Description

SZ 69 NW
1137/4/55
20.04.83

GOSPORT
HASLAR ROAD
Haslar Terrace, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar

GV
II

Terrace of 9 houses at naval hospital. 1796-98, by Samuel Bunce, architect to the Navy Board. Red brick with some blue headers, rubbed brick head and stone dressings; centre stuccoed; slate hipped roof. Mid Georgian style. PLAN: Double-depth plan houses arranged in 2 pairs with one taller central house, linked by screen walls. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; outer 12-window ranges and centre 3-window range. Taller stuccoed central house has plinth, stone storey bands, cornice and coped parapet, tall recessed first-floor windows, with 6/6-pane sashes, smaller on upper floor, and a projecting porch to the left. Screen walls with gateways and piers set back connect outer terraces, as the centre with 6/6-pane sashes; right-hand section has paired timber porches with arched entrances in panelled frames; the left-hand section has arched doorways. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORY: A strong composition built on the major axis of the hospital, it housed the senior medical officers. Haslar was the first large hospital built by the navy, mostly for convalescent seamen. The officers' accommodation is an important element within this outstanding and remarkably complete complex.

Listing NGR: SZ6160998592

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526948

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)