchell | Cast concrete | Grade II | Birmingham City Council | [140] The mural was Grade II listed by Historic England on 13 May 2022. [141] | ||
Coin Stack | Soho Hill – Hockley Circus – Hockley 52°29′46″N1°54′57″W / 52.496024°N 1.915815°W | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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More images | Wing Wheel | Alcester Road South, Kings Heath (opposite The Crown pub) 52°25′16″N1°53′31″W / 52.421178°N 1.891827°W | 2004 | Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | The Kings Heath Interchange. Relates to the theme of journey and literal references to transport |
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Feathers | Kings Norton Station overflow car park 52°24′49″N1°56′08″W / 52.413557°N 1.935618°W | Paula Woof | Sculpture | Steel | West Midlands Network | Pair of steel feathers above height barriers. Also a feather above a mosaic on the ground | ||||
Kings Norton Past to Present | Far footbridge – Kings Norton Station 52°24′50″N1°56′07″W / 52.413977°N 1.935331°W | 2012 | Daniel "Newso" Lickiss (with Adeela Ahmad of Kings Norton Girls School and Oliver Blackburn, of Kings Norton Boys School) | Mural | Spray paint | West Midlands Network, Birmingham City Council & Network Rail | Footbridge given a makeover by local graffiti artist [142] See photo on Flickr Kings Norton Past to Present |
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The Mysterious Green Man | Roundabout between Kingstanding Road and Kings Road, Kingstanding 52°33′10″N1°53′02″W / 52.552728°N 1.88399°W | 2004 | Jason Cleverly | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||
The Multi Faceted Green Man | Roundabout between Kingstanding Road and Rough Road, Kingstanding 52°33′12″N1°53′02″W / 52.553363°N 1.883805°W | 2004 | Jason Cleverly | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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More images | The Genie of Industry | Longbridge Lane, Longbridge 52°23′44″N1°58′56″W / 52.395518°N 1.982321°W | John McKenna | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | It is close to Longbridge Station, and was formerly on the other side of the road (was moved in 2014) | |||
More images | Longbridge Colours | Under the Bristol Road South Bridge, Longbridge 52°23′44″N1°59′20″W / 52.39564472337883°N 1.9888669418853175°W | 2015 | Stuart Whipps | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | Five steel sculptural barriers that separate the tunnel archways from the River Rea. They incorporate the upholstery of the 1979 'Mini City' which was manufactured at Longbridge. Colours used include: Vermillion Red, Ermine White, Pageant Blue, Snapdragon Yellow, Russet Brown, Demin Blue, Reynard Bronze, Java Green, Champagne Beige and Black. They were unveiled by local Northfield MP Gary Sambrook. [143] |
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Royal Oak | Former pub – Lozells 52°30′10″N1°54′02″W / 52.502687°N 1.900501°W | c. 1936 | William Bloye | Stone | Decoration around the doorway of a former pub (now a shop). Formerly brightly painted. [1] |
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Spirit | Alcester Road, Moseley outside Boots 52°26′48″N1°53′18″W / 52.44662°N 1.888312°W | 2003 | Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||
Cascading Mountain | Corner of Yardley Wood Road and Wake Green Road in Moseley 52°26′34″N1°52′18″W / 52.442842°N 1.871585°W | 2004 | Anuradha Patel | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||
Moseley Bog and Joy's Wood gates and height barrier | Moseley Bog – Yardley Wood Road, Moseley 52°26′10″N1°52′08″W / 52.436234°N 1.868888°W | 2012 | Adrian Moakes | Gates and height barrier | Steel | Birmingham City Council | Unveiled in December 2012 [144] |
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More images | Lanchester Car Monument | Bloomsbury Village Green – Heartlands (Nechells) 52°29′35″N1°52′22″W / 52.4930°N 1.8729°W | 1995 | Tim Tolkien | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council | Commemorates the work of Frederick William Lanchester | ||
More images | White Curl | Dartmouth Middleway corner with Richard Street, Heartlands (Nechells) 52°29′26″N1°53′10″W / 52.490642°N 1.886119°W | 1992 | Suzi Gregory | Sculpture | Mild steel, painted white | 7 x 2 m | Birmingham City Council | One of the Gateway to Heartlands sculptures [145] |
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More images | All Seasons Tree | Northfield Station 52°24′29″N1°57′58″W / 52.408045°N 1.966128°W | 1993 | Rosemary Terry | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | |||
More images | Town and Country | Northfield Station 52°24′29″N1°57′56″W / 52.408137°N 1.965445°W | 1993 | Rosemary Terry | Sculpture | Disused railway sleepers | West Midlands Network | Eleven components based on images of the town and country. The town at one end, the country at the other. [146] There is also a similar sculpture near the entrance to the station car park | ||
Black Horse | Black Horse pub garden 52°24′43″N1°58′26″W / 52.412036°N 1.973911°W | Sculpture | Steel | Made from car parts from the nearby Longbridge plant |
