List of public art in Dumfries and Galloway

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This is a list of public art in Dumfries and Galloway , one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland.

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Dumfries and Galloway comprises the historic counties of Dumfriesshire and the two counties collectively known as Galloway, the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire. The council area borders South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders, Cumbria in England, the Solway Firth and to the west the Irish Sea. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Annan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Bruce statue.jpg Robert the Bruce The Town Hall, Annan 1875R Smith of Glasgow (architect)Statue on platformStoneCategory B [1]
Edward Irving Statue, Annan-geograph-4113926.jpg Edward Irving Parish Churchyard, Annan 1892Dods of DumfriesStatue on pedestalMarble and graniteCategory B [2]
Annan War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1496080.jpg War memorialHigh Street, Annan 1921Henry PriceStatue on pedestalBronze and marble [3]

Balmaclellan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Balmaclellan Crimean War.jpg Crimean War memorial Balmaclellan Parish Churchc. 1856Capped pillarSandstone1.9m tallCategory B [4] [5]
Balmaclellan Monument - geograph.org.uk - 101834.jpg War memorial Balmaclellan c. 1920sObeliskStone [6]

Canonbie

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Canonbie War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1064970.jpg
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War memorial Canonbie 1921 Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestalBronze and granite4.0m highCategory C Q56614881 [7] [8]

Carsphairn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial. - geograph.org.uk - 517864.jpg War memorial Carsphairn 1923Messers Dods and SonCairnStone [9]

Corsock

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialBurnside, Corsock c. 1920sObelisk on pedestalGranite [10]

Dalbeattie

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialColliston Park, Dalbeattie 1921 William Stewart MacGeorge and EA Hornel (architect)Sculpture on column and pedestal with plaquesGranite and bronze [11]
St Peter's Church Catholic Church, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Parish War Memorial. 02.jpg War memorialSt Peter's Catholic Church, Dalbeattie Celtic wheel crossStone and brick [12]

Dumfries

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Queensberry Column, Dumfries (48814891447).jpg
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Monument to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry English Street, Dumfries 1780 Robert Adam Column on pedestal and stepsStoneCategory A Q17570300 [13]
Statue of Robert Burns (geograph 5082551).jpg
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Robert Burns Church Place, Dumfries 1882 Amelia Robertson Hill Statue on pedestalMarble and stoneCategory B Q17793546 [14]
Titanic Memorial, Dumfries - geograph.org.uk - 740017.jpg RMS Titanic memorialDock Park, Dumfries 1913ObeliskGranite [15]
War Memorial, Dumfries - geograph.org.uk - 380923.jpg War memorialSt John's Church, Dumfries 1922Statue on pedestalStone [16]
Maxwelltown War Memorial.jpg
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War memorialNew Abbey Road, Maxwelltown Henry PriceStatue on pedestalBronze and stone4.5m high [17]
The Crossing (Lady Devorgilla) sculpture, Dumfries - 2023-12-26.jpg The Crossing (Lady Devorgilla)Whitesands, Dumfries 1998Matt Baker, Dan DubowitzSculptureStone [18]
Jean Armour Statue, Dumfries.JPG
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Jean Armour Dumfries 2004Nautilus Burleighfield foundryStatue group on pedestalBronze and granite [19]

Ecclefechan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Thomas Carlyle - geograph.org.uk - 387273.jpg
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Thomas Carlyle Ecclefechan 1929MacDonald & Creswick of Edinburgh after Joseph Edgar Boehm Seated statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory B Q17804310 Replica of 1882 original by Boehm in London [20]

Gatehouse of Fleet

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial, Gatehouse of Fleet - geograph.org.uk - 973073.jpg
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War memorial Gatehouse of Fleet 1921Celtic cross on pedestalGranite

Gretna

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialOpposite Old Parish Church, Gretna Green 1921Fergus J CurrieCross on pedestalStone [21]
Gretna Munitions GirlsCentral Avenue, Gretna 2016Andrew BrownSculpture group on baseBronze and granite2.5m tall [22]

