Unveiled in 1880, it commemorates Joseph Chamberlain - the mayor of Birmingham from 1873 to 1876 - who, amongst other things, improved the water supply thereby reducing infant mortality.

Designed by J.H. Chamberlain (no relation), the monument was built in Portland stone and consists of a fountain and 20-metre crocketted spire with corner pinnacles, gable arches, reliefs by S. Barfield of Leicester and mosaics by Salviati & Burke of Venice.

There is a medallion portrait of Chamberlain by Thomas Woolner on the south side of the monument. The pool at the base was added in 1978 after the original was lost in the 1960's.

Charles Gore (1853-1932), the 3rd son of the Earl of Arran, was an Oxford Don and influential theologian who championed the adoption of Roman Catholic principles within the established Church of England.

He held the Bishopric of Birmingham from 1905 until 1911 during which time he presided over the expansion of the Anglican church into the newly-created inner city through the formation of the "Biretta Belt": a ring of parish churches whose rituals were essentially Roman Catholic but which remained under the authority of the Church of England.

The mosaic, which depicts "Britannia rewarding the Birmingham manufactures", consists of a feminine allegory of Britannia awarding scrolls of Stability and Power to three female figures on her left and three on her right who collectively represent the city's trades and manufactures.

It is a bronze cast (circa 1951) of an original marble sculpted by Francis Williamson in 1874.

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was a scientist, philosopher and political theorist who is credited with the discovery of oxygen. He is depicted holding the letter "O": the symbol of his greatest achievement.

Priestley lived in Birmingham from 1780 until 1791 when a mob, angered by his support for the French Revolution, attacked his mansion in Sparkbrook.

It is a 1951 bronze cast of the original marble sculpted by Thomas Brock in 1900.

The statue was donated by William Barber, a successful property speculator, and unveiled on 10th January 1901, twelve days before Queen Victoria died.

Designed by Dhruva Mistry in 1992, it consists of an upper and lower pool linked by stepped channels.

The upper pool contains a sculpture of a reclining cross-legged woman - known locally as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi - who represents life force.

The Lower Pool features two allegories of Youth and an inscription from T.S. Eliot's "Burnt Norton" on the subject of fleeting youth in the context of eternity.

Water cascades from the upper to the lower pool which is guarded by two stone sphinxes.

The fountain, which had been drained because of leaking pipes, was repaired at the cost of around £300,000 in June-November 2010.

Thomas Attwood (1783-1859) campaigned for political reform and was elected as one of the first two MP's for Birmingham in 1832.

His memorial, made by Siobhan Coppinger in 1992, depicts him studying papers on the steps of Chamberlain Square, having descended from an empty plinth, presumably to address a crowd. In his haste he has dropped a despatch box whose contents flutter in the breeze.

Designed by Antony Gormley, the Iron Man has a slight lean and is intentionally rusty; the joints of its air-set mould have been left intact so that it bears the marks of the manufacturing process that created it.

The sculpture is intended to pay hommage to Britain's industrial past and provoke questions about the future of its blue-collar workforce.