Royal Naval College north east building, Queen Anne's Quarter

The Royal Naval College north east building, part of Queen Anne’s Quarter, was begun in 1699 under the designs of Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1750 by Campbell and Ripley.

The east front has 23 bays and is constructed of Portland stone ashlar. It is two storeys high with a basement, and the central three bays and the ends slightly project, the latter rising to three storeys. The projecting sections are rusticated and topped with a balustraded parapet. Corinthian pilasters support a full-length entablature. The roof is low-pitched and slated. A pediment sits above the central three bays, where the windows are deeply recessed; those on the lower floors are round-headed with flat surrounds and sunk panels below. A central attic window is within a high, round arch resting on Doric columns. Enriched springing strings define the arches of the ground and first floors. All windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set within plain reveals. Cill bands run along both floors. The main entrance is aligned centrally and features a lampholder on a wrought iron bracket above.

The north front is three storeys wide, with seven windows. A main entablature, at second floor level, rises from attached Corinthian columns and pilasters, incorporating a pediment at the centre of each side. A lighter entablature and balustraded parapet decorate the second floor. The lower floors are rusticated. The sash windows with glazing bars have distinctive features: those on the first floor have Corinthian pilasters and entablatures, while ground floor windows have moulded architraves, Gibbs surrounds, and pediments. Round arched niches are interspersed with the windows on both floors. A flat-arched, two-storey high entrance leads to a courtyard behind.

The west front also has 23 bays, with a slightly projecting central three bays and ends, and is two storeys high with a basement. The ends rise to three storeys. Corinthian pilasters divide the bays and support an entablature with a modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet, except in the centre where the parapet is high and solid, and at the ends where the rusticated top floor has another entablature and balustraded parapet. A first floor band runs behind the pilasters. Moulded architraves frame the sash windows with glazing bars, except in the ends where the reveals are plain.