The Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse was a medical facility for naval officers and other ranks at Stonehouse, Plymouth. It was opened in 1760, so becoming the second Royal Naval Hospital in Great Brit
Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, in 1897.
The main quadrangle (now flats). The cupola contains a clock of 1776 by Grignion & Son of Covent Garden.
A comparison of the naval hospitals at Haslar (centre and bottom left) and Plymouth (top and bottom right), the former with its wards connected end-to-end, the latter with separate pavilions.
An 18th-century engraving of 'His Majesty's New Royal Hospital Building, near Plymouth'. (N.B. to provide a clearer view, only the floor-plan of the two nearest ward blocks is shown.)
Royal Hospital Haslar
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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).