List of public art in Coventry

This is a list of public art in Coventry , in the West Midlands, England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Central Coventry

Coventry Cathedral

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	St Michael's Victory over the Devil	Coventry Cathedral 52°24′30″N1°30′25″W / 52.408217°N 1.50695°W / 52.408217; -1.50695	1958 (1958)	Sir Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	Bronze			Coventry Cathedral	[1]
More images	Reconciliation	Coventry Cathedral ruins 52°24′29″N1°30′27″W / 52.408047°N 1.507478°W / 52.408047; -1.507478	1995 (1995)	Josefina de Vasconcellos	Statues	Bronze			Coventry Cathedral	[2]
More images	Ecce Homo	South wall of Coventry Cathedral ruins 52°24′28″N1°30′27″W / 52.407824°N 1.507607°W / 52.407824; -1.507607 approx	1969 (1969)	Sir Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	Subiaco marble			Coventry Cathedral	[2]
	Christ	Coventry Cathedral ruins	After 1943 (1943)	Alain John		Concrete			Coventry Cathedral	[2]
	Choir of Survivors	Coventry Cathedral ruins 52°24′29″N1°30′28″W / 52.408105°N 1.507868°W / 52.408105; -1.507868 (Choir of Survivors)	2012 (2012)	Helmut Heinze		Bronze			Coventry Cathedral	[2]

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Elisabeth Frink	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum – near Jordan Well, Coventry 52°24′25″N1°30′22″W / 52.407073°N 1.505975°W / 52.407073; -1.505975	1956 (1956)	F. E. McWilliam	Statue	Bronze			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
More images	Man's Struggle	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum – Jordan Well, Coventry 52°24′25″N1°30′19″W / 52.407013°N 1.505369°W / 52.407013; -1.505369	1959 (1959)	Walter Ritchie	Relief Mural	Portland stone			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
More images	The Enfolding	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry – Peace Garden, Coventry 52°24′27″N1°30′23″W / 52.407637°N 1.506523°W / 52.407637; -1.506523	1985 (1985)	Jean Parker	Sculpture	Bath stone	180 cm high		Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2] Formerly in Smithford Way was relocated to this Peace Garden in November 1990 [3]
More images	Mother and Children	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum – Bayley Lane, Coventry 52°24′26″N1°30′24″W / 52.407119°N 1.506535°W / 52.407119; -1.506535	1986 (1986)	Gary Galpin	Sculpture	Bath stone			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
	Peace Stone	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum 52°24′26″N1°30′24″W / 52.40734°N 1.5066°W / 52.40734; -1.5066	1990 (1990)		Sculpture	Stone, bronze			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	[2]
	Barra Suite 5	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	1992 (1992)	Dr. Tim Threlfall	Sculpture				Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Millennium Place

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Sir Frank Whittle	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′37″N1°30′31″W / 52.410263°N 1.508552°W / 52.410263; -1.508552	2007 (2007)	Faith Winter	Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council
More images	Whittle Arch	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′38″N1°30′32″W / 52.410445°N 1.508811°W / 52.410445; -1.508811	2002 (2002)		Sculpture	Stainless steel			Coventry City Council
More images	The Public Bench	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′39″N1°30′32″W / 52.410753°N 1.508973°W / 52.410753; -1.508973	1998 (1998)	Jochen Gerz					Coventry City Council
More images	The Future Monument	Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′38″N1°30′30″W / 52.410585°N 1.508281°W / 52.410585; -1.508281		Jochen Gerz	Obelisk	Glass			Coventry City Council

Coventry Council House

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Leofric, Godiva and Justice	Coventry Council House 52°24′25″N1°30′29″W / 52.407083°N 1.508099°W / 52.407083; -1.508099	1920 (1920)	Henry Wilson		Portland stone			Coventry City Council
	Flywheel	Outside Coventry Magistrate's Court 52°24′22″N1°30′30″W / 52.4062°N 1.50822°W / 52.4062; -1.50822	1987 (1987)	Michael Farrell					Coventry City Council	[2]
	Naiad	Council courtyard	1981-3 (replaced 1958 original)	George Wagstaffe		Bronze			Coventry City Council	The first public art commission in Coventry, after World War II. [4] [2]

