Where is The Good Samaritan?
The Good Samaritan is near the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on a path towards the University of Birmingham. Birmingham, B15 2QZ
In brief
A bronze statue of a pair of nude men, made in 1961 by the sculptor Uli Nimptsch. It was originally presented to Selly Oak Hospital in 1963, and for decades was outside of the Outpatients Department in a garden near Oak Tree Lane. But when the hospital closed, and relocated to the new Birmingham Super Hospital in 2010 (to be named Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham), it was later relocated to a path near the QEHB in 2014 (this path leads to the University of Birmingham, past the site of Metchley Roman Fort).
The Good Samaritan from the path near Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (August 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown
The Good Samarian - details
On one side of the stone plinth is this inscription:
Compassion. This statue was commissioned and presented to Selly Oak Hospital by the Charles Henry Foyle Trust on the suggestion of one of the original trustees, the late Sir Albert Bradbeer, 1963.
The Good Samaritan in the garden outside the Selly Oak Hospital Outpatients Department (March 2010). Photography by Elliott Brown
On the other side of the stone plinth is this inscription, from a poem by James Kirkup:
With proper grace forming a correct compassion, that performs it's love and makes it live. James Kirkup
The Good Samaritan in the garden outside the Selly Oak Hospital Outpatients Department (March 2010). Photography by Elliott Brown
It also has the sculptors name on one side:
Uli Nimptsch A.R.A. Sculptor
The Good Samaritan in the garden outside the Selly Oak Hospital Outpatients Department (March 2010). Photography by Elliott Brown
Original location
The bronze statue was near Oak Tree Lane in the garden that was outside of the Outpatients Department of Selly Oak Hospital from 1963 until at least 2012. The hospital closed for good in 2010, when the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham was opened, and the site redeveloped for housing.
The Good Samaritan in the garden outside the Selly Oak Hospital Outpatients Department (March 2010). Photography by Elliott Brown
The statue was still visible in the former garden of the Selly Oak Hospital Outpatients Department from Oak Tree Lane in 2012. It had been removed before 2014.
The Good Samaritan in the garden outside the former Selly Oak Hospital Outpatients Department (January 2012). Photography by Elliott Brown
New location
If walking from the University of Birmingham (West Gate near University Station), there is now a path that goes past the site of Metchley Roman Fort, towards the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. At the end of the path is The Good Samaritan statue, which was restored and cleaned before it moved to this site in 2014.
The Good Samaritan from the path near Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (August 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown