Map of Scotland with the Dumfries and Galloway council area highlighted

This is a list of public art in Dumfries and Galloway, one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland.

Dumfries and Galloway comprises the historic counties of Dumfriesshire and the two counties collectively known as Galloway, the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire. The council area borders South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders, Cumbria in England, the Solway Firth and to the west the Irish Sea. 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.

Annan

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Robert the Bruce The Town Hall, Annan 1875R Smith of Glasgow (architect) Statue on platformStone Category B [1]
Edward Irving Parish Churchyard, Annan 1892Dods of Dumfries Statue on pedestalMarble and granite Category B [2]
War memorial High Street, Annan 1921Henry Price Statue on pedestalBronze and marble [3]

Balmaclellan

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Crimean War memorial Balmaclellan Parish Church c. 1856 Capped pillarSandstone1.9m tall Category B [4][5]
War memorial Balmaclellan c. 1920s ObeliskStone [6]

Canonbie

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Canonbie 1921Thomas J Clapperton Statue on pedestalBronze and granite4.0m high Category CQ56614881 [7][8]

Carsphairn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Carsphairn 1923Messers Dods and Son CairnStone [9]

Corsock

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Burnside, Corsock c. 1920s Obelisk on pedestalGranite [10]

Dalbeattie

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Colliston Park, Dalbeattie 1921William Stewart MacGeorge and EA Hornel (architect) Sculpture on column and pedestal with plaquesGranite and bronze [11]
War memorial St Peter's Catholic Church, Dalbeattie Celtic wheel crossStone and brick [12]

Dumfries

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Monument to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry English Street, Dumfries 1780Robert Adam Column on pedestal and stepsStone Category AQ17570300 [13]

More images		 Robert Burns Church Place, Dumfries 1882Amelia Robertson Hill Statue on pedestalMarble and stone Category BQ17793546 [14]
RMS Titanic memorial Dock Park, Dumfries 1913 ObeliskGranite [15]
War memorial St John's Church, Dumfries 1922 Statue on pedestalStone [16]

More images		 War memorial New Abbey Road, Maxwelltown Henry Price Statue on pedestalBronze and stone4.5m high [17]
The Crossing (Lady Devorgilla) Whitesands, Dumfries 1998Matt Baker, Dan Dubowitz SculptureStone [18]

More images		 Jean Armour Dumfries 2004Nautilus Burleighfield foundry Statue group on pedestalBronze and granite [19]

Ecclefechan

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Thomas Carlyle Ecclefechan 1929MacDonald & Creswick of Edinburgh after Joseph Edgar Boehm Seated statue on pedestalBronze and stone Category BQ17804310 Replica of 1882 original by Boehm in London[20]

Gatehouse of Fleet

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Gatehouse of Fleet 1921 Celtic cross on pedestalGranite

Gretna

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Opposite Old Parish Church, Gretna Green 1921Fergus J Currie Cross on pedestalStone [21]
Gretna Munitions Girls Central Avenue, Gretna 2016Andrew Brown Sculpture group on baseBronze and granite2.5m tall [22]

Isle of Whithorn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Isle of Whithorn c, 1920s Celtic cross on pedestalStone [23]

Kirkcudbright

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Castle Street, Kirkcudbright 1921George Henry Paulin Statue group on pedestal/ cairnBronze and rock Category C [24][25]
Seafarer's memorial The Harbour, Kirkcudbright 1994Charlie Easterfield Statue group on pedestalWood and stone

Kirkpatrick Durham

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Kirkpatrick Durham c. 1920s Obelisk on plinth and stepsGranite [26]

Kirkpatrick Fleming

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Kirkpatrick Fleming c. 1920sJ W Dods and Son (Masons) Obelisk on pedestalGranite4.8m tall [27]

Langholm

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Monument to Sir John Malcolm Whita Hill, Langholm 1836Robert Howe (architect) ObeliskStone Category BQ17809222 [28]
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm Library Garden, Langholm 1842David Dunbar Statue on pedestalMarble and granite Category C [29][30]

More images		 War memorial Langholm 1921Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Q114168682 [31]

Lochmaben

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Robert the Bruce Lochmaben 1879John Hutchison Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [32]
Rev. William Graham Town Hall, Lochmaben 1887 Statue in nicheStone [32]

Lockerbie

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial High Street, Lockerbie 1922Henry Charles Fehr Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [33]

Mennock

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Mennock 1922George Frampton Obelisk with plaqueGranite, bronze and alabaster [34]

