List of public art in Wiltshire
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Alton Barnes
Amesbury
Yaha di lahi chanim ka ʒiri yaɣa din mirili bɔmbu.
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Airmen's Cross
Stonehenge Visiting Centre, Amesbury
1912
Memorial (wheel cross )
Stone
Grade II listed .[1] [2]
Originally located at Airman's Cross. Moved December 2013.
Amesbury War Memorial
Church Street, Amesbury
1920
War memorial (cross)
Stone
Reammended in 2011.[3]
Bladehenge
Solstice Park, Amesbury
11 March 2013
Charlotte Moreton
Sculpture
Steel
Inspired by the nearby Stonehenge .[4]
The Dragonfly
Solstice Park, Amesbury
11 June 2007
Charlotte Moreton
Sculpture
Made with recycled helicopter parts.[5]
Memorial for Major Alexander William Hewetson
Fargo Wood, Amesbury
1913?
Memorial (wheel cross )
Stone
The Mallow
Solstice Park, Amesbury
17 June 2008
Charlotte Moreton
Sculpture
"Road sign materials"[4]
The park's second sculpture.[5]
Millennium Cross
The Centre car park, Amesbury
2000
Cross wheel
Stone
Commemorating the third millennium .
Monumental pillar
Salisbury Street, Amesbury
1981
Monumental pillar
Stone
Red Kite
Solstice Park, Amesbury
4 October 2011
Charlotte Moreton
Sculpture
Steel
River Avon (a.k.a. The Avon )
Solstice Park, Amesbury
10 September 2009
Charlotte Moreton
Sculpture
Steel
Rotary Club of Amesbury Wishing Wheel
The Co-operative Food , Salisbury Street, Amesbury
January 2007
Wooler Ltd
Monumental water wheel
Brick, metal
Commemorates the centenary of the club, 1905–2005.
White Horse
Solstice Park, Amesbury
21 September 2010
Charlotte Moreton
Sculpture
Steel
Inspired by the county's white horse hill figures .[4]
Bradford on Avon
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Bradford-on-Avon War Memorial
Bradford-on-Avon
1922
War memorial (obelisk)
Stone
Obelisk war memorial.[6]
Cat
Mr Salvat's Coffee Room, St. Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon
17th century (the coffee room)[7]
Sculpture
Stone
Grade II listed (44 St Margaret's Street)[8]
Chi Rho symbol
Newtown, Bradford-on-Avon
Inscription
Directly above Lady's Well,[9] sharing the same niche.
Co-op mosaic
1 and 2 Shambles, Bradford-on-Avon
1930?
Mosaic
Advertising mosaic for the former Co-operative .[10]
The Iron Duke
Kingston Road, Bradford-on-Avon
24 September 2016
Memorial
Iron, glass
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Advice
Reassembled 19th century calender serving as a memorial to the local rubber industry.
Magic Frog
Middle Rank, Bradford-on-Avon [11]
Sculpture
Stone
Grade II listed (1-18, Middle Rank)[12]
Visitors are encouraged to rub its head and make a wish.[11]
Millie
Festival Garden, Bradford-on-Avon
22 January 2000
Dr John Willats
Sculpture
Metal, stone
Millennium sculpture.[13]
Twinning Garden Mosaic
The Twinning Garden, Bradford-on-Avon
30 June 2006[14]
Anita Andrews and Jane Mortimer[15]
Mosaic
Stone,[16] ceramic[17]
Bradford on Avon Town Council[17]
The plaque was installed in 2014.
The Turf Maze
Barton Farm Country Park, Bradford on Avon
2000s
Turf maze
Turf
A turf maze .
Calne
Cherhill
Chippenham
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Chippenham Calf Sculpture
Borough Parade, Chippenham
14 September 2013
Richard Cowdy
Sculpture
Bronze
2 feet high, 4 feet long
Chippenham Civic Society
Commemorating the town's former historical cattle market.[21]
Chippenham Christian Fellowship I Am mural
Exterior wall of Revelation Christian Resource Centre, River Street, Chippenham
2000
Designed in part by Keith Wilson[22]
Mural
14 feet high, 23 feet wide[23]
Put up to celebrate the millennium.[23]
Chippenham War Memorial
Near Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre, Chippenham
4 September 1921
War memorial and fountain
Sandstone ashlar, granite, slate
Grade II listed .[24]
Constructed to include the location's unused fountain.[25]
Eddie Cochran Memorial Plaque
Rowden Post, Chippenham
12 October 2018[26]
Adam Gittins[26]
Illustrated monumental plaque
Replacing an original memorial plaque placed in 1990.[26]
Fountain
John Coles Park, Park Lane, Chippenham
Fountain
Stone
Town Arms
Yelde Hall , Chippenham
1776
Emblem
Yelde Hall is Grade I listed .[27]
The "JS 1776" inscription refers to John Scott.[28]
The Twister
Monkton Park, Chippenham
21 September 1995
Lorraine Frost
Sculpture
Stone
1.8 metres tall
The drawings were by local children.
