List of public art in Brighton and Hove

This is a selective list of public art in Brighton and Hove, a city on the south coast of England formed by the amalgamation of two towns and their surrounding areas. For the purposes of this list, public art is defined as a permanent, three-dimensional, open-air work. Works on or inside buildings, along with cemetery monuments, are generally excluded.

Brighton

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
The Dolphin Fountain Brighton Square, The Lanes 1 March 1992 James Osbourne [1] 50°49′19″N 0°08′25″W / 50.822°N 0.14039°W / 50.822; -0.14039
Statue of George IV Church Street, opposite Royal Pavilion 9 October 1828 Francis Leggatt Chantrey [2] 50°49′24″N 0°08′13″W / 50.823387°N 0.13686°W / 50.823387; -0.13686
Isis Royal Sussex County Hospital 24 July 2000 William Lasd/un [3]
Life Begins Royal Sussex County Hospital 2007 George Cutts [4]
Boy and Girl Royal Sussex County Hospital 2007 Jon Mills [4]
Buoys Royal Sussex County Hospital 2009 Ally Wallace [4]
Kiss Wall Seafront, near East Street 22 September 1992 Bruce Williams [5]
The Fossil Tree (National Cycle Network route marker) Kings Road, near entrance to Brighton Pier 2000 Jon Mills [5] 50°49′10″N 0°08′12″W / 50.81939°N 0.13669°W / 50.81939; -0.13669
Afloat Seafront, near East Street 1998 Hamish Black [6] 50°49′07″N 0°08′21″W / 50.8187188°N 0.1392648°W / 50.8187188; -0.1392648
Passacaglia Beach opposite Kings Road arches 1998 Charles Hadcock [7] 50°49′12″N 0°08′38″W / 50.8201118°N 0.1439343°W / 50.8201118; -0.1439343
Peace Statue Brighton–Hove boundary, Kingsway 12 October 1912 Newbury Abbot Trent [8] 50°49′21″N 0°09′25″W / 50.822519°N 0.156957°W / 50.822519; -0.156957
Patcham Pylons A23 London Road 1928 John Leopold Denman [9] 50°52′50″N 0°09′55″W / 50.8806°N 0.1653°W / 50.8806; -0.1653
Statue of Steve Ovett Madeira Drive 24 July 2012 Peter Webster [10] 50°49′07″N 0°07′48″W / 50.8185°N 0.13°W / 50.8185; -0.13
Statue of Queen Victoria Victoria Gardens 8 December 1897 Carlo Nicoli [11] 50°49′26″N 0°08′12″W / 50.823788°N 0.136617°W / 50.823788; -0.136617
Statue of Max Miller New Road/Pavilion Gardens 1 May 2005 Peter Webster [12] 50°49′24″N 0°08′21″W / 50.82337°N 0.1392°W / 50.82337; -0.1392
The Kissing Bridge Circus Parade, New England Road 9 September 1998 Nigel Boonham [13]
Tay (AIDS memorial) New Steine 9 October 2009 Romany Mark Bruce [14] 50°49′13″N 0°07′54″W / 50.8203025°N 0.1316432°W / 50.8203025; -0.1316432
Spring and Summer Preston Park 1874 (moved 1928) unknown [15] 50°50′14″N 0°08′36″W / 50.837119°N 0.143331°W / 50.837119; -0.143331
Jubilee Clock Tower Queen's Road 26 June 1888 John Johnson [16] 50°49′25″N 0°08′37″W / 50.8237°N 0.1436°W / 50.8237; -0.1436
Frankland Monument Stanmer Park June 1775 unknown [17] 50°52′00″N 0°06′09″W / 50.866667°N 0.102477°W / 50.866667; -0.102477
Statue of Sir John Cordy Burrows Old Steine Gardens 14 February 1878 Edward Bowring Stephens [18] 50°49′14″N 0°08′16″W / 50.820444°N 0.137872°W / 50.820444; -0.137872
Victoria Fountain Old Steine Gardens 24 May 1846 Amon Henry Wilds, William Pepper [19] 50°49′15″N 0°08′14″W / 50.820786°N 0.137319°W / 50.820786; -0.137319
Twins Churchill Square 3 September 1998 Charlie Hooker [20] 50°49′25″N 0°08′44″W / 50.82361°N 0.14555°W / 50.82361; -0.14555

Hove

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Statue of Captain William Henry Cecil George Pechell Waterloo Street February 1859 Matthew Noble [21]
Sediment and Cut Connaught Road August 2004 Ekkehard Altenburger [22]
Fingermaze Hove Park 2006 Chris Drury [23] 50°50′40″N 0°10′19″W / 50.8443819°N 0.1720211°W / 50.8443819; -0.1720211
Statue of Queen Victoria Grand Avenue 9 February 1901 Thomas Brock [24] 50°49′29″N 0°10′09″W / 50.824629°N 0.169284°W / 50.824629; -0.169284
The Juggler Hove Town Hall December 1995 Helen Collis [25] 50°49′40″N 0°10′12″W / 50.82789°N 0.17°W / 50.82789; -0.17

War memorials

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
The Bugler Regency Square 29 October 1904 Charles Leonard Hartwell, John William Simpson [26] 50°49′12″N 0°08′38″W / 50.8201118°N 0.1439343°W / 50.8201118; -0.1439343
Indian Memorial Gate Royal Pavilion 26 October 1921 Thomas Tyrwhitt [27] 50°49′20″N 0°08′18″W / 50.822267°N 0.138268°W / 50.822267; -0.138268
Brighton War Memorial Old Steine 7 October 1922 John William Simpson [28] 50°49′17″N 0°08′13″W / 50.82133°N 0.137028°W / 50.82133; -0.137028
Egyptian Campaign Memorial Old Steine 1888 [29] 50°49′18″N 0°08′13″W / 50.821687°N 0.136829°W / 50.821687; -0.136829
Hove War Memorial Grand Avenue 27 February 1921 Edwin Lutyens [30] 50°49′37″N 0°10′07″W / 50.82683°N 0.16867°W / 50.82683; -0.16867
The Chattri South Downs, Patcham 1922 Swinton Jacob [31] 50°53′03″N 0°08′49″W / 50.8842°N 0.1469°W / 50.8842; -0.1469

References

  • Seddon, Jill; Seddon, Peter; McIntosh, Anthony (2014). Public Sculpture of Sussex. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9781781381250.
  1. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 11.
  2. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 13.
  3. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 18.
  4. ^ a b c Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 19.
  5. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 20.
  6. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 21.
  7. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 23.
  8. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 25.
  9. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 28.
  10. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 29.
  11. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 30.
  12. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 31.
  13. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 32.
  14. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 33.
  15. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 34.
  16. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 35.
  17. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 36.
  18. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 38.
  19. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 39.
  20. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 41–42.
  21. ^ McIntosh, Anthony (November 2014). "'Beloved by all who knew him': the lost statue of Captain Pechell". Sculpture Journal. 23 (3): 293–306. doi:10.3828/sj.2015.3.
  22. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 72.
  23. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 73.
  24. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 74.
  25. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 76.
  26. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 24.
  27. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 34.
  28. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 40.
  29. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 41.
  30. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 75.
  31. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 90.
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