List of public art in Cambridgeshire

This is a list of public art in the Cambridgeshire 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.

Brabraham

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Jonas Webb High Street, Babraham, Cambridgeshire Late 19th centuryCarlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade IIQ26616046 [1]

Cambridge

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William Pitt the Younger Pembroke College, Cambridge 1819Richard Westmacott Statue on pedestal
Bears Exterior of Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 1904Unknown SculpturesStone [2]

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Cambridge War Memorial Hills Road

52.195065°N 0.131055°E / 52.195065; 0.131055
1922Robert Tait McKenzie Statue on pedestalBronze, brick and stone Grade II listedQ26558679 [3][4]
Guildhall Doors The Guildhall, Market Square 1933Laurence Bradshaw Doors with 10 relief panelsBronze [2]
Crocodile Wall of Mond Building, off Free School Lane 1933Eric Gill MotifIncised brickwork [2]

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Talos Guildhall Street, Cambridge c.1960, installed 1973Michael Ayrton Sculpture on pedestalBronze and stone [2]
Ceres - Goddess of Corn CB1, Mill Park 1962William Bloye SculptureBronze [4]
Kett's Oak Exterior of Kett House, corner of Station Rd. & Hills Rd. 1963Willi Soukop Bas-reliefSandstone [4]

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Four-Square (Walk Through) Churchill College, Cambridge 1966Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBronze Q60786074 [5][6]
The Swimmers Mill Road by Parkside Swimming Pool 1966Betty Rea, completed by John W Mills Statue groupBronze [4][7]
Construction in Aluminium Outside Engineering Department, Trumpington St. 1967Kenneth Martin Abstract sculpture on pedestalAluminium and Portland stone [4]

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Two Forms (Divided Circle) Fellows' Garden, Clare College, Cambridge 1969Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBronze237 x 234 x 54cm Q7858962 [8][2]

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The Chauvinist Hills Road / Brooklands Road, Cambridge 1990Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureGranite [4]
Crystalline design Crystallographic Data Centre, Union Road 1992Eric Sorenson (architect) MosaicGlass [4]
A Pattern of Life Fellows' Garden, Christ's College 2001Tim Harrisson Abstract sculpturePortland limestone [2]
Earthbound: Plant Haddon Library & Sedgwick Museum 2003Anthony Gormley Footprint sculptureCast iron [2]
Flame Claire Hall, Herschel Road 2004Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureBronze [2]
DNA Double Helix Memorial Court, Clare College 2005Charles Jencks Abstract structureAluminium [2]
Confucius Clare College Avenue 2006Wu Wei-Shan SculptureBronze [2]
Grasshopper The Greshams, Gonville Place 2006Matthew Lane Sanderson SculptureSteel [4]
Two Elements Uniting to Form a Contract County Court Building, East Road 2006Colin Rose SculptureStainless steel [4]

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Between the Lines Fisher Square, Cambridge 2007Peter Randall-Page SculptureGranite glacial boulder178 x 214 x 180cm [9][2]

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The Corpus Clock Taylor Library, King's Parade 2008John Taylor and Matthew Lane Sanderson Clock with sculptureMetal sculpture [2]
Mother and Child Exterior of John Lewis, Downing St., 2008Sophie Dickens Carved sculptureWood [2]
Finback Front Court, Robinson College, Grange Road 2008Ben Barrell Abstract sculptureBronze resin [2][10]

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Charles Darwin Darwin Garden, Christ's College, Cambridge 2009 Anthony Smith StatueBronze [2]
Ex Libris University Library, West Road 2009Harry Gray 14 postsBronze [2]
Reflective Editor Station Road 2011Douglas Allsop Abstract sculptureBlack granite [4]
Darwin New Court, Christ's College 2011Phillip King Abstract structureSteel [2]
Snowy Market Square 2012Gary Webb SculptureMetal Inspired by Snowy Farr[2]
Southern Shade Churchill College 2012Nigel Hall Abstract sculptureBronze [6]
Wander Station Place 2014Dryden Goodwin 100 Engraved platesSteelEach 123mm diameter [4][11]
Bird Stones Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge 2014Gordon Young Six monoliths and a benchStone and wood [4][12]
The Barnwell Sentence Kingsley Walk, off Newmarket Road 2014Lucy Skaer MosaicLava, stone and glass [4]
Slate Work South David Attenborough Building, Downing St., 2016Ackroyd & Harvey MosaicWelsh slate [2]
Flow James Dyson Building, Fen Causeway 2018Simon Tegala Abstract sculptureSteel with electronic screen [4]

