:List of public art in Swansea
Swansea City Centre
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|Sir Henry Hussey Vivian |Adjacent to St. David's Shopping Centre |1886 | {{Location|51.619061 | |
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|Orchard Street mural |Central Clinic, Orchard Street |1969 |Harry Everington and Swansea College of Art students | | |
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|Castle Square, Swansea City Centre |1996 |Amber Hiscott |[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002618/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11457/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Leaf Boat] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[http://www.amberhiscott.com/page003.htm Amber Hiscott Website] Accessed 7 Sep 2017 |{{coord|51|37|13.2|N|3|56|30|W}} | |
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|Wall sculpture, quotingFern Hill by Dylan Thomas |8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centre |c. 1996 | | | {{coord|51|37|7.5|N|3|56|25.9|W}} |
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|Poem for the Good Settler |Christina Street, Swansea City Centre |1997 |Nigel Jenkins (poet) | | | |
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|Thumbprint |Swansea Central Police Station |2001 |Andy Hazel | | |
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|Stainless steel columns |Princess Way, Swansea City Centre |2006 |David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell |{{coord|51|37|6.5|N|3|56|28.4|W}} | |
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|Madonna and Child |Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea) | | | |{{coord|51|37|4.2|N|3|56|33.2|W}} | |
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|Wall Sculpture |Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea) | | | |{{coord|51|37|4.2|N|3|56|33.3|W}} | |
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|Wall Sculpture |Walkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea) | | | |{{coord|51|37|4.2|N|3|56|33.3|W}} | |
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|Swansea Blitz Memorial |Quay Parade Junction with New Cut Road |1995 | | [https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/106240 Blitz Memorial Quay Parade]Accessed 28 June 2022[https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=air-raid-victims-memorial-swansea :Air-raid victim's memorial - History Points]Accessed 28 June 2022 | {{Location|51.621913 | |
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|Flying Figurehead |Quay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront |1988 |David Backhouse |{{coord|51|37|17.62|N|3|56|8.72|W|region:GB}} | |
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|1993 |David Hughes (poet) |{{coord|51.6253 | |
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Brynmill
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| British Empire Panels
| Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall | 1932 | Sir Frank Brangwyn |{{coord|51|36|50.8|N|3|57|36.1|W}} |
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| William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878 | Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea | 1906 | Ivor J. Thomas |{{coord|51|36|45.6|N|3|57|47.4|W}} |
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| Boys' Brigade fountain | Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea | Reinaugurated 1987 | | |{{coord|51|36|45.2|N|3|57|42.7|W}} |
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|Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02 |Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea |1904 |Mr Littlejohn (designer) |[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Glamorgan/SwanseaBoer.html Roll of Honour.com: Boer War Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[https://web.archive.org/web/20040114233030/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?Articleid=1524 Listed Building Index: Boer War Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/6626 |title=War Memorials Register: Swansea – Boer War|access-date= 14 January 2022|website= Imperial War Museum}} |{{coord|51|36|41.2|N|3|57|59.8|W}} |
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|Esplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea |1923 |Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph ) |{{Coflein|num=412404 |desc=Swansea Cenotaph War Memorial}} Accessed 7 Sep 2017 |{{coord|51|36|38.5|N|3|58|5.21|W|region:GB}} |
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|Swansea Jack memorial |Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea |1937 |J. Cecil Jones |{{coord|51|36|41.5|N|3|57|58.6|W}} |
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|Henry Evans Charles Memorial Fountain |Oystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea |1907 |Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil Jones |{{coord|51|36|44.7|N|3|57|36.2|W}} |
Blackpill and Mumbles
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|Musical Osprey – Leaving the Nest |1998 |'Urban Strawberry Lunch' |{{coord|51|35|46.7|N|3|59|40.7|W}} |
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|Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost |1998 |Andrew Rowe (designer) |{{coord|51|35|55.9|N|3|59|37.3|W}} |
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|War Memorial |Southend Park, Mumbles |1939 (plinths with names added 2006). | |{{coord|51|34|22.96|N|3|59|39.23|W|region:GB}} |
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|Breathing at Sea |Southend Park, Mumbles |2000 |Hideo Furuta |{{coord|51|34|22.75|N|3|59|38.86|W|region:GB}} |
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|Above entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles |1935 |E E Morgan (Architect) | |{{coord|51|34|29.15|N|3|59|56.87|W|region:GB}} |
Maritime Quarter
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|Copper Flame |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1988 |Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers) |{{coord|51.61359 |
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|Wall Sculptures |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | | | |{{coord|51|36|49|N|3|56|30.8|W}} |
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| 'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vane |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |c1985-90 |Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers) |{{coord|51|36|48.5|N|3|56|31.9|W}} |
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|Navigation buoy |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | | | |{{coord|51|36|47.6|N|3|56|36|W}} |
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|The Siren |Seaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1989 | | |{{coord|51|36|47.8|N|3|56|38.42|W|region:GB}} |
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|Globe Sundial sculpture |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1987 |{{coord|51|36|50.2|N|3|56|25.5|W}} |
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|Lighthouse Tower sculpture |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1987 |Robert Conybear |[https://web.archive.org/web/20160514025929/http://pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11613/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Lighthouse Tower sculpture] Accessed 7 Sep 2017 |{{coord|51|36|51|N|3|56|19.9|W}} |
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|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 |{{coord|51|36|50.76|N|3|56|25.7|W|region:GB}} |