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The Boar's Head | The Boar's Head, Perry Barr 52°31′45″N1°53′44″W / 52.529153°N 1.895465°W | c. 1938 | William Bloye | Wood | Painted pub sign comprising a model boar's head, on a pole. [1] Taken from the arms of the Gough-Calthorpe family of nearby Perry Hall | |||||
Running stag | Perry Barr Stadium 52°31′09″N1°53′52″W / 52.519192°N 1.897717°W | 1929 | William Bloye; attributed [1] | Bas-relief | Stone | Logo of Birchfield Harriers. [1] Attributed. [1] | ||||
Holy Family | St Matthew's, Perry Beeches 52°32′22″N1°53′44″W / 52.539307°N 1.895437°W | Nicholas Mynheer | Sculpture | Stone | St Matthew's, Perry Beeches | Installed 2011, but made earlier. [147] |
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Children's play sculpture | Four Dwellings Academy, Quinton Road West, Quinton 52°27′21″N2°00′06″W / 52.455878°N 2.001690°W | John Bridgeman | Sculpture | Concrete | Four Dwellings Academy | Seen on the grounds of Four Dwellings Academy on the lawn at the corner of Quinton Road West and Dwellings Lane |
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Circular Dance | Washwood Heath Road, Saltley 52°29′31″N1°51′34″W / 52.4919°N 1.859306°W | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network |
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More images | Cantoo | Selly Oak Station 52°26′31″N1°56′10″W / 52.441976°N 1.936239°W | Eric Klein Velderman & Paula Woof | pyramid sculpture | Steel cage, filled with coal | West Midlands Network | A monument to the industries of the area [148] |
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More images | Dakota Bust | Corner of Coventry Road and Sheaf Lane in Sheldon 52°27′07″N1°46′56″W / 52.452011°N 1.782194°W | 2004 | Pete Whitehouse | Public transport interchange | Steel and aluminium | West Midlands Network | |||
More images | Wheatsheaf | Travelodge, Hobs Moat Road, Sheldon 52°27′05″N1°46′57″W / 52.451373°N 1.78237°W | 2003 | Claire Davies | Public transport interchange | Stainless steel and brass | West Midlands Network |
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More images | Pomegranate Dress | Coventry Road, Small Heath 52°28′08″N1°51′25″W / 52.469001°N 1.856862°W | 2004 | Jennifer Collier | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | Commissioned by Centro in 2003. A metal fabricated dress [149] |
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More images | Library Emblem | South Yardley Library, Yardley Road, South Yardley 52°27′40″N1°48′58″W / 52.461°N 1.816°W | 1938 | William Bloye | library emblem | Stone | Birmingham City Council | [150] |
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Mirror Image | Near Aldi – Stratford Road, Sparkbrook 52°27′33″N1°52′18″W / 52.459232°N 1.871639°W | John Vaughan | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | ||||||
More images | Thomas Attwood | Was formerly in Larches Green, Sparkbrook | 1859 | Peter Hollins | statue | Marble | Grade II listed [151] | Birmingham City Council | Q26340380 | The statue formerly stood in Calthorpe Park. It was heavily vandalised and was moved to storage in 2008. [152] |
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More images | Bulrushes | Springfield Primary School – corner of College Road and Stratford Road in Sparkhill 52°26′36″N1°51′24″W / 52.443399°N 1.856741°W | 2002 | Rosemary Terry | Public transport interchange | Steel | West Midlands Network | It is in the Springfield part of Sparkhill near the no 1 and 6 bus routes. Bulrushes can be found alongside the River Cole and the Chinn Brook in the Shire Country Park. | ||
The Bear | The Bear – Stratford Road, Sparkhill 52°26′54″N1°51′40″W / 52.448235°N 1.861201°W | c. 1937 | William Bloye | Bas-relief | Pub sign, depicting feature of the arms of Warwickshire, in which the area was located at the time of installation. [1] From Autumn 2022, The Bear has been part converted into a cafe restaurant called Chai Green, and the sculpture has been covered over with a Chai Green sign. [153] | |||||
The Antelope | Hajees Spices – Stratford Road, Sparkhill 52°27′12″N1°51′57″W / 52.453362°N 1.865753°W | c. 1929 | William Bloye | Bas-relief pub sign | Designed by Bloye, sculpted by his assistant, Tom Wright. [1] As of 2023, it is painted over in black paint, as a new restaurant called Blac is being fitted out. | |||||
The Mermaid | (Formerly) The President Restaurant – Stratford Road, Sparkhill 52°27′25″N1°52′08″W / 52.456861°N 1.868761°W | c. 1960 | William Bloye | Bas-relief pub sign | The President Restaurant burnt down twice. [154] The sculpture is no longer on the building. |
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More images | Stirchley Gorilla | 1424 Pershore Rd, Stirchley 52°25′36″N1°55′19″W / 52.426700909466895°N 1.9220024338076445°W | 2015 | At a factory in the Philippines | Sculpture | Fibreglass | 10 foot high | JJs Flooring Services | Made for Birmingham business owner Mohammed Khan. Based on the much mised King Kong statue. It sits on top of his firms Stirchley base.The statue was made at a factory in the Philippines who were making Kong statues for a film at the time [155] |
