This is a list of public art in Scottish Borders, one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south, the English counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. 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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Scottish_Borders_in_Scotland.svg/220px-Scottish_Borders_in_Scotland.svg.png)
Burnmouth
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Widow and Bairns | The Harbour, Burnmouth | 2007 | Jill Watson | Sculpture | Bronze | Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1] |
Coldstream
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
Monument to Charles Albany Marjoribanks | Tweed Terrace, Coldstream | 1832 | Mr Currie of Darnick | Statue on Doric column | Stone | Category B | Q17848761 | [3] | |
War memorial | High Street, Coldstream | 1923 | Sir George Washington Browne | Cenotaph with wall and plaques | Stone and bronze | [4] | ||||
More images |
Coldstream Guards Monument | Henderson Park, Coldstream | 1968 | Inscribed monolith | Stone | [5] |
Cove
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Widow and Bairns | Cove | 2007 | Jill Watson | Sculpture | Bronze | Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1][2] |
Duns
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mercat cross | Market Square, Duns | c. 1792 | Column on pedestal | Sandstone | Category B | [6] | ||||
War memorial | Public Park, Duns | c. 1920s | Obelisk | Stone | [7] | |||||
Polish war memorial | Duns | 1981 | Cross on pillar and base | Polished granite | [8] | |||||
Wojtek the Bear | Market Square, Duns | 2016 | Sculpture | Fibreglass | [9][10] |
Earlston
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
War memorial | Station Road, Earlston | 1921 | Thomas J Clapperton | Celtic cross on monolith with plaques | Granite and bronze | 4.5m high | [11] |
Eyemouth
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1881 Eyemouth Disaster Memorial | Cemetery Gardens, Eyemouth | Pillar and pedestal | Stone | |||||||
Willie Spears, (1812–1885) | Market Square, Eyemouth | c. 2006 | Statue | Bronze | ||||||
Widows and Bairns | Eyemouth | 2007 | Jill Watson | Sculpture | Bronze | 5m long, 1.2m high | Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1][2] |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
Robert Burns | Galashiels | 1912 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Bust on pedestal | Bronze and granite | Category C | Q56633763 | [12] | |
War memorial | Burgh Chambers, Cornmill Square, Galashiels | 1924 | Robert Lorimer (architect) | Relief sculpture and plaques | Stone and bronze | Category B | Q17853842 | Figure of Angel of Peace carved by David Sutherland[13][14] | ||
More images |
Border Reivers | Cornmill Square, Galashiels | 1925 | Thomas J Clapperton | Equestrian statue on pedestal and steps | Bronze and stone | Category B | Q17853847 | [15] | |
More images |
Walter Scott | Cornmill Square, Galashiels | 1932 | Thomas J Clapperton | Bust on pedestal with plaque | Bronze and granite | Category C | Q56633764 | [16] |
Hawick
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
Boer War memorial | Walton Lodge Park, Hawick | 1903 | William Birnie Rhind | Statue on pedestal | Stone | Category C | Q77781150 | JN Scott and A Lorne Campbell, architects[17][18] | |
The Horse, 1514 Memorial | High Street, Hawick | 1914 | William Francis Beattie | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Category A | Q17571529 | [19][20] | ||
More images |
War memorial | Walton Lodge Park, Hawick | 1921 | James B Dunn and Alexander Leslie, sculptor | Cenotaph with statue | Stone and bronze | 6.5m high | Category C | Q77781163 | [17][21] |
More images |
Jimmie Guthrie | Walton Lodge Park, Hawick | 1939 | Thomas J Clapperton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [22] | |||
James Thomson | Thomson Bridge, Hawick | 2006 | Bill Landles | Sculpture on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [23] |
Jedburgh
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
War memorial | The Ramparts, Jedburgh | 1921 | James B Dunn | Cenotaph on platform | Sandstone | Category B | Q17837025 | [24][25] | |
James Hutton's Unconformity | Lothian Park, Jedburgh | Max Nowell | Sculpture | Stone |
Kelso
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
War memorial | Abbey Grounds, Kelso | 1921 | Robert Lorimer | Cross on platform with statue in niche | Stone | Category B | Q17844315 | Statue of St George by Pilkington Jackson[26][27] |
Melrose
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
War memorial | Melrose | 1921 | Cross on pedestal | Stone | Q17844315 | [28] |
Minto
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
War memorial | Parish Church, Minto | 1925 | Thomas J Clapperton | Statue on pedestal with plaques | Bronze and stone | Category B | Q17844315 | [29][30] |
Peebles
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
War memorial | Chambers Institute, Peebles | 1922 | BNH Orphoot | Domed canopy over plaques and cross | Sandstone | Category B | Q17845269 | [31][32] |
St. Abbs
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Widow and Bairns | Coldingham Road, St Abbs | 2007 | Jill Watson | Sculpture | Bronze | Memorial to the Eyemouth Disaster[1][2] |
Selkirk
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More images |