William Henry Fox Talbot photographing a girl and her dog
Greenways Business Park, Chippenham
1993
Greta Berlin
sculpture
Bronze
7 feet tall
Commissioned by Timberlaine.[29]
Corsham
Cricklade
Devizes
Iford Manor
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Britannia
Bridge over the River Frome, Iford Manor
Statue
Longleat
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Fountain
The Orangery, Longleat
Early 19th century
Unknown
Fountain
Stone
Grade II listed .[39]
A fountain in the gardens of The Orangery.
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate, Longleat
2001
Paul Norris
Sculpture
Stone, granite
A third millennium -commemorating set of sculptures.
Janus Arch
Entrance to Longleat
Angela Conner
Sculpture and fountain
Stainless steel
93 feet tall
A form of arch and fountain .[40]
Memorial to Joan Russell 1927–2003
Horningsham , Longleat
2003
Memorial and sculpture
Memorial to Joan Russell.
St George & the Dragon
Adventure Castle, Longleat
2005
Elizabeth Rainsford
Sculpture
Ludgershall
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Ludgershall Cross
High Street, Ludgershall
Medieval
Unknown
Preaching cross with carved figures
Stone
The surrounding ornamental iron fence was placed in 1897.
Ludgershall War Memorial
High Street, Ludgershall
Early 1920s
Unknown
War memorial
Stone
Marlborough
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Marlborough International Jazz Festival dedication stone
Priory Gardens, Marlborough
12 April 2022
Lisi Ashbridge
Carved, engraved stone monolith
Cumbrian slate
Commemorating the former Marlborough International Jazz Festival (1986–2016)[41]
Millennium Milepost
Midland and South Western Junction Railway trackbed, Marlborough
Andrew Rowe
Milepost sculpture
Cast iron
One of 1,000 Millennium Mileposts in the National Cycle Network .
Shell Grotto
Marlborough Mound , Marlborough College , Marlborough 51°25′00″N 1°44′15″W / 51.416573°N 1.737374°W / 51.416573; -1.737374 Coordinates : 51°25′00″N 1°44′15″W / 51.416573°N 1.737374°W / 51.416573; -1.737374
1720s
Members of the Seymour family
Grotto
Shells
Marlborough White Horse
Granham Hill, Marlborough
1804
Students of Mr Greasley's Academy
Hill figure
Chalk
62 feet long, 47 feet tall
Marlborough College
Untitled
Besides the River Kennet , Marlborough
Sculpture
Wood
Fashioned into a seat
Untitled
Besides the River Kennet , Marlborough
Sculpture
Wood
Fashioned into a seat.
Pewsey
Royal Wootton Bassett
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Forever
Royal Wootton Bassett
21 September 2015
Mark Humphrey
Sculpture, war memorial
Stone
Wootoon Bassett War Memorial
Royal Wootton Bassett
October 2004
Alan Wilson
War memorial
Metal, stone
A flagpole was placed beside it on 29 January 2010.[43]
Salisbury
Stourhead
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Bristol High Cross
Stourhead Garden, Stourhead
1373 (original) , 1663 (rebuilt)
Cross
Stone
Grade I listed .[47]
National Trust
Originally placed in Bristol. Moved to Stourhead in 1780.
The Obelisk
Great Oar Meadow, Stourhead Garden, Stourhead
1839
Henry Hoare II
Obelisk
Stone
Grade I listed .[48]
National Trust
Originally erected in 1746. Rebuilt in 1839.[49]
The Pantheon
Stourhead Garden, Stourhead
1753–54
Folly temple
Stone
Grade I listed .[50]
National Trust
A folly temple.
