List of public art in South Ayrshire

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This is a list of public art in South Ayrshire , one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland and covers the southern part of Ayrshire. The council area borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. 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.

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Ayr

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Monument To James George Smith Neill.jpg
More images 		James George Smith Neill Wellington Square, Ayr 1859 Matthew Noble Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17838465 [1] [2]
13 Earl Eglinton Ayr.JPG Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Wellington Square, Ayr1865 Matthew Noble Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17838485 [3]
Burns statue, Ayr - geograph.org.uk - 43193.jpg
More images 		Robert Burns Burns Statue Square, Ayr1892 George Anderson Lawson Statue on pedestal with panelsBronze and graniteCategory B Q17834540 [4]
Royal Scots Fusiliers memorialBurns Statue Square, Ayr1902 Thomas Brock Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17834558 [5] [6]
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet (geograph 4715126).jpg Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet Wellington Square, Ayr1910 William Goscombe John Statue on plinthBronze and stoneCategory B Q17838501 [7]
War memorialWellington Square, Ayr1924James Kennedy HunterCenotaph on steps with plaquesGranite and bronzeCategory C Q77774062 [8] [9]
Royal Scots Fusiliers WW2, Ayr.jpg
More images 		Royal Scots Fusiliers World War II memorialPlace de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ayr1960 Pilkington Jackson Statue on pedestal with surroundBronze Q114168035 [10]
Reminiscence At The Fish Cross - geograph.org.uk - 1034038.jpg ReminiscenceThe Fish Cross, Ayr1995Malcolm RobertsonStatue

Girvan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Girvan War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 682619.jpg War memorial Girvan 1922Scott & Rae (Makers); James Morris (Architect)ObeliskStone [11]

Maybole

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Maybole Covenanters Remembered (geograph 4346514).jpg
More images 		Covenanters Memorial Maybole ObeliskStone [12]
The monument on Kildoon Hill - geograph.org.uk - 806861.jpg Monument to Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet Kildoon Hill, Maybole1857ObeliskStone
War memorialAdjacent to golf course, Maybolec. 1920sCenotaph with tabletsStone and bronze [13]

Monkton

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Monkton, South Ayrshire PillarGranite [14]

Prestwick

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Prestwick War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1600664.jpg War memorialThe Cross, Prestwick 1921J.A. Morris (architect)Pillar cross with plaquesStone and bronze [15]
Aeropark - geograph.org.uk - 339949.jpg Icarus International Aerospace Park, Prestwick 2004 Andy Scott StatueBronze2.5m tall [16]
Kinetic sculpture - geograph.org.uk - 1600555.jpg Glasgow Prestwick Airport Kinetic sculptureMetal

Troon

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Troon War Memorial.jpg War memorialSouth Beach Esplande, Troon 1924 Walter Gilbert Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17844642 [17] [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, Monument to James George Smith Neill, CB (Category B Listed Building) (LB21821)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Brigadier General JGS Neill". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, Monument to Archibald William Earl of Eglinton and Wintoun (Category B Listed Building) (LB21822)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Burns Statue Square, Monument to Robert Burns including railings (Category B Listed Building) (LB21515)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Burns Statue Square, South African War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB21516)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Royal Scots Fusiliers - Burma, Sudan, Tirah Campaign, 1st Boer War and 2nd Boer War". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, Monument to Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (Category B Listed Building) (LB21823)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, War memorial (Category C Listed Building) (LB47259)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Ayr Park -Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Royal Scots Fusiliers World War II". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Girvan - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Maybole Martyrs". Scottish Covenanteer Memorial Association. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Maybole - Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Monkton - Pillar". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Prestwick". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  16. ↑ Stephen Houston (7 February 2020). "Battle to save 'toppling' statue of Icarus". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  17. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "South Beach Esplande, War memorial (Category C Listed Building) (LB42137)" . Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Troon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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