Former Royal Naval Hospital North Gateway and Store and Attached Walls
FORMER ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL NORTH GATEWAY AND STORE AND ATTACHED WALLS, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113290
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Former Royal Naval Hospital North Gateway and Store and Attached Walls
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL NORTH GATEWAY AND STORE AND ATTACHED WALLS, HIGH STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-08-05
- Reference:
- IOE01/06372/20
- Rights:
- © Mr Gerald Rendle. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113290
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Royal Naval Hospital North Gateway and Store and Attached Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL NORTH GATEWAY AND STORE AND ATTACHED WALLS, HIGH STREET
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL NORTH GATEWAY AND STORE AND ATTACHED WALLS, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4648154727
Details
PLYMOUTH
SX4654NW HIGH STREET, Stonehouse
740-1/55/809 (North side)
01/05/75 Former Royal Naval Hospital: North
Gateway & Store and attached walls
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET, Stonehouse
Royal Naval Hospital: North Gateway
and Store)
GV II
North gateway into former Naval Hospital, and adjoining store.
1758-65, designed for the Navy Board by Alexander Rovehead.
Plymouth limestone rubble with limestone architraves and other
dressings; corrugated iron roof. Parallelogram on plan with
central carriageway running parallel to end walls, the
entrance broken forward to outer side, the passage originally
fitted with both inner and outer gates.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; each elevation is a nearly symmetrical
8-window front, the windows bricked up except for windows with
sloping jambs grooved for louvres. Full-height round archway
has imposts as short strings; wrought-iron gates with
spear-head finials. There is an attached dog-leg flight of
stone steps to a raised platform to the right of the archway
at both front and rear.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: high rubble wall with ramped coping to
right of building and another length of perimeter wall at
right angles to rear left linked to the Official Residences
which contained the Admiral's House (qv). These walls were
designed to prevent the patients from escaping.
HISTORY: this building faced the jetty where patients were
landed, and contained stores for hair and bedding, hence the
louvred windows. It stands on the main N-S axis across the
hospital.
Part of an outstanding and complete military hospital complex.
(Morrison K: Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse: Cambridge:
1992-: 100373).
Listing NGR: SX4648154727
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473506
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Morrison, K, Royal Naval Hospital Stonehouse, (1992), 100373
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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