List of public art in Wolverhampton
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This is a list of public art in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
City Centre
Queen Square
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Equestrian statue of Prince Albert | Queen Square, Wolverhampton 52°35′09″N 2°07′42″W / 52.585908°N 2.128333°W |
1866 | Thomas Thornycroft | Equestrian statue | Bronze | Grade II listed[1] | Wolverhampton City Council | Q26497548 | ||
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Allegorical Figures of Industry and Agriculture | NatWest Bank – Corner of Exchange Street – Queen Square, Wolverhampton 52°35′10″N 2°07′44″W / 52.586035°N 2.128956°W |
1905 | Sculpture | Stone | 1 m high x 2 m wide, approx. | NatWest Bank | [2] | |||
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Scenes of Mining, Agriculture and Industry | Lloyds Bank – Queen Square and Dudley Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′09″N 2°07′39″W / 52.585767°N 2.127479°W |
1878 | J A Chatwin | Relief panels | Stone | 3 panels: 50 cm high x 150 cm wide, approx | Grade II listed[3] | Lloyds Bank | [4] |
St Peter's Gardens
Wolverhampton Station
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Iron Horse | Between platform 2 and 3 at Wolverhampton station, Wolverhampton 52°35′14″N 2°07′08″W / 52.587329°N 2.118978°W |
1987 | Kevin Atherton | Sculpture | Painted steel | 1.8m high x 2.4m long | Network Rail | One of a series of 12 between Wolverhampton station and Birmingham New Street station[12] | |
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Signal Man | Premier Inn Wolverhampton City Centre Hotel, Wolverhampton 52°35′18″N 2°07′12″W / 52.588437°N 2.119900°W |
2007 | Giles Penny | Sculpture | Premier Inn | [13] | |||
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Railcar | Broad Gauge Way apartments – Wolverhampton 52°35′19″N 2°07′07″W / 52.588556°N 2.118603°W |
2007 | Mick Thacker | Sculpture | 500 cm x 500 cm | Celebrates the history of Wolverhampton Low Level station.[14] Also known as Locomotion 2.[15] |
University of Wolverhampton
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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| Echelon with Concrete Pillars | University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton 52°35′22″N 2°07′42″W / 52.589317°N 2.128333°W |
1972 | Hubert Dalwood | Sculpture | Concrete | University of Wolverhampton | [16] | ||||
| Sculpture near the University of Wolverhampton School of Art | University of Wolverhampton – School of Art and Design – Ring Road St Peter's, Wolverhampton 52°35′22″N 2°07′43″W / 52.589440°N 2.128677°W |
1970 | Sculpture | Concrete | University of Wolverhampton | ||||||
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Allegorical Figures and Cartouche | University of Wolverhampton – Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′15″N 2°07′40″W / 52.587440°N 2.127700°W |
1933 | Col G. C. Lowbridge | Sculpture | Sandstone | 1.8m high x 1.2m wide | University of Wolverhampton | [17] | ||
| Thinking Man | Outside entrance of the Ambika Paul Building, University of Wolverhampton 52°35′17″N 2°07′43″W / 52.588158°N 2.128567°W |
2007 | André Wallace | Sculpture | Bronze | University of Wolverhampton | Is an Archimedes like figure, deep in thought and contemplation. The symbols in front of him are clues to the past occupants of the site, it's industrial heritage and discoveries of our time. The subtle engravings upon his head reveal the functions and activity of the brain.[18] | ||||
| Head | Outside entrance of the Ambika Paul Building, University of Wolverhampton 52°35′17″N 2°07′43″W / 52.588068°N 2.128478°W |
2007 | André Wallace | Sculpture | Bronze | University of Wolverhampton | Resembles a machine in two parts but which fit perfectly together to make a whole. The Brain appears as a well-maintained mechanical part and makes reference to an internal involute gear and spur gear, both developed for the car industry.[18] |
Ring Road
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Gears sculpture | Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N 2°07′23″W / 52.588867°N 2.123001°W |
2012 | Sculpture | Steel | Wolverhampton City Council | One is near Little's Lane and one is near Wednesfield Road (first appears on Google Street Map view in October 2012) | |||
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Sarcophagus sculpture | Small park between Ring Road St Patricks and Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton 52°35′21″N 2°07′23″W / 52.589134°N 2.123140°W |
Sculpture | Stone | Wolverhampton City Council | Kind of looks like a Sarcophagus | ||||
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Ionic Order | Wednesfield Road and Ring Road St Patricks, Wolverhampton 52°35′18″N 2°07′23″W / 52.588343°N 2.123059°W |
1991 | Hugh Tessier | Sculpture | Brick pedestal & Steel column | 500 cm high approx | Wolverhampton City Council | Used to be on Pipers Row near the old Wolverhampton bus station before it was moved to this location[19] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Outside the city centre
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Wheatsheaf | The Wheatsheaf – Tower Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′05″N 2°07′31″W / 52.584689°N 2.125276°W |
