List of public art in Perth and Kinross

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

Contents

Aberfeldy

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Black Watch Memorial, Aberfeldy.jpg
More images 		Black Watch Regiment monumentTaybridge Drive, Aberfeldy 1887 William Birnie Rhind Statue on cairn with reliefsStone and boulder stonesCategory B Q17829649 [1] [2]
Aberfeldy War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 776604.jpg
More images 		War memorialBirk's o'Aberfeldy Park, Aberfeldy 1922R.Cameron, architectArched gateway, gates and plaquesSandstone, wrought iron, stoneCategory C Q77777823 [3] [4]

Alyth

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Boer War memorial, Alyth - geograph.org.uk - 558705.jpg Second Boer War memorial Alyth c.1905ObeliskStone [5]
Alyth War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1652507.jpg War memorial Alyth 1922 William Kellock Brown Statue on pedestalBronze and stoneCategory C Q56615157 Architects, Wright & Wylie. [6] [7]

Auchterarder

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Old Church Tower and Memorial for Great War - geograph.org.uk - 410274.jpg War memorial Auchterarder 1921John Stewart of Stewart & PatersonCross on pillar and stepsMetal and stone [8]

Blairgowrie

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial Blairgowrie - geograph.org.uk - 26302.jpg
More images 		War memorialWellmeadow Gardens, Blairgowrie 1921 Reginald Fairlie & Alexander Carrick (sculptor)Pillar with statue and panelsStone and bronzeCategory A Q17572334 [9] [10]

Crieff

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Crieff 1921Peter McGregor-ChalmersInscribed cross on pillarSandstoneCategory B Q17837335 [11] [12]

Dunkeld

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Dunkeld 1921Cairn with plaquesStone blocks [13]

Invergowrie

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Invergowrie war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 10755.jpg War memorial Invergowrie Celtic wheel crossGranite [14]

Kenmore

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Kenmore Parish Church War Memorial (geograph 5931984).jpg War memorialParish Church, Kenmore 1921Messers Garden & CoCeltic wheel crossGranite [15]

Kinross

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
The 1900 Memorial to Robert Burns Begg, Kinross, Scotland.jpg Robert Burns Begg Kinross 1900Relief and pillarGranite [16]
Kinross War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1449294.jpg War memorialHigh Street, Kinross 1921Pillar on pedestalStone [17]

Longforgan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Longforgan mercat cross, Main Street (geograph 3680878).jpg Mercat cross Main Street, Longforgan Late 17th century, restored 1989Statue on columnStoneCategory A Q17574491 [18]
War memorialMain Street, Longforgan c. 1920Column on pedestalSandstoneCategory C Q56619854 [19] [20]

Milnathort

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Milnathort 1921 Pilkington Jackson ObeliskStone6.1m high [21]

Muthill

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial, Muthill (geograph 5350296).jpg War memorial Muthill 1921Charles T. Ewing of CrieffCeltic wheel cross on plinthGranite [22]
Jupiter Drummond Castle, Muthill Parish StatueMarbleCategory BAmong 50 sculptures in the grounds and gardens of Drummond Castle [23] [24]

Perth

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Perth Mercat Cross.JPG
More images 		Perth mercat cross Perth Pillar cross on pedestalStone
England and Scotland 217.jpg Sir Walter Scott South Inch, Perth 1845Cochrane BrothersStatue on pedestalStoneCategory C [25] [26]
Perth, Scotland (8924353983).jpg Statue of Albert, Prince Consort North Inch, Perth 1864 William Brodie StatueStoneCategory B [27] [28]
Sculpture in Perth High Street - geograph.org.uk - 741219.jpg
More images 		Fair Maid of PerthHigh Street, Perth 1992 Graham Ibbeson Seated statueBronze [29]
Nae Day Sae Dark, Perth High Street (geograph 741223).jpg
More images 		Nae Day Sae DarkHigh Street, Perth 1992 David Annand Statue groupBronze and steelSculpture inspired by a William Soutar poem, which is engraved on the sculpture's steel circle [29]
Wave, Perth Sculpture Trail - geograph.org.uk - 577576.jpg VortexBellwood Park, Perth 1994Malcolm RobertsonAbstract sculptureMetal [29]
Millais Viewpoint - geograph.org.uk - 128570.jpg Millais Viewpoint Perth 1997Tim Shutter3 part sculptureSandstone [29]
Flood gates(2) - geograph.org.uk - 548157.jpg River Tay ThemesNorth Inch, Perth 1999David Wilson2 Gates and pillarsBronze and stone [29]

