Monument To Lord Ellenborough'S Aides Circa 35 Metres South West Of Ellenborough Hotel

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SO 92 NE 8/163

SOUTHAM A46 (west side) Monument to Lord Ellenborough's Aides c35m south-west of Ellenborough Park Hotel

(Formerly listed as Monument to Lord Ellenborough's Aides c35m south-west of The De la Bere Hotel)

GV II Monument to Lord Ellenborough's aides. Mid C19. Limestone; artificial stone slate roof. Square open-sided plan with basement room. Stepped plinth on 2 sides. Five semi-circular steps on the east side. Steps down to plank door to basement on the west side. Parapet with star-shaped openings, in a state of collapse at the time of resurvey - May 1987, with entrance on the east side. Paired cusped arches with central pendants on all four sides. Octagonal memorial at centre (matching marble font in the Church of the Ascension, Southam q.v.) with lotus flower decoration and running floral motifs. Partially eroded inscriptions commemorating colleagues and campaigns e.g. 'NAPIER GOVERNOR OF SCINDE. MEEANEE. HYDERABAD'. Partially eroded inscription on the upper surface of the memorial with inscription 'TO THE HONOUR OF THE BRAVE MEN / -----UNDER HIS GOVERNMENT / RESTORED VICTORY TO OUR ARMS IN INDIA / ------ DICTATED PEACE TO C-----NA / ---- -- WALES OF NAN-N / -----RECORDING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS / DICTATED WITH GRATEFUL AFFECTION / TOWARD LORD ELLENBOROUGH'. Lists of names facing inwards above the arches including the inscription 'THE NAMES UPON THESE WALLS / ARE THOSE OF OFFICERS MILITARY AND CIVIL / TO WHOSE ASSISTANCE LORD ELLENBOROUGH / WAS MORE ESPECIALLY INDEBITED / FOR THE SUCCCESS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION / IN INDIA'. Monument and inscriptions in poor state of repair at the time of resurvey - May 1987.

Listing NGR: SO9721425290