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|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) |{{coord|51|36|51.6|N|3|56|19.4|W}} |
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|The Boatshed Doors |Marine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatory |c1985–1990 |Robert Conybear, Robin Campbell |{{coord|51|36|51.5|N|3|56|10.8|W}} |
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|'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) |[http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/explore/swansea/marina-towers Explore Gower: Marina Towers Observatory] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=swansea+observatory+sculpture&btnG= Google Books: Observatory Weather Vane] Accessed 7 Sep 2017{{cite book|author=Alison Stace|publisher=Herbert Press|year=2017|title= Sculpture Parks and Trails of Great Britain and Ireland |isbn=978-1-912217-25-0|edition=Second }} |{{coord|51|36|50.4|N|3|56|12|W}} |
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|Sculptures on the Marina Towers Observatory |Sea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1989 (building) |Robin Campbell (architect) | |{{coord|51|36|50.61|N|3|56|12.99|W|region:GB}} |
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|The Mermaid |Marine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1989 |Gordon Young |[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214532/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/11611/ Public Monument and Sculpture Association: The Mermaid] Accessed 7 Sep 2017 |{{coord|51|36|50.8|N|3|56|13.9|W}} |
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|'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) |{{coord|51|36|53.5|N|3|56|20.3|W}} |
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|Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas |Abernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1990 | Robert J R Thomas (sculptor) |{{coord|51|36|59.1|N|3|56|9.5|W}} |
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|Turbo Pharos wall sculpture | | | | |
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|Mannheim Quay wall sculpture | | | |{{Location|51|37|2.4|N|3|56|6.7|W}} |
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|Pumphouse Quay wall sculpture |Next to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | | | |{{coord|51|37|0|N|3|56|10.3|W}} |
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| Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1984 |{{coord|51|36|59.8|N|3|56|14|W}} |
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|Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and mural |West wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |c1979 | |(see below) |{{coord|51|37|0.5|N|3|56|16.27|W|region:GB}} |
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|Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life. |Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |c1979 | |[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14918561 BBC Wales: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural] Accessed Accessed 7 Sep 2017[http://www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk/about-us.php Dylan Thomas Theatre: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural] Accessed 7 Sep 2017 |{{coord|51|36|59.8|N|3|56|14|W}} |
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|History and development of steam railways |Victoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1983 |Whitegates Ltd (Architects) | |{{coord|51|36|55.19|N|3|56|33.13|W|region:GB}} |
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|John Henry Vivian M.P. | Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | 1857 |{{coord|51|36|55.3|N|3|56|15.7|W}} |
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|Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy | Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea | | |{{Location|51.6154 |
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| Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, Germany |Near Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1985 |R.Campbell (architect) | |{{coord|51|37|2.4|N|3|56|6.7|W}} |
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|Wall Sculpture |Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | |{{coord|51|37|2.67|N|3|55|59.91|W|region:GB}} |
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|Wall Sculpture |Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | |{{coord|51|37|3.1|N|3|56|3.1|W}} |
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|Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine Engines |Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | |{{coord|51|37|2.7|N|3|55|59.03|W|region:GB}} |
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|Wall Sculpture |Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1993 | Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) | |{{coord|51|37|3.1|N|3|56|3.1|W}} |
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| Wall mounted sculpture (one of two) |Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea |1993 |Robin Campbell |{{coord|51|37|2.66|N|3|55|59.05|W|region:GB}} |
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|Door sculptures | Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea | | | |{{coord|51|37|7.1|N|3|55|52|W}} |
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|Merchant navy Memorial |Technium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea |2005 |Philip Chatfield |[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4623883.stm BBC Wales: Merchant Navy Memorial] Accessed 7 Sep 2017[http://www3.swansea.gov.uk/cmsr/presssystem/PressReleaseTemplate2.asp?starget=/cmsr/presssystem/pressdata/2003/20031217memorial%20for%20merchant%20navy%20in%20swansea.htm&DocTitle=Memorial%20for%20Merchant%20Navy%20in%20Swansea City and County of Swansea Press Release: Merchant Navy Memorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930034400/http://www3.swansea.gov.uk/cmsr/presssystem/PressReleaseTemplate2.asp?starget=%2Fcmsr%2Fpresssystem%2Fpressdata%2F2003%2F20031217memorial%20for%20merchant%20navy%20in%20swansea.htm&DocTitle=Memorial%20for%20Merchant%20Navy%20in%20Swansea |date=30 September 2011 }} Accessed 7 Sep 2017 |{{coord|51|37|13.4|N|3|55|54.7|W}} |
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|Riverside sculpture |By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront | | | |{{coord|51|37|11.9|N|3|56|3.9|W}} |
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|Light Wave |Crescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea |2009 |Peter Freeman | |{{coord|51|36|54.7|N|3|55|58.3|W}} |
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|Acoustic Sculpture 1 |2009 |Rob Olins |{{coord|51|36|53.28|N|3|55|58.25|W|region:GB}} |
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|Acoustic Sculpture 2 |2009 |Rob Olins | |{{coord|51|36|52.4|N|3|56|4.5|W}} |
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|Kinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture) |Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea |1977 |{{coord|51|37|0.5|N|3|56|22.6|W}} |
Morriston
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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) |{{coord|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) |{{coord|51|35|46.7|N|3|59|40.7|W}} |
Uplands
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|Dylan Thomas Memorial Stone |1963 |Dylan Thomas (poet), Ronald Cour (sculptor) | |
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