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City Gateway | Either side of Stafford Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′20″N 2°07′35″W / 52.589004°N 2.126327°W |
2008 | Julia Rowley | Sculpture | Stainless steel, glass & acrylic | 5 metres | Gateway East near Thornley Street. Gateway West near a University of Wolverhampton building[26] | ||
| Sunbeam Car Panels | St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N 2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W (approx) |
1995 | Steve Field, John McKenna | Relief sculpture | Bronze | 3m by 2m | St John's Retail Park | [27] | ||
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Historical Car and Motorcycle Company Logos | Railings of St John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 52°34′47″N 2°07′34″W / 52.579655°N 2.126114°W |
1995 | Steve Field, John McKenna | Sculpture | Steel, with applied surface, silver/grey | Fence panels: Slight variations but one is 36 cm high x 62 cm wide, another is 50 cm diameter. Large panel: 100 cm diameter approx | St John's Retail Park | Logos for Guy, The Sunbeam, Clyno etc[28] | |
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Out of the Darkness Cometh Light | Sainsbury's – St Mark's Street, Wolverhampton 52°35′02″N 2°08′08″W / 52.583931°N 2.135516°W |
2014 | Planet Art (Julie Edwards & Ron Thompson) | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 8m | Sainsbury's | Stainless steel vase sculpture for the new Sainsbury's Raglan Street store[29] | |
| Horseley Fields horses | Corner of Horseley Fields and Corn Hill, Wolverhampton 52°35′08″N 2°07′12″W / 52.58557815479327°N 2.119887769172608°W |
Horse sculptures | On the corner of the Horseley Fields housing development | |||||||
| Mother and Child | Wolverhampton Grammar School, Compton Road 52°35′10″N 2°08′59″W / 52.58602°N 2.14979°W |
Sculpture | Stone | Wolverhampton Grammar School | Images of children on at least all four sides. |
Chapel Ash Island
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Recovery | Chapel Ash Island, Wolverhampton 52°35′06″N 2°08′05″W / 52.58489°N 2.13460°W |
May 19, 2024 | Luke Perry with Matt Lloyd | Sculpture | Galvanised steel | 2.5 metres tall | [30] | ||
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The Black Arts Movement | Chapel Ash Island, Wolverhampton 52°35′06″N 2°08′05″W / 52.58503°N 2.13464°W |
May 19, 2024 | Luke Perry with Giovanni Uche | Sculpture | Galvanised steel | 2.5 metres tall | [30] | ||
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Indian Workers Association | Chapel Ash Island, Wolverhampton 52°35′06″N 2°08′05″W / 52.58500°N 2.13470°W |
May 19, 2024 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Galvanised steel | 2.5 metres tall | [30] | ||
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Bhangra | Chapel Ash Island, Wolverhampton 52°35′06″N 2°08′03″W / 52.58501°N 2.13422°W |
May 19, 2024 | Luke Perry | Sculpture | Galvanised steel | 2.5 metres tall | [30] |
West Park
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Wikidata | Notes |
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Charles Pelham Villiers | West Park, Wolverhampton 52°35′23″N 2°08′27″W / 52.58984°N 2.1408°W |
1878 | W.Theed the younger | Statue | Ashlar | Grade II listed[31] | Wolverhampton City Council | Q26497586 | MP for Wolverhampton for 63 years. The statue was moved from its original position in Snow Hill in 1931. | |
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Victorian Sewer | West Park, Wolverhampton 52°35′14″N 2°08′19″W / 52.587238°N 2.138652°W |
1970s | Sculpture | Brick | Wolverhampton City Council | Built for a Wolverhampton Fiesta in the 1970s |
Blakenhall
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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| The Lone Rider | Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton 52°34′33″N 2°08′09″W / 52.575861°N 2.135798°W |
1996 | Steve Field | Sculpture | Hoptonwood limestone | Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.[27][32] |
Heath Town
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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| Reflective Metal Bridge | Wyrley and Essington Canal – Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′35″N 2°06′05″W / 52.593075°N 2.101318°W |
Sculpture | Steel | [33] |
New Cross Hospital
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Circle of Life | New Cross Hospital – Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′49″N 2°05′48″W / 52.596936°N 2.096624°W |
1998 | Katie Chambers | Sculpture | Concrete & pebbles | Plinth: 57 cm high x 3.5m diameter. Outer ring: 3m diameter. Inner cylinder: 60 cm diameter x 32 cm deep. Bed: 6.3m diameter. | Wolverhampton City Council | [34] | |
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Lettered Column | New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′49″N 2°05′39″W / 52.596965°N 2.094213°W |
2002 | Meic Watts | Sculpture | Granite blocks, steel | 5.2m high, with circumference of 2.8m at base | Wolverhampton City Council | [35] | |
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New Cross Column | New Cross Hospital – Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton 52°35′48″N 2°05′42″W / 52.596714°N 2.094863°W |
2002 | Sculpture | Granite blocks | Wolverhampton City Council |