# List of public art in the Scottish Borders

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.

## Burnmouth

| Image | 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 |

## Coldstream

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata |
| More images | Monument to Charles Albany Marjoribanks | Tweed Terrace, Coldstream | 1832 | Mr Currie of Darnick | Statue on Doric column | Stone | Category B | Q17848761 |
| | War memorial | High Street, Coldstream | 1923 | Sir George Washington Browne | Cenotaph with wall and plaques | Stone and bronze | | |
| More images | Coldstream Guards Monument | Henderson Park, Coldstream | 1968 | | Inscribed monolith | Stone | | |

## Cove

| Image | 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 |

## Duns

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Type | Material | Designation |
| Mercat cross | Market Square, Duns | c. 1792 | Column on pedestal | Sandstone | Category B |
| War memorial | Public Park, Duns | c. 1920s | Obelisk | Stone | |
| Polish war memorial | Duns | 1981 | Cross on pillar and base | Polished granite | |
| Wojtek the Bear | Market Square, Duns | 2016 | Sculpture | Fibreglass | |

## Earlston

| Image | 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 | | | |

## Eyemouth

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | 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 |

## Galashiels

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Robert Burns | Galashiels | 1912 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Bust on pedestal | Bronze and granite | Category C | Q56633763 | |
| | 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 |
| More images | Border Reivers | Cornmill Square, Galashiels | 1925 | Thomas J Clapperton | Equestrian statue on pedestal and steps | Bronze and stone | Category B | Q17853847 | |
| More images | Walter Scott | Cornmill Square, Galashiels | 1932 | Thomas J Clapperton | Bust on pedestal with plaque | Bronze and granite | Category C | Q56633764 | |

## Hawick

| Image | 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 |
| | The Horse, 1514 Memorial | High Street, Hawick | 1914 | William Francis Beattie | Equestrian statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | | Category A | Q17571529 | |
| 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 | |
| More images | Jimmie Guthrie | Walton Lodge Park, Hawick | 1939 | Thomas J Clapperton | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | | | | |
| | James Thomson | Thomson Bridge, Hawick | 2006 | Bill Landles | Sculpture on pedestal | Bronze and stone | | | | |

## Jedburgh

| Image | 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 | |
| | James Hutton's Unconformity | Lothian Park, Jedburgh | | Max Nowell | Sculpture | Stone | | | | |

## Kelso

| Image | 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 |

## Melrose

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| | War memorial | Melrose | 1921 | | Cross on pedestal | Stone | | | Q17844315 | |

## Minto

| Image | 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 | |

## Peebles

| Image | 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 | |

## St. Abbs

| Image | 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 |

## Selkirk

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
| More images | Sir Walter Scott | Market Place, Selkirk | 1839 | Alexander Handyside Ritchie | Statue on tiered pedestal | Stone | Category B | Q17846770 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
| | 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 |
| | J. B. Selkirk (James Buchan Brown) | Selkirk | 1931 | Thomas J Clapperton | Plaque | Bronze | Category C | Q77771284 | |