The main building at the former Royal Naval Hospital
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The photograph on this page of The main building at the former Royal Naval Hospital by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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The main building at the former Royal Naval Hospital
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 24 Jun 2018
The courtyard is completely enclosed by three more similar blocks. The Royal Naval Hospital was completed in 1811. Commissioned by the Admiralty to care for the sick and wounded of the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet in its battles with the Napoleonic French Navy. In the past it has also been used by the Army as a barracks and hospital, and has taken in casualties from the Battle of Waterloo and the Indian Mutiny. Many of the men who died here are buried in Great Yarmouth New cemetery http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5009985 More recently, in 1958, it became an NHS psychiatric hospital (St Nicholas Hospital) before closure in 1993 and sale for private development as houses and apartments.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.596052
Longitude
1.731913