Clarkson Road

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Mathematical Gates Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1970John Robinson Relief and gatesCast iron [6]
Creation Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1991John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6]
Intuition Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1993John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6][13]
Genesis Isaac Newton Institute, Clarkson Road 1995John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6][14]

Homerton Gardens

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Setting Out Homerton Gardens, Harrison Drive 2017Harry Gray Abstract sculptureBronze, stone and steel [4]
Made to Measure Homerton Gardens, Harrison Drive 2018Harry Gray Abstract sculptureBronze, Portland stone and limestone [4][15]

Lensfield Road

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Youth Scott Polar Institute, Lensfield Road 1922Kathleen Scott Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Modelled by A.W. Lawrence [16][4]
Robert Falcon Scott Scott Polar Institute 1934Kathleen Scott Bust in nicheBronze [4]
Alchemy symbols & University coat of arms Exterior of Chemistry Building, Lensfield Road 1958Mary Spencer Watson Bas-reliefStone [4]
Inukshuk Scott Polar Institute 1979Unknown SculptureStone Sculpture from Baffin Island[4]
Husky Dog Memorial Scott Polar Institute 2009David Cemmick SculptureBronze [4]
The Antarctic Monument Scott Polar Institute 2011Oliver Barratt Abstract sculptureOak [4]

Madingley Road

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Pulse Institute of Astromomy, Madingley Road 1996John Robinson Abstract sculptureStainless steel [6]
Promethus Institute of Astromomy, Madingley Road 2004James Atkinson Abstract sculpturePainted aluminium [6]
Tree of Life: Encounter The Woolf Institute, Madingley Road 2018Helaine Blumenfeld Abstract sculptureMarble3m tall [6][17]

Sidgwick Site

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Span Sidgwick Avenue 1967Phillip King Abstract sculptureSteel [2]
Bigger Bite Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2010Nigel Hall Abstract sculptureBronze [2]
A Local History Pavement, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site 2013Edmund de Waal 3 vitrines filled with porcelain itemsVarious [2]
Daze IV Sidgwick Site 2014Antony Gormley SculptureCast iron [2]

Fordham

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Fordham War Memorial Fordham, Cambridgeshire 1921Edward Lutyens & George Frampton Statue of Saint George on pillarStone Grade IIQ26616619 [18][19]

Peterborough

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War memorial Pearl Assurance offices, Peterborough 1919George Frampton Statue on pedestalBronze and stone Grade II*Q62132803 Relocated from London in 1991[20][21]

Ramsey

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War memorial Ramsey 1921F.W. Pomeroy Statue on columnStone Grade IIQ26459919 [22][23]

St Ives

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Statue of Oliver Cromwell Market Hill, St Ives 1901F.W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal and stepsBronze and Portland stone Grade IIQ22917664 [24]

References

  1. Historic England. "Statue of Jonas Webb opposite Chalk Farmhouse (1331112)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. "Trail 2 - City Centre". Cambridge Sculpture Trails. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. "War Memorials Register: Men of Cambridge (The Homecoming)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. "Trail 1 - South Cambridge". Cambridge Sculpture Trails. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. "Catalogue entry: Four-Square (Walk Through)". Tate. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. "Trail 3 - West Cambridge". Cambridge Sculpture Trails. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. "Bronze group of bathers". Cambridge Public Art Audit. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. "Catalogue entry: Two Forms (Divided Circle)". Tate. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. "Between the Lines". www.peterrandall-page.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "Artworks". Robinson College. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  11. "Wander portraits". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  12. "Launch of new public art project in Mill Road Cemetery". Cambridge City Council. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  13. "Symbolic Sculpture The Collected Works of John Robinson Intuition". The Bradshaw Foundation. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  14. "Symbolic Sculpture The Collected Works of John Robinson Genesis". The Bradshaw Foundation. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  15. "Made to Measure sculpture". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  16. "Scott Polar Research Institute: Buildings and grounds". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  17. Sophie Killip (12 February 2018). "Helaine Blumenfeld unveils her Tree of Life at The Woolf Institute". designcurial. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  18. Historic England. "Fordham War Memorial (1331743)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  19. "War Memorials Register: Fordham". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  20. Historic England. "Pearl Centre war memorial (1462803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  21. "War Memorials Register: Pearl Assurance". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  22. "War Memorials Register: Ramsey". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  23. Historic England. "War memorial (1166434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  24. Historic England. "Statue of Oliver Cromwell (1161588)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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