The Chattri
The Chattri, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8ZB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379911
- Date first listed:
- 20-Aug-1971
- List Entry Name:
- The Chattri
- Statutory Address:
- The Chattri, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8ZB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379911
- Date first listed:
- 20-Aug-1971
- List Entry Name:
- The Chattri
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Chattri, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8ZB
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Chattri, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8ZB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- The City of Brighton and Hove (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Park:
- South Downs
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 30443 11045
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 June 2021 to correct the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
TQ31SW
577-1/2/993
BRIGHTON
Patcham
The Chattri
(Formerly listed as The Chattri, at NGR TQ 304 103, on land north of A27 Road and east of A23 Road A27 (North side, off))
20/08/71
II
Memorial. 1921. Designed by EC Henriques under the supervision of Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob. Erected on the site where bodies of Hindu and Sikh soldiers were cremated.
White Sicilian marble and another, darker stone for the base. The base is square in plan, and stepped down four times towards the east; resting on it is an octagonal pavilion, the columns of which are square in plan converting to octagonal half-way up, with bracketed capitals, carrying a dome with the wide eaves and profile of an Indian chattri. The base is inscribed, in English and Hindi, 'TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THE INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING-EMPEROR THIS MONUMENT ERECTED IN THE SITE WHERE THE HINDUS AND SIKHS WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL IN BRIGHTON PASSED THROUGH FIRE, IS IN GRATEFUL ADMIRATION AND BROTHERLY AFFECTION DEDICATED.'
Listing NGR: TQ3044311045
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 479353
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Carder, T, Encyclopaedia of Brighton, (1990)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16848
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107079
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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