This is a list of public art in Leeds, including statues and other memorials. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, works in museums.

Armley

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Untitled Armley Park c. 1897Burmantofts Pottery PlaqueGlazed terracotta1m long Grade IIQ26547555 [1][2]
Untitled Armley Park c. 1897Burmantofts Pottery PlaqueGlazed terracotta1m long Grade IIQ26547552 [1][3]

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War memorial Armley Park 1921Sir Charles Nicholson Cross on supporting pillars and a hexagonal base with plaquesStone and bronze Grade IIQ26547558 [4][5]

City centre

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Leeds Patronising the Arts and Encouraging the Sciences Leeds Town Hall 1858John Thomas Sculpture reliefStone Grade I [1][6]

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Lions Leeds Town Hall 1867William Day Keyworth, Jnr. 4 statuesPortland stone Grade I [7][8]

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Leeds Rifles War Memorial Outside Leeds Minster, Kirkgate 1921Edwin Lutyens Cross with bench and insertsPortland stone and bronze Grade IIQ26655868 [9][10]

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War memorial The Headrow 1922Henry Charles Fehr Obelisk with 3 statuesPortland stone and bronze7m tall Grade IIQ26547390 Architect, Reginald Blomfield[11][12]
Putto with Turkey Leeds Civic Hall c. 1933Joseph Hermon Cawthra Sculpture groupStone Grade II* [1][13]
Putto with Goat Leeds Civic Hall c. 1933Joseph Hermon Cawthra Sculpture groupStone Grade II* [1][14]

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The Dortmund Drayman Dortmund Square, The Headrow 1980Arthur Shulze-Engels StatueBronze [15]

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Reclining Women: Elbow Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow 1981Henry Moore SculptureBronze Q19759352 [15]

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Game of Boules Bond Court 2000Roger Burnett 4 figure statue groupBronze [15]

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Arthur Louis Aaron Eastgate roundabout, Quarry Hill 2001Graham Ibbeson Sculpture groupBronze [16]
The Holbeck Sheep Marshall Street, Holbeck 2005Antonia Stowe SculptureSteel, felt and rope [17]
Sheaf Tree Waterloo Street, Brewery Wharf 2005Chris Knight SculptureSteel [17]

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Steeped Vessels Brewery Wharf 2006Ian Randall Sculpture groupBronze and stainless steel [18][17]

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A Reflective Approach Leeds Dock 2007Kevin Atherton Sculpture groupSteel and bronze [17]
Hibiscus Rising Meadow Lane, Aire Park 2023Yinka Shonibare SculptureFibreglass, metal & wood9.5m tall [19][20]

City Square

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James Watt Leeds City Square 1898Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade IIQ26655856 [8][21]

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Edward, the Black Prince Leeds City Square 1903Thomas Brock Equestrian statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade II*Q17533834 [8][22]

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Walter Hook City Square, Leeds 1903F.W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade IIQ26655854 [8][23]

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Joseph Priestley Leeds City Square 1903Alfred Drury Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade IIQ26655864 [8][24]

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Evening Leeds City Square 1903Alfred Drury 4 Streetlamps on blocksBronze and granite Grade II [25][26]

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Morning Leeds City Square 1903Alfred Drury 4 Streetlamps on blocksBronze and granite Grade II [27][26]

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John Harrison Leeds City Square 1903Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestal with plaqueBronze and granite Grade IIQ26655861 [1][28]

Elland Road

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Billy Bremner Elland Road 1999Frances Segelman Statue on pedestalBronze [29]

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Don Revie Elland Road 2012Graham Ibbeson Statue on pedestalBronze2.5m tall [30]

Headingley

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War memorial Otley Road / St Michaels Road, Headingley 1921Sidney Kitson (architect) Obelisk with panelsPortland stone and bronze Grade IIQ26547665 [31][32]

Otley

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Thomas Chippendale Otley 1987Graham Ibbeson Statue on pedestalBronze [33]

Woodhouse

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Robert Peel Woodhouse Moor 1852William Behnes Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade IIQ26655833 Relocated from Victoria Square in 1937[8][34]

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Woodhouse Moor 1854, erected 1858Carlo Marochetti Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade IIQ26656015 [8][35]

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Peter Fairbairn Woodhouse Square 1868Matthew Noble Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Grade IIQ26547184 [8][36]

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Henry Rowland Marsden Woodhouse Moor 1878John Throp Statue on pedestal with plaquesStone and marble Grade IIQ26547177 [37]

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Memorial to Queen Victoria Woodhouse Moor 1903George Frampton Seated statue on column with figures and friezeBronze and Portland stone Grade II*Q15979175 [1][8][38][39]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dorcas Taylor and Samantha Sportun (1998). Leeds: patronising the arts and encouraging the sciences, published in Monuments and the Millennium Proceedings of a Joint Conference Organised by English Heritage and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation. English Heritage. ISBN 1873936974.
  2. Historic England. "Armley Park plaque approximately 40 metres west of fountain (1256007)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. Historic England. "Armley Park plaque approximately 40 metres east of fountain (1256004)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. Historic England. "War Memorial in Armley Park (1256010)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. "War Memorials Register: Armley". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. Historic England. "Town Hall, Leeds (1255772)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. "Statues and Inscriptions: Discovering Leeds Town Hall". Leeds City Council. 25 March 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0 356 17609 6.
  9. Historic England. "North Boundary Wall and Steps, North West Gate and Piers, War Memorial and East Bar Stone (1375049)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. "War Memorials Register: Leeds Rifles Memorial Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. Historic England. "War Memorial (1255832)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  12. "War Memorials Register: Leeds". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  13. "Model for Leeds Civic Hall Sculpture: Putto with Turkey". Art UK. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. "Model for Leeds Civic Hall Sculpture:Putto with Goat". Art UK. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. 1 2 3 "The silent observers". BBC Leeds Local. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  16. "The Arthur Aaron Statue". Leeds Civic Trust. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Ali Turner (14 October 2017). "The Waterfront Art Trail". Leeds List. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  18. "Steeped Vessels". Statues-Hither & Thither. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  19. "Leeds: First look at David Oluwale memorial sculpture". BBC News. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  20. Tom Airey (24 November 2023). "Leeds: David Oluwale flower sculpture unveiled in city centre". BBC News. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  21. Historic England. "Statue of James Watt (1375034)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  22. Historic England. "Statue of the Black Prince (1375045)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  23. Historic England. "Statue of Dean Hook (1375032)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  24. Historic England. "Statue of Joseph Priestley (1375043)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  25. Historic England. "Four lamp posts: 'Even' (1255575)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  26. 1 2 Susan Beattie (1983). The New Sculpture. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press. ISBN 0300033591.
  27. Historic England. "Four lamp posts: 'Morn' (1375012)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  28. Historic England. "Statue of John Harrison (1375039)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  29. "Sculptor restores Wee Billy". Leeds United. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  30. "Don Revie statue unveiled 40 years after FA Cup victory". BBC. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  31. Historic England. "War Memorial (1256122)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  32. "War Memorials Register: Men of Headingley WW1". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  33. "Thomas Chippendale". Statues-Hither & Thither. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  34. Historic England. "Statue of Robert Peel, Leeds (1375010)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  35. Historic England. "Statue of Duke of Wellington on south-east corner of Woodhouse Moor (1375204)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  36. Historic England. "Statue of Sir Peter Fairbairn (1255605)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  37. Historic England. "Statue of HR Marsden (1255598)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  38. Historic England. "Memorial to Queen Victoria (1255642)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  39. "Statue of Queen Victoria 1906". Yale Centre for British Art. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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