Description

TQ 2778 SE & TQ 2878 SW & TQ 2777 NE & TQ 2877 NW ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD SW3
57/25 58/25 63/25 64/25
15.4.69 The Royal Hospital:
Main Elospital Buildings
Seven three-storey connected
blocks
GV
I

Founded by Charles II for old and disabled soldiers and built 1682-1702 to the designs
of Sir Christopher Wren. Later additions by Sir John Soane and others. The buildings
have sustained some war damage. The former burial ground to north-east contains a
number of Renaissance tombs. (R.C.H.M. and Survey of London, Vol XI). Main hospital
building of dark brick, with red brick dressings, stone quoins at angles, moulded
cornices, and slate roofs with dormers. Blocks disposed to form 3 courtyards open to
south-east, south-west and north-east respectively. Centre block with stone Roman
Doric pedimented portico front and back to vestibule between hall and chapel,
surmounted by cupola and one storey colonnade either side of portico on side facing
courtyard. North-east and south-west blocks also with stone pedimented central
features. Pavilion blocks with pedimented centres.

Listing NGR: TQ2797278104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527915

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House