This is a list of public art in the Gloucestershire county of England. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
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This is a list of public art in the Gloucestershire county of England. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
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| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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 More images | Boer War memorial | Promenade, Cheltenham 51°53′58″N2°04′37″W / 51.899582°N 2.076973°W | 1907 | RL Boulton and Sons of Cheltenham | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II listed | Cheltenham Borough Council | [1] [2] | |
 More images | Edward Wilson | Promenade, Cheltenham 51°53′55″N2°04′42″W / 51.898594°N 2.078196°W | 1914 | Lady Kathleen Scott | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II listed | Cheltenham Borough Council | Wilson was a member of the ill-fated mission Terra Nova Expedition with Scott. [3] | |
 More images | War Memorial | Promenade, Cheltenham | 1921 | RL Boulton and Sons of Cheltenham | Obelisk on pedestal | Portland stone | Grade II listed | [4] [5] | ||
 More images | The Minotaur and the Hare | Promenade, Cheltenham 51°54′00″N2°04′35″W / 51.900036°N 2.076309°W | 1995 | Sophie Ryder | Sculpture group | Bronze | Cheltenham Borough Council | |||
 More images | Gustav Holst | Imperial Gardens, Cheltenham 51°53′49″N2°04′44″W / 51.896982°N 2.078966°W | 2008 | Anthony Stones | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Cheltenham Borough Council | The composer was born in Cheltenham |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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 | King Charles II | Three Cocks Lane near St Mary's Square, Gloucester 51°52′04″N2°14′57″W / 51.867825°N 2.249129°W | 1662 | Stephen Baldwyn | Statue | Limestone | Grade II listed | Gloucester City Council | The statue was set up in the Wheat Market in Southgate Street. It was removed in the middle of the 18th century and considered lost until rediscovered in 1945 in pieces at Chex Hill. Re-erected 1960. [6] [7] | |
| Queen Anne | Gloucester Park 51°51′29″N2°14′51″W / 51.858040°N 2.247609°W | 1712 | John Ricketts the Elder | Statue | Limestone | Grade II listed | Gloucester City Council | Originally the statue stood at Southgate. Moved to its present site in 1865. The statue is badly weathered. [6] [8] [9] | ||
 More images | Bishop John Hooper | St Mary's Square, Gloucester 51°52′06″N2°14′56″W / 51.868404°N 2.248764°W | 1863 | Edward Thornhill | Statue in canopy with pinnacle | Portland stone | Grade II listed | Gloucester Cathedral | Hooper was burned at the stake on the spot where the monument stands. [6] [10] | |
 More images | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Memorial | College Green, Gloucester | 1922 | Adrian Jones | Cross on pedestal with relief panels | Stone and bronze | Grade II* | [6] [11] [12] | ||
| War memorial | Gloucester Park | 1925 | Cenotaph with sphinx bust | Stone and bronze | [6] [13] | |||||
 More images | Robert Raikes | Gloucester Park 51°51′38″N2°14′37″W / 51.860497°N 2.243591°W | 1929 | Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal | Lifesized and on broad plinth of 2 metres. | Gloucester City Council | Copy of a marble statue in London. [6] | ||
 More images | Spirit of Aviation | Northgate Street, Gloucester 51°51′58″N2°14′41″W / 51.866032°N 2.244816°W | 1999 | Simon Stringer | Statue | Bronze | Gloucester City Council | [14] | ||
 More images | Emperor Nerva | Southgate Street, Gloucester 51°51′53″N2°14′48″W / 51.864640°N 2.246716°W | 2002 | Anthony Stones | Equestrian statue | Bronze | Gloucester City Council | The Emperor is acknowledged at founding the city of Gloucester around AD97 [15] | ||
 More images | The Candle | Victoria Dock, Gloucester Docks 51°51′45″N2°15′02″W / 51.862602°N 2.250417°W | 2010 | Wolfgang Buttress | Sculpture | Rolled steel | 21 metres high | Gloucester City Council | Locals refer to it as The Kebab. It resembles cranes, ships' masts and chimneys [16] | |
 | The Kyneburgh Tower | Kimbrose Square, Gloucester 51°51′48″N2°14′55″W / 51.863269°N 2.248700°W | 2011 | Tom Price | Sculpture | Mild steel | 16 metres high | Gloucester City Council | The final element of the Linkages scheme, connecting Gloucester Quays and the city centre [17] |
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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 More images | War memorial | Church Street, Tewkesbury | 1922 | Cross on pedestal | Limestone | Grade II | [18] [19] | |||
 | Touching Souls | Tewkesbury Abbey | Mico Kaufman |
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