Greyfriars Green

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The James Starley Memorial	Greyfriars Green, Coventry 52°24′15″N1°30′55″W / 52.404205°N 1.515212°W / 52.404205; -1.515212	1884 (1884)	Joseph Whitehead and Sons	Memorial Statue	Granite, Ravaccione marble	Plinth: Overall height 600cm, plinth width 366cm. Figure: 150cm high. Panels/second stage: 200cm high x 96cm wide x 96cm deep. Column: 80cm high approx.		Coventry City Council	The inventor of the bicycle in 1870. [2] [5]
More images	The Thomas White Memorial	Greyfriars Green, Coventry 52°24′17″N1°30′50″W / 52.404749°N 1.513828°W / 52.404749; -1.513828	1883 (1883)	W. W. Wills and T. W. Wills	Statue	Cornish granite, Sicilian marble	Pedestal: 305cm high. Statue: 228cm high		Coventry City Council	[2] [6]
More images	Bucephalus	Greyfriars Green, Coventry 52°24′15″N1°30′53″W / 52.404042°N 1.514784°W / 52.404042; -1.514784	1986 (1986)	Simon Evans	Prancing horse sculpture	scrap metal, coated black	h 365cm		Coventry City Council	Formerly on Ring Road. Re-sited on Greyfriars Green 7 Feb 2018. [7] Was removed in 2014 and restored by the sculptor Andy Langley, before being resited here. [8]

Broadgate and Hertford Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Self Sacrifice (Lady Godiva)	Broadgate, Coventry 52°24′29″N1°30′37″W / 52.408032°N 1.510402°W / 52.408032; -1.510402	1949 (1949)	William Reid Dick	Equestrian statue	Bronze and stone		Grade II* listed	Coventry City Council	[2]
	Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock	Broadgate House – Broadgate, Coventry 52°24′27″N1°30′38″W / 52.407588°N 1.510682°W / 52.407588; -1.510682	1953 (1953)	Trevor Tennant	Clock sculpture	Painted wood			Coventry City Council	[2]
	The People of Coventry	Broadgate House – Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′27″N1°30′38″W / 52.407454°N 1.510634°W / 52.407454; -1.510634	1953 (1953)	Trevor Tennant	Panel, sculpture	Doulting stone	Each group: 300cm x 91cm x 46cm		Coventry City Council	Four panels, placed between the windows of the former Bridge Restaurant, each representing two standing figures depicting Coventry past, present and future. [2] [9] [10]
	Broadgate Standard	Broadgate, entrance to Upper Precinct, Coventry 52°24′29″N1°30′39″W / 52.40803°N 1.51092°W / 52.40803; -1.51092	1948 (1948)	British Pressed Panels Ltd		Aluminium			Coventry City Council	[2]
	Peeping Tom	Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′24″N1°30′42″W / 52.406577°N 1.511642°W / 52.406577; -1.511642 approx	1972 (1972)			Painted wood			Coventry City Council	[2]

Bull Yard

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Phoenix	Bull Yard & Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′22″N1°30′44″W / 52.406110°N 1.512326°W / 52.406110; -1.512326	1987 (1987)	George Wagstaffe	Statue	Bronze	237cm x 150cm x 60cm		Coventry City Council	The sculpture represents the city's post-war story. It symbolises the young of the new city rising from the flames of the old city. The phoenix is in the form of a winged woman, her wings raised above her head, they cumulate in sharp points. [11]
	Thread Through Time	Bull Yard, Coventry 52°24′22″N1°30′47″W / 52.406127°N 1.512927°W / 52.406127; -1.512927	1999 (1999)	Robert Conybear and Uta Molling	Cone sculpture	Cast recycled concrete, stone and brick	3.9m high approx (plus 6m of laser).		Coventry City Council	[2] Carved and painted cone which emits a laser beam up some 6 metres up into the night sky. [12]
	Sir Guy and the Dun Cow	Above the pavement between Shelton Square and Bull Yard in the precinct, Coventry 52°24′22″N1°30′48″W / 52.406208°N 1.513291°W / 52.406208; -1.513291	1952 (1952)	Alma Ramsey	Sculpture	Stone mix covered in paint	200cm high x 250cm wide		Coventry City Council	[2] [13]

