The west front of the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul in the Queen Mary's Quarter of the Royal Naval College, as seen from the north-west

Date:: circa 1870 - 1880

Location:: Royal Naval College, Queen Marys Block, Chapel, Greenwich, Greater London Authority, Se10; Show all locations

Royal Naval Hospital, Queen Mary's Block, Chapel, Greenwich, Greater London Authority, SE10

Reference:: MBW02/021

Type:: Photograph (Albumen Print)

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The buildings, including the chapel, were originally designed as a hospital to care for the elderly and infirm seamen of the Royal Navy. The hospital was then closed in 1869 and the Royal Naval College moved into the site in 1873.

Since the college left Greenwich in 1998, the site has been known as Old Royal Naval College.

As the photograph is thought to have probably been taken in the 1870s, it is not known for certain whether it shows the chapel before or after the arrival of the Royal Naval College.

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This is part of the Collection: MBW02 Metropolitan Board Of Works Photographs

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Photographer: York, Frederick Arlington Viler

Keywords

Georgian Chapel, Stuart Royal Naval Hospital, Victorian Naval College