List of public art in Coventry

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This is a list of public art in Coventry, 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.

Central Coventry

Coventry Cathedral

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	St Michael's Victory over the Devil	Coventry Cathedral	1958 (1958)	Sir Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	Bronze			Coventry Cathedral
120x120px More images	Reconciliation	Coventry Cathedral ruins	1995 (1995)	Josefina de Vasconcellos	Statues	Bronze			Coventry Cathedral
120x120px More images	Ecce Homo	South wall of Coventry Cathedral ruins approx	1969 (1969)	Sir Jacob Epstein	Sculpture	Subiaco marble			Coventry Cathedral
	Christ	Coventry Cathedral ruins	After 1943 (1943)	Alain John		Concrete			Coventry Cathedral

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	Elisabeth Frink	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - near Jordan Well, Coventry	1956 (1956)	F. E. McWilliam	Statue	Bronze			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
120x120px More images	Man's Struggle	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - Jordan Well, Coventry	1959 (1959)	Walter Ritchie	Relief Mural	Portland stone			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
120x120px More images	The Enfolding	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry - Peace Garden, Coventry	1985 (1985)	Jean Parker	Sculpture	Bath stone	180 cm high		Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	Formerly in Smithford Way was relocated to this Peace Garden in November 1990
120x120px More images	Mother and Children	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum - Bayley Lane, Coventry	1986 (1986)	Gary Galpin	Sculpture	Bath stone			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
	Peace Stone	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	1990 (1990)		Sculpture	Stone, bronze			Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
120x120px	Barra Suite 5	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	1992 (1992)	Dr. Tim Threlfall	Sculpture				Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Millennium Place

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	Sir Frank Whittle	Millennium Place, Coventry	2007 (2007)	Faith Winter	Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council
120x120px More images	Whittle Arch	Millennium Place, Coventry	2002 (2002)		Sculpture	Stainless steel			Coventry City Council
120x120px More images	The Public Bench	Millennium Place, Coventry	1998 (1998)	Jochen Gerz					Coventry City Council
120x120px More images	The Future Monument	Millennium Place, Coventry	()	Jochen Gerz	Obelisk	Glass			Coventry City Council

Coventry Council House

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px	Leofric, Godiva and Justice	Coventry Council House	1920 (1920)	Henry Wilson		Portland stone			Coventry City Council
	Flywheel	Opposite Coventry Council House	1987 (1987)	Michael Farrell					Coventry City Council
	Naiad	Council courtyard	1981-3 (replaced 1958 original)	George Wagstaffe		Bronze			Coventry City Council

Greyfriars Green

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	The James Starley Memorial	Greyfriars Green, Coventry	1884 (1884)	Joseph Whitehead and Sons	Memorial Statue	Granite, Ravaccione marble	Plinth: Overall height 600cm, plinth width 366cm. Figure: 150cm high. Panels/second stage: 200cm high x 96cm wide x 96cm deep. Column: 80cm high approx.		Coventry City Council	The inventor of the bicycle in 1870.
120x120px More images	The Thomas White Memorial	Greyfriars Green, Coventry	1883 (1883)	W. W. Wills and T. W. Wills	Statue	Cornish granite, Sicilian marble	Pedestal: 305cm high. Statue: 228cm high		Coventry City Council

Broadgate and Hertford Street

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	Self Sacrifice (Lady Godiva)	Broadgate, Coventry	1949 (1949)	William Reid-Dick	Equestrian statue	Bronze and stone			Coventry City Council
	Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock	Broadgate House - Broadgate, Coventry	1953 (1953)	Trevor Tennant	Clock sculpture	Painted wood			Coventry City Council
	The People of Coventry	Broadgate House - Hertford Street, Coventry	1953 (1953)	Trevor Tennant	Panel, sculpture	Doulting stone	Each group: 300cm x 91cm x 46cm		Coventry City Council	Four panels, placed between the windows of the former Bridge Restaurant, each representing two standing figures depicting Coventry past, present and future.
	Broadgate Standard	Broadgate, entrance to Upper Precinct, Coventry	1948 (1948)	British Pressed Panels Ltd		Aluminium			Coventry City Council
120x120px	Peeping Tom	Hertford Street, Coventry approx	1972 (1972)			Painted wood			Coventry City Council

Bull Yard

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	The Phoenix	Bull Yard & Hertford Street, Coventry	1987 (1987)	George Wagstaffe	Statue	Bronze	237cm x 150cm x 60cm		Coventry City Council	The sculpture represents the city's post-war story. It symbolises the young of the new city rising from the flames of the old city. The phoenix is in the form of a winged woman, her wings raised above her head, they cumulate in sharp points.
120x120px	Thread Through Time	Bull Yard, Coventry	1999 (1999)	Robert Conybear and Uta Molling	Cone sculpture	Cast recycled concrete, stone and brick	3.9m high approx (plus 6m of laser).		Coventry City Council	Carved and painted cone which emits a laser beam up some 6 metres up into the night sky.
120x120px	Sir Guy and the Dun Cow	Above the pavement between Shelton Square and Bull Yard in the precinct, Coventry	1952 (1952)	Alma Ramsey	Sculpture	Stone mix covered in paint	200cm high x 250cm wide		Coventry City Council

