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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.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() More images | St Michael's Victory over the Devil | Coventry Cathedral 52°24′30″N1°30′25″W / 52.408217°N 1.50695°W | 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 | 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 approx | 1969 | Sir Jacob Epstein | Sculpture | Subiaco marble | Coventry Cathedral | [2] | ||
Christ | Coventry Cathedral ruins | After 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 | 2012 | Helmut Heinze | Bronze | Coventry Cathedral | [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() More images | Sir Frank Whittle | Millennium Place, Coventry 52°24′37″N1°30′31″W / 52.410263°N 1.508552°W | 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 | 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 | 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 | Jochen Gerz | Obelisk | Glass | Coventry City Council |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() | Leofric, Godiva and Justice | Coventry Council House 52°24′25″N1°30′29″W / 52.407083°N 1.508099°W | 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 | 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] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() More images | The James Starley Memorial | Greyfriars Green, Coventry 52°24′15″N1°30′55″W / 52.404205°N 1.515212°W | 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 | 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 | 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] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() More images | Self Sacrifice (Lady Godiva) | Broadgate, Coventry 52°24′29″N1°30′37″W / 52.408032°N 1.510402°W | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 approx | 1972 | Painted wood | Coventry City Council | [2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() More images | The Phoenix | Bull Yard & Hertford Street, Coventry 52°24′22″N1°30′44″W / 52.406110°N 1.512326°W | 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 | 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 | 1952 | Alma Ramsey | Sculpture | Stone mix covered in paint | 200cm high x 250cm wide | Coventry City Council | [2] [13] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() | Belgrade | Belgrade Theatre – Corporation Street, Coventry 52°24′35″N1°30′50″W / 52.409671°N 1.513903°W | 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 | 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] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1958 | and 1961Arthur 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 | 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. |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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![]() | Untitled Sculpture | Lamb Street, Coventry (near Ringway St Nicholas) 52°24′42″N1°30′48″W / 52.411803°N 1.513362°W | 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 | 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] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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More images | James Brindley | Coventry Canal Basin 52°24′48″N1°30′42″W / 52.413342°N 1.511626°W | 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 | 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 | 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 | Jon Mills | Painted galvanised steel | Coventry City Council | [26] | |||
![]() More images | The Journeyman | Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1 | 1999 | Stephen Hitchin | Steel, cast bronze | Coventry City Council | [26] | |||
![]() | Wave Seat | Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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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 | 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 |
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