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Dreadnought Seamens Hospital
Hob Uid: 1150391
Location : Greater London Authority Greenwich Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3845077778
Summary : Built between 1763-1764 to designs by James Stuart, under the supervision of William Robinson, as the Royal Hospital Infirmary at Greenwich. Became disused and in 1870 the Seamen's Hospital Society moved in. Comprised a square two and three storey brick built block of small wards arranged around an inner courtyard with a central block containing sanitary facilities. Extended in 1808 to designs by John Yenn and H H Seward. A chapel was added in 1888. In the 1920s a nurses home and library were built in the Baroque style and in the 1930s ward block were added by Sir Edwin Cooper.
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Greenwich 08-JUN-1973
Page(s) : 145-6
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built in 1763-1764
Monument End Date : 1764
Monument Start Date : 1763
Monument Type : Infirmary
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Extended in 1808
Monument End Date : 1808
Monument Start Date : 1808
Monument Type : Seamens Hospital
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Function change after 1870
Monument End Date :
Monument Start Date : 1870
Monument Type : Seamens Hospital
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Addition in 1888
Monument End Date : 1888
Monument Start Date : 1888
Monument Type : Seamens Hospital, Chapel
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Addition in the 1920s
Monument End Date : 1929
Monument Start Date : 1920
Monument Type : Seamens Hospital, Nurses Hostel, Library
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Additions in the 1930s
Monument End Date : 1939
Monument Start Date : 1930
Monument Type : Seamens Hospital, Ward Block
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 101280
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 395955
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1211438
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 37 NE 251
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Relationship type : General association

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End Date : 1995-12-31

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Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-31

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Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1998-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-31

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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1999-01-01
End Date : 1999-12-31

Associated Activities :
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Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31

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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
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End Date : 2012-12-31

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End Date : 2015-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Dreadnought Seamens Hospital