Coventry University

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	The Coventry Boy	Outside the Students Union – Coventry University – Priory Street, Coventry 52°24′30″N1°30′23″W / 52.408378°N 1.506289°W / 52.408378; -1.506289	1966 (1966)	Philip Bentham	Statue	Bronze and sandstone			Coventry City Council	[14]
More images	Graham Sutherland Building sculpture	Coventry School of Art and Design – Graham Sutherland Building – Coventry University 52°24′26″N1°30′11″W / 52.40726°N 1.503178°W / 52.40726; -1.503178			Sculpture	Steel			Coventry University
More images	Basilica	Coventry Combined Court Centre – Much Park Street, Coventry 52°24′23″N1°30′22″W / 52.406268°N 1.506007°W / 52.406268; -1.506007	1991 (1991)	Paul de Monchaux	Sculpture	Purbeck and Portland limestone, and Frankland Grey Granite	280cm high x 300cm wide x 230cm deep approx.		Coventry Combined Court Centre	[15]
	The Phoenix Tree	University Square, Coventry University 52°24′29″N1°30′23″W / 52.40811°N 1.50626°W / 52.40811; -1.50626	January 17, 2024 (2024-1-17)	George Wagstaffe	Sculpture	Bronze			Coventry University	It pays tribute to Coventry's history and future, unveiled in Coventry University's new peace garden. [16] [17]

Belgrade Theatre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Belgrade	Belgrade Theatre – Corporation Street, Coventry 52°24′35″N1°30′50″W / 52.409671°N 1.513903°W / 52.409671; -1.513903	1958 (1958)	James C Brown	Relief panel	Cast cement fondu with Penmaenware granite chippings for aggregate	305cm x 230cm		Belgrade Theatre	[18]
More images	A memorial to Bryan Bailey	Belgrade Theatre – Upper Well Street, Coventry 52°24′36″N1°30′50″W / 52.409972°N 1.513752°W / 52.409972; -1.513752	1962 (1962) (recast in bronze 2008)	Norelle Keddie	Memorial sculpture	Bronze			Belgrade Theatre	Bryan Bailey was the first director of the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. After the development of a new public space, it was returned here in 2009 [19]

Other city centre areas

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Coventry Cross	Cuckoo Lane, Coventry (until 2021). Broadgate (from 2023) 52°24′30″N1°30′31″W / 52.408197°N 1.508581°W / 52.408197; -1.508581	1976 - 2021, 2023	George Wagstaffe	Market cross	Ferro-concrete, Hollington stone, anodised aluminium, fibreglass			Coventry City Council	[2] Removed and dismantled between 2019 and 2021. Replaced by a new replica in 2023. [20]
	Mary and Jesus	St Mary's Priory and Cathedral ruins 52°24′32″N1°30′31″W / 52.40892°N 1.50849°W / 52.40892; -1.50849	2001 (2001)		Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council
	Rebuilding Coventry and the Co-op's Activities	Co-operative Society Building – Corporation Street, Coventry 52°24′33″N1°30′51″W / 52.409167°N 1.514065°W / 52.409167; -1.514065	1956 (1956)	John Skelton	incised line drawings on several of the columns	Hornton stone	366cm x 61cm		Coventry City Council	[2] [21]
	Coventry's Industries	Lower Precinct, Coventry 52°24′30″N1°30′53″W / 52.408212°N 1.514687°W / 52.408212; -1.514687	1958 (1958) and 1961	Arthur Ling	Panels	Neon tubes	200cm x 300cm approx.		Coventry City Council	The clock panel (pictured) is permanently lit, the other panels are lit in the evening. [2] [22]
	Growth of the City	Sainsbury's – Trinity Street, Coventry 52°24′35″N1°30′32″W / 52.409777°N 1.509011°W / 52.409777; -1.509011	1964 (1964)	John Skelton	diagrammatic map	Swedish pearl granite, part painted	335cm x 275cm		Coventry City Council	[2] [23] Not visible on the outside of the building
	Resting Kestrel	Millennium Green, Canley Ford.	2000	Walenty Pytel			10'			Commissioned by:-Friends of Canley Ford.