Pitlochry

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
P1000772 Pitlochry.jpg
More images 		War memorialInstitute Park, Pitlochry 1922Celtic cross on pedestalGraniteCategory C Q77774504 [30] [31]

Scone

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorialJunction of Perth Road & Mayfield Terrace, Scone 1920George Christie of PerthCrossStone [32]

Related Research Articles

Perthshire Historic administrative division in Scotland

Perthshire, officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south; it borders the counties of Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus to the east, Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire to the south and Argyllshire to the west. It was a local government county from 1890 to 1930.

Perth and Kinross Council area of Scotland

Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. With the exception of a large area of south-western Perthshire, the council area mostly corresponds to the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.

Alyth Human settlement in Scotland

Alyth is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, five miles northeast of Blairgowrie and about 17 miles northwest of Dundee. In 2016 the town had an estimated population of 2,400.

EastPerthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

William Kellock Brown was a Scottish sculptor prominent in late Victorian Glasgow, with many public works. His brother was the landscape artist Alexander Kellock Brown. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy. His sculptures are frequently simply initialled WKB. He was commissioned to create several Scottish war memorials in the early 1920s. He received an important commission from Glasgow Corporation in 1905–06, adding ornament to several public libraries in the city.

Thomas John Clapperton FRBS was a Scottish sculptor, famous for the statue of Robert the Bruce at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle erected in 1929.

Andrew Granger Heiton was a Scottish architect. He was prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Several of his works are now listed structures.

References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Taybridge Drive, Black Watch Monument (Category B Listed Building) (LB20862)" . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Aberfeldy - The Black Watch Regiment". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Bridgend, War Memorial (Category C Listed Building) (LB48842)" . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Aberfeldy - Park Gateway". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Alyth South African War". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Alyth War Memorials Alyth (Category C Listed Building) (LB4364)" . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Alyth WWI". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Auchterarder WWI (Including David Ramsay, Lost on HMY Iolaire)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellmeadow Gardens, War Memorial (Category A Listed Building) (LB4364)" . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Blairgowrie and Rattray". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Crieff". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Comrie Road, War Memorial with Boundary Walls, Railings and Gate (Category B Listed Building) (LB48453)" . Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Dunkeld and Little Dunkeld". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Invergowrie – New Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Kenmore, Styx, Acharn, Ardtalnaig, Ardeonaig, Morenish, Lawers and Fearnan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  16. ↑ Chris Ferguson (15 February 2016). "Robert Burn's family put down roots in Kinross". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Kinross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  18. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Longforgan, Main Street, Market Cross (Category A Listed Building) (LB13283)" . Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Longforgan and Invergowrie". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  20. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Longforgan, Main Street, War Memorial (Category A Listed Building) (LB13286)" . Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  21. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Milnathort (parish of Orwell) including Flight Sergeant G Thompson VC". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  22. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Muthill". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  23. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Drummond Castle - Statue said to be of Jupiter on Avenue S. of Castle (Category B Listed Building) (LB18043)" . Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  24. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Drummond Castle, Formal Garden (Category A Listed Building) (LB19883)" . Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  25. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "South Inch at foot of King Street, Statue to Sir Walter Scott (Category C Listed Building) (LB39337)" . Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  26. ↑ Jamie Buchan (19 August 2017). "Sir Walter Scott finally reunited with his beloved Maida". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  27. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert, Prince Consort, Statue to, North Inch (Category B Listed Building) (LB39336)" . Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  28. ↑ Jamie Buchan (2 January 2018). "Prince Albert finally gets his name back". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 "River Tay Public Art Trail". Perthshire Public Art Trust. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  30. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Moulin Parish and Pitlochry - Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  31. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Atholl Road, War Memorial and Memorial Garden (Category C Listed Building) (LB47510)" . Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  32. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Scone - Cross (Including the town Roll of Honour)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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