Sir Walter Scott | Market Place, Selkirk | 1839 | Alexander Handyside Ritchie | Statue on tiered pedestal | Stone | Category B | Q17846770 | [33] | |
More images |
Mungo Park | High Street, Selkirk | 1859, plaques 1905 | Andrew Currie and Thomas J Clapperton | Statue on pedestal with plaques & supporting figures | Stone and bronze | Category B | Q17846790 | [34] | |
More images |
Battle of Flodden | High Street, Selkirk | 1913 | Thomas J Clapperton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | Category B | Q17846815 | Statue depicts Fletcher, the only Selkirk man known to have survived the battle of Flodden in September 1513.[35][36] | |
War memorial | Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk | 1922 | Robert Lorimer | Pillar on platform with plaques and statues | Stone and bronze | Category A | Q17567896 | Plaques by Thomas J Clapperton[37][38] | ||
J. B. Selkirk (James Buchan Brown) | Selkirk | 1931 | Thomas J Clapperton | Plaque | Bronze | Category C | Q77771284 | [39] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sculpture unveiled to mark the Eyemouth fishing disaster". The Herald. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d Anthony McIntosh (8 September 2017). "Mapping cultural memory through public monuments". Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Tweed Terrace, Monument to Charles Marjoriebanks MP (Category B Listed Building) (LB23121)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register:Coldstream". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Coldstream Guards - Freedom of the Burgh". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Mercat Cross, Market Square (Category B Listed Building) (LB26516)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Duns". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Poles of 1st and 2nd Armoured Regiments". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Statue of Polish 'Soldier Bear' to be unveiled in Duns". BBC News. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Wojtek the Bear - Duns Memorial". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Earlston". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lawyer's Brae, Bust of Robert Burns (Category C Listed Building) (LB31979)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Place, Burgh Chambers and Clock Tower, including War Memorials, Ballustrading and Steps (Category B Listed Building) (LB31977)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Galashiels". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cornmill Square, Equestrian statue of a Border Reiver (Category B Listed Building) (LB31978)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cornmill Square, Monument to Sir Walter Scott (Category C Listed Building) (LB31980)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Wilton Park, Gate Lodge, Gatepiers and structures including War Memorial, Boer War Memorial, Henderson Shelter, The Fountain and Macnee Fountain (Category C Listed Building) (LB51244)". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Hawick Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Hawick, High Street, Equestrian Statue". CANMORE. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, The Horse (Category A Listed Building) (LB34645)". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Hawick". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Jimmie Guthrie (1897–1937)". Art UK. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "In pictures: James Thomson statue". BBC News. 2 October 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Abbey Bridge End, The Rampart, War Memorial with Balustrades, Steps and Walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB35454)". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Jedburgh". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Bridge Street, War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB35736)". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Kelso". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Melrose Parish - Including Lieutenant Colonel AFD Hamilton VC". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Minto War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB51163)". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Minto". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: County of Peebles". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, Chambers Institution, War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB39181)". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Market Place, Sir Walter Scott Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB40571)". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street and Back Row, Mungo Park (monument) (Category B Listed Building) (LB40573)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Scotts Place, Flodden Monument, Fletcher (Category B Listed Building) (LB40574)". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Battle of Flodden". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Ettrick Terrace, War Memorial (Category A Listed Building) (LB40581)". Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Selkirk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Scotts Place, Plaque to JB Selkirk (James Brown) (Category C Listed Building) (LB43810)". Retrieved 22 March 2021.