Murals

Barbara Jones – Untitled, Sheffield

Listing: Unlisted
Condition: Destroyed
Material Type: Painted - interior
Building Type: Educational
Artist / Designer: Barbara Jones
Owners: Unknown
Date: 1959
Address: Former Yewlands School, Creswick Lane, Sheffield S35 8NN
Local Authority: Sheffield City Council
County: South Yorkshire
Country: England

Barbara Jones was a key figure in the story of post-war public art and design. This mural represents her last surviving publicly commissioned work. Depicting a seated figure, surrounded by an array of wild animals in a tropical setting, the mural is directly painted onto a plastered wall. It originally stood in the reception hall of the school Basil Spence designed and measures 7x12m. The mural was boxed in about 25 years ago and has only recently been discovered. The mural is scheduled for demolition as part of the development of a new school on the site. In an attempt to save the mural, and get it re-incorporated into the new scheme, the society put it forward to English Heritage for listing at Grade II.