Moffat

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Ram fountain High Street, Moffat 1875William Brodie Sculpture on cairn with basinsBronze and stone boulders Category BQ17791208 [35]
War memorial Moffat 1920Alexander Carrick & Reginald Fairlie (architect) Pillar on pedestalStone [36]

More images		 Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Station Park, Moffat 1972Scott Sutherland & D Bruce Walker (designer) Plaque and surroundBronze and sandstone [37]

Penpont

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Penpont 1921William Kellock Brown Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [38]

Portpatrick

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Portpatrick Celtic cross on pedestalGranite [39]
MV Princess Victoria memorial Portpatrick PlaqueBronze and marble

Stranraer

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Lewis Street, Stranraer 1920 Statue on pedestalBronze and granite Category BQ17794419 [40][41]
MV Princess Victoria memorial Agnew Park, Stranraer Anchor and memorial stone

Thornhill

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Mercat cross Thornhill 1714James Smith Pillar on pedestalStone Category A [42]
Joseph Thomson Thornhill 1897Charles MacBride Bust on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stone Category B [43]

Whithorn

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Main Street, Whithorn c. 1920s Pillar on pedestalGranite [44]

Wigtown

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Mercat cross The Square, Wigtown 1816 Cross on stepsStone Category B [45]
Covenanters Memorial Windy Hill, Wigtown 1858 Obelisk on pedestalStone Category BQ17798249 [46][47]
War memorial Church Lane, Wigtown 1922 CenotaphStone [48]

References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, Town Hall and Frestanding Lamps (Category B Listed Building) (LB21097)". Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street Annan Parish Churchyard, Statue to Edward Irving (Category B Listed Building) (LB21107)". Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Annan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "War Memorials Register:Balmaclellan Crimean War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Balmacellan Church and Churchyard, including Crimean War Memorial and Boundary Walls (Category B Listed Building) (LB51352)". Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "War Memorials Register:Balmaclellan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Canonbie". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Canonbie Village, Canonbie War Memorial (Category C Listed Building) (LB3502)". Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Carsphairn (Including Lieutenant Colonel WHC Kennedy VC)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Corsock - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Dalbeattie". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "War Memorials Register: St Peters Roman Catholic Church". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "English Street, Queensberry Column (In front of Regional Council Offices) (Category A Listed Building) (LB26173)". Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  14. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Church Place, Burns' Statue (Category B Listed Building) (LB26133)". Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Dumfries, Dock Park, Titanic Memorial". CANMORE. 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Dumfries". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Maxwelltown and Troqueer Memorial". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "The Crossing (Lady Devorgilla)". Art UK. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  19. ↑ "A Statue to Jean Armour in Dumfries". Howff Club, the Dumfries Burns Howff Club. 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  20. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Ecclefechan Village, statue of Thomas Carlyle (on The Higgs) (Category B Listed Building) (LB10047)". Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  21. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Gretna Parish". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  22. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Gretna Munitions Girls". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  23. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Isle of Whithorn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  24. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Kirkcudbright". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  25. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Street, War Memorial, 1st and 2nd World Wars (Category C Listed Building) (LB36485)". Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  26. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Kirkpatrick Durham - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  27. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  28. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Malcolm Monument on Whita Hill (Category B Listed Building) (LB9762)". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  29. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, Statue of Sir Pulteney Malcolm (in Library Garden) (Category C Listed Building) (LB37124)". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  30. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Admiral Sir P Malcolm". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  31. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Langholm". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  32. 1 2 "Lochmaben". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  33. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Lockerbie - Statue". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  34. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Mennock Bravest Village Award". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  35. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street Ram Fountain (Category B Listed Building) (LB37902)". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  36. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Moffat". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  37. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Lord Dowding". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  38. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Penpont". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  39. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Portpatrick". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  40. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Stranraer". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  41. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Stranraer Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court including War Memorial, gatepiers and boundary walls, Lewis Street, Stranraer (Category B Listed Building) (LB41785)". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  42. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Thornhill Village The Cross (Category B Listed Building) (LB17337)". Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  43. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Thornhill Village East Morton Street Joseph Thomson Monument (Category B Listed Building) (LB17338)". Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  44. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Whithorn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  45. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "The Square, New Market Cross (Category B Listed Building) (LB42437)". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  46. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Wigtown Covenanters Memorial". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  47. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Windy Hill Martyrs Monument and Enclosure (Category B Listed Building) (LB42442)". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  48. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Wigtown Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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