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This is a list of public art in Dorset, in England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Bournemouth[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future Lansdowne Road

50°43′24″N 1°52′03″W / 50.723246°N 1.867461°W / 50.723246; -1.867461 (Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future) 		February 2016 Rick Walker Mural 15 metres (49 ft) × 13 metres (43 ft) [1]
A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset Pier Approach

50°43′01″N 1°52′34″W / 50.716817°N 1.876021°W / 50.716817; -1.876021 (A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset) 		Tiles Tile designs created by students of Secondary Schools in Bournemouth and Poole during HIV/AIDS awareness workshops run by DAMSET (Dorset AIDS Memorial Schools Educational Trust).[2]

More images 		Statue of Lewis Tregonwell and Christopher Crabb Creeke Exeter Road

50°43′01″N 1°52′40″W / 50.716819°N 1.877876°W / 50.716819; -1.877876 (Lewis Tregonwell) 		1999 Jonathan Sells Statue Stone 3' x 2'6" x 7'6" Depicts founder of Bournemouth Lewis Tregonwell (standing, holding a bucket and spade) and architect/surveyor Christopher Crabb Creeke (seated on a lavatory in reference to his post of Inspector of Nuisances). Tregonwell also holds the names of three Victoria Cross recipients from Bournemouth.[3][4]
Mosaic Exeter Road

50°43′09″N 1°52′49″W / 50.7191°N 1.8803°W / 50.7191; -1.8803 (Mosaic) 		1996 After Aubrey Beardsley Mural Mosaic tile Mosaic based on a design by Aubrey Beardsley, who lived in a house "Muriel" which previously stood here.[5]

More images 		Blue Skies Jon Egging memorial East Cliff

50°43′05″N 1°52′00″W / 50.7180°N 1.8666°W / 50.7180; -1.8666 (Blue Skies Jon Egging memorial) 		2012 Tim Ward[6] Glass, stainless steel 5 metres (16 ft) Memorial to Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging, killed in a crash following a display at Bournemouth Air Festival. The memorial was moved to its current location in 2017 following a landslip.[7]

Bovington[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes
Royal Tank Regiment Memorial (replica) Bovington Tank Museum

50°41′42″N 2°14′33″W / 50.6949°N 2.2424°W / 50.6949; -2.2424 (Royal Tank Regiment Memorial (replica)) 		Vivien Mallock after George Henry Paulin Resin Resin cast of the Royal Tank Regiment Memorial in Whitehall, London.[8]

Christchurch[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Christchurch Priory Commemorative Sculpture Christchurch Priory

50°43′53″N 1°46′25″W / 50.7313°N 1.7737°W / 50.7313; -1.7737 (Christchurch Priory Commemorative Sculpture) 		1994 Jonathan Sells Sculpture Stone Sculpture commemorating Ranulf Flambard, who began building the priory in 1094.[9]

Lyme Regis[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Statue of Mary Anning Black Ven

50°43′31″N 2°55′49″W / 50.725256°N 2.930395°W / 50.725256; -2.930395 (Statue of Mary Anning) 		May 2022 Denise Dutton Statue Bronze Statue of paleontologist Mary Anning. Crowdfunded by a campaign "Mary Anning Rocks", started by Dorset schoolgirl Evie Swire.[10]

Poole[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Statue of Robert Baden-Powell The Quay

50°42′43″N 1°59′09″W / 50.71195°N 1.98592°W / 50.71195; -1.98592 (Statue of Robert Baden-Powell) 		2008 David Annand Statue Bronze Depicts Robert Baden-Powell facing Brownsea Island, site of the first Scout camp.[11][12]

Weymouth and Osmington[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Notes

More images 		Osmington White Horse Osmington Hill, Osmington

50°39′27″N 2°24′16″W / 50.65741°N 2.40438°W / 50.65741; -2.40438 (Osmington White Horse) 		1808 Hill figure Chalk Scheduled monument The rider is George III.[13]

More images 		Statue of Queen Victoria Outside St John's Church, The Esplanade, Weymouth

50°37′07″N 2°27′03″W / 50.6187°N 2.4507°W / 50.6187; -2.4507 (Statue of Queen Victoria, Weymouth) 		1902 George Blackall Simonds Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone 7 metres (23 ft) tall Grade II [14]

More images 		Weymouth Cenotaph The Esplanade, Weymouth

50°37′01″N 2°27′05″W / 50.6170°N 2.4513°W / 50.6170; -2.4513 (Weymouth Cenotaph) 		1921 Francis William Doyle Jones Cenotaph Portland stone 5.3 metres (17 ft) tall Grade II [15][16]

Portland[edit]

See also: Tout Quarry

Other[edit]

Dorset was once considered for a hill figure of Marilyn Monroe, but the figure was never made.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PICTURES: The giant street mural designed to get you supporting Bournemouth's creatives". Bournemouth Echo. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ Details taken from information incorporated into the art work
  3. ^ "Captain Lewis Tregonwell (1758–1832), the Founder of Bournemouth, and Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), the Town's Architect". Art UK. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Tregonwell/Creeke statue, Bournemouth". Dorset Magazine. November 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Mosaic". Art UK. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ^ "'Blue Skies' Jon Egging Memorial". circlingthesquare.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Jon Egging Red Arrows memorial moved to new location". BBC News. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Museums, Memorials & Links". Royal Tank Regiment. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Christchurch Priory Commemorative Sculpture". Art UK. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  10. ^ Addley, Esther (21 May 2022). "Statue of fossil-hunting pioneer Mary Anning to be unveiled in Dorset". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Baden-Powell Returns To Poole Quay". Borough of Poole. 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
  12. ^ Cartlidge, Sarah. "Everything you need to know about the Baden-Powell statue". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1005574)". National Heritage List for England.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Queen Victoria Statue (1272145)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Weymouth Cenotaph (1393111)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  16. ^ "War Memorials Register: Weymouth Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Designs that Were Never Made".
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