Isle of Whithorn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Isle of Whithorn war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1455172.jpg War memorial Isle of Whithorn c, 1920sCeltic cross on pedestalStone [23]

Kirkcudbright

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Kirkcudbright War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 602030.jpg War memorialCastle Street, Kirkcudbright 1921 George Henry Paulin Statue group on pedestal/ cairnBronze and rockCategory C [24] [25]
Kirkcudbright Memorial Statue - geograph.org.uk - 602029.jpg Seafarer's memorialThe Harbour, Kirkcudbright 1994Charlie EasterfieldStatue group on pedestalWood and stone

Kirkpatrick Durham

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Kirkpatrick Durham c. 1920sObelisk on plinth and stepsGranite [26]

Kirkpatrick Fleming

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Kirkpatrick Fleming c. 1920sJ W Dods and Son (Masons)Obelisk on pedestalGranite4.8m tall [27]

Langholm

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Malcolm Monument - geograph.org.uk - 1383313.jpg Monument to Sir John Malcolm Whita Hill, Langholm 1836Robert Howe (architect)ObeliskStoneCategory B Q17809222 [28]
Fulteney Malcolm.jpg Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm Library Garden, Langholm 1842David DunbarStatue on pedestalMarble and graniteCategory C [29] [30]
War memorial in Langholm 2.jpg
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War memorial Langholm 1921 Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Q114168682 [31]

Lochmaben

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
The Bruce - geograph.org.uk - 1198185.jpg
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Robert the Bruce Lochmaben 1879 John Hutchison Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [32]
A statue on Lochmaben Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1373906.jpg Rev. William GrahamTown Hall, Lochmaben 1887Statue in nicheStone [32]

Lockerbie

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
First World War monument Lockerbie.jpg War memorialHigh Street, Lockerbie 1922 Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [33]

Mennock

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Mennock, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland - view of WWI memorial.jpg
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War memorial Mennock 1922 George Frampton Obelisk with plaqueGranite, bronze and alabaster [34]

Moffat

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
MoffatHighStreet001JM.jpg
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Ram fountainHigh Street, Moffat 1875 William Brodie Sculpture on cairn with basinsBronze and stone bouldersCategory B Q17791208 [35]
War Memorial, Moffat (48471438822).jpg War memorial Moffat 1920 Alexander Carrick & Reginald Fairlie (architect)Pillar on pedestalStone [36]
Dowdingout.jpg
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Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron DowdingStation Park, Moffat 1972 Scott Sutherland & D Bruce Walker (designer)Plaque and surroundBronze and sandstone [37]

Penpont

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Head Bowed - geograph.org.uk - 1057799.jpg
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War memorial Penpont 1921 William Kellock Brown Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [38]

Portpatrick

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Portpatrick War Memorial (geograph 4292631).jpg
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War memorial Portpatrick Celtic cross on pedestalGranite [39]
Princess Victoria.jpg MV Princess Victoria memorial Portpatrick PlaqueBronze and marble

Stranraer

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial, Stranraer - geograph.org.uk - 877784.jpg War memorialLewis Street, Stranraer 1920Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17794419 [40] [41]
Memorial to the Princess Victoria - geograph.org.uk - 852730.jpg MV Princess Victoria memorialAgnew Park, Stranraer Anchor and memorial stone

Thornhill

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Thornhill Mercat cross 1 - geograph.org.uk - 925320.jpg Mercat cross Thornhill 1714James SmithPillar on pedestalStoneCategory A [42]
Monument to Joseph Thomson, African Explorer - geograph.org.uk - 1389934.jpg Joseph Thomson Thornhill 1897 Charles MacBride Bust on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stoneCategory B [43]

Whithorn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Whithorn War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1456775.jpg War memorialMain Street, Whithorn c. 1920sPillar on pedestalGranite [44]

