List of public art in Suffolk
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This is a list of public art in the Suffolk 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.
The list can be sorted by clicking on the corresponding arrows in the column titles.
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Triton | Royal Plain, Lowestoft 52°28′17.3″N 1°45′1.8″E / 52.471472°N 1.750500°E |
1849 | John Thomas | Sculpture on column | York stone | Grade II | Commissioned by Samuel Morton Peto.[1] | |
Prince Albert | Framlingham College, Framlingham 52°13′35″N 1°20′21.5″E / 52.22639°N 1.339306°E |
1865 | Joseph Durham | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | Statue height 8 ft (2.4 m) | Grade II | [2] | |
The Drums of the Fore and Aft | Market Hill, Woodbridge 52°5′38.4″N 1°18′50.1″E / 52.094000°N 1.313917°E |
1901 | Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle | Sculpture | Bronze | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) high | Placed here in 1980, in memory of Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle.[3] | ||
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Boer War Memorial | Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds 52°14′45.9″N 0°42′44.9″E / 52.246083°N 0.712472°E |
1904 | Arthur George Walker | Sculpture on pedestal | Grade II | [4] | ||
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Thomas Gainsborough | Market Hill, Sudbury 52°2′18.8″N 0°43′51.3″E / 52.038556°N 0.730917°E |
1913 | Bertram Mackennal | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Gainsborough is shown holding a palette and brush.[5] | |
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War Memorial | Promenade, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe 51°57′33.5″N 1°20′57.8″E / 51.959306°N 1.349389°E |
1920 | Sculpture on column | Bronze and Portland stone | Grade II | A sculpture of a dove on a Corinthian column.[6] | ||
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War Memorial | Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds 52°14′44″N 0°42′56.8″E / 52.24556°N 0.715778°E |
1921 | Sidney Naish | Wheel-cross | Clipsham stone | Grade II | Unveiled by General Lord Horne.[7] | |
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Naval War Memorial | Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft 52°29′18.4″N 1°45′19.8″E / 52.488444°N 1.755500°E |
1953 | F. H. Crossley and H. Tyson Smith | Memorial | Grade II | Dedicated to the Royal Naval Patrol Service. Unveiled by Sir Rhoderick McGrigor.[8] | ||
Hyperion | High Street, Newmarket 52°14′35.5″N 0°24′17.3″E / 52.243194°N 0.404806°E |
1961 | John Skeaping | Equestrian sculpture on pedestal | Bronze and stone | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) high (sculpture) | Commissioned by John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby. Sited in front of the Jockey Club Rooms.[9] | ||
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The Family of Man | Snape Maltings 52°9′47.2″N 1°29′55.7″E / 52.163111°N 1.498806°E |
1976 | Barbara Hepworth | Three abstract sculptures | Three of the set of nine figures, of which casts are located in various sites, representing different stages of life.[10] | |||
Ship | Civic Drive, Ipswich 52°03′28.8″N 1°8′50.5″E / 52.058000°N 1.147361°E |
Bernard Reynolds | Sculpture | glass-reinforced aluminum resin | 3.83 m (12.6 ft) high | An arrangement of sail and hull motifs: a tribute to Ipswich as a port.[11] | |||
Man and Ball | Ransomes Industrial Estate, Ipswich 52°02′0.4″N 1°12′22.4″E / 52.033444°N 1.206222°E |
1995 | Giles Penny | Sculpture | Bronze | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) high | Commissioned by Ransomes Industrial Estate.[12] | ||
The Lifeboatman | Royal Terrace, Lowestoft 52°28′21.6″N 1°44′57.9″E / 52.472667°N 1.749417°E |
2000 | Dominic Marshall | Statue | Fibreglass, concrete and stone | Dedicated to all Lowestoft Lifeboatmen.[13] | |||
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Scallop | Aldeburgh beach 52°09′37.9″N 1°36′21.1″E / 52.160528°N 1.605861°E |
2003 | Maggi Hambling | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 3.70 m (12.1 ft) high | It bears a quote from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes: "I hear those voices that will not be drowned".[14][15] | |
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Handstanding | Downham Boulevard, Ipswich 52°1′43.3″N 1°11′40.4″E / 52.028694°N 1.194556°E |
2006 | Martin Heron | Sculpture | Corten steel | 4.50 m (14.8 ft) high | Commissioned by Ipswich Borough Council. Silhouettes of hands are welded together, representing community values.[16] | |
Hands Sculpture | Outside Quay Church, Quay Street, Woodbridge 52°5′30.1″N 1°19′2.1″E / 52.091694°N 1.317250°E |
2014 | Rick Kirby | Sculpture | Commissioned by Woodbridge Quay Church.[17] | ||||
The Queen's Statue | High Street, Newmarket 52°14′22.2″N 0°23′37.7″E / 52.239500°N 0.393806°E |
2016 | Etienne Millner and Charlie Langton | Sculpture | Bronze, on plinth of Portland stone | Queen Elizabeth II, with mare and foal, is depicted in 1977, the year of her Silver Jubilee.[18] | |||
Yoxman | Near Yoxford 52°16′2″N 1°30′51.3″E / 52.26722°N 1.514250°E |
2021 | Laurence Edwards | Sculpture | Bronze, wood and detritus | 7.92 m (26.0 ft) high | Commissioned by Wilderness Reserve, and is sited on their estate.[19][20] |
References
[edit]- ^ Historic England. "Statue of Tritonl (1209835)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Statue of Prince Albert at Framlingham College (1030357)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "The Drums to the Fore and Aft" Art UK. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Boer War Memorial (1076927)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Statue of Thomas Gainsborough (1351387)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Felixstowe War Memorial (1467910)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Bury St Edmunds War Memorial (1468360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Naval War Memorial (1385386)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "'Hyperion' (1930–1960)" Art UK. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Returning to Snape Maltings: Barbara Hepworth's The Family of Man" Britten Pears Arts. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Ship" Art UK. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Man and Ball" Art UK. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "The Lifeboatman" Art UK. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Aldeburgh Scallop". J T Pegg and Sons. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "The Suffolk Coast's Intriguing Statues". The Suffolk Coast. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Handstanding" Art UK. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Our history" Woodbridge Quay Church. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Queen's Statue" Art UK. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Yoxman" Art UK. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Suffolk: Yoxman sculpture to become landmark off A12" BBC, 12 October 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2024.