Coventry Ring Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Untitled Sculpture	Lamb Street, Coventry (near Ringway St Nicholas) 52°24′42″N1°30′48″W / 52.411803°N 1.513362°W / 52.411803; -1.513362	1973 (1973)	John Bridgeman	Sculpture	Resin, bronze powder	Sculpture: 219cm high x 65cm wide x 30cm deep. Pedestal: 26cm high x 112cm wide x 94cm deep		Coventry City Council	[2] An organically shaped abstract sculpture coloured in muted tones. [24]
	Coventry Martyrs Memorial	Ringway, St Patrick's, Coventry 52°24′13″N1°30′30″W / 52.403567°N 1.50821°W / 52.403567; -1.50821	1910 (1910)	G. Maile and Sons		Granite and metal			Coventry City Council	[2] The memorial is in the form of a Celtic wheelhead cross, mounted on a stepped plinth. [25]

Coventry Canal

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	James Brindley	Coventry Canal Basin 52°24′48″N1°30′42″W / 52.413342°N 1.511626°W / 52.413342; -1.511626	1998 (1998)	James Butler	Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council	[26]
	Canal Basin Mosaic	Coventry Canal Basin 52°24′48″N1°30′44″W / 52.41347°N 1.512162°W / 52.41347; -1.512162	1997 (1997)	Rosalind Wates	mosaic	Unglazed ceramic tiles			Coventry City Council	[26]
	Lock Gates	Foleshill roundabout, Junction 1 of the Ring Road 52°24′47″N1°30′36″W / 52.41315°N 1.51008°W / 52.41315; -1.51008	1997 (1997)	Ondré Nowakowski		Oak			Coventry City Council	[26]
	Entry and Parapet Markers	Six freestanding and four parapet markers at various locations from Canal Basin to Hawkesbury Junction	1999 (1999)	Jon Mills		Painted galvanised steel			Coventry City Council	[26]
More images	The Journeyman	Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1	1999 (1999)	Stephen Hitchin		Steel, cast bronze			Coventry City Council	[26]
	Wave Seat	Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1	1998 (1998)	Michael Grevatte		Hornton stone			Coventry City Council	[26]
	Daimler Heritage Marker	Canalside, opposite Sandy Lane Business Park 52°25′01″N1°30′42″W / 52.41703°N 1.51164°W / 52.41703; -1.51164	1997 (1997)	Robert Crutchley		Bronze, granite			Coventry City Council	[2]
	The Coil	Adjacent to Prince William Henry Bridge 52°25′23″N1°30′13″W / 52.42298°N 1.50372°W / 52.42298; -1.50372	1997 (1997)	Frank Triggs		Sweet chestnut			Coventry City Council	[26]
	'Pleasure Craft'.	Tom Mann Close, off Lady Lane 52°27′08″N1°29′14″W / 52.452190°N 1.487338°W / 52.452190; -1.487338	1997	Tim Shutter	Public Art	Stanton Moor Sandstone	111 x 178 x 195 cm		Coventry City Council	[26] The work depicts a stone sofa with integral oar rack on a stone raft, ready to be launched into the canal.
	Wings Over Water	Hawksbury Bridge	2000	Walenty Pytel		Galvanized Steel				Wings over Water Gateway sculpture on canal footbridge Commissioned by:-Coventry City Council, Groundwork Company. Hawkesbury Junction, Coventry.

Foleshill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Foleshill Blue Ribbon	On roundabout at junction of Foleshill Road and A444 52°26′09″N1°29′39″W / 52.435748982710244°N 1.4941676740346712°W / 52.435748982710244; -1.4941676740346712	1997 (1997)	Andrew Dwyer	Sculpture	Steel	Height 10.67 m		Coventry City Council	Represents the ribbon industry in Coventry. Original design by William Farrell, a student from Foxford School

References

1. "St Michael and the Devil". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
2. Noszlopy, George (2003). Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. Liverpool University Press. ISBN   0-85323-847-2.
3. "The Enfolding". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
4. @C20WestMids (5 May 2018). "Naiad was the first post war commission of public art for the City, the sculpture won the highly regarded prize for Young Contemporaries at the ICA and appropriately was created by famous artist and Coventry Kid, George Wagstaffe" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "The James Starley (1830–1881) Memorial". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
6. "The Thomas White (d.1566) Memorial". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
7. "The return of Trigger to Greyfriars Green". Coventry Telegraph. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
8. "Coventry's Bucephalus horse sculpture restored". BBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
9. "The People of Coventry". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
10. Architects, PCPT (30 January 2019). "Broadgate House, Coventry". PCPT Architects. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
11. "Phoenix". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
12. "Thread Through Time". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
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15. "Basilica". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015.
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