List of public art in Leeds

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This is a list of public art in Leeds , including statues and other memorials. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, works in museums.

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Armley

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Armley Park Plaque Approximately 40 Metres West Of Fountain.jpg Untitled Armley Park c. 1897 Burmantofts Pottery PlaqueGlazed terracotta1m longGrade II Q26547555 [1] [2]
Armley Park Plaque Approximately 40 Metres East Of Fountain.jpg Untitled Armley Park c. 1897 Burmantofts Pottery PlaqueGlazed terracotta1m longGrade II Q26547552 [1] [3]
War Memorial - Gott's Park - geograph.org.uk - 372534.jpg
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War memorial Armley Park 1921 Sir Charles Nicholson Cross on supporting pillars and a hexagonal base with plaquesStone and bronzeGrade II Q26547558 [4] [5]

Chapeltown

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Reflections of Carnival
Leeds West Indian Carnival
Savile Mount2023Rhian Kempadoo-MillarMural13m × 9m Q124700212 Unveiled 3 October 2023. [6]

City centre

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Town Hall, Leeds (38665083925).jpg
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Leeds Patronising the Arts and Encouraging the Sciences Leeds Town Hall 1858 John Thomas Sculpture reliefStoneGrade I [1] [7]
Lion at Leeds Town Hall, UK.jpg
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LionsLeeds Town Hall1867William Day Keyworth, Jnr.4 statuesPortland stoneGrade I [8] [9]
Leeds Rifles War Memorial (06).JPG
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Leeds Rifles War Memorial Outside Leeds Minster, Kirkgate1921 Edwin Lutyens Cross with bench and insertsPortland stone and bronzeGrade II Q26655868 [10] [11]
Leeds War Memorial (27th April 2018) 003.jpg
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War memorial The Headrow 1922 Henry Charles Fehr Obelisk with 3 statuesPortland stone and bronze7m tallGrade II Q26547390 Architect, Reginald Blomfield [12] [13]
Front elevation, Leeds Civic Hall 10.jpg Putto with Turkey Leeds Civic Hall c. 1933 Joseph Hermon Cawthra Sculpture groupStoneGrade II* [1] [14]
Front elevation, Leeds Civic Hall 09.jpg Putto with GoatLeeds Civic Hallc. 1933 Joseph Hermon Cawthra Sculpture groupStoneGrade II* [1] [15]
Drayman (6959600715).jpg
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The Dortmund DraymanDortmund Square, The Headrow 1980Arthur Shulze-EngelsStatueBronze [16]
Leeds (13), September 2009.JPG
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Reclining Women: Elbow Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow 1981 Henry Moore SculptureBronze Q19759352 [16]
Petanque Statue, Bond Court, Leeds - geograph.org.uk - 112778.jpg
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Game of BoulesBond Court2000Roger Burnett4 figure statue groupBronze [16]
Arthur Aaron by Ibbeson1.jpg
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Arthur Louis Aaron Eastgate roundabout, Quarry Hill 2001 Graham Ibbeson Sculpture groupBronze [17]
Marshall Street sheep.jpg The Holbeck SheepMarshall Street, Holbeck 2005Antonia StoweSculptureSteel, felt and rope [18]
Sculpture, Brewery Wharf, Leeds (31st July 2018).jpg Sheaf TreeWaterloo Street, Brewery Wharf2005Chris KnightSculptureSteel [18]
Brewery Wharf, Leeds (10th May 2010) 006.jpg
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Steeped VesselsBrewery Wharf2006Ian RandallSculpture groupBronze and stainless steel [19] [18]
Sculpture, Clarence Dock, Leeds (2333697204).jpg
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A Reflective Approach Leeds Dock 2007 Kevin Atherton Sculpture groupSteel and bronze [18]
Leeds Song Tunnel.jpg
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Leeds Song TunnelWoodhouse Lane2013 Adrian Riley Text artworkSteel [20]
Hibiscus Rising sculpture by Yinka Shonibare. LEEDS 2023 (cropped).jpg
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Hibiscus Rising Meadow Lane, Aire Park 2023 Yinka Shonibare SculptureFibreglass, metal & wood9.5m tall Q122463268 [21] [22]

City Square

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
James Watt Statue.jpg
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James Watt Leeds City Square 1898 Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26655856 [9] [23]
Statue of the Black Prince, City Square - geograph.org.uk - 1385613.jpg
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Edward, the Black Prince Leeds City Square 1903 Thomas Brock Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II* Q17533834 [9] [24]
Dr Hook statue close 7 Sep 2017.jpg
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Walter Hook City Square, Leeds 1903 F.W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26655854 [9] [25]
Joseph Priestley statue Leeds City Square 19 March 2018 2.jpg
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Joseph Priestley Leeds City Square 1903 Alfred Drury Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26655864 [9] [26]
Even Leeds City Square 10 October 2018 1.jpg
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Evening Leeds City Square 1903 Alfred Drury 4 Streetlamps on blocksBronze and graniteGrade II [27] [28]
City Square 24 May 2018 Morn 1.jpg
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Morning Leeds City Square 1903 Alfred Drury 4 Streetlamps on blocksBronze and graniteGrade II [29] [28]
John Harrison (3013169329).jpg
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John Harrison Leeds City Square 1903 Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestal with plaqueBronze and graniteGrade II Q26655861 [1] [30]

