Ceredigion highlighted within Wales

This is a list of public art in Ceredigion, Wales. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Aberaeron

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Welsh cob Aberaeron 2005 David Mayer Equestrian statue Bronze [1]

Aberbanc

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Aberbanc 1923 E. L. Jones Statue on pedestal Marble statue on granite pedestal [2][3]

Aberporth

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Blaenporth & Aberporth war memorial Hen Gapel Cemetery, Aberporth 1922 T. Jones and J. Thomas Jones Statue on pedestal Carrara marble statue on granite pedestal [4]
Dolphin Aberporth 2001 Paul Clarke Sculpture Wood with stone support [5]

Aberystwyth

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
The Pendinas Column or Wellington Monument Pendinas Hillfort, Penparcau, Aberystwyth c. 1858 W. E. Richards Tapered column Stone 18m high Grade II Q29489050 [6][7][8]
Archimedes Old College, Aberystwyth c. 1887–1889 C. F. A. Voysey Mosaic triptych Stone [9]

More images 		Edward VII Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth 1904 Statue Terracotta Grade II One of three identical statues in Aberystwyth.[8][10]
Gorsedd stones Aberystwyth Castle 1916 Circle of monoliths Stone Marks site of 1916 National Eisteddfod of Wales[8]
War memorial Tabernacle Chapel, Powell Street, Aberystwyth 1921 Mario Rutelli Statue on plinth Bronze and marble Grade II Q29489007 [8][11][12]

More images 		Thomas Charles Edwards Old College, Aberystwyth 1922 Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Bronze statue on granite pedestal Grade II Q29488944 [8][13]

More images 		Edward VIII as Prince of Wales Old College, Aberystwyth 1922 Mario Rutelli Statue on pedestal Bronze and marble Grade II Q29488945 [8][14]

More images 		Aberystwyth War Memorial Aberystwyth 1923 Mario Rutelli Tapered column with statues of Victory & Humanity Stone and bronze figures 21m high Grade II Q24662508 [8][15][16][17]
Thomas Edward Ellis Old College, Aberystwyth Goscombe John Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone Copy of an original at Bala, Gwynedd[8]

Betws Bledrws

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Derry Ormond Tower Near Betws Bledrws 1821–1824 Charles Robert Cockerell, Charles James and David Morgan (builder) Column on pedestal Stone 39m high Grade II* Q17744011 [18][7]

Borth

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

More images 		War memorial Cliff above Craig yr Wylfa, Borth Plinth, pedestal, column & cross Limestone 6m high Grade II Q29496591 [8][19][20]

Cardigan

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Victoria Gardens, Cardigan 1923 Mr Boadle and D. S. Jenkins Cenotaph Granite 4.5m high Grade II Q29489120 [21][22]
Gorsedd stones Cardigan Standing circle Stone Erected to mark the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Eisteddfod of 1176 Cardigan Plaque and standing stone

Cellan

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Cellan, near Lampeter Oberlisk on pedestal Marble and stone 1.5m high [23]

Lampeter

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Harford Fountain Harford Square, Lampeter 1862, restored 1990 Obelisk & drinking fountain Stone Grade II Q17512521 [24]

More images 		War memorial Bryn Square, Lampeter 1921 Goscombe John and Llewllyn Bankes-Price Statue on pedestal and raised terrace Bronze statue, granite pedestal 4.5m high Grade II Q29489055 [25][26]

Llangeitho

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

More images 		Daniel Rowland Bryn Mair, Llangeitho 1883 Edward Owen Griffith Statue on pedestal Marble 1.68m high (without pedestal) Grade II Q29488592 [8][27][28]
War memorial The Square, Llangeitho 1923 E. Jones Statue on pedestal Marble Grade II Q29496461 [8][29][30]

Llanbadarn Fawr

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

More images 		War memorial Primrose Hill, Llanbadarn Fawr 1921 Richard Davies, R. L. Gapper, W. A. Miller and the sisters James Celtic cross on pedestal Granite Grade II Q29503909 [31][32]

Llangrannog

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Saint Carannog Llangrannog Sebastien Boyesen Statue Bronze

Pen-llwyn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Lewis Edwards memorial Pen-llwyn 1911 Goscombe John Bust on pedestal Bronze and granite Grade II Q29501128 [33]

Tregaron

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

More images 		Henry Richard Tregaron 1893 Albert Toft Statue on pedestal Bronze statue, granite pedestal 5.5m high Grade II Q29495968 [8][34]

References

  1. ^ "Welsh cob statue, Aberaeron". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ "War Memorials Register, Men of Aberbanc – WWI and WWII". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ^ David Leighton (14 October 2013). "Aberbanc War Memorial (419525)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ "War Memorials Register, Blaenporth and Aberporth Parish WWI and WWII". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Dolphin statue at Aberporth". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ Cadw. "Wellington Monument (10420)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b Graham Watkins (2015). Welsh Follies, secrets, stories and scandals. Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978 1 84524 215 2.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0 356 17609 6.
  9. ^ "The Old College, Aberystwyth". Wessex Archaeology. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  10. ^ "King Edward VII". Statues – Hither & Thither. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  11. ^ Cadw. "War memorial at Tabernacle Street (10376)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  12. ^ "War Memorials Register: Tabernacle - Allegory". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  13. ^ Cadw. "Statue of Thomas Edwards (10311)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  14. ^ Cadw. "Statue of Edward Prince of Wales (10312)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Aberystwyth War Memorial, New Promenade (32643)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  16. ^ "War Memorials Register, Aberystwyth Allegory". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  17. ^ Cadw. "War Memorial (10314)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  18. ^ Cadw. "Derry Ormond Tower (9820)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  19. ^ Cadw. "War Memorial (19155)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  20. ^ "War Memorials Register, Borth". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  21. ^ Cadw. "The War Memorial with surrounding fence (10497)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  22. ^ "War Memorials Register,Cardigan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  23. ^ "War Memorials Register, Cellan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  24. ^ Cadw. "Harford Fountain (10434)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  25. ^ Cadw. "War Memorial and surrounding terrace and walls (10425)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  26. ^ "War Memorials Register, Lampeter". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  27. ^ Daniel Rowland (1713–1790). Art UK. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  28. ^ Cadw. "Statue of Daniel Rowland at Capel Gwynfill (9918)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  29. ^ Cadw. "The War Memorial (19011)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  30. ^ "War Memorials Register, Llangeitho WW1". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  31. ^ Cadw. "War memorial (27049)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  32. ^ "War Memorials Register, Llanbadarn Fawr". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  33. ^ Cadw. "Lewis Edwards memorial outside Penllwyn Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (24029)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  34. ^ Cadw. "Henry Richard Memorial (18476)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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