Wigtown

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Wigtown Market Cross - geograph.org.uk - 212444.jpg Mercat cross The Square, Wigtown 1816Cross on stepsStoneCategory B [45]
Covenanters' Monument.jpg Covenanters MemorialWindy Hill, Wigtown 1858Obelisk on pedestalStoneCategory B Q17798249 [46] [47]
War memorialChurch Lane, Wigtown 1922CenotaphStone [48]

References

  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, Town Hall and Frestanding Lamps (Category B Listed Building LB21097)" . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street Annan Parish Churchyard, Statue to Edward Irving (Category B Listed Building LB21107)" . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. "War Memorials Register: Annan". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. "War Memorials Register:Balmaclellan Crimean War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. Historic Environment Scotland. "Balmacellan Church and Churchyard, including Crimean War Memorial and Boundary Walls (Category B Listed Building LB51352)" . Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. "War Memorials Register:Balmaclellan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. "War Memorials Register: Canonbie". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. Historic Environment Scotland. "Canonbie Village, Canonbie War Memorial (Category C Listed Building LB3502)" . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. "War Memorials Register: Carsphairn (Including Lieutenant Colonel WHC Kennedy VC)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. "War Memorials Register: Corsock - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  11. "War Memorials Register: Dalbeattie". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. "War Memorials Register: St Peters Roman Catholic Church". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. Historic Environment Scotland. "English Street, Queensberry Column (In front of Regional Council Offices) (Category A Listed Building LB26173)" . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  14. Historic Environment Scotland. "Church Place, Burns' Statue (Category B Listed Building LB26133)" . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  15. "Dumfries, Dock Park, Titanic Memorial". CANMORE. 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  16. "War Memorials Register: Dumfries". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  17. "War Memorials Register: Maxwelltown and Troqueer Memorial". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  18. "The Crossing (Lady Devorgilla)". Art UK. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  19. "A Statue to Jean Armour in Dumfries". Howff Club, the Dumfries Burns Howff Club. 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  20. Historic Environment Scotland. "Ecclefechan Village, statue of Thomas Carlyle (on The Higgs) (Category B Listed Building LB10047)" . Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  21. "War Memorials Register: Gretna Parish". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  22. "War Memorials Register: Gretna Munitions Girls". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  23. "War Memorials Register: Isle of Whithorn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  24. "War Memorials Register: Kirkcudbright". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  25. Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Street, War Memorial, 1st and 2nd World Wars (Category C Listed Building LB36485)" . Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  26. "War Memorials Register: Kirkpatrick Durham - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  27. "War Memorials Register: Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  28. Historic Environment Scotland. "Malcolm Monument on Whita Hill (Category B Listed Building LB9762)" . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  29. Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, Statue of Sir Pulteney Malcolm (in Library Garden) (Category C Listed Building LB37124)" . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  30. "War Memorials Register: Admiral Sir P Malcolm". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  31. "War Memorials Register: Langholm". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  32. 1 2 "Lochmaben". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  33. "War Memorials Register: Lockerbie - Statue". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  34. "War Memorials Register: Mennock Bravest Village Award". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  35. Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street Ram Fountain (Category B Listed Building LB37902)" . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  36. "War Memorials Register: Moffat". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  37. "War Memorials Register: Lord Dowding". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  38. "War Memorials Register: Penpont". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  39. "War Memorials Register: Portpatrick". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  40. "War Memorials Register: Stranraer". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  41. Historic Environment Scotland. "Stranraer Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court including War Memorial, gatepiers and boundary walls, Lewis Street, Stranraer (Category B Listed Building LB41785)" . Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  42. Historic Environment Scotland. "Thornhill Village The Cross (Category B Listed Building LB17337)" . Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  43. Historic Environment Scotland. "Thornhill Village East Morton Street Joseph Thomson Monument (Category B Listed Building LB17338)" . Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  44. "War Memorials Register: Whithorn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  45. Historic Environment Scotland. "The Square, New Market Cross (Category B Listed Building LB42437)" . Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  46. "War Memorials Register: Wigtown Covenanters Memorial". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  47. Historic Environment Scotland. "Windy Hill Martyrs Monument and Enclosure (Category B Listed Building LB42442)" . Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  48. "War Memorials Register: Wigtown Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.