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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Designation Notes
Abstract Form[1] The Forum 1972 Jose de Alberti — Made from glass fibre resin. Originally located at the junction of Queensway and The Forum, later moved further east along The Forum.
Bird in Hand[2] Millennium Gardens, King George V Playing Fields 2000 Dennis Heath — Sculpture — Carved from sweet chestnut.
Four benches Millennium Gardens, King George V Playing Fields 2000 Dennis Heath — Four bench group — Carved from oak. The four benches reflect the four themes of the gardens: Roman, Medieval, Tudor and the two World Wars.[2]
Millennium seating[3] Fairlands Valley Park Dennis Heath — Benches — Two benches made from logs with relief carvings, one of oak leaves and one of acorns. Acorn bench includes a plaque in memory of John Hallam Cook who lived in Valley Way.
Totem poles[3] Fairlands Valley Park Dennis Heath — Sculpture — Carved from larch and decorated with paint. Totem poles are 12ft high, carved by chainsaw. One depicting wildlife found in the park, the other depicting activities available in the park.
Sundial[4][5] Queensway West 1999 David Harber — — Steel on granite base, 200cm in diameter.
Totem Pole[6] Peartree Park 1999 Dennis Heath — — Carved from pine
Women and Doves[7] Town Gardens 1981 David Norris — Fountain — Bronze fountain, located in the pond.

More images 		Family Group[8] Barclay School 1951 Henry Moore Sculpture Grade II Bronze sculpture on York stone base, depicting a group of three human figures, a stereotypical nuclear family comprising a man, a woman and a small child. The two adults are sitting on a bench, holding the child between them. Originally displayed outdoors for 60 years, after an unsuccessful attempt to steal the sculpture in May 2010, it was moved to a more secure place inside to the school's reception area.
Adventure[9] Fairlands Junior School 1951 Mary Spencer Watson — — Carved in red sandstone.
Tiled mural symbolising the Co-operative Movement 6–8 Town Square 1956–58 Gyula Bajó Tile mural Grade II [10]

More images 		Joy Ride Town Square 1958–59 Franta Belsky — Sculpture Grade II Bronze sculpture on a stone plinth, depicting a mother carrying a nude boy on her back. Her dress and skin are integrated as a single, tensile form. Commissioned by Stevenage Development Corporation to symbolise the arrival of a new generation in a New Town.
Seated Figures The Towers 1963 David Noble —
The Three Geese Bronte Paths/Austin Paths 1963 David Noble —
Donkey Bandley Hill Park No date (moved in 1969) Mark Harvey —
Wall sculpture[10] 21 Town Square 1964 Peter Lyon —
Polar Bear The Glebe 1964 Mark Harvey —


King Pin Archer Road 1965 Agnes Charles — Depicting a plantain leaf in concrete, with stained glass veins.
Abstract wall sculpture[10] 58-60 Queensway —
An Urban Elephant Stevenage Museum Andrew Burton —
Pyramid Symonds Green —
Robot Family Symonds Green Simon Jones —
Playing Cards Symonds Green Simon Jones —
Wonky Clock Symonds Green Simon Jones —
Symonds Green —
Symonds Green —
Symonds Green —
Symonds Green —
Abstract Bowes Lyon House Wall sculpture —
Fish mosaic Stevenage Museum sensory garden Mosaic —
Seats[11] Stevenage Museum sensory garden and inside Dennis Heath Mosaic —
Abstract Town Centre Gardens William Mitchell —
Scenes of Contemporary Life Park Place underpass, St George's Way William Mitchell Sculptural wall mural Grade II
War memorial Bowling Green 1920 F. Arnold Wright Grade II Memorial to both World Wars. Stone obelisk on a decorated stone plinth with engraved panels. Unveiled on 19 March 1920.
Only Connect St Nicholas' Church 1997 Angela Godfrey — — The world's only memorial to E.M. Forster. It was commissioned by the Friends of the Forster Country, funded jointly by Stevenage Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council, and unveiled on 29 November 1997. The title is in acknowledgement of the subtitle of Forster's novel Howards End. It was carved in Watts Cliff Stone, a Millstone Grit rich in plagioclase which gives it a lilac colour, from a quarry near Elton, Derbyshire.
  • How about any of the Demograffix (Mark Tanti) graffiti walls?[12]
  • 2013 mural on St Nicholas Community Centre by Mark Tanti[13][14]
  • St Nicholas School gate?
  • Mosaic - Archangel Michael and St Anthony, Shephalbury Manor?
  • King George V Playing Fields wall sculptures?
  • Millennium milepost? fossil Tree? From Sustrans

Clock tower

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Main article: Stevenage Clock Tower

The clock tower in Stevenage was....

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Architect / other Type Material Designation Notes
Stevenage Development Corporation, 1946-1980 Clock tower, north face 1958? Westmorland slate Grade II Panel commemorating the work of the Stevenage Development Corporation.
Map of Stevenage Clock tower, east face 1958? Leonard Vincent Painted ceramic tile Grade II Map depicting Stevenage and the principal occupations of its residents.
Visit of Queen Elizabeth II on 20 April 1959 Clock tower, south face 1958? Westmorland slate Grade II A recessed panel clad in green Westmorland slate to record the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to open the first phase of the town centre and to name Queensway.
Lewis Silkin Clock tower, west face Franta Belsky — Relief sculpture Bronze Grade II

References

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  1. ^ "Abstract Form: Jose de Alberti". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Bird in Hand & Four Benches: Dennis Heath". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Millennium seating and Totem Poles: Dennis Heath". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  4. ^ McElvery, Martin (26 September 2017). "Astronomers' visit reveals secrets of mystery Stevenage sculpture". The Comet. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Sun Dial: David Harber". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Totem Pole: Dennis Heath". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Women and Doves: David Norris". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Family Group: Henry Moore". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Adventure, by Mary Spencer Watson". Our Stevenage. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  10. ^ a b c "Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal 2010" (pdf). Stevenage Borough Council. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Seats: Dennis Heath". Hertfordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  12. ^ http://www.demograffix.com/
  13. ^ http://www.thecomet.net/news/graffiti_artist_creates_mural_at_stevenage_community_centre_1_2360612
  14. ^ http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/news-and-events/press-releases/119910/95959/
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