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More images | Peace Dove | Brookvale Park 52°31′18″N1°52′08″W / 52.521530°N 1.868958°W | 2004 | Michael Scheuermann | Sculpture | Stone | Birmingham City Council | Referred to as "Peace Monument" on the artist's website. [156] [157] | ||
More images | Duck and Reed sculptures | Brookvale Park 52°31′00″N1°51′41″W / 52.516584°N 1.861267°W | Sculpture | Steel | Birmingham City Council |
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More images | Sutton Coldfield Library Mural | Sutton Coldfield Library – Red Rose Centre 52°33′44″N1°49′23″W / 52.562269°N 1.823012°W | 1974 | Mural | Birmingham City Council | |||||
More images | War Memorial | Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, King Edward's Square, Sutton Coldfield 52°33′58″N1°49′27″W / 52.566067°N 1.824304°W | 1922 | Francis William Doyle Jones | War memorial statue | Bronze | Grade II listed [158] | Birmingham City Council | ||
Cycle Park | Sutton Coldfield Station 52°33′54″N1°49′31″W / 52.565024°N 1.825351°W | Sculpture | Network West Midlands | |||||||
Sutton Coldfield coat of arms | Vesey Gardens, Sutton Coldfield 52°33′52″N1°49′19″W / 52.564515°N 1.821853°W | Coat of arms | The arms were officially granted in 1935. They were later incorporated into Birmingham from 1974 [159] | |||||||
More images | Nicola Dixon Memorial | Trinity Hill, Sutton Coldfield 52°33′50″N1°49′17″W / 52.563817°N 1.821294°W | 2001 | John McKenna | Sculpture | Birmingham City Council | Nicola Dixon was a 17 year old school girl murdered on New Year's Eve 1996. The memorial was unveiled by her parents in 2001 based on one her own pieces of artwork [160] | |||
Between The Parade and Newhall Walk Retail Park, Sutton Coldfield 52°33′41″N1°49′27″W / 52.561359°N 1.824128°W | Sculpture | |||||||||
The Rollerskaters | Hollyfield Primary School, Sutton Coldfield 52°33′43″N1°48′03″W / 52.562065°N 1.800926°W | 1982 | John Robinson | Statue | Bronze | Previously in the Gracechurch shopping centre [161] | ||||
More images | Wyndley Swimming Baths | 1921 | Statue | Bronze | Plaque reads: "This statue which formerly stood in Sutton Park, was presented to the borough in 1921 by the Boldmere Swimming Club in memory of club members who fell in the 1914–1918 war". |
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More images | The Traveller | Summerfield Community Centre – Dudley Road, Winson Green 52°29′12″N1°56′20″W / 52.486599°N 1.938775°W | 2001 | Juginder Lamba | Public transport interchange | Wood | West Midlands Network | [162] An arm has been missing since 2015 or 2016. | ||
More images | James Watt's Mad Machine | Winson Green Outer Circle Tram Stop 52°29′56″N1°56′17″W / 52.498959°N 1.937968°W | 1998 | Tim Tolkien and others | sculpture | West Midlands Network | ||||
Icarus | Norman Street, Winson Green 52°29′29″N1°56′05″W / 52.491456°N 1.934709°W | 1990 | Juginder Lamba and Tony Phillips | Sculpture | Portland stone and wood | The Centre of the Earth | [163] [164] | |||
More images | Black British History is British History | Soho Loop Canal, Winson Green 52°29′30″N1°56′06″W / 52.491686495863966°N 1.9349756411532126°W | May 13, 2023 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Steel | Canal and River Trust | It comprises elements representing Black British History, including a Roman standard of the Aurelian Moors, a silhouette of John Blanke, the Black trumpeter in the Tudor royal court. Also figures representing Olaudah Equiano, Ignatius Sancho, Mary Prince and Mary Seacole and a figure of a Black 'Tommy', tens of thousands who served during WW1 and WW2. [165] It was vandalised with racist graffiti in May 2023. [166] [167] |
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More images | Spirit of Knowledge | Yardley Wood Library, Highfield Road, Yardley Wood 52°25′07″N1°51′35″W / 52.41856°N 1.85970°W | 1936 | William Bloye | Relief Sculpture | Stone | Birmingham City Council | [1] |
Albert Toft was a British sculptor.
St Mary's Church, Handsworth, also known as Handsworth Old Church, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Its ten-acre (4 hectare) grounds are contiguous with Handsworth Park. It lies just off the Birmingham Outer Circle, and south of a cutting housing the site of the former Handsworth Wood railway station. It is noteworthy as the resting place of famous progenitors of the industrial age, and has been described as the "Cathedral of the Industrial Revolution".
The Memorial to Dr Barnardo by George Frampton, at Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge, commemorates the founder of the Barnardo's children's charity. Born in Dublin into a Sephardic Jewish family, Thomas John Barnardo moved to the East End of London in 1866 where he established a chain of orphanages that developed into the Barnardo's charity. He died in 1905 and, in a move unusual for the time, was cremated; his ashes were interred in front of Cairn's House, the original building of his Barkingside children's village. In 1908, a memorial was raised on the site, the sculpture being undertaken by George Frampton, who worked without a fee. The memorial was designated a Grade II listed structure in 1979 and upgraded to II* in 2010.