List_of_public_art_in_Swansea
This is a list of public art in Swansea, Wales.
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British Empire Panels | Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall | 1932 | Sir Frank Brangwyn | [11] | 51°36′50.8″N 3°57′36.1″W | |
William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878 | Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea | 1906 | Ivor J. Thomas | [12] | 51°36′45.6″N 3°57′47.4″W | |
Boys' Brigade fountain | Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea | Reinaugurated 1987 | 51°36′45.2″N 3°57′42.7″W | |||
Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02 | Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea | 1904 | Mr Littlejohn (designer) | [13][14][15] | 51°36′41.2″N 3°57′59.8″W | |
Swansea War Memorial | Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea | 1923 | Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph ) | [16] | 51°36′38.5″N 3°58′5.21″W | |
Swansea Jack memorial | Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea | 1937 | J. Cecil Jones | [17] | 51°36′41.5″N 3°57′58.6″W | |
Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain | Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea | 1907 | Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones | [18] | 51°36′44.7″N 3°57′36.2″W |
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Musical Osprey – Leaving the Nest | Blackpill Lido, Swansea | 1998 | 'Urban Strawberry Lunch' | [19] | 51°35′46.7″N 3°59′40.7″W | |
Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost | Blackpill, Swansea | 1998 | Andrew Rowe (designer) | [20] | 51°35′55.9″N 3°59′37.3″W | |
War Memorial | Southend Park, Mumbles | 1939 (plinths with names added 2006). | [21] | 51°34′22.96″N 3°59′39.23″W | ||
Breathing at Sea | Southend Park, Mumbles | 2000 | Hideo Furuta | [22] | 51°34′22.75″N 3°59′38.86″W | |
Swansea Coat of Arms | Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles | 1935 | E E Morgan (Architect) | 51°34′29.15″N 3°59′56.87″W |
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Copper Flame | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1988 | Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers) | [23] | 51°36′49″N 3°56′31″W | |
Wall Sculptures | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 51°36′49″N 3°56′30.8″W | ||||
'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | c1985-90 | Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers) | [24] | 51°36′48.5″N 3°56′31.9″W | |
Navigation buoy | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 51°36′47.6″N 3°56′36″W | ||||
The Siren | Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1989 | 51°36′47.8″N 3°56′38.42″W | |||
Globe Sundial sculpture | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1987 | Wendy Taylor | [25] | 51°36′50.2″N 3°56′25.5″W | |
Lighthouse Tower sculpture | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1987 | Robert Conybear | [26][27] | 51°36′51″N 3°56′19.9″W | |
Helwick Lightship. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history. | Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | c1985–1990 | Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor) | see below | 51°36′50.76″N 3°56′25.7″W | |
The copper ore barque, Zeta. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history. | Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | c1985–1990 | Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor) | [28] | 51°36′51.6″N 3°56′19.4″W | |
The Boatshed Doors | Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory | c1985–1990 | Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell | [29] | 51°36′51.5″N 3°56′10.8″W | |
'Ecliptica' sculpture and weather vane, Marina Towers Observatory | Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1989 (building), 1991 (sculpture) | Robin Campbell (architect), Robert Conybear, Uta Molling (sculptors – 'Ecliptica' weather vane) | [30][31][27] | 51°36′50.4″N 3°56′12″W | |
Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory | Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1989 (building) | Robin Campbell (architect) | 51°36′50.61″N 3°56′12.99″W | ||
The Mermaid | Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1989 | Gordon Young | [32][27] | 51°36′50.8″N 3°56′13.9″W | |
'Baron' Spolasco, a quack doctor who lived in Swansea in the 1830s | Patagonia Walk, just off Trawler Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | c1985–1990 | Robin Campbell, Richard Porch (designers), Jonah Jones, Meic Watts, Brian Denman (sculptors) | [33] | 51°36′53.5″N 3°56′20.3″W | |
Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas | Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1990 | Robert J R Thomas (sculptor) | [34] | 51°36′59.1″N 3°56′9.5″W | |
Turbo Pharos wall sculpture | Maritime Quarter, Swansea | |||||
Mannheim Quay wall sculpture | Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 51°37′2.4″N 3°56′6.7″W | ||||
Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture | Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 51°37′0″N 3°56′10.3″W | ||||
Dylan Thomas | Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1984 | John Doubleday | [35] | 51°36′59.8″N 3°56′14″W | |
Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural | West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | c1979 | (see below) | 51°37′0.5″N 3°56′16.27″W | ||
Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life. | Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | c1979 | [36][37] | 51°36′59.8″N 3°56′14″W | ||
History and development of steam railways | Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1983 | Whitegates Ltd (Architects) | 51°36′55.19″N 3°56′33.13″W | ||
John Henry Vivian M.P. | Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1857 | John Evan Thomas | [38] | 51°36′55.3″N 3°56′15.7″W | |
Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy | Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | [39] | 51.6154°N 3.937241°W / 51.6154; -3.937241 | |||
Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany | Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1985 | R.Campbell (architect) | 51°37′2.4″N 3°56′6.7″W | ||
Wall Sculpture | Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | 51°37′2.67″N 3°55′59.91″W | ||
Wall Sculpture | Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | 51°37′3.1″N 3°56′3.1″W | ||
Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines | Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | 51°37′2.7″N 3°55′59.03″W | ||
Wall Sculpture | Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | 51°37′3.1″N 3°56′3.1″W | ||
Wall mounted sculpture (one of two) | Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1993 | Robin Campbell | [40] | 51°37′2.66″N 3°55′59.05″W | |
Door sculptures | Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea | 51°37′7.1″N 3°55′52″W | ||||
Merchant navy Memorial | Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea | 2005 | Philip Chatfield | [41][42] | 51°37′13.4″N 3°55′54.7″W | |
Riverside sculpture | By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront | 51°37′11.9″N 3°56′3.9″W | ||||
Light Wave | Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea | 2009 | Peter Freeman | 51°36′54.7″N 3°55′58.3″W | ||
Acoustic Sculpture 1 | Swansea Point, Swansea | 2009 | Rob Olins | [27] | 51°36′53.28″N 3°55′58.25″W | |
Acoustic Sculpture 2 | Swansea Point, Swansea | 2009 | Rob Olins | 51°36′52.4″N 3°56′4.5″W | ||
Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture) | Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea | 1977 | Kenneth Martin | [43] | 51°37′0.5″N 3°56′22.6″W |
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Poetry Benches | Morriston Hospital, Morriston | 2015 | David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet) | [44] | 51°35′46.7″N 3°59′40.7″W | |
Poetry Boards | Morriston Hospital, Morriston | 2015 | David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet) | [44] | 51°35′46.7″N 3°59′40.7″W |
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Dylan Thomas Memorial Stone | Cwmdonkin Park, Uplands | 1963 | Dylan Thomas (poet), Ronald Cour (sculptor) | [45] |
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- Mark Rees (21 April 2017). "Neglected Swansea work of art cleaned up in act of "reverse vandalism"". WalesOnline. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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- :Swansea Boulevard & Waterfront Connections: Steel Columns Accessed 18 January 2019
- Blitz Memorial Quay ParadeAccessed 28 June 2022
- :Air-raid victim's memorial - History PointsAccessed 28 June 2022
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- City and County of Swansea: Brangwyn Hall Panels Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: William Thomas statue Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Roll of Honour.com: Boer War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Listed Building Index: Boer War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- "War Memorials Register: Swansea – Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- "Swansea Cenotaph War Memorial (412404)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Swansea Jack Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Henry Evans Charles Fountain Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Musical Osprey Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Sustrans: National Cycle Network Millennium Mileposts Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Mumbles War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Copper Flame Sculpture Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Mnemonical Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Globe Sundial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Lighthouse Tower sculpture Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Alison Stace (2017). Sculpture Parks and Trails of Great Britain and Ireland (Second ed.). Herbert Press. ISBN 978-1-912217-25-0.
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Wall Sculpture Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Boatshed Doors Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Explore Gower: Marina Towers Observatory Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Google Books: Observatory Weather Vane Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: The Mermaid Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Spolasco Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Captain Cat Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Dylan Thomas Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- BBC Wales: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural Accessed Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Dylan Thomas Theatre: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: John Henry Vivian statue Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Plaque, Ferrara Square Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- : Pocketts Wharf wall sculpture Accessed 18 January 2019
- BBC Wales: Merchant Navy Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- City and County of Swansea Press Release: Merchant Navy Memorial Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Kinetic Monument Accessed 7 Sep 2017
- "Art in Site - Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Outpatients". www.artinsite.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- "Restored Dylan Thomas memorial unveiled in Swansea". BBC News. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2023.