Nelson House, Royal Hospital School

TM 13 NE 2/40

HOLBROOK STUTTON ROAD Nelson House, Royal Hospital School

GV II

Accommodation house for pupils of the Royal Hospital School. Circa 1925-33. Buckland and Heywood. Red brick, some stone. Red tiled roofs, hipped to north and south cross-wings. Quadrangular plan with the north and south wings extending forward of main (west) face. Mainly 2 storeys with a single storey east (rear) service/toilet wing. North, south and west faces parapeted with textured and coloured brick panels. Similar panels and textured brick dressings to windows. Rusticated brick quoins. Band below parapet. Red brick chimneystack to left and right of west portico. West face: 1:2:3:2:1 window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes, the 2nd and 8th long first floor windows with no ground floor windows under. The large, full-height stone portico in front of the 3 central bays with entablature and triangular pediment supported by 4 pair of pilasters and columns with moulded capitals and bases, paterae to frieze, carved cherubs, coats of arms and naval insignia to pediment. Moulded stone doorway, pediment on brackets. Small paned glazed door, tracery to fanlight. Central dome supported by 6 columns on polygonal base, ribbed lead dome supporting a weathervane and a large copper model of Nelson's ship HMS Victory. North and south faces 3:1:3 similar window range and dressings. Central stone door surround, pilasters with capitals and bases, 'Nelson' inscribed on frieze, side finials, the window over- set in an angled bay. The courtyard is arcaded to ground floor. In front of the west portico are two contemporary stone benches, qv 2/41.

Listing NGR: TM1689435166