Coventry University

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	The Coventry Boy	Outside the Students Union - Coventry University - Priory Street, Coventry	1966 (1966)	Philip Bentham	Statue	Bronze and sandstone			Coventry City Council
120x120px More images	Graham Sutherland Building sculpture	Coventry School of Art and Design - Graham Sutherland Building - Coventry University	()		Sculpture	Steel			Coventry University
120x120px More images	Basilica	Coventry Crown Court - Much Park Street, Coventry	1991 (1991)	Paul De Monchaux	Sculpture	Purbeck and Portland limestone, and Frankland Grey Granite	280cm high x 300cm wide x 230cm deep approx.		Coventry Crown Court

Belgrade Theatre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px	Belgrade	Belgrade Theatre - Corporation Street, Coventry	1958 (1958)	James C Brown	Relief panel	Cast cement fondu with Penmaenware granite chippings for aggregate	305cm x 230cm		Belgrade Theatre
120x120px More images	A memorial to Bryan Bailey	Belgrade Theatre - Upper Well Street, Coventry	1962 (1962) (recast in bronze 2008)	Norelle Keddie	Memorial sculpture	Bronze			Belgrade Theatre	Bryan Bailey was the first director of the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. After the development of a new public space, it was returned here in 2009

Other city centre areas

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	Coventry Cross	Cuckoo Lane, Coventry	1976 (1976)	George Wagstaffe	Market cross	Ferro-concrete, Hollington stone, anodised aluminium, fibreglass			Coventry City Council
	Rebuilding Coventry and the Co-op's Activities	Co-operative Society Building - Corporation Street, Coventry	1956 (1956)	John Skelton	incised line drawings on several of the columns	Hornton stone	366cm x 61cm		Coventry City Council
	Coventry's Industries	Lower Precinct, Coventry	1958 (1958) and 1961	Arthur Ling	Panels	Neon tubes	200cm x 300cm approx.		Coventry City Council
	Growth of the City	Sainsbury's - Trinity Street, Coventry	1964 (1964)	John Skelton	diagrammatic map	Swedish pearl granite, part painted	335cm x 275cm		Coventry City Council	Not visible on the outside of the building

Coventry Ring Road

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	Steel horse	Junction 6 Coventry Ring Road - Ringway St Patrick's, Coventry	1986 (1986)	Simon Evans	Prancing horse sculpture	scrap metal, coated black			Coventry City Council	On going roadworks at Junction 6 of the Coventry Ring Road, so this might have gone into storage (sometime in 2014)
	Untitled Sculpture	Lamb Street, Coventry (near Ringway St Nicholas)	1973 (1973)	John Bridgeman	Sculpture	Resin, bronze powder	Sculpture: 219cm high x 65cm wide x 30cm deep. Pedestal: 26cm high x 112cm wide x 94cm deep		Coventry City Council	An organically shaped abstract sculpture coloured in muted tones.
	Coventry Martyrs Memorial	Ringway, St Patrick's, Coventry	1910 (1910)	G. Maile and Sons		Granite and metal			Coventry City Council	The memorial is in the form of a Celtic wheelhead cross, mounted on a stepped plinth.

Coventry Canal

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
120x120px More images	James Brindley	Coventry Canal Basin	1998 (1998)	James Butler	Statue	Bronze			Coventry City Council
	Canal Basin Mosaic	Coventry Canal Basin	1997 (1997)	Rosalind Wates		Unglazed ceramic tiles			Coventry City Council
	Lock Gates	Foleshill roundabout, Junction 1 of the Ring Road	1997 (1997)	Ondré Nowakowski		Oak			Coventry City Council
120x120px	Entry and Parapet Markers	Six freestanding and four parapet markers at various locations from Canal Basin to Hawkesbury Junction	1999 (1999)	Jon Mills		Painted galvanised steel			Coventry City Council
120x120px	The Journeyman	Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1	1999 (1999)	Stephen Hitchin		Steel, cast bronze			Coventry City Council
	Wave Seat	Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1	1998 (1998)	Michael Grevatte		Hornton stone			Coventry City Council
	Daimler Heritage Marker	Canalside, opposite Sandy Lane Business Park	1997 (1997)	Robert Crutchley		Bronze, granite			Coventry City Council
	The Coil	Adjacent to Prince William Henry Bridge	1997 (1997)	Frank Triggs		Sweet chestnut			Coventry City Council
120x120px	'Pleasure Craft'.	Tom Mann Close, off Lady Lane 52.452190 , - 1.487338	1997	Tim Shutter	Public Art	Stanton Moor Sandstone	111 x 178 x 195 cm		Coventry City Council	The work depicts a stone sofa with integral oar rack on a stone raft, ready to be launched into the canal.

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