Elland Road

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Billy Bremner.jpg
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Billy Bremner Elland Road 1999 Frances Segelman Statue on pedestalBronze [31]
Don Revie statue, Elland Road.jpg
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Don Revie Elland Road 2012 Graham Ibbeson Statue on pedestalBronze2.5m tall [32]

Headingley

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Headingley War Memorial 14 July 2018.jpg
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War memorialOtley Road / St Michaels Road, Headingley 1921Sidney Kitson (architect)Obelisk with panelsPortland stone and bronzeGrade II Q26547665 [33] [34]

Mabgate

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
ECHOESCorner of Mabgate and Argyle Road2023 Add Fuel Mural10m × 9m Q124691518 [35] [36]

Otley

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Thomas Chippendale statue, Otley (29th August 2017).jpg
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Thomas Chippendale Otley 1987 Graham Ibbeson Statue on pedestalBronze [37]

Woodhouse

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Peel Statue Leeds.jpg
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Robert Peel Woodhouse Moor 1852 William Behnes Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26655833 Relocated from Victoria Square in 1937 [9] [38]
Duke of Wellington's statue, Woodhouse Moor, Leeds (4454267743).jpg
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Woodhouse Moor 1854, erected 1858 Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26656015 [9] [39]
Sir Peter Fairburn (17356768704).jpg
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Peter Fairbairn Woodhouse Square1868 Matthew Noble Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteGrade II Q26547184 [9] [40]
Woodhouse, Leeds (36680033153).jpg
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Henry Rowland Marsden Woodhouse Moor 1878John ThropStatue on pedestal with plaquesStone and marbleGrade II Q26547177 [41]
Statue of Queen Victoria, Woodhouse Moor, Leeds (4465580322).jpg
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Memorial to Queen Victoria Woodhouse Moor 1903 George Frampton Seated statue on column with figures and friezeBronze and Portland stoneGrade II* Q15979175 [1] [9] [42] [43]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hamo Thornycroft</span> English sculptor (1850–1925)

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster. He was a keen student of classical sculpture and was one of the youngest artists to be elected to the Royal Academy, in 1882, the same year the bronze cast of Teucer was purchased for the British nation under the auspices of the Chantrey Bequest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goscombe John</span> Welsh sculptor (1860–1952)

Sir William Goscombe John was a prolific Welsh sculptor known for his many public memorials. As a sculptor, John developed a distinctive style of his own while respecting classical traditions and forms of sculpture. He gained national attention with statues of eminent Victorians in London and Cardiff and subsequently, after both the Second Boer War and World War I, created a large number of war memorials. These included the two large group works, The Response 1914 in Newcastle upon Tyne and the Port Sunlight War Memorial which are considered the finest sculptural ensembles on any British monument. Although as a young man he adopted the first name Goscombe, taken from the name of a village in Gloucestershire near his mother's home, he was actively engaged with his native Wales and Welsh culture throughout his career.

Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886–1971), was an English monumental sculptor. During his lifetime he was considered among the leading classical sculptors working in Britain and received several commissions for public monuments, war memorials and architectural sculptures.

Henry Charles Fehr FRBS was a British monumental and architectural sculptor active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He produced several notable public sculptures, war memorials and works for civic buildings. These included architectural sculptures for Middlesex Guildhall, for Wakefield County Hall and for Cardiff City Hall. Throughout the 1920s, Fehr created a number of war memorials, often featuring detailed bronze statuary, for British towns and cities. Notable examples of Fehr's war memorials include those at Leeds, Colchester, Keighley and at Burton upon Trent.

References

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  2. Historic England. "Armley Park plaque approximately 40 metres west of fountain (1256007)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. Historic England. "Armley Park plaque approximately 40 metres east of fountain (1256004)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. Historic England. "War Memorial in Armley Park (1256010)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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  6. "Leeds: Giant mural celebrates West Indian Carnival". BBC News. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  7. Historic England. "Town Hall, Leeds (1255772)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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  23. Historic England. "Statue of James Watt (1375034)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  24. Historic England. "Statue of the Black Prince (1375045)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  25. Historic England. "Statue of Dean Hook (1375032)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  26. Historic England. "Statue of Joseph Priestley (1375043)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  27. Historic England. "Four lamp posts: 'Even' (1255575)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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  30. Historic England. "Statue of John Harrison (1375039)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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  32. "Don Revie statue unveiled 40 years after FA Cup victory". BBC. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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  35. Foster, Wes (9 March 2023). Echoes, A New Mural in Collaboration with Add Fuel. East Street Arts . Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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  37. "Thomas Chippendale". Statues-Hither & Thither. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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  39. Historic England. "Statue of Duke of Wellington on south-east corner of Woodhouse Moor (1375204)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  40. Historic England. "Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn (1255605)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  41. Historic England. "Statue of HR Marsden (1255598)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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