Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4654NE HIGH STREET, Stonehouse
740-1/56/814 (North side)
01/05/75 Former Royal Naval Hospital: The
Square No.14 (Middleton Lodge) and
wall
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET, Stonehouse
Royal Naval Hospital: Pay Office and
Admiral's Office)

GV II

Steward and butler's office, later Surgeon rear admiral's
office. 1765, designed by Alexander Rovehead for the Navy
Board. Plymouth limestone rubble with limestone dressings and
rusticated quoins; dry slate pyramidal mansard roof over coped
parapet over band with ball finials, the roof surmounted by
tall stuccoed stack with moulded entablature; 2 mansard
windows to front. Small square plan.
EXTERIOR: single storey plus attic; symmetrical 3-bay arcade
facing matching Pay Office (qv). 3 round arches on impost
string containing C19 vertical-glazed fanlights over 2-light
window to centre and glazed and panelled doors plus sidelights
to other arches. Original or early C19 hornless sashes with
glazing bars to other elevations.
INTERIOR: retains many original features of interest
including: dog-leg staircase with 2-panel door under; panelled
door within doorway with reeded pilasters; partitioned filing
shelves and sliding panelled doors to top and reeded window
shutters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: high rubble wall attached to S side of
building.
HISTORY: part of the original hospital plan, identical in form
to the pavilion north of the inner gates (Pay Office, qv).
Stonehouse was of international importance for its pioneering
plan.
Part of an outstanding and complete military hospital complex.

Listing NGR: SX4652254636

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407201

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]