Play Sculpture is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2015. Sculpture.

Play Sculpture

WRENN ID
spare-courtyard-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 2015
Type
Sculpture
Source
Historic England listing

Description

An abstract children’s play sculpture of c1960 by the sculptor John Bridgeman (1916-2004).

MATERIALS: constructed of a metal wire frame covered and shaped in concrete, and finished with lightly coloured metallic paint (now mostly peeled off).

The sculpture is set on a tubular shaped concrete base and stands in a large rectangular shaped concrete slab surrounded by grass. It resembles a fish with a tail, with a hole to the centre to encourage children to climb through. The tip of the tail has broken off (2014).

SETTING: the sculpture is situated in a Scandinavian style landscape and playground for three blocks of flats dating from c1959-60 designed and planted by the landscape architect Mary Frances Mitchell (1923-1988) for Birmingham City Council.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 September 2025 to amend the language in the description

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