John Poole (sculptor)

FRBSA, (born Handsworth,[1] Birmingham, 17 December 1926[1] – died Bishampton, Worcestershire, 2 September 2009) was a British freelance sculptor and winner of 2 Otto Beit medals.

A 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) ciment fondu mural for the Lloyds Banking Hall in the newly built Rotunda in Birmingham, which was subsequently Grade II listed by English Heritage.

[1] However, since that building was renovated, it has been hidden from view, with only a small part visible, on the top floor of a retail unit.

[1] Birmingham Cathedral has a font and cover in bronze, as well as memorials to Ambrose Brown and Dr William Small of the Lunar Society, all by Poole.

[3] In 1969 he won the Otto Beit medal for Sculpture for his "Risen Christ" at St. Dunstan's Church, King's Heath and then again in 1974 for his "Last Supper" carving on the Altar and Ambo in St. Helen's Cathedral in Brentwood, Essex.