St Peter's Pump
Six Wells Bottom Valley, Stourhead
1474
Pump, grotto, statues, columned-temple
Stone
Grade I listed .[51]
National Trust
Placed here in 1786 by Henry Hoare.[52]
The Temple of Apollo
Stourhead Garden, Stourhead
1765
Henry Flitcroft
Folly temple
Stone
Grade I listed .[53]
National Trust
A circular folly temple.
The Temple of Floria
Stourhead Garden, Stourhead
1744–1746
Henry Hoare II
Folly temple
Stone
Grade I listed .[54]
National Trust
The first Stourhead garden building.
Swindon
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Applause
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Swindon
2003
Mark Amis
Sculpture
Bronze
9 feet tall
Cow
Great Western Hospital, Swindon
1987 (original location) [55] / September 2003 (current location) [56]
Tom Gleeson
Sculpture
Wielded steel
Originally located outside the Princess Margaret Hospital.[56]
Film Star
Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon 51°33′38″N 1°49′54″W / 51.56061°N 1.831753°W / 51.56061; -1.831753
1991
Robert Marshall
Statue
The statue depicts Diana Dors .
Golden Lion
The Parade, Swindon
25 February 1978
Sculpture
Gorilla
The Parade, Swindon
1985 (original location) / 12 May 1994 (current location)
Tom Gleeson
Sculpture
Wielded steel
Great Blondinis
Gorse Hill, Swindon
1987
John Clinch
Sculpture
Aluminium
17 feet tall
Hey Diddle Diddle
The Prinnels, Swindon
1992
Sculpture
Home Guard Memorial
River Ray, Purton Stoke , Swindon
Statue
Stone
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Brunel Shopping Centre, Swindon
1973
Statue
Copy of Baron Marochetti's 1864 statue of Brunel in London.
Liddington Parish Council 2000
Liddington Castle , Liddington , Borough of Swindon
2000
Liddington Parish Council with help from Ridgeway School
Sculpture
Stone, metal
Liddington Parish Council
"Viewing table" marking the third millennium .
Looking to the Future
The Prinnels, Swindon
1985
Sculpture
Old Wiltshire Horn
Dewell Mews, Swindon
1989
Jon Buck
Sculpture
Marks the site of a former livestock market.[57]
Swindon: An Interesting Mural
Near the Golden Lion Bridge, Swindon
1976
Ken White
Mural
Painted brick
Also known as the "Golden Lion Mural".[58]
White Horse Pacified
Shaw, Swindon
1987
Julie Livsey
Sculpture
Steel and concrete
Inspired by the white horse hill figures in Wiltshire.[57]
Wish Hounds
Croft County Park, Swindon
30 April 1993
Lou Hamilton
Sculpture
Powder coated scrap metal, concrete, earthworks
Spitfire
Spitfire Way, Swindon
Sculpture
There was once a real spitfire at this location.
Trowbridge
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Coat of Arms
Sensory Garden, Trowbridge
1926
Tablet, emblem
Metal, stone
Crucifix
4 Hill Street
Shrine
Stone
Grade II listed .[59]
Crucifix in a niche , a later addition to a c. 1814 building.[60]
Metal Work Sculpture
Sensory Garden, Trowbridge
August 2003
Local youths
Sculpture
Metal
Designed for the Trowbridge Area Festival of Fun.
Pumpkin Tower
Bythesea Road, Trowbridge
2000
Thomas Rothschild
Folly
Thomas Rothschild
A folly tower.
Shears Map
Trowbridge Park, Trowbridge
May 2000
Patrick Hallissey, Mervyn Grist, Michael Tollitt and Ian Marlowe
Sculpture
Metal, plastic, terracotta
Millennium sculpture originally located on Fore Street, but moved outside the Civic Centre in 2012.
Gothic structure around Studley Pump
Frome Road, Upper Studley, Trowbridge
1862
Monument
Stone
Grade II listed alongside Studley Pump.[61]
An elaborate structure sheltering Studley Pump.
Trompe L'eoil
Roundstone Street, Trowbridge
October 2003
Roger Smith, Wiltshire Steeplejacks
Trompe-l'œil
Painted brick
Commemorates the 25th anniversary of Trowbridge Civic Society. New additions made in 2022.
Trowbridge War Memorial
Trowbridge Park, Trowbridge
August 1921
J W Singer
War memorial with statue
Bronze, Portland stone
Grade II listed .[62]
A Victorian Sensory Garden
Sensory Garden, Wiltshire
2004
David Bath
Sculpture
Wood, metal
Described as a "braille sculpture"
World War I War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge
1919–1920
War memorial (cross)
Stone
Grade II listed .[63]
Warminster
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Beyond Harvest
The Cornmarket Shopping Centre, Warminster
1990
Colin Lambert
Sculpture
Bronze
Civic Trust & Town Council
Commemorating the former corn market in this location.
