Gosport railway station was a terminus station designed by William Tite and opened to passenger and freight trains in 1841 by the London and South Western Railway. It was closed in 1953 to passenger t
Gosport Railway Station, derelict with overgrown weeds and grass prior to conversion to housing.
Railways in the South East of England in 1840
The Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, which was also known as the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, was one of Britain's leading Royal Naval Hospitals for over 250 years. Built in the 1740s, it
Royal Hospital Haslar
The hospital as laid out in the 18th century (front elevation and plan, from John Howard's account of The Principal Lazarettos of Europe).
An early design for the hospital envisaged four double ranges: 'the four Centers are intended for a Council Chamber, Chapel and two Halls'.
The oldest section of the hospital includes the pediment frieze by Thomas Pierce, with allegorical figures of navigation and commerce flanking the royal arms of George II (1752).