List of public art in Nottinghamshire
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This is a list of public art in the Nottinghamshire 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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Nottingham
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Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Female Satyr Statue | Newstead Abbey 53°4′43.255″N 1°11′24.799″W / 53.07868194°N 1.19022194°W |
Early 18th century | John Nost (probable) | Statue | Ashlar and lead | 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high | Grade II | Q26521431 | [1] | |
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Male Satyr Statue | Newstead Abbey 53°4′41.671″N 1°11′25.098″W / 53.07824194°N 1.19030500°W |
Early 18th century | John Nost (probable) | Statue | Ashlar and lead | 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high | Grade II | Q26521432 | [2] | |
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Monument to a Horse | Worksop Road, Edwinstowe 53°12′27.014″N 1°2′39.311″W / 53.20750389°N 1.04425306°W |
1834 | Monument | Grade II | Q26297564 | Doric column on a square pedestal.[3] | ||||
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Cavendish Monument | Market Place, Mansfield 53°8′39.480″N 1°11′47.436″W / 53.14430000°N 1.19651000°W |
1849 | T. C. Hine | Monument | Grade II* | Q17547529 | Memorial to Lord George Bentinck.[4] | |||
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Hope Memorial | Broadgate Park, Beeston 52°55′42.524″N 1°12′36.623″W / 52.92847889°N 1.21017306°W |
1903 | A. Marshall | Memorial | Portland stone | Grade II | Q26540177 | A memorial to the fallen of the Boer War. The female figure represents "hope".[5] | ||
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Kimberley War Memorial | Main Street, Kimberley 52°59′48.444″N 1°15′18.176″W / 52.99679000°N 1.25504889°W |
1921 | Memorial | Stone | Grade II | Q26567387 | A memorial to both World Wars.[6] | |||
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Retford War Memorial | Market Place, Retford 53°19′21.860″N 0°56′35.185″W / 53.32273889°N 0.94310694°W |
1921 | Leonard W. Barnard | Monument | Grade II* | Q26263538 | Unveiled by Sir Frederick Milner.[7] | |||
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Worksop War Memorial | Memorial Avenue, Worksop 53°18′14.832″N 1°7′9.188″W / 53.30412000°N 1.11921889°W |
1925 | A. H. Richardson | Monument | Grade II* | Q26263405 | Unveiled by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.[8] | |||
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The Beeston Seat | High Road, Beeston 52°55′40″N 1°12′51″W / 52.92768°N 1.21428°W |
1987 | Sioban Coppinger | Sculpture | Bronze, Reinforced concrete | Broxtowe Borough Council | [9][10] | |||
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Robin Hood and Little John | Swinecote Road, Edwinstowe 53°12′10.7″N 1°03′49.8″W / 53.202972°N 1.063833°W |
1988 | Graham Ibbeson | Statue | Bronze | Nottinghamshire County Council | Showing the first time Robin Hood meets Little John.[11] | |||
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The Oil Patch Warrior | Rufford Country Park, Ollerton | 1991 | Jay O'Meilia | Statue | Bronze | 2.14 metres (7 ft 0 in) high | Parkwood Outdoor | Commemorating the site of secret Second World War oil wells, drilled by American oil workers to assist Britain’s war effort.[12] | ||
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Robin Hood and Maid Marian | High Street, Edwinstowe 53°11′38.6″N 1°03′51.6″W / 53.194056°N 1.064333°W |
1998 | Neale Andrew | Statue | Bronze | Nottinghamshire County Council | [13] | |||
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Golden Hand | Vicar Water Country Park, Clipstone 53°09′38.1″N 1°06′33.1″W / 53.160583°N 1.109194°W |
c. 2000 | Bank | Sculpture | 3.04 metres (10.0 ft) high | Inscription: "Let not the toil of our forebears be forgotten but let it be reborn in new industry...."[14] | ||||
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Three Cricketers | Near the library, Kirkby-in-Ashfield 53°05′58″N 1°14′38″W / 53.09955°N 1.24390°W |
2002, 2015 | Neale Andrew and David Annand | Statues | Bronze | Ashfield District Council | Harold Larwood, William Voce (both born near here), and Donald Bradman, shown in the bodyline series of 1932–1933 in Australia.[15][16] | |||
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Gateway Sculpture | Entrance to Meadow Park, East Leake 52°49′57″N 1°10′50″W / 52.83256°N 1.18055°W |
2003 | Xceptional Designs | Sculpture | The centrepiece is a millstone, found nearby in 2000.[17] | |||||
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Testing for Gas | Silverhill Wood Country Park, Sutton-in-Ashfield 53°09′25.6″N 1°17′24.0″W / 53.157111°N 1.290000°W |
2004 | Antony Dufort | Statue | Bronze and stone | Nottinghamshire County Council | Commissioned to commemorate the Nottinghamshire mining industry[18] | |||
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The Miners Memorial | Station Road, Hucknall 53°02′16″N 1°11′56″W / 53.03774°N 1.19900°W |
2005 | Graham Ibbeson | Statue | Bronze and sandstone | 6 metres (20 ft) high | Ashfield District Council | Commemorates the people who worked at Hucknall No. 2 Colliery.[19] | ||
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Girl Guiding Nottinghamshire's Centenary Seat | Rufford Country Park, Ollerton 53°10′32.1″N 1°02′03.1″W / 53.175583°N 1.034194°W |
2010 | Gwen Heeney | Sculpture | Stone | Parkwood Outdoor | A large settee and two chairs, made of oversize bricks, are arranged in a trefoil, the symbol of the guiding movement.[20] | |||
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The Royalist Cannon | Sconce and Devon Park, Newark-on-Trent 53°04′05.7″N 0°49′16.3″W / 53.068250°N 0.821194°W |
2012 | Michael Condron | Sculpture | Weathering steel | Newark and Sherwood District Council | Commemorating Newark's role in the Civil War.[21] | |||
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The Fruit Gatherers | Rufford Country Park, Ollerton 53°10′33.6″N 1°02′09.6″W / 53.176000°N 1.036000°W |
Peter Randall-Page | Sculpture | Stone | Parkwood Outdoor | Inspired by a photograph depicting three Saguro women carrying baskets on their heads.[22] | ||||
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Two Civil War soldiers | Outside the library, Newark-on-Trent 53°04′28″N 0°48′29″W / 53.074376°N 0.807941°W |
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Public art in Nottinghamshire.
- ^ Historic England. "Female satyr statue 100m east of Newstead Abbey (1227526)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Male satyr statue 100m east of Newstead Abbey (1227527)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument to a Horse (1045469)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Cavendish monument and attached railings (1207176)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Hope (Boer War) Memorial (1247916)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1278015)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Retford War Memorial (1392660)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Worksop War Memorial and associated structures (1045751)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "The Beeston Seat" Art UK. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Wonderful Nottinghamshire sculptures and the stories behind them" Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Robin Hood and Little John" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "The Oil Patch Warrior" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Robin Hood and Maid Marian" Art UK. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Golden Hand" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Three Cricketers" Art UK. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Harold Larwood and the Bodyline Series" Ashfield District Council. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Newsletter no. 3, Spring 2003" Friends of Meadow Park, East Leake. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Testing for Gas" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "The Miners Memorial" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Girl Guiding Nottinghamshire's Centenary Seat" Art UK. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "The Royalist Cannon" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Fruit Gatherers" Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2024.