The Obelisk
Junction of Silver Street, Church Street and Vicarage Street, Warminster
1783
Obelisk
Grade II* listed .[64]
Believed to stand on a medieval market cross.
Warminster War Memorial
Junction of Portway and The Close, Warminster
29 May 1921
War memorial (cross)
Bath stone[65]
Located in a small garden.[66]
Westbury and Bratton
Image
Title / subject
Location and coordinates
Date
Artist / designer
Type
Material
Dimensions
Designation
Owner / administrator
Notes
Mosaic
Coopers Store, Edward Street, Westbury
Pupils of Matravers School
Mosaic
Glass
Commemorating the links between the youth of Westbury and the Chernobyl area.
Illustrated toposcope
Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs , Westbury
1968
Pupils of Adcroft School of Building
Illustrated topscope
Metal, stone
An illustrated toposcope .
Battle of Enthandun Memorial
Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs , Westbury
5 November 2000
Monument
Sarsen stone, metal
Denoting the location of the Battle of Ethandun .
Bratton Memorial Cross
Village green, Bratton, Wiltshire
Early 1920s
War memorial (wheel cross)
Stone
Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II Jubilee Beacon
Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs , Westbury
3 June 2002
Beacon
Metal
Commemorating the aforementioned jubilee.
R & J Reeves & & Son memorial
B3098, Bratton, Wiltshire
1993
Monument
Brick, iron
Commemorating the village's former iron works, unveiled by Kathleen Reeves.[67]
Westbury War Memorial
Edward Street, Westbury
War memorial
Renovated in 2014. Flagpoles placed in 2011.
Westbury White Horse
Westbury Hill, Bratton Downs , Westbury
1778
Hill figure
Concrete
180 feet tall, 170 feet wide
English Heritage
A well known hill figure .
Yew Stump
Edward Street, Westbury
11 August 1990
Monument
Wood
A tree stump which was subsequently converted into a monument for the former 430-year-old tree.
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↑ Airmen's Cross at Junction of A344 and A360 – Winterbourne Stoke – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ Wiltshire war memorial restored after 'mystery height loss' – BBC News
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↑ 5.0 5.1 Photo of The Mallow Sculpture on Solstice Park, Amesbury Wilts .
↑ Bradford on Avon War Memorial | WAR MEMORIALS ONLINE
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↑ 44, St Margaret's Street .
↑ Bradford on Avon: New Town
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↑ Widbrook Grange – Hotel Near Longleat, Bath, Wiltshire, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge
↑ Octagonal Twinning Garden Officially Opened (30 June 2006).
↑ Bradford on Avon Town Council Projects (2015).
↑ Octagonal Twinning Garden Officially Opened
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↑ Calne .
↑ 20.0 20.1 Sheep .
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↑ The Sham Ruin – Corsham – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ Jubilee Clock – Cricklade – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ Pride as Devizes war memorial is listed (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
↑ War Memorials Trust
↑ The Fountain – Devizes – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ St John's Church . Anthony Houghton. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
↑ 38.0 38.1 Wayside Monument – Stert – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ Fountain in Front of the Orangery at Longleat House – Horningsham – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ Angela Conner Sculptor » Janus Arch
↑ Marlborough International Jazz Festival remembered – dedicated stone unveiled in Priory Gardens (12 April 2022).
↑ King Alfred Monument – Pewsey – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ War Memorial | Wootton Bassett in the Great War .
↑ Tɛmplet:NHLE
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↑ 46.0 46.1 Mural to mark return of birds (From Salisbury Journal)
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↑ The Obelisk – Stourton with Gasper – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ Stourhead Park Hill Camp walk | National Trust
↑ The Pantheon – Stourton with Gasper – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ St Peters Pump – Stourton with Gasper – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ The Stour Valley Way: Stourhead the Source of the river Stour .
↑ The Temple of Apollo – Stourton with Gasper – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ The Temple of Flora – Stourton with Gasper – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
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↑ War Memorial to South of Holy Trinity Church – Trowbridge – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
↑ The Obelisk – Warminster – Wiltshire – England | British Listed Buildings
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