List of public art in West Sussex

This is an incomplete list of public art in West Sussex, a county in south-eastern England. For the purposes of this list, public art is defined as open-air sculpture and other monuments or artwork. In general, indoor sculpture and artwork on buildings is not included.

Amberley

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Tomb of Edward Stott St Michael's Churchyard 1918 Francis Derwent Wood [1]
Tomb of Francis Derwent Wood St Michael's Churchyard 1926 Francis Derwent Wood, Sir Edwin Lutyens [1]

Bognor Regis

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Sun Sculpture High Street 19 March 2008 Pete Codling [2] 50°47′02″N 0°40′24″W / 50.783789°N 0.6733°W / 50.783789; -0.6733

Burgess Hill

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Stone Garden Church Walk, opposite St John's Church 1996 Jane Sybilla Fordham and David Parfitt [3] 50°57′24″N 0°07′57″W / 50.956619°N 0.132481°W / 50.956619; -0.132481
Figure of Stability St John's Park 1972 Sean Crampton [4]

Chichester

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Spartacus Chichester Festival Theatre 1988 Tom Merrifield [5]
Oedipus Minerva Theatre 1984 Trude Bunzl [6]
Minerva Minerva Theatre 1997 Philip Jackson [7] 50°50′33″N 0°46′39″W / 50.84239°N 0.77761°W / 50.84239; -0.77761
St Richard Chichester Cathedral 15 June 2000 Philip Jackson [8] 50°50′11″N 0°46′53″W / 50.83625°N 0.781261°W / 50.83625; -0.781261
Axis Mundi University of Chichester chapel 6 October 1990 John Skelton [9]
Murray Relief University of Chichester 1993 Peter Hodgkinson [10]
The Symbol of Discovery The Novium 1963 John Skelton (sculptor), Stanley Roth (architect) [11]
Helping Hand of Justice Courtyard at Chichester Crown Court 1973 John Skelton [11]
Chichester Market Cross Market Place 15th century Unknown [12] 50°50′12″N 0°46′45″W / 50.836666666667°N 0.77916666666667°W / 50.836666666667; -0.77916666666667
Bride of the Konsul Courtyard of Pallant House Gallery 1962 Eduardo Paolozzi [13]
Artificial Sun Courtyard of Pallant House Gallery 1964 Eduardo Paolozzi [14]
One Criterion St Richard's Hospital 1996 Vincent Gray [15]
The Seashore St Richard's Hospital Unknown Libby Tribe [15]
Pope Joan St Richard's Hospital 1999 Philip Jackson [16]
Sea Change St Richard's Hospital 1996 George Cutts [17]
Fluke St Richard's Hospital 1997 Walter Bailey [17]

Cocking

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Cocking History Column Coking Hill 15 April 2005 Cocking History Group with Juliet Crawford and Philip Jackson [18] 50°57′01″N 0°45′12″W / 50.9502°N 0.7534°W / 50.9502; -0.7534

Crawley

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Flying Spiral Hawth Avenue 2001 Ray Smith (artist) [19]
Gateway to High Street High Street 11 December 1999 Kate Maddison [20]
The Golden Tree High Street/Ifield Road 2006 Joss Smith [21] 51°06′52″N 0°11′25″W / 51.114439°N 0.190389°W / 51.114439; -0.190389
Martlets Tree Queens Square October 1999 Peter Parkinson and Richard Quinnell [21]
Lion Tilgate Park 2000 Christian Funnell [22]
Conduit and Continuum Tilgate Park 2001 Will Glanfield [22]
The Boy and the Sturgeon Tilgate Park[a] 1950s [23]

Goodwood Estate

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Statue of Douglas Bader Goodwood Circuit, near the Aero Club 9 August 2001 Kenneth Potts [24]
Statue of Mike Hawthorn and Lofty England September 2005 Goodwood Circuit, pit area David Annand [25]
Horse 29 July 1980 Goodwood Racecourse [26]
Gate 2001 Goodwood Estate Wendy Ramshaw, Cass Sculpture Foundation [27] 50°52′46″N 0°43′17″W / 50.87939°N 0.7215°W / 50.87939; -0.7215

Haywards Heath

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
A Family Outing The Orchards shopping centre 1985 John Ravera [28] 50°59′49″N 0°06′11″W / 50.99681°N 0.103°W / 50.99681; -0.103

Horsham

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Horsham Heritage Sundial The Forum 24 October 2003 Edwin Russell, Lorne McKean [29]
Pirie's Donkey and Cart Pirie's Place shopping centre 1993 Lorne McKean [30]
St Leonard's Forest Dragon Horsham Park 2000 Hannah Holmes Stewart [30]
Sungod Horsham Park 1991 John Skelton [31]

Littlehampton

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Oyster waymarkers Pier Road/Arun Parade 11 July 2007 Brian Fell, Gordon Young, with local secondary school students [32]
River Circle Surrey Street 2004 [33] 50°48′31″N 0°32′42″W / 50.80854915°N 0.54510364°W / 50.80854915; -0.54510364

