Memorial obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Monument.
Memorial obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot
- WRENN ID
- under-keep-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Memorial obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot, C24m to the South-East of 1 Cliff Crescent, Barton Court Avenue, Hampshire, New Milton, BH25 7HQ
- OS grid reference
- SZ 238 930
- Coordinates
- 50.73644, -1.66339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial is an obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot, built in 1914. It is located at the southern end of Barton Court Avenue, just north of the site of Barton Court and the Depot buildings. The tall obelisk is made of rough-hewn granite and has a square base. It rises from a plain block of stone that sits atop a pedestal, which is supported by a two-stepped base.
The main dedicatory inscription is displayed on the pedestal in both English and Urdu. On the north face, it reads: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT AT BARTON ON SEA IN 1914 OF THE CONVALESCENT DEPOT FOR INDIAN TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN EUROPE DURING THE GREAT WAR AND WAS SUBSCRIBED FOR BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF." The dedication in Urdu is found on the east face, while the names of the Commandant and Assistant Commandant are recorded on a third face.
Local climate
Memorial obelisk marking the Barton on Sea Indian Army Convalescent Depot receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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