Former Royal Naval Hospital, High Street, Plymouth
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Former Royal Naval Hospital, High Street, Plymouth
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 16 Jun 2014
Built in 1758-62 by Alexander Rowehead and William Robinson, it is "the earliest example of a hospital on a pavilion plan ... and was a crucial influence on the French hospital reformers [Jacques Tenon and Charles Auguste Columb]". The ward blocks were separated to prevent the spread of disease. Patients could be transported by water to a jetty at the north of the site. Grade II* listed. Now flats, Millfields.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.372258
Longitude
-4.157414