Selsey

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Kanagawa/The Wave B2145 Chichester Road, north of town 2000 (installed in current location 2007) William Pye [34] 50°44′32″N 0°46′56″W / 50.74211°N 0.78219°W / 50.74211; -0.78219

Shoreham-by-Sea

Some of the Ropetackle scultpures

A series of sculptures was installed as part of the redevelopment of the Ropetackle area. They are sited outside the Ropetackle Arts Centre and along the River Adur between 1999 and 2006. The lead artist was Steve Geliot, who oversaw several other artists in creating works for the scheme.[35]

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Barnacle Trees Outside Ropetakcle Arts Centre 2005 Steve Geliot [35]
Lenses Built into the balustrade on River Walk 2005 Amanada Hopkins [36]
Unwinding Riverside Walk 2005 Teresa Martin [36]
Wooden sculptures Along Riverside Walk 2005 Anna Twinam-Cauchi [36]
Shoreham Airshow Crash Memorial Riverbank by Shoreham Tollbridge 2019 Jane Sybilla Fordham, David Parfitt [37]

Slindon

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Village sign Reynolds Lane 2000 unknown [38]

Steyning

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Statue of Saint Cuthamn Vicarage Lane 2000 Penelope Reeve [39]

Worthing

Image Work Location Date Sculptor/Artist Source Coordinates
Desert Quartet Montagu Shopping Centre 13 June 1990 Elisabeth Frink [40] 50°48′39″N 0°22′18″W / 50.8108°N 0.371652°W / 50.8108; -0.371652
Worthing Spiral Worthing Hospital 1997 Peter Randall-Page [41]
Care and Trust Worthing Hospital 1998 Mary Cox [42]
Lie Back and Relax Worthing Hospital 1996 Reece Ingram [43]
Penguins Worthing Hospital 2002 Ian Nutting [44]
The Future – Hope and Compassion Worthing Hospital 12 October 2000 Walter Bailey [44]
Reliefs Pavilion Theatre c. 1960 Laurence Bradshaw [45] 50°48′33″N 0°22′12″W / 50.809269°N 0.3701°W / 50.809269; -0.3701
Triton Fountain Steyne Gardens 1968 (installed in current location 8 May 2007) William Bloye, Benjamin Hancocks [46] 50°48′38″N 0°22′01″W / 50.8105°N 0.36689°W / 50.8105; -0.36689
Sculpture in Waterwise Garden Beach near West Parade 2006 Tom Leach [47] 50°48′22″N 0°24′02″W / 50.806°N 0.4005°W / 50.806; -0.4005

War memorials

  • Amberley
  • Angmering
  • Arundel
  • Arundel RC
  • Billingshurst
  • Bognor Regis
  • Bosham
  • Burgess Hill
  • Chichester
  • Crawley
  • Eastergate [48]
  • Fernhurst
  • Ferring
  • Henfield War Memorial
  • Highbrook
  • Horsham
  • Keymer
  • Linch
  • Littlehampton
  • Lowfield Heath
  • Rogate War Memorial [49]
  • Rustington
  • Selsey War Memorial
  • Shoreham-by-Sea War Memorial
  • Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport War Memorial
  • Slindon War Memorial
  • Harting War Memorial[50]
  • Southwick and Fishersgate
  • Stopham
  • Upper Beeding War Memorial
  • Worthing War Memorial[51]
  • St Paul's, Worthing
  • Worthing Boer War Memorial

Notes

  1. ^ Previously located in Queen's Square. In storage while the area was redeveloped, before being moved to Tilgate Park in 2025.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 105.
  2. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 106.
  3. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 107.
  4. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 108.
  5. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 109–110.
  6. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 110.
  7. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 110.
  8. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 111.
  9. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 115.
  10. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 116.
  11. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 117.
  12. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 118–119.
  13. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 120.
  14. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 120.
  15. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 122.
  16. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 124.
  17. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 125.
  18. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 126–127.
  19. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 128.
  20. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 129.
  21. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 130.
  22. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 131.
  23. ^ a b "Crawley's Boy and Sturgeon statue gets new home in Tilgate Park". BBC News. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  24. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 138.
  25. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 139.
  26. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 139–140.
  27. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 141.
  28. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 141.
  29. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 141–142.
  30. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 143.
  31. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 144.
  32. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 147.
  33. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 148.
  34. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 161–162.
  35. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 162.
  36. ^ a b c Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 163.
  37. ^ "Shoreham Air Crash Memorial". Art UK. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  38. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 165–166.
  39. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 167.
  40. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 171.
  41. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 172.
  42. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 173.
  43. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 173–174.
  44. ^ a b Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 174.
  45. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 175.
  46. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 176.
  47. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 178.
  48. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 136–137.
  49. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, p. 161.
  50. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 166–167.
  51. ^ Seddon, Seddon, & McIntosh, pp. 170–171.

Bibliography

  • Seddon, Jill; Seddon, Peter; McIntosh, Anthony (2014). Public Sculpture of Sussex. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9781781381250.
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