Indian Memorial Gate
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Location
| Street: | Pavilion Buildings |
| Town: | Brighton |
| Parish: | Brighton |
| Council: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN1 |
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| Object setting: | Garden |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | South entrance to Royal Pavilion Gardens, next to the Royal Pavilion shop |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 162 |
| Grid reference: | E8 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ3104 |
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Makers
| Name : | Thomas Tyrwhitt |
| Role: | Designer |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | The Government of India |
| Installation date: | 1921 |
| Unveiling date: | 1921 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Brighton & Hove City Council |
| Object listing: | Grade II: of special interest warranting every effort to preserve them |
| Listing date: | 13/10/1952 |
| Description: | Square in plan with domed roof and in the Gujerati style. Four square piers set on high socles, to which are attached octagonal columns; two volute brackets at each corner support a roof which consists of two stages. The first stage is shallow and hipped, rising to frieze consisting of a frieze ornamented with sunflowers and petals, each corner of this frieze finishing in an upturned, prow-like volute; there follow architraves, each setting back to form a square base from which rises a dome crowned by a high pinnacle. Inside, corner squinches dive into an octagonal cornice with a flat ceiling above. Side walls and piers close off the road; wooden gates between panelled piers with ornamented tops. |
| Inscription: | THIS GATEWAY IS THE GIFT OF INDIA IN COMMEMORATION OF HER SONS WHO STRICKEN IN THE GREAT WAR WERE TENDED IN THE PAVILION IN 1914 AND 1915 Carved into the wall to the right of the gate, facing Pavilion Buildings: DEDICATED TO THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRIGHTON BY H.H. THE MAHARAJA OF PATIALA ON OCTOBER 26TH 1921 B.N. SOUTHALL MAYOR A new metal plaque onto wood was affixed to the left of the gate, facing Pavilion Buildings in October 2007 with the above inscriptions. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Architectural, Military, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | War memorial |
| Object subtype1: | World War I |
| Object type2: | Building |
| Object subtype1: | Gate(way) |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Whole structure |
| Material: | Bath stone |
| Height (cm): | 1128 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 03/07/2007 |
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History
| History: | Given by the people of India to commemorate the Indian soldiers who were in hospital at the Pavilion in WWI. It is dedicated to the inhabitants of Brighton and was unveiled by the Maharaja of Patiala in 1921. The gate is in the style of 16th century Gujerati buildings. |
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'Open Air Statues and Memorials' - New Pamphlet Box 17 (typed paper, 2 pages) |
| Type: | Archive |
| Location: | Brighton History Centre |
| Catalogue reference: | JLR 6/5/87 |
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Photographs
Date: 03/